Difference between revisions of "AMC Auto Mag Pistol"

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Specifications

Type: Pistol

Caliber: .44 AMP, .357 AMP, .41 JMP, .22 WMR, .30 Carbine, .45 Winchester Magnum, .50 AE

Capacity: 7-round magazine

Fire Modes: Semiautomatic - short recoil operated, rotary bolt

Information

.44 AutoMag - .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol)

The .44 Auto Mag Pistol has a long and strange history. The Original company AMC (Auto Mag Company) or AMP (Auto Mag Pistol) had a controversial start and the gun was assembled and sold through a variety of different companies (or variations of the same company) between 1971 and 1982. AMC/AMP went bankrupt in 1972 due to really unsound business practices, and other companies continued making or assembling the weapon for another 10 years with varying degrees of success. But ultimately all production of the weapon stopped in 1982. The version most commonly seen (at least in chains of U.S. 'used gun' commerce) is the AMT .44 Automag, which is the 8th incarnation of the weapon (built in Covina, CA and assembled in Irwindale, CA). The .44 Automag was given a brief bit of glory when it was featured in the 1983 Clint Eastwood Movie Sudden Impact but that didn't revive any attempts to bring the gun back into production.

AMT (Arcadia Machine and Tool) was one of the followup companies that tried to resurrect the Auto mag Pistol (While the name Automag was used the designs had very little to do with the origional Auto Mag handgun). AMT manufactured the Automag II in .22 WMR, Automag III in .30 Carbine, Automag IV in .45 Winchester Magnum and Automag V in .50 Action Express. AMT also made a Baby Auto Mag chambered for .22LR.

The AMC .44 AutoMag pistol and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

High Standard .44 AutoMag TDE (Covina, CA) - .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol)

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Sudden Impact	Clint Eastwood	Harry Callahan	Fitted with wooden grips	1983
The Intruder	.	Various gang members	.	1986
Beverly Hills Cop 2	.	One of the robbery crew	.	1987
Malone (1987)	Burt Reynolds	Richard Malone	.	1987
Hardware	.	The deputy security guard	.	1990
Destination Vegas	.	.	.	1995
Hackers	.	.	Robotic arm fitted with pistol	1995

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Miami Vice - Season 2 (Episode "Definitely Miami")	.	A drug dealer	.	1984-1989

Video Games

Game Title	Mods	Notations	Release Date
25 to Life	.	.	2006
Grand Theft Auto IV	Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony	As "Pistol .44"	2008

Anime

Character	Film Title	Note	Date
Kanuka Clancy	Patlabor: The Movie	.	1989

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 [[Image:HiStandard44AutomagMod180.jpg|thumb|450px|right|High Standard .44 AutoMag TDE (Covina, CA) - .44 AMP (Auto Magnum Pistol)]]
 === Film ===
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
-* [[Clint Eastwood]] as Harry Callahan in ''[[Sudden Impact]]'' (fitted with wooden grips.)
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
-* The deputy security guard in ''[[Hardware]]''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
-* ''[[Beverly Hills Cop 2]]''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
-* Various gang members in ''[[The Intruder]]''
+|-
+| [[Sudden Impact]] || [[Clint Eastwood]] || Harry Callahan || Fitted with wooden grips || 1983
-* [[Burt Reynolds]] in ''[[Malone (1987)]]''
+|-
+| [[The Intruder]] || . || Various gang members || . || 1986
-* ''[[Destination Vegas]]''
+|-
+| [[Beverly Hills Cop 2]] || . || One of the robbery crew || . || 1987
-* Mizuho Inada in ''[[Battle Royale]]''
+|-
+| [[Malone (1987)]] || [[Burt Reynolds]] || Richard Malone || . || 1987
-* ''[[Hackers]]'' (Prop)
+|-
+| [[Hardware]] || . || The deputy security guard || . || 1990
+|-
+| [[Destination Vegas]] || . || . || . || 1995
+|-
+| [[Hackers]] || . || . || Robotic arm fitted with pistol || 1995
+|-
+|}
 === Television ===
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
-* ''[[Miami Vice]]'' (episode: "Definitely Miami")
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
+|-
+| [[Miami Vice - Season 2]] (Episode "Definitely Miami") || . || A drug dealer || . || 1984-1989
+|-
+|}
 === Video Games ===
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
-* ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony]]
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
-* ''[[25 to Life]]
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Mods'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notations'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
+|-
+|| [[25 to Life]] || . || . || 2006
+|-
+|| [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] || [[Grand Theft Auto IV#The Ballad of Gay Tony|Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony]] || As "Pistol .44" || 2008
+|-
+|}
 === Anime ===
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
-* Kanuka Clancy in ''[[Patlabor: The Movie]]''
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Character'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="275"|'''Film Title'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Date'''
+|-
+| Kanuka Clancy || [[Patlabor: The Movie]] || . || 1989
+|-
+|}
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