Talk:Auto Mag Pistol

Article title
Should the title of this article be "AMT Automag", as opposed to just "Automag"?

AMT reffers only to the late units built my Arcadia Machine and Tool.

Is this only to distinguish it from the article about the paintball gun of the same name?

If someone were looking for general Automag information about the earlier "Pasadena" and "Hollywood" Automags, they might miss this.

Dr.mike 06:58, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Massive clean-up required.
This article has no sources for any of the highly specific information stated, and has some serious problems with non-NPOV and OR. I've removed the worst of the non-NPOV and OR stuff, but this article needs a lot of work to bring it up to encyclopaedic standards. Wibbble 05:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

PR?
Wasn't this one of the most powerful handguns of the time, or was that just PR? It certainly seemed to pop up in a lot of late-'70s fiction (Dirty Harry & Death Wish movies, as well as 'The Executioner' series of adventure novels and DC Comics' 'Warlord' series).Rickremember (talk) 19:49, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * According to this website it was very powerful compared to guns around at the time; there weren't any desert eagles and apparently the only handgun with similar power was a Smith & Wesson revolver. User:Snoito - sorry, I ain't logged on at the moment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.248.223 (talk) 12:46, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Photo, please
Can we get a photo for this article? --98.232.181.201 (talk) 09:26, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Here is a photo. http://www.adidev.com/automag.jpg
 * I don't how how to add it. I took this picture, own its rights, and release it to the public domain.
 * --75.1.6.192 (talk) 08:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * You can upload to Wikimedia Commons, then copy the file description here. (Great pic, btw.)  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  09:29, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Uploaded. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Automag_44amp.jpg Dr.mike (talk) 01:26, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thx, Doc. Before I add it, tho, can you say what the bbl length & grips are? I'd like to caption it with that. The year, too, if you know it.  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  05:31, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

The barrel shown is the original 6.5" .44AMP piece. I have several others. Such as the .357AMP, .41JMP, .45WinMag in various lengths from 6.5" to 10.5"; if they are of interest.  The grips are custom "Duane Short's".  I'd have to check with Bruce Stark to convert the serial number to a build date. If I get a chance, I can get some ammo pics of the factory and cut-down .308 brass. If it helps   71.156.45.96 (talk) 08:55, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, the more the merrier. They can all go on Commons, even if they don't end up here. Here, I'd like a double of the factory & .308 brass, upright & bases (anything of surplus .30-'06?), & a shot of the .357. If you've got a .44 with the factory grips, better still. (It'd be the most representative.) If we add the .45WM or .30M1C, I think we need to broaden the page. Also, any other pix you've got, of anything, put 'em up on Commons. We can always use 'em. Thx for the help.
 * One other thing. Do you actually own these guns? A source to ID the custom grips would be good, if you've got the paperwork, 'cause otherwise, somebody's gonna tag it...  TREKphiler   any time you're ready, Uhura  02:37 & 02:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes. That one is mine. Duane Short was a small custom grips maker in Los Angeles in the 1980's. Dr.mike (talk) 05:38, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Original AutoMag tooling for sale.
This might be of interest to anyone who is editing this article.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=337383872 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.69.219.3 (talk) 23:40, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

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Norma ammunition
The article states that Norma manufactured only empty cases. This is incorrect. I own two boxes of finished Norma .44 AMP ammunition that I purchased in a sporting goods store in the 1980s. So this needs to be corrected in the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.126.58.223 (talk) 03:40, 23 May 2018 (UTC)