kentucky bucky
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I had one that worked every time in the 80's and now have one that is a jamomatic. I'd give $125.00 for my old one back, but you never know what your getting until you live with it a while.
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Need Your Opinion on an AMT Backup
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Stevie-Ray
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God, I've got to remember that one for my AMT discussions. I haven't laughed that hard at somebody else's misfortunes for a long while.Ruger Redhawk
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I have one of the 22 mag AMT's. I bought it from a friend years ago. I hate to admit this but I have never fired a round through it.It's the longer barreled one I think 6". I have extra magazines for it.At the time I thought I wanted it. I had all visions of what I would do with it in my eyes.
After buying it I lost interest and it's been in the safe ever since.Yeah I'm sorry I ever bought it.
After buying it I lost interest and it's been in the safe ever since.Yeah I'm sorry I ever bought it.
mchgnmike
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I have an AMT single action .380 that shoots fine. I have ground the hell out of it and smoothed the exterior as much as possible so it will carry in my back pocket.
Shoots Federal Hydra Shock, Cor-Bon and Winchester Silver Tips without any problems.
Yep, mine is a keeper.
Shoots Federal Hydra Shock, Cor-Bon and Winchester Silver Tips without any problems.
Yep, mine is a keeper.
commygun
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Are we talking in .380? Had an SA version that was absolutely unreliable. Got a DAO version 14 years ago and it has been stone reliable with everything I've put through it. Probably a fluke.
Okiecruffler
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That kind of hit and miss is the norm for AMT. My dad bought me and my brother a set of Longslides, consecutive serial #'s. Mine was a total POS, unreliable, inaccurate. My brother still shoots his, the most accurate 1911 he owns and stone cold reliable.
I have 2 frames and 4 different caliber/slide combinations that fit on them.
One was originally a 40S&W and it is absolutely reliable. The other was orginally a 45ACP, but I also have 9mm and 357SIG barrel/slide combinations that are interchangeable on either frame. I had to adjust the feed lips on every factory mag I have purchsed. I generally own 6 mags per caliber. I carry one in the gun and two spares when I carry it. Then I rotate them with another 3 mags on occasion to give the mag springs a rest. They are made of good steel, but they are usually set too wide and cause jams. Once the mags are adjusted properly, they are reliable. A gun dealer once told me that AMT Backups are good guns that just needed a few more hours of TLC before they left the factory. It is my goto for concealed carry. It is the about the same size as a Kahr Covert, but the wider grip frame makes it easier to shoot for me than the Kahr. Owned 2 Kahrs and sold them both. Still own the AMT Backups. The trigger is heavy, but I qualified for my concealed carry permit with one without any problem.
If anyone wants to get rid of their crappy old AMT Backup, I will send you a MO and the address of my local FFL.
Just for info, the last I heard, High Standard had bought the rights to the AMT brand and is making new AMT Backups and parts.
http://www.highstandard.com/
Roll Tide
One was originally a 40S&W and it is absolutely reliable. The other was orginally a 45ACP, but I also have 9mm and 357SIG barrel/slide combinations that are interchangeable on either frame. I had to adjust the feed lips on every factory mag I have purchsed. I generally own 6 mags per caliber. I carry one in the gun and two spares when I carry it. Then I rotate them with another 3 mags on occasion to give the mag springs a rest. They are made of good steel, but they are usually set too wide and cause jams. Once the mags are adjusted properly, they are reliable. A gun dealer once told me that AMT Backups are good guns that just needed a few more hours of TLC before they left the factory. It is my goto for concealed carry. It is the about the same size as a Kahr Covert, but the wider grip frame makes it easier to shoot for me than the Kahr. Owned 2 Kahrs and sold them both. Still own the AMT Backups. The trigger is heavy, but I qualified for my concealed carry permit with one without any problem.
If anyone wants to get rid of their crappy old AMT Backup, I will send you a MO and the address of my local FFL.
