[megatronrules]

Well I like mouse guns :p what can i say? Anyway was looking at one of these the other day and wondered if they are any good. The gun shop said they were good, and based on the Seecamp??
As always I come here and ask the people:D So what do you think?

[arinvolvo]

http://www.packing.org/news/article.jsp/7653/

[arinvolvo]

http://www.dickson.net/redwards/arms.html

[alamo]

I've got 2 of these pistols and carry it often. I posted this on another forum recently to someone that had the same question:

Autauga Arms is no longer in business and hasn't been for several years now. 3,200 of these pistols were made. The remaining inventory of them was sold to CDNN a couple of years ago. They were last selling them for $199 a few months ago, don't know if they still have them. Dealers bought some and I've seen them at gunshows.
It is a great little pistol. It is a couple of ounces lighter than the Guardian and has a lighter trigger pull too. It is for hollowpoint only, Autauga recommended Gold Dots (mostly for ballistics/effectiveness) which is what I use. Mine has worked fine with Silvertips and Federal Hydrashok.

Now for the bad part. Parts and service are out of the question. One of the former owners of Autauga Arms, Rusty Rossey, has all the spare parts. He ran Autauga Rifle until very recently. He used to repair them in his spare time even though the warranty was void since the company was out of business. It often took 6+ months to get pistols back. I was in e-mail contact with him until last Sept., he was going to talk to a firearms mfg. about working with them and said he'd be back in early Oct. In early October, his e-mail stopped working, phone was disconnected and his Autauga Rifle website went down a month or so ago. Have no idea where he is.

So, if you get one, don't count on parts and service. Some parts like springs for the Seecamp or Guardian may work in the Autauga. The only known problem with them was that a few had slipping trigger bars which Rusty fixed when he had time. If you're still interested in one, get a .32 snap cap and test it out before buying. The problem apparently did not afflict very many of them.

If you do get it and need a pocket holster, R.J. Hedley makes very nice ones that are custom fitted for it. He doesn't advertise them but he does make them. Check out the Seecamp or Guardian pistols to see what they look like:

http://www.hedleyholsters.com

[Extremist]

As one of the owners that got one with the slipping trigger bar problem, I can tell you that I was initially VERY disappointed and irritated with the lack of "service".

I wasn't told by the seller that Autauga was out of business, and :banghead: I didn't check it out sufficiently before I bought it. Fortunately, I WAS able to get a hold of Rusty and he agreed to fix it. After spending about $225 on it, then having to spend $35 to ship it to Rusty, It was getting to be not such a bargain.

After waiting about 2 months to get it back from Rusty, I had to threaten him with a call to the ATF since he was not responding to phone calls or emails, I finally got it back from him and it was fixed.

It's a nice little pistol and very accurate out to 3 yds, certainly not a target pistol, and unlike the review here http://www.dickson.net/redwards/arms.htm I found that it would take an extraordinary amount of patience to be able to keep all shots in the 9 ring at 15 yds due to it's long heavy trigger pull.

Regards,
James

[greg531mi]

I have a Autauga also. For $200 from CDNN, it isn't a bad little pistol. The only thing I heard bad about it, was a frame cracking, because of a V cut left of the feed ramp. Getting some fine emory or die paper, I made mine into a U cut, to stop the stress fracture from occurring. This gun that did crack, had 500 rounds through it. I also got a back pocket holster from R.J. Hedley, and reconmend it highly. I only got one mag with the gun, so I did order 3 extra's. To get them to work right, I did a fluff and buff on them, with a little die paper. It seems that the edges had little burrs on them, but it was minor. I carry mine with Speer Gold Dots. I heard they are the one's that are reconmended. FMJ one's are not, I guess it's their length, or their feeding. Overall, it is a nice gun, quality made, and a bargain price, compared to a Seecamp, heck they wanted $600 for them at the last gun show. Buy three, and have one for parts!!!

[Jeff OTMG]

I have one and liked it so much I bought my son one. Around here Seecamps are $430, but the Autauga is still less than half the price.