AMC Auto Mag Pistol

The .44 Auto Mag Pistol has a long and strange history. The Original company AMC (Auto Mag Company) 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 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.

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

• Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan (called "Dirty Harry") in Sudden Impact (fitted with wooden grips.)

• Unidentified actor as unidentified character in Beverly Hills Cop 2

• Various gang members in The Intruder

• Burt Reynolds in Malone

• Destination Vegas

• Mizuho Inada in Battle Royale

Television

• Miami Vice (episode: "Definitely Miami")