So you want .44 mag power in a semi-auto pistol but you don’t want to shoot a .44 mag. What do you do? You buy a .44 Auto Mag chambered in .44AMP. Originally released in 1971, the .44AMP had a short life with only about 9,000 units sold before the company went bankrupt. Five company name changes later, they finally gave up. Cool gun, bad business.
In 2015, a South Carolina company decided they would give it a fifth or sixth try and bought the rights to the .44AMP design. The original AMP was plagued with reliability issues. The newest owners are confident that “what we produce is mechanically far superior to the original Auto Mag.”
The newly re-re-re-re-released old gun is limited to 77 units at first. Early reviews have been short and sweet. According to the press release, “One of first [sic] Founders Edition owners (with the 8-1/2” barrel) had a few words to say: I GOT MINE!”
So there you have it, someone received their $3,795 gun.
If you want a little more information check out their website here. Actually, this is what you’ll learn: choose between an 8.5” or 6.5” barrel and G10 or wood checkered grips. Finally, according to the product description it must be sent to an FFL. This is all of the info in the description.
Build the dang wall and put more heavily armed US Boarder Patrol Agents to guard it! Oh by the way, throw the dang democrats who want open-boarders over the Mexican side of the wall.
The iwi bullpup shotgun looks complicated and wide with the multiple shell tubes. I don’t love bullpups but this gun looks a lot thinner and easier to carry. Can’t speak to the fit and finish or reliability.
I think I’d rather just buy 6 .44 magnum revolvers and use the rest of the money for am mo.
But then having 8 .44 mags might be a bit redundant.
How about this, Mr Farnam; Let’s teach soldiers how to shoot before we replace every rifle and bullet in the inventory. The fact is the Army has not taught basic marksmanship (despite having a program of that name) for decades. Shooting fundamentals that will get you reliably on target out to 500m are not black magic, and are easily absorbed. Also PRACTICE that is not annual qualification would be a good idea (something else the Army does not do).
I feel that more money/time should be spent on range time. I was a SF/MP in the Air Force, and we got to shoot 1 time a year for qualifications (about 100 rounds out of the AR, and 40 rounds out of the m9 Beretta) That is it! Also, there was no opportunity to get extra range time unless it was on my own dime (and off base). It is unacceptable to put troops in that situation, without giving them the necessary skills to be proficient in shooting. Another caliber will not fix that.
I prefer Mr. Wildey .475WM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS9BdSChngE
How secure/rugged is that Law folder? I’ve been on the fence about one for a while now. What’s holding the buffer in the tube besides the detent? Seems like a wiggle or bump would send it flying like a spring snake in a peanut brittle can.
The problem as mentioned by other posters is the M16 as its always been very much of an absolute failure on the battlefield and not because of its caliber. The U.S. in its ignorance and arrogance should have adopted the AK 47 or a variation of its excellent gas system that has a 6 to 1 piston ratio to the carrier.
The 5.56 has been improved and could be further improved simply by going to a heavier bullet but in actuality the ammo being used today is more than adequate for the job at normal combat ranges and as mentioned in the other post the average recruit is lucky to hit anything anyway ranges much over 200 meters.
Its simply a totally ignorant stirring of the pot in regards to the old caliber debate and that is bigger is always better when history as long ago as back in 1900 proved beyond all doubt that it was not bullet diameter that killed but shot placement and penetration. Actual blood and guts shooting results in big game hunting proved this over 118 years ago. The lions share of big game slaughter in Africa was done by small bore and medium bore rifles and most were rattle trap worn out ex-military rifles that were used to vertually exterminate the lions share of big game in Africa and they used nothing more than surplus fmj ammo. As recently as a couple of years ago their was a program on TV that showed game Rangers once again totally annihilating a herd of elephants with nothing more than one shot out of a FN Fal. 7.62×51.
Boy, talk about a high bore axis. I’ll bet that thing flips like a politician.
Ahh, hmm, sounds like someone is thinking like, well, every army general ever. Needin some more of that glorious overmatch.
Because why would anyone need lightweight ammo if all we do is supressing fire and let the airforce/mortars/rocket launchers deal with everything else anyways?
Because they are ignorant to how firearms work.
The larger weapons look more like “weapons of war”, which are far worse for a mere subject to own than a break action shotgun or bolt action .22LR. Perhaps they forget, or maybe it’s because they remember, that “weapons of war” in the hands of colonial subjects are a primary reason those colonists turned from subjects to citizens.
I would be more then happy to have a number of guns with short barrels. Say, at least an AR with a 14″ barrel. Would that make them happy? They are the ones that are of the same ideological bent as the people who made that illegal.
Follow Israel and move to the Tavor. Now IwI has a version in 7.62 NATO to reach out & touch something at distance. Like the 1911, the time has come to move on from a 60+ year old designed rifle.
Sooooo, what about phones with no headphone jack?
The dog is a CIA mole.
Oh, so it converts the rifle into a California-legal configuration.
Note: I am not a lawyer and take no responsibility for any actions taken as a result of this joke.
In Soviet Russia; hunting dog hunts hunter
I just ordered one!
In for $3k+ street price lmao
I wish the UK gun laws where different haha!
MAGA should be it’s own caliber. Maybe they could stencil an extended striking rattlesnake and a pine tree.
You know what? Maybe. Hell of a lot cheaper than the FK Brno. Basically the same ME.
I want one just because my dad lost his deposit on his when the original company went under.
“Gun removal task force”
Well, that doesn’t have a creepy, omnipresent state ring to it (eyeroll).
I got mine too! I’m not a journalist so don’t expect a book. I’ve followed the Automag since 1971 as a teenager. Couldn’t afford one then and couldn’t afford to NOT take this opportunity to buy the new one. I’ve followed the company’s journey towards building the Automag of ‘today’ that wasn’t available technology-wise back in the 60’s. No expense spared in reengineering using better steel, better CNC tools, and awesome testing standards. It is a great gun and is going to be a favorite in anyone’s pistol collection. #one badass pistol #runfasttheotherway #amusthavegun.
I got mine too which is add too my collection which i start in the 70’s and is at 24 AMP in the collection. I think it is one the best made and looking Auto Mags too date!
No pic option?
I love mine. Fell in love with the original in 1971 but at $1200, I opted for a car. My founding fathers edition is much too beautiful to chance dropping or scratching at the range. I bought it so my military Son could enjoy ownership earlier than I did. The guys in SC did a great job.