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GENERAL => General Firearms Discussion => Topic started by: AndyC on November 07, 2019, 03:52:15 PM

Title: .44 AutoMag
Post by: AndyC on November 07, 2019, 03:52:15 PM

I'd wanted one of these puppies for a few decades now and one fell into my lap a few months back. I do handload so once I got some .44 AMP brass and the dies, it's been easy to keep her fueled up:

(https://i.imgur.com/r0syiTA.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ic0OwMb.png)

Note - this is the Automag, not the Wildey which is a totally different pistol.

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: Tok36 on November 07, 2019, 04:24:54 PM

Pretty darn neat. I bet that big dog barks. Thank you for the post and pics.

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: SI VIS PACEM PARRABELLUM on November 07, 2019, 08:06:04 PM

"This is the .44 magnum auto mag and if properly used it can remove the fingerprints" (Clint Eastwood-Sudden Impact).

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: DenStinett on November 07, 2019, 10:39:14 PM

Quote from: AndyC on November 07, 2019, 03:52:15 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/r0syiTA.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ic0OwMb.png)

I needed to get the whole picture to really appreciate this beauty

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: Tok36 on November 08, 2019, 12:16:05 AM

Barks of fire!  ;D

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: crosstimbers on November 08, 2019, 05:17:14 AM

Grips are nice too.

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: lewmed on November 08, 2019, 12:55:49 PM

 A huge unique monster of a handgun I bought two cased sets with both .357 and .44 uppers when a local gunsmith closed his doors back in the late 70's for $1,000  Back in those days factory ammo was hard to find so we made our brass from cut down 30.06 cases and handloaded.  I broke down and sold one of the sets to a guy I met at a gun show a few years ago when he made a crazy offer that I couldn't pass up. I still have one set that is unfired that I'll pass on to my son when I leave this world.

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: AndyC on November 08, 2019, 03:31:07 PM

^ Excellent!

I've been fortunate in that Starline makes brass in this caliber - but I recently bought an RCBS case-forming kit and have a lot of .308 (and some .270) brass I'll be experimenting with soon.

Just for grins, here she is wearing her fancy shoes:

(https://i.imgur.com/AejmiH5.jpg)

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: DenStinett on November 08, 2019, 11:45:55 PM

Quote from: AndyC on November 08, 2019, 03:31:07 PM

Just for grins, here she is wearing her fancy shoes:

(https://i.imgur.com/AejmiH5.jpg)

Love those Burl-wood Grips

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: armoredman on November 09, 2019, 03:00:59 AM

Beautiful. I handled one at a Tucson gun shop years ago...the grips are too big for my medium sized hands, but a very impressive sidearm. My first exposure to Big Thunder was, of course, Mack Bolan...

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: AndyC on January 05, 2022, 02:18:25 PM

I picked up the new Founders' Edition from the new Auto Mag company 11 months ago:

(https://i.imgur.com/f3e3A4F.jpg)

Superbly accurate and the longer 8.5" barrel tames the recoil by about 20%. 7 rounds to check the magazine's reliability (a notorious issue in the older guns):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJoLb4OIJbg

Title: Re: .44 AutoMag
Post by: CZ_FANATIC on January 05, 2022, 04:13:42 PM

Sweet  8)