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@@jameskelly2145 be carefull, watch demolition ranch. One literally just blew up In his hands, on the fourth magazine, fresh out on the box, seriously, call them and voice your concern. They take 6 to 9 months to build. It is not to late for you to contact them and make sure they fix the problem this weapon system has.
If you're 62 now and you wanted one at 16 for $495, then that price was around '74 or so. There's been ~475% inflation since then, so the $495 price tag would be around $2900 today.
That brings back memories. I owned two Pasadena Auto mags back when they first came out. I hand made 100 Auto Mag cartridges out of 308's. That was a hell of a lot of work.
I have loaded thousands of 06, 44 mag, 308 plus many more however re loading 100 auto mag was far more difficult. A cut down 308 has a very thick wall. Each case needs a special step ream. Each case takes up to two hours or more to hand ream it to the proper thickness whiteout cracking it to seat a 44 magnum bullet.
I first heard about the Auto Mag in the mid 70's while reading Mack Bolen books, then one day I saw a TDE model in a gun store display and had to have it. I traded it for something else several years later when factory ammo became scarce, and still wish to this day that I had kept it.
I bought my Auto Mag in 1982. Believe it or not, it was my every day carry, in a Bianchi shoulder holster. I was 22 and the weight didn't bother me. It came with a set of dies and that got me started down the road of reloading. It broke beyond repair in 1984. The barrel lugs broke and so did the bolt locking lugs. Hope the new ones are stronger.
Fantastic. For you personally, how was it as a carry gun (looking back in retrospect)? I'm in no place to afford one now but I'd like to order one down the road for the same purpose, albeit in a custom leg holster.
From what I have heard, the problems with the old Automag were down to the fact that they couldn't machine to the right tolerances back in the day. With all the CNC stuff now, they can bring the tolerances right down to where they need to be for proper function. If I lived in a free country (rather than the UK) my name would be on that waiting list!
I had a AutoMag IV made by Irwindale Arms (IAI) -- Met the Owner and he custom built me one in 10mm Magnum -- Talk about a totally orphan ammo -- Loved that gun... and talk about totally stopping everyone shooting on the range and coming to see what was making all the noise, had a problem with people picking up my brass and putting it into their pocket before I could collect it -- Don't have the gun anymore but I've still got 15-20 rounds of the ammo in the safe for when people call BS... LOL
My first knowledge of the .44 AutoMag was from reading the Executioner books with Mack Bolan blasting the mafia henchmen!! It graced the cover of many of these Don Pendleton books!!
Thanks, Justin. I just wish you had mentioned "Mack Bolan, the Executioner". He made me want an Auto Mag, so bad. I was in my twenties, then, and I wish you hadn't mentioned that it was FIFTY years ago.
I got turned on to those books in high school. When I was in the Air Force back in the 1980s my TI found one of them in my wall locker during an inspection. We ended up having a twenty minute conversation about the auto mag while everyone else was still standing at attention.
My brother introduced me to the Mack Bolan series of books. They got me through middle school and high school. Lost my entire collection due to flooding several years ago.
The Automag used in 'Sudden Impact' was so unreliable (probably due to the blanks) that Clint Eastwood got so frustrated that he threw it off the pier into the ocean and they needed a diver to retrieve it.
Yes, they couldn't make it function with blanks which isn't surprising. Most 45 autos on film are actually 9mm with special barrels because anything that takes a lot of power to cycle won't function with blanks. I've shot the original automags back in the mid-70's. Loaded for them with cut down 30-06 cases and 240 grain 44 mag bullets. Reliable and seriously powerful. My favorite was the .357 automag, a necked down 44. Didn't own any but my buddies had 3 between them.
@@thomasulbrich971 Blanks have almost no recoil. The actor has to fake the 'bounce' up. It's hard to learn and according to guys who were actors and shooters in real life, it tends to mess with your control. Sort of deliberate flinch. Of course the automag that Eastwood used was unreliable in the extreme, because blanks won't function well with any big automatic. And when it failed the producer and director which was Eastwood himself, was out a LOT of money every time they had to stop shooting.
Had one, put 20 rounds through it, then sold it for $500 more than I paid for it ($1850 at auction in 1977). I did not enjoy shooting it at all, it was "cool" enough, but had no desire to keep it, and bought my 1st Colt AR 15 at a different auction a week later. And no, I don't wish I had kept it.
The Automag has always intrigued me every sense I first laid eyes on one in the Dirty Harry movie but I could never find one for sale, so maybe just maybe that time is getting closer to me adding one to my collection..Great Video..Thank You, I’ve been a fan of this channel for a long, long time..🇺🇸👍
The AutoMag made its FIRST splash in popular consciousness via the first action-adventure novel series called The Executioner. Dirty Harry just piggy backed on this. Mack Bolan is the original AutoMag bad ass.
Great video. I was in the Marines when I heard the Auto Mag was ceasing production. I have wanted one since I first read about them. Glad to hear they’re being made again! Thanks for the info!
Awesome! Glad its finally back. My Dad had a Pasadena model when I was a kid. I was able to shoot it often while in my late teens. It was exactly as you described. Mostly very reliable under good conditions, If you ran it hard you kept it clean and properly lubed. Due to the high bore axis and hot loads needed to properly operate it, they always kick much more than you expect them to. A S&W model 629 44 mag with a 6'' barrel appears to have far less perceived recoil. I'm looking forward to the next video. I'm especially interested in what has been changed on the new gun. Thanks for another great video
Had a chance to handle an original AM in .44 Mag. back in 1975; I couldn't rack the slide until I thumb-cocked rhe hammer, and it still took both hands to pull the slide back, holding the grip between my knees! Awesome machine...
I just received my Founders Edition about 6-7 weeks ago, was waiting for 3 1/2 years to get it. It is a work of art, beautiful gun, much nicer than my North Hollywood collateral gun that was made in 1972.
Thank you so much for sharing! I've had a poster of this gun in my closet growing up! I have yet to hold one in the flesh but that has never stopped me from coveting this iconic pistol! Thank you for giving me hope that I can own one of these now!
My advice? Pay beretta 3300 and buy the Manhurin MR-73. It uses more common .38 spl and .357 magnum, was built to take 150 full house 357s a day for 20 years and fits in K frame holsters. You get a work of art that was built to work for a living and you’ve got 500 bucks left over for ammo and a really nice holster
The first and only time I held an Auto Mag was in 1978 in Harlingen, Texas while my mother was visiting me at Marine Military Academy. For a long time I had told her that I wanted one more than any other gun, ever. She said she would let me buy one under her name after graduation (I would be 18 at the time). I graduated, but I could not find one to save my soul. Luckily, a new-in-the-box Ingram M-10 submachine gun in .45 ACP was available for $175 from someone who purchased a few at the MAC Bankruptcy Auction, so she bought that and registered it in her name. So for a few years I had to drag my mother with me to the range to fire it before I transferred it to me. Then for my 19th birthday she bought me a S&W Model 29 with a 6.5" barrel. I figure she was sympathetic to my disappointment over the Auto Mag (the submachine gun DID help a lot, though). Damn, that thing was GORGEOUS! I don't have the .44 anymore, but the wood box in which it came now holds the fragments of the Kiddush Cup from my wedding almost thirty years ago, and it's in the dining room on top of the bookshelves so I see it all the time and remember...
I almost bought one of these in 44 and one that they made in 9mm auto mag too. The shop had them when they came out and no one bought them right away. It is like everything else...hindsight is always 20/20
This is great! Now, I may be able to acquire a big brother for my 22 auto mag, which I hope they also produce again with a 1911 type safety instead of the safety that operates backwards.
I have an Auto Mag 3 that works really well. It feeds several different factory ammos and reloads flawlessly. It has an excellent factory smooth trigger. I like it better than my Glock.
I have done edm (wire) work for them. As they were trying to get everything correct. It was very technical as in trying to make fixtures to hold the parts to be wired.
Back in the day the same company produced a .22 baby mag that was the finest finished firearm that I had ever seen,( up to that point) but the price was way above my income at the time. The Auto Mag was also the choice of fictional hero Mack Bolan in the Executioner series by Don Pendleton.
The .22 magnum is almost impossible to time correctly in a semi automatic. That's why semi auto .17 and .22mags are too long. Essentially whatever semi auto .22mag exists usually only works with one brand of ammo. They are picky. Keltec seems to have figured it out.
Looks like a giant Ruger 22 Mark 2. Looks really cool. Also since I'm a hunter looks like you could put a scope on and have a great pack gun for some close range hunting.
The first semi-auto pistol I ever bought was an AMT hardballer .45 .. Who is one of the original manufacturers of the Automag in the Clint Eastwood era 🤘🏻🇺🇸 I love to see this
Well done. Now that they are in production, I can take my 50 year old out more often. I was always afraid of breaking something. I've always liked letting knowledgeable shooters that knew what is was shoot it. I took it on a buffalo hunting trip to S Dakota. Took a 1700 lb animal with one shot at about 40 yds. No brass when I bought it so it was a tedious task making brass out of 308 cases. Did 100, still have 99. Lost one on the buffalo hunt. Some years ago I bought 300 Star brass. I also got lucky on Gun Broker and acquired a Lee Jurras 357 Auto Mag barrel. I like the 357/44 caliber. I have a contender in 357 Bain and Davis. Boy am I going to have fun shooting and letting knowledgeable people shoot it.
Got a chance to shoot one in the mid 90"s ..30 carbine and hot handloads..loved it..big coffee can at 50 yards dancing on the hill..3" fireball out the muzzle..
Awesome!!! Blown away-no pun intended. Is it chambered for the original auto loader cartridge or modified to fit straight-walled .44cal revolver cartridge?🧐
@@saltybuttskin Been a long time since I have seen the Beverly Hills Cop II, so there may have been one, but most of the guns they called Automags were definitely Desert Eagles.
Bought my automag in 1974 and, like an idiot, sold it. In reality, it had feed problems but was fun to shoot. But first knowledge of the automag came from Mac Bolan Enforcer book series. Mine had zebra wood grips, too.
Many years ago I had the opportunity to do some work on one of these and to test fire it as well. What a hand full, but fun to shoot. Seems to me if I remember it was quite a bit heavier than a Smith 29. This is great news that it is making a return, but it will probably come with a hefty price tag as did the original model. The one thing that would make this even better is a Mag-Na-Port job to tame some of the recoil. Great video Justin...👍👍
I actually owned one of these back in the seventies. It was a p.o.s. sheared ears off the bolt never work right. Send it back oh, they had it for over a year. I didn't think I was ever going to get it back. Finally got it back and hear the Bulls
Small gun companies that make older classics don't hang around long. For example about ten years ago a company brought back the Coonan .357 auto mag. It look good and it was getting stellar reviews. Then the company said sayonara and if you have one good luck in finding parts. The same could happen here especially at the price they are asking and the fact that it is a novelty gun. Here today, gone with the wind tomorrow.
I had a Wildey .45 Win mag in the 90’s and I’ve shot the Desert Eagle. Both have unnecessarily large grips for guns with single stack magazines. The Automag seems to have much better proportions. The new one definitely interests me.
Remembering watching Sudden Impact in the theaters and when that bad boy came on the screen my jaw dropped and wanted one ever since! I have been following Automag since the first they announced this reintroduction along with all the production problems. I just don’t have 3800$ to shell wishbi did though. It’s number two of my all time grail guns!))
did you ever own, shoot, or review one of the Dayton 44 automags that came out in the70's? I've always wanted to own one of those. They had such a Buck Rodgers look to them. Early pieces has some issues, but my understanding is that they became a good gun, al be it a hand cannon and requiring one to pay attention to what he was doing when the trigger was pulled. Would be interested in your opinion and thoughts on that gun. I suspect that they are collectable, and that there are still some in circulation for sale.
Well... the only complaint I have about this review is you spent time talking about this pistol with two guys from Maine with “weer’d” accents😉. Keep up the great work man. I can’t wait for the versus video against the Deagle .44 mag.
I hope this one is better than the original. I bought one in 74 or 75. Every time I shot it the magazine would fall out. I got rid of it at a gun show in Houston lol.
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Where can you get 44 auto mag ammo
@@jameskelly2145 That seems to be the $64,000.00 question.
I Ordered the pistol anyways eventually I will ge ammo for it
@@jameskelly2145 be carefull, watch demolition ranch. One literally just blew up In his hands, on the fourth magazine, fresh out on the box, seriously, call them and voice your concern. They take 6 to 9 months to build. It is not to late for you to contact them and make sure they fix the problem this weapon system has.
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I remember when my dad refused to buy one for $495. I'd read all The Executioner books and really wanted one at 16! Still do at 62 👴
My dad bought one and now I have it love this gun.
@@ArizonaDevil-ep9ux Doesnt it jam and falls apart after shooting it a few times?
How much does a typical gun cost in the us now? How much did it cost 10 years ago?
If you're 62 now and you wanted one at 16 for $495, then that price was around '74 or so. There's been ~475% inflation since then, so the $495 price tag would be around $2900 today.
Hope you can buy one now! I'm in the same boat.
Clint almost single-handedly revived AutoMag. Great concept. I'm glad to hear it's back.
That brings back memories. I owned two Pasadena Auto mags back when they first came out. I hand made 100 Auto Mag cartridges out of 308's. That was a hell of a lot of work.
I have loaded thousands of 06, 44 mag, 308 plus many more however re loading 100 auto mag was far more difficult. A cut down 308 has a very thick wall. Each case needs a special step ream. Each case takes up to two hours or more to hand ream it to the proper thickness whiteout cracking it to seat a 44 magnum bullet.
Oh wow, they are finally making those again?! Pretty neat, brings back a lot of Bronson&Eastwood vibes from when I was a kid🤗
Bronson used the WIldey... :)
@@mdd1963Well I was like 8 and haven't seen those movies since so😋😂 But seriously thank you for the info, seems I have conflated the 2😉
I’d say those are a butt ugly design known from other countries. Never knew of that Dirty Harry movie certainly not this. Is it a target gun maybe? 🤔
@@mdd1963 “ Nothing is too good for our friend, Mr Wildey”...
@MGTOW Paladin But he also had a Beretta 93R!!!!!
I first heard about the Auto Mag in the mid 70's while reading Mack Bolen books, then one day I saw a TDE model in a gun store display and had to have it. I traded it for something else several years later when factory ammo became scarce, and still wish to this day that I had kept it.
I bought my Auto Mag in 1982. Believe it or not, it was my every day carry, in a Bianchi shoulder holster. I was 22 and the weight didn't bother me. It came with a set of dies and that got me started down the road of reloading. It broke beyond repair in 1984. The barrel lugs broke and so did the bolt locking lugs. Hope the new ones are stronger.
Fantastic. For you personally, how was it as a carry gun (looking back in retrospect)? I'm in no place to afford one now but I'd like to order one down the road for the same purpose, albeit in a custom leg holster.
Hot loads?
The .475 Magnum Wildey comes to mind when I see the 44 auto mag. Charles Bronson would be proud.
I'd sooner the Wildey
Death wish 3. He special ordered it and it arrived in the mail. That was back in 1985. Now, things are different.
From what I have heard, the problems with the old Automag were down to the fact that they couldn't machine to the right tolerances back in the day. With all the CNC stuff now, they can bring the tolerances right down to where they need to be for proper function. If I lived in a free country (rather than the UK) my name would be on that waiting list!
I had a AutoMag IV made by Irwindale Arms (IAI) -- Met the Owner and he custom built me one in 10mm Magnum -- Talk about a totally orphan ammo -- Loved that gun... and talk about totally stopping everyone shooting on the range and coming to see what was making all the noise, had a problem with people picking up my brass and putting it into their pocket before I could collect it -- Don't have the gun anymore but I've still got 15-20 rounds of the ammo in the safe for when people call BS... LOL
My first knowledge of