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[[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) 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 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. | The .44 Auto Mag Pistol has a long and strange history. The Original company AMC (Auto Mag Company) 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 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. | ||
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{{Gun Title|AMC .44 AutoMag pistol}} | {{Gun Title|AMC .44 AutoMag pistol}} | ||
[[Image:HiStandard44AutomagMod180.jpg|thumb|450px|right|High Standard [[.44 AutoMag]] TDE (Covina, CA) - .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol)]] | [[Image:HiStandard44AutomagMod180.jpg|thumb|450px|right|High Standard [[.44 AutoMag]] TDE (Covina, CA) - .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol)]] | ||
== Film == | == Film == | ||
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* ''[[Miami Vice]]'' (episode: "Definitely Miami") | * ''[[Miami Vice]]'' (episode: "Definitely Miami") | ||
== Videogames == | |||
*''[[Jagged Alliance 2]]'' (AMT Automag III) | *''[[Jagged Alliance 2]]'' (AMT Automag III) | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 16 March 2009
The .44 Auto Mag Pistol has a long and strange history. The Original company AMC (Auto Mag Company) 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 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 (but to differentiate themselves from AMC, they named their pistols "Automag", versus "Auto Mag". 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.
The AMC .44 AutoMag pistol and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
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
- Mizuho Inada in Battle Royale
Television
- Miami Vice (episode: "Definitely Miami")
Videogames
- Jagged Alliance 2 (AMT Automag III)