The .44 AMP Auto Mag: initial thoughts and observations

[Patocazador]

Do you still have the case making dies for sale

In order to make cases from .308 cases, You have a short die that corresponds to the length. A hacksaw is used to cut off the bottleneck portion. Then comes deburring and reaming in the 2nd die. Reaming is a bear without a slow-running power tool. Afterwards a normal 3 die set handles the formed cases. If you have a .357 barrel, you resize again and trim before loading.

To do all this you must be dedicated ... almost like a young girl joining a convent.

It gets old fast.

 

[Palladan44]

Super cool gun. The movie was the first Id ever heard of it....at that moment I thought it was made up for the movies.....quickly learned I was wrong.

Always wanted to get a high powered, big bore Auto... The 10mm is the biggest Auto ive ever made it to. The 10mm is nothing compared to the 44 AMP

 

[FROGO207]

Had one in the early 80's never got it to run well so got most of my money back. Some time later got one in 30 Carbine it was better but got sick in 1990 and sold it for bills. Wish I had kept It. Now I have a 6.5 inch Automag II in .22 MAG. It works well although the one I had with a 4 inch barrel was poor at ejecting anything but PMC ammo.

 

[Dragonfly]

Dragonfly I've always been enamored with this gun. Is there any commercially made ammo for these made Anymore since I don't reload? Look kind of like an AR-15 bolt type bolt. Thanks for any info.

SBR makes some, although since they don’t sell in Canada I had to learn how to handload (after 35 years of shooting!). That ended up being part of the fun, though.

 

[wcapps10363]

If anyone has case forming or reloading dies they want to sell I would be interested

 

[DM~]

If anyone has case forming or reloading dies they want to sell I would be interested

Like I said above, I'm sure I still have a set...

PM me, and I'll go look for them...

DM

 

[wcapps10363]

Ok

 

[GONRA]

GONRA sez most important thing you can get for yer New AUTOMAG
is a can of Molykote "G" MoS2 paste for lubricating all sliding
stainless-on-stainless surfaces to avoid certain galling ruination.
(There may be other lubes that verk but this is guarenteed.)

 

[Japle]

I've been using Molykote for 40+ years. Apply with a Q-Tip; if you get it on your fingers, it's gonna be there until the skin wears off. One application will last a long time. It's supposed to bond with steel and stay there even when the grease is wiped off. Lube as usual after wiping it off.
This stuff is not a substitute for normal gun lube. As I understand it, after it's wiped off, it leaves a very thin layer of Moly on the surface.
On my AutoMags, I apply the Moly grease just once, wipe it off and then apply Slide-Glide lube from then on.