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Saw Demolition Ranch's YouTube on the Auto Mag Corp's Auto Mag pistol.
In a nutshell, it's like a really unreliable Desert Eagle with really expensive magazines and expensive ammo.
Oh, and it's heavier than a D'eagle too.
Dead sexy looking, though.
I made GURPS stats, just in case someone gets stupid and wants to reinact Sudden Impact or Beverly Hills Cop 2.
With respect, Angus: I think the video you linked is related to an original Auto Mag (This guy did a later video of a new Auto Mag sent to him by the Auto Mag Corporation (a new manufacturer) that was amost as clownish.
ReplyDeleteBelow is a comment that I left on his website when the first video was still fresh:
@graydog2001
2 years ago
Now do a video on a barn-find Ferrari Dino.
Pull the tarp off, dump whatever gas you have left from your lawnmower into it, and race it out into the nearest cornfield like you might do with your Hummer. Declare it a piece of crap when you have to walk back to the barn.
All of your fanbois will chime in with their own vast knowledge of Ferraris. Or Vegas, which some might think look sorta like a Ferrari. Somebody's uncle's cousin's friend probably even put a Ferrari badge on one just for fun, but it was a piece of crap too.
Sure glad I didn't buy one before I watched your informative video and read the thousands of intelligent comments from people who haven't a shred of actual experience in the subject matter.
I have two original Auto Mags that I purchased new 50 years ago, a .44 and a .357. I have put thousands of rounds through each of them. These were and are semi-custom firearms. It took some effort and diligence to learn how to properly lube and tune them, and to develop handloads with a specific combination of quality components that would run each gun flawlessly. (There were exactly no - as in none - factory loads available back in those days, and the process began with custom-making a cartridge case sized and fitted to each pistol's chamber. I made mine from commercial, match grade .308) Over the years I have won numerous pistol matches, and taken big game wth both of them. They are among the most accurate 100 yard plus pistols I have, next to my Contenders and XP-100s. All require a bit more effort than stuffing a boolit in the hole and jerking the trigger while laughing maniacally at the pretty fireball.
Such firearms are for serious enthusiasts and were never intended for gawkers and weekend plinkers. Or fanbois who wouldn't know the difference between a Ferrari Dino and a Chevy Vega. Or, for that matter, the difference between an Auto Mag and an Automag.
I will defer to someone who's actually handled an original as to the reliability... Providing they have video.
DeleteI'm making GURPS stats and making sure there's a passing resemblance to reality, not doing an actual review of the weapon.
By the way, no real car guy accepts that a Dino is actually a Ferrari.
Also, also: The right year of 2nd Gen Camaro and Vega deliberately have a Pininfarina look.
DeleteThey were riffing so hard off the 250 Berlinetta that they even stole the name for certain trim levels of Camaro!
Well, I'm an old man now, and I haven't shot either of my Auto Mags in 20 years. And I'm not inclined to drag them out of retirement just to make a movie to prove a point to somebody on the internet whom I've never even met. But if you were in my vicinity I would gladly let you try them out. :-)
ReplyDeleteBut there are videos out there of Auto Mags functioning flawlessly. Here is a recent one of the "new" Auto Mag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDiL6kmKhwE
3 magazines, rapid fire. No malfunctions. Notice the shooter isn't limpwristing, a major cause of malfunctions that an inexperienced or inept shooter is likely to wrongly blame on the firearm
The car anology is one that lept to mind after reading the hundreds of absurd comments and knowing the blogger's penchant for manufactured drama, as in his Hummer episode.
BTW, haven't you been fiddling around with your cars quite a bit to make them run right?
I recall them not having a great reputation for running without a great deal of tinkering. The old guns, IIRC, were basically hand fitted and had nearly no parts interchange.
DeleteI think Forgotten Weapons did something about that and the current company inheriting a bunch of partial guns and not being able to make a single running gun from the pieces.
So they had to retool and redesign from almost zero.
The new guns have fixed the issues? That's great! That makes it a really heavy D'eagle with really expensive magazines and expensive, hard to find, ammo; perhaps with a note that they're susceptible to becoming unreliable if not given better than average care and cleaning.
The Auto Mag is lighter than the Desert Eagle:
Delete.44 Desert Eagle 4lb 6.6oz - https://shopkahrfirearmsgroup.com/copy-of-desert-eagle-50-ae-black-with-tiger-stripes-1/
.44 Auto Mag 3lb 9oz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Mag_Pistol#Specifications
The consumer can now buy Auto Mag ammo and empty cases
.44 Auto Mag ammunition - https://www.sbrammunition.com/44-Auto-Mag-44-AMP_c_42.html
New empty cases - https://www.starlinebrass.com/44-auto-mag-brass
The parts that the new company got with the patent rights (and everything else) were rejected parts. That is why they had never been assembled into complete guns that could have been sold. The new company bought new modern equipment, like CNC machines, and brought the original design into the 21st century. The Auto Mags being made and sold now are said to be of better quality than the originals, and there is certainly no reason to doubt that. That doesn't mean that the originals were of poor quality: Mine are not.
Lee Jurras was such a fan of the original Auto Mag that he sold a line of them under his own name. I would take Jurras's opinion about anything gun-related over the demolition-veterinarian's any day of the week. I am such a fan, myself, that I have owned my two for over 50 years, and I got them when you had to literally make your own brass before making your first load. There was no such thing as factory ammo or factory brass. The gun was not intended for a novice.
Anyway, it's been fun chatting with you, Angus. Thanks for letting me into your house.
The world according to GURPS: .44 Desert Eagle, loaded with 8 rounds of .44 mag is 4.6 lb. .44 AutoMag, loaded with 7 rounds of .44 AMP is 3.9! I think I transposed a digit someplace. I hate when I do that, but have to admit when I do.
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