Just for info, the last I heard, High Standard had bought the rights to the AMT brand and is making new AMT Backups and parts.
http://www.highstandard.com/
Roll Tide
You are correct. The 38 Super and the 400 Corbon are the two factory offerings I do not have. I could have gotten a 38 Super for $175 when I bought the 40SW. I wish I had.:banghead: At the time, the 40SW was my first AMT Backup purchase. I had heard all the bad stuff about them, but I thought I would take a chance for $175. By the time I figured out for myself they were acutally solid guns that I could make functional if they needed adjustment, the 38 Super had been sold.
I could buy both missing calibers new from High Standard, but the price will be considerably higher.
I am also interested in the newly offered 380 DAO as seen on the High Standard web site referenced above.
RollTide
I could buy both missing calibers new from High Standard, but the price will be considerably higher.
I am also interested in the newly offered 380 DAO as seen on the High Standard web site referenced above.
RollTide
I shot one way back when and the trigger was terrible.
About throwing rounds out. I had a Taurus PT-22 that would do that. It would eject a live round. Its best trick was when the slide slammed shut on a live round that was being ejected and bent it in half. Quite the fright, if it had done that to the rim of the 22. Boom.
I'd buy a j frame if I couldn't get the LCP.
About throwing rounds out. I had a Taurus PT-22 that would do that. It would eject a live round. Its best trick was when the slide slammed shut on a live round that was being ejected and bent it in half. Quite the fright, if it had done that to the rim of the 22. Boom.
I'd buy a j frame if I couldn't get the LCP.
dogngun
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PASS!!!
Mine was the identical gun. Was not relioable, even with FMJ ammo. Was taken to a very fine gunsmith who repaired it, replaced a spring. Still would not feed an entire mag. If you want it for a collectable, OK. If you plan to carry it, or even shoot it, get something else.
ADDED: I had the .380 SA -I'd recommend a KelTec any day.
mark
Mine was the identical gun. Was not relioable, even with FMJ ammo. Was taken to a very fine gunsmith who repaired it, replaced a spring. Still would not feed an entire mag. If you want it for a collectable, OK. If you plan to carry it, or even shoot it, get something else.
ADDED: I had the .380 SA -I'd recommend a KelTec any day.
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Stevie-Ray
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Interestingly enough, that would be the only AMT I would be interested in. That was a truly unique gun.
theotherwaldo
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Got the SA .380 and the DAO .45. Both work consistently with full-power RN ammo. Both are painful to shoot very much. Wouldn't seek either one out, as there are better choices.
doc540
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YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TYPE LOUDER!
I CAN'T HEAR SHEET AFTER FIRING A .380 AMT BACKUP!
I CAN'T HEAR SHEET AFTER FIRING A .380 AMT BACKUP!
alaskanativeson
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In another topic I listed the AMT .380 Backup as the gun I was most disappointed with. It wasn't even close. I even rated my Jennings .22 higher than the AMT because at least I knew what I was getting when I got it. That Jennings was more accurate and even more reliable than the AMT was.
I don't have the new P3AT from Kel Tec but it's on my short list. I currently carry their P32 and am quite satisfied with it if I'm not carrying my USP 45c.
I don't have the new P3AT from Kel Tec but it's on my short list. I currently carry their P32 and am quite satisfied with it if I'm not carrying my USP 45c.
aryfrosty
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I have a DAO in .45acp that works very well with Hydra-Shoks. I had a single action that stunk. I also had a hardballer that worked well enough and I bought one of the early Para Ord wide body frames and took it to a 'smith for putting the new frame on the slide. He declared the slide to be the worst POS he'd ever had to hand fit to another frame.
MICHAEL T
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Sharp stick better and lighter.
hemiram
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I had one, back about 1980. I would have loved to have a 14 pound trigger pull. Mine was about 30 when it came out of the box, a trip to AMT got it down to about 18-20, but it still wasn't reliable at all, no matter what ammo I put it it, it ALWAYS jammed after the 2nd or third shot, except one time, when it went through the whole magazine without a miss. I sold it as soon as I could, and bought a Browning BDA380, a lot bigger, but absolutely reliable. Prettier too.
The only way I would ever even think of buying one is if I could shoot it first.
The only way I would ever even think of buying one is if I could shoot it first.
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