ROUND OUT YOUR COLLECTION WITH AN AUTO MAG
#44 mag semi automatic pistols manual#
This model, complete with a 6.5-inch vented rib barrel is complete with the factory box, manual and paperwork. 44 Magnum revolver while offering better handling, a longer sight radius, two extra shots with a quicker reload if needed and improved recoil. This had the effect of making it about the same size as the six-shot S&W Model 29. The Auto Mag’s 6.5-inch barrel gave it a length from muzzle crown to hammer spur of just a tad under one-foot. Extensive use of machining and stainless steel created a solid gun that tipped the scales at almost four pounds. Over-engineered and complex, the Auto Mag required methodical attention to detail and craftsmanship at all stages of the manufacturing process. The grip and ergonomics were based on the High Standard HD target pistol while the takedown method and control surfaces were similar to those of the Walther P38. A single-stack detachable magazine about the size of a pack of cigarettes gave the pistol a 7+1 capability.
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To keep the beast of a round safely locked down, it used an eight-lug rotating bolt that resembles the kind found on M16/AR15 rifles. The gun was a large-framed semi-auto that operated on a long-bolt short recoil system. Speaking of which, Sanford and Max Gera worked on the semi-auto pistol built around the cartridge for a decade, and the forward-thinking gun was perfected enough by 1969 to move into low-rate production. 44 Rem Magnum except that the Auto Mag is rimless so that it could be fed and extracted through a very specially designed semi-auto pistol.
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Devised with hunting in mind, the round has almost the exact performance envelope of a. 44 AMP cartridge was born in the late 1950s. 44 Auto Mag was ahead of its time, and squarely behind the 8-ball when it came to luck.ĭesigned by unsung firearms genius Harry Sanford, the. The “aristocrat of big-bore semi-auto pistols,” the.