AMC Auto Mag Pistol

2010-07-22T02:19:34Z

GunSgt1863: /* Specifications */

==Specifications==

'''Type:''' Pistol

'''Caliber:''' .44 AMP, .357 AMP, .41 JMP, .22 WMR, .30 Carbine, .45 Winchester Magnum, .50 AE

'''Capacity:''' 8-round magazine

'''Fire Modes:''' Semiautomatic - short recoil operated, rotary bolt

==Information==
[[Image:Automag.jpg|thumb|450px|right|.44 AutoMag - .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol)]]
The .44 Auto Mag Pistol has a long and strange history. The Original company AMC (Auto Mag Company) or AMP (Auto Mag Pistol) had a controversial start and the gun was assembled and sold through a variety of different companies (or variations of the same company) between 1971 and 1982. AMC/AMP went bankrupt in 1972 due to really unsound business practices, and other companies continued making or assembling the weapon for another 10 years with varying degrees of success. But ultimately all production of the weapon stopped in 1982. The version most commonly seen (at least in chains of U.S. 'used gun' commerce) is the AMT .44 Automag, which is the 8th incarnation of the weapon (built in Covina, CA and assembled in Irwindale, CA). The .44 Automag was given a brief bit of glory when it was featured in the 1983 Clint Eastwood Movie ''[[Sudden Impact]]'' but that didn't revive any attempts to bring the gun back into production.

AMT (Arcadia Machine and Tool) was one of the followup companies that tried to resurrect the Auto mag Pistol (While the name Automag was used the designs had very little to do with the origional Auto Mag handgun). AMT manufactured the Automag II in .22 WMR, Automag III in .30 Carbine, Automag IV in .45 Winchester Magnum and Automag V in .50 Action Express. AMT also made a Baby Auto Mag chambered for .22LR.

{{Gun Title|.44AMP AutoMag Model 180}}
[[Image:.44AMP AutoMag Model 180.jpg|thumb|450px|right|High Standard [[.44AMP AutoMag]] TDE (Covina, CA) - .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol)]]
=== Film ===

* [[Clint Eastwood]] as Harry Callahan (called "Dirty Harry") in ''[[Sudden Impact]]'' (fitted with wooden grips.)

* Unidentified actor as unidentified character in ''[[Beverly Hills Cop 2]]''

* Various gang members in ''[[The Intruder]]''

* [[Burt Reynolds]] in ''[[Malone (1987)]]''

* ''[[Destination Vegas]]''

* Mizuho Inada in ''[[Battle Royale]]''

* Stephen Lang in ''[[The Hard Way]]''

* A prop version is held by a robotic arm in ''[[Hackers]]''

=== Television ===

* ''[[Miami Vice]]'' (episode: "Definitely Miami")

=== Video Games ===

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|Grand Theft Auto IV]]
* ''[[25 to Life]]

=== Anime ===

* Kanuka Clancy in ''[[Patlabor: The Movie]]''

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[[Category:Pistol]]

Quigley Down Under

2009-12-02T06:47:33Z

GunSgt1863: /* Colt Walker 1847 */

[[Image:Quigley.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''[[Quigley Down Under]]'' (1990)]]
'''The following guns were used in the movie ''[[Quigley Down Under]]'''''

==Shiloh Sharps 1874 Long Range Rifle==
Matthew Quigley ([[Tom Selleck]]) uses a Shiloh [[Sharps#Sharps 1874 Long Rang|Sharps 1874 Long Range]] rifle with a 34" barrel (4"s longer than a standard 30" barrel) converted to fire a .45-110 mettalic cartridge with a 540 grain paper-patch bullet. It has double set triggers, and is fitted with a ladder-elevated Vernier peep sight and a Globe front sight. He is an incredible sharpshooter with this rifle and often makes use of the double set triggers for more accurate shots. Sometimes he shoots from so far away, the report of the rifle is heard 2-3 seconds after the impact of the bullet (Even though sound catches up with supersonic rounds after 300-400 yards). Several times in the film the gun is shown capable of sending people airborne (some even completely flipped in mid-air!), as movie rules states a big gun must send bad guys flying.

[[Image:UbertiSharps1874longrange.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Uberti Sharps 1874 Long Range with 34" barrel, fitted with Vernier sight. The film credits the actual rifle used as being manufactured by Shiloh Rifle Mfg., Big Timber, MT. Differences between that and the Uberti (pictured) can be seen in the photo - The tang sight windage adjustment is at the base on the Uberti while it is on the slider of the Shiloh's sight. The Shiloh has a patch box in the stock which the Uberti does not, and the Shiloh has the curved military butt plate compared to the Uberti's straighter shotgun butt.]]
[[Image:QuigleySharps3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley's rifle feattures his initials engraved on the side "M.Q".]]
[[Image:QuigleySharps2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley aims down his Sharps 1874. Note Globe front sight.]]
[[Image:QDUSharps1874Long-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley fires his Sharps 1874 at Marston's men.]]
[[Image:QDUSharps1874Long-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley uses his double set triggers. For those who don't know how double set triggers work, this shot shows how he pulls the rear trigger to make the trigger pull on the first trigger lighter, making the rifle more accurate.]]
[[Image:QDUSharps1874Long-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley's Sharps laying among his gear.]]
[[Image:QDUSharps1874Long-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley firing his Sharps.]]
[[Image:QDUSharps1874Long-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley aiming his Sharps.]]
[[Image:QDUSharps1874Long-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley shoots a rope out on one of his traps with a well aimed shot from his Sharps. Hitting a rope while properly rested is hard enough, but only Quigley can shoot one while laying on his back.]]

* At one point in the film, we have some excellent gun dialogue seldom seen in most movies, in which Quigley explains his rifle to Marston.

===Breech Loader===
[[Image:QuigleySharpsbreachloader.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"It's a lever-action breach loader."]]

===Cartridge===
[[Image:Quigley45-110Sharps.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"It's converted to use a special .45 caliber, 110 metal cartridge with a 540 grain paper-patch bullet."]]

===Barrel===
[[Image:Quigley34inSharps.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Usual barrel length is 30 inches. This one has an extra 4."]]

===Double Set Triggers===
[[Image:QuigleyDoubleSetTriggers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"It's fitted with double set triggers..."]]

===Sight===
[[Image:QuigleyVernierSharps-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"...and a Vernier sight. It's marked up to twelve-hundred yards. This one shoots a mite further. "]]
[[Image:QuigleyVernierSharps-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley affixes his Vernier sight to his rifle.]]

==Colt 1860 Army==
Elliot Marston ([[Alan Rickman]]) uses a [[Colt 1860 Army]] .44 caliber as his personal sidearm. He refers to it as the Army revolver and has much respect for its maker, Colonel Samuel Colt. He gives his second one to Quigley in the final duel, thinking he is bad with revolvers based on how he said he never had much use for one. When Quigley defeats him and his two men he says, '''"I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it."''' He pockets the revolver, then realizing he found a reason to use one.
[[Image:1860Army.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1860 Army - .44 caliber.]]
[[Image:QuigleyColtarmy1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marston tests his Colt Army for any problems before the final showdown.]]
[[Image:QuigleyColt1860.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marston with his Colt Army at the ready.]]
[[Image:QuigleyColtarmy2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marston's spare Colt Army, which he gives Quigley for the final showdown.]]
[[Image:QDUColtArmy-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dobkin sticks the Colt Army in Quigley's belt.]]
[[Image:QuigleyColtarmy3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quigley draws and fires the Colt Army with lighting speed at the final showdown.]]
[[Image:QuigleyColtarmy4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marston lay dying, Colt Army in hand. Quigley said he didn't have much use for a pistol...not that he didn't know how to use one...]]

==Griswold & Gunnison 1860==
Marston's men are mainly armed with [[Griswold & Gunnison 1860]] revolvers in .36 caliber throughout the film. They are not Colt 1851s as previously noted do to their round barrels and brass frames.
[[Image:1851Navy.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1851 Navy .36 caliber. (similair weapon)]]
[[Image:QuigleyColtNavy1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hobb ([[Conor McDermottroe]]) lay dying, gut-shot from Quigley's rifle, with his G&G 1860 at his side.]]
[[Image:QDUG&G1860-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"You've got one shot left in that shooter. Make the most of it."]]
[[Image:QuigleyColtNavy2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"I got him! I got Quigley!" One of Marston's men holds the wounded Quigley at gun point with his G&G 1860.]]

==Colt 1851 "U.S. Marshall"==
O'Flynn ([[Ben Mendelsohn]]) carries a pocket version of the 1851, know as the [[Colt 1851 Navy|Colt 1851 Navy "U.S. Marshall"]] with ivory grips and cylinder grooves which Quigley also pockets for himself after the final duel.
[[Image:1851USMarshall.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1851 "U.S. Marshall" pocket - .36 caliber.]]
[[Image:Quigley1851USMarshal-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|O'Flynn armed with his U.S. Marshall during a gunfight with Quigley.]]
[[Image:Quigley1851USMarshal-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another shot of the U.S. Marshall pistol.]]
[[Image:Quigley1851USMarshal-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|O'Flynn lays dead holding his pocket Navy with Ivory grips and cylinder grooves. Quigley picks it up for his own use.]]

==Colt 1862 Pocket Navy==
One of Marston's men tries to draw a "belly gun", a [[Colt 1862 Navy]], from the small of his back before being shot by Quigley.
[[Image:Colt1862Navy.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1862 Navy - .36 caliber.]]
[[Image:QDUColt1862Navy-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marston's man tries to draw his Colt 1862 Navy.]]

