I posted this back in 3/03 here. Not much as changed since. Rusty resurfaced and I made contact with him last spring. Got some extra parts he owed me from awhile back. I still have both of mine and a nice supply of spare parts. Don't carry it as much now since I got the Kel-Tec P-3AT. I still like them a lot, never a problem.
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I have 2 of them. They are great little pistols, I have one in my back pocket right now. The finish is very durable, I've carried mine the Texas heat for several years now without any problem. The trigger is several pounds lighter than the Guardian. I have not had a failure of any kind with mine. They originally came with 2 magazines but I understand CDNN is selling them with just one and then selling the extra one separately. They also come with a trigger lock and an A-Zoom snap cap. Here is something I posted on them awhile back, let me know if you have any other questions:
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 few 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 in January. 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 holsters to see what they look like:
http://www.hedleyholsters.com
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=15433&highlight=autauga
