Is the AutoMag dead yet again?

[Japle]

Well, it looks like the AutoMag Company has had it. Their website - http://www.automagcompany.com/ - has a forum where they’re supposed to communicate with potential buyers for their expensive new production .44 AutoMag pistol.

Two months ago, they were totally ignoring the forum and it filled up with tons of Russian spam. When some of us emailed them, they responded by locking the forum.
The latest news they gave us was, “We have been entertaining a buy-out deal that is making our head swim, so we'll let you know once we've taken a decision”.
Two months later their head must still be swimming, because the people they expect to send them serious money are still in the dark. Their enthusiasm has turned to silence. You have to wonder about the abilities of people who want to build a complex, premium handgun, but can't keep a website running.

Too bad. I was ready to deal.
I guess my money will go toward an STI Steel Master.

 

[Japle]

I was hoping that someone from the company would be enough of a shooting enthusiast to notice this thread and respond.

Bump on that fading hope ……

 

[VA27]

Probably an offer from the folks at Merwin Hulbert.

 

[h2o4ever]

i would like some advice on a automag II that dosent want to run.thanks h2o

 

[Baldy]

Go with the STI and you will not be sorry....

 

[armoredman]

I didn't know anyone wanted to re introduce the original Automag. I held one once, grip was huge.

 

[Japle]

I owned .44 and .357 AutoMags 30-odd years ago. They were wonderful guns and selling them was one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done.

Here’s the .357 AutoMag fired in total darkness in the Black Hills of SD. The only illumination is from the muzzle flash.

 

[Japle]

i would like some advice on a automag II that dosent want to run.thanks h2o

Different gun. Different company. I've never held one.

 

[DM~]

I owned a couple 44 automags, and one 357 automag... Selling them was one of the smarter things i did and i don't miss them one bit... My father also owned one, and he felt the same way i did about them.

I still have a complete RCBS dies to make 44 automag cases... If anyone is interested in them, PM me.

DM.

 

[Voland]

Sorry, maybe some one can explain to me why? Why would you want this pistol at the MSRP?

V

 

[Japle]

Sorry, maybe some one can explain to me why? Why would you want this pistol at the MSRP?

Because the production is bound to be very limited. You won't be able to find them sitting in gun shops on sale. If you want one, you'll have to pony up the cash.

I suspect if they ever actually get this gun back into production, most people will buy direct from the factory and have the guns shipped to their local FFL.

BYW, I bought my first AutoMag for $315 in 1973. I sold it eight years later for $1,400 which seemed like a good deal at the time.
I'd pay $3,000+ to get it back.

Why?
.44 AMP
A 265 gr bullet at 1,510.
A 180 gr bullet at 2,000+.

.357 AMP
90 gr bullet at 2,496.
158 gr bullet at 1,855.

Excellent accuracy.
Low recoil.
I want one.
I can afford one.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I hope not...

 

[McCall911]

Too bad. I thought they were going to build across from the Bren 10 factory.

 

[Onmilo]

And right up the road from the Navy Arms Mamba complex which is across the street from the Gyro Jet factory.

 

[WC145]

Why?
.44 AMP
A 265 gr bullet at 1,510.
A 180 gr bullet at 2,000+.

.357 AMP
90 gr bullet at 2,496.
158 gr bullet at 1,855.

Excellent accuracy.
Low recoil.
I want one.
I can afford one.

That, my friend, is the American way!

I have an unfired AMT Automag V in .50AE, which in no way resembles the original Auto Mag as illustrated above by Mr. Eick, however, a 300gr JHP at 1475fps is nothing to sneeze at!! I have a fair amount of ammo set aside for it, one of these days I need to take it out and shoot it.