==Remington 1858 New Army==
One of Marston's men carries a [[Remington 1858 New Army]] in the film.
[[Image:Remington1858-1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Remington 1858 New Army - .44 caliber.]]
[[Image:QDURem58-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Marston's men with a Remington 1858 New Army.]]
[[Image:QuigleyRem58-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The first of Marston's men to fire on Quigley in the town, armed with a Remington 1858.]]
[[Image:QuigleyRem58-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marston's man armed with his Remington 1858.]]

==Thompson Center Arms Hawkins Plains Rifle==
Marston's men arm themselves mainly with [[Thompson Center Arms Hawkins Plains]] rifles throughout the film. Quigley kills one of these men and takes the rifle off his horse for Crazy Cora to use.
[[Image:ThompsonHawkinsrifle.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Thompson Center Arms Hawkins Plains - .45 caliber.]]
[[Image:QuigleyHawkinsmusket-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Marston's henchmen cocks his Hawkins rifle as the Red-coats approach]]
[[Image:QuigleyHawkinsmusket-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crazy Cora fires a poorly aimed hip-shot from a Hawkins rifle at some attacking Dingos.]]
[[Image:QuigleyHawkinsmusket-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Marston's men with a Hawkins rifle.]]
[[Image:QDUHawkins-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Marston's men tries to run and grab his Hawkins rifle to kill Quigley. Note how the stock lacks a gloss finish and the general weapon is in somewhat poor condition, probably because in the next shot....]]
[[Image:QDUHawkins-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|.... Quigley shoots the gun with his Sharps and destroys it. It's easy to understand why such a poor quality gun was chosen, because no armorer in his right mind would destroy a perfectly good firearm of good quality.]]

==Bounty Hunter Dueling Pistol==
The gunsmith of the town offers Quigley a Italian .45 caliber dueling pistol, called simply the "Bounty Hunter", but he refuses, claiming he never had much use for a shooter(pistol).
[[Image:BountyHunterpistol.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Italian Bounty Hunter - .45 caliber.]]
[[Image:QuigleyBountyhunter.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The gunsmith offers Quigley his Italian Bounty Hunter.]]

==Colt Dragoon 1848==
Quigley also takes off the dead man's horse a [[Colt Dragoon|Colt Dragoon 1848]] .44 caliber pistol. Crazy Cora ([[Laura San Giacomo]]) uses the Colt Dragoon to fend off dingos from her camp and an Aborigine baby while Quigley is away getting .45-110 shells from a town. Presumably the same man who owned the horse is seen cocking the gun on the wagon as the Red-coats aproach.
[[Image:Colt1stDragoon-44Cal.jpg‎|thumb|none|400px|Colt Dragoon 2nd Model - .44 caliber.]][[Image:QuigleyDragoon48-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Marston's henchmen cocks his Colt Dragoon as the Red-coats approach. Since it isn't loaded with percussion caps, it is pretty useless.]]
[[Image:QuigleyDragoon48-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crazy Cora prepares her Colt Dragoon to use on attacking Dingos]]
[[Image:QuigleyDragoon48.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crazy Cora fires her Colt Dragoon.]]
[[Image:QDUColtDragoon-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crazy Cora fires her Colt Dragoon.]]
[[Image:QDUColtDragoon-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crazy Cora packs lead balls into the Colt Dragoon, attempting to reload it before the Dingos come back.]]
[[Image:QuigleyDragoon48-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Marston's men with a Colt Dragoon.]]

==Colt Walker 1847==
A full-sized original [[Colt Walker|Colt Walker 1847]] is seen in the hands of one of Marston's men during the shootout in in the town with Quigley.
[[Image:1847ColtWalker.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Uberti Walker Colt 1847 - .44 caliber.]]
[[Image:QuigleyColtWalker1847.jpg|thumb|none|600px|One of Marston's men fires on Quigley with a Walker Colt and a Colt Navy.]]
The Colt Walker used is most likely a reproduction. Only about 1100 where origanaly made and they now sell for US$150,000 or more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Colt

==Enfield 1864 Cavalry Carbine==
The British Red-Coats are all armed with [[Enfield 1864 Cavalry]] carbines.
[[Image:1864-enfield-cavalry-carbine-1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Enfield P64 Cavalry Carbine.]]
[[Image:Quigley1851confederatecarbine.jpg|thumb|none|600px|British Red-Coats ready their Enfield carbines.]]

==Boot Pistol==
At the end of the film when Quigley is preparing to leave Australia, the travel clerk cocks an unknown boot pistol under his counter when asking his name, aware there is a bounty on Quigley.
[[Image:QDUBootPistol-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The clerk picks up his boot pistol.]]
[[Image:QDUBootPistol-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Name?" The clerk cocks the hammer on his boot pistol.]]
[[Image:QDUBootPistol-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The clerk uncocks the pistol when Quigley says his name is Roy.]]

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