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Post by kjrupp on Feb 11, 2003 10:32:25 GMT -5
I watched the Clint Eastwood movie Sudden Impact last night for the umteenth time, and was wondering if there really was a .44 magnum Auto Mag pistol produced like the one he used in the movie. If so, who made it and when were they produced? I tried to grt a good look at it but they didn't really give a good look so maybe it was a hollywood prop. Thanks for any info .
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Post by DoubleAction on Feb 11, 2003 18:38:55 GMT -5
Yes;The .44 Auto Mag is reality in pistols.The cartridges are cut down .308 Winchester cases with .44 revolver bullets.I have an early video with Mickey Fowler shooting one of the .44 Auto Mags from a bag rest.The muzzle flip was so much that the barrel came almost straight up.
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Post by DoubleAction on Feb 11, 2003 19:11:09 GMT -5
Looking up the history of the .44 Auto Mag goes back to the early sixties of a man called Max Gera of Sanford Arms,Pasadena who designed the recoil operated pistol,that would later be called The Auto Mag.The Pistol was available in 1970 for $200 by Auto Mag Corporation of Pasadena.By 1972 Auto Mag was liquidated and all patents,stock,and macinery were purchased by the Thomas Oil Company which formed TDE Corporation to manufacture the pistol.Harry Sanford,of Sanford Arms and Father of the Auto Mag became the Chief Engineer of the TDE plant in North Hollywood.In 1974 the High Standard Company assumed responsibility of the Auto Mag.In the early 1980s AMT Corporation produced about a hundred .There is alot of details surrounding ammunition suppliers,sales,and finances that prevented an overwhelming success of the Auto Mag but today it is considered by many as very collectable.The .357 Auto Mag was also an offering.Alot can be said of this pistol;too much for this message posting.
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Post by kjrupp on Feb 18, 2003 14:23:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the info DA. I've been up in the great Northwoods snowmobiling or I would have thanked ya sooner.
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Post by maxmanta on Feb 20, 2003 0:35:54 GMT -5
My cousin showd me one a long time ago. If I remember right (I wasn't into guns at the time), the gun used a rotating bolt that was very expensive to manufacture.
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Post by hd on Feb 23, 2003 23:52:24 GMT -5
massive , expensive , fragile internals...fun to shoot ...20 yrs ago they were THE pistol to hunt with...then the LAR grizzly and the wildey killed their market... collectors item only as almost no replacement parts exsist...
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Post by DoubleAction on Feb 24, 2003 19:11:50 GMT -5
I reckon if I were in need of having work done on one or replacement parts I would begin with Lee Jurras or Club de Auto Mag International,Inc.The Auto Mag Club publishes a newsletter also.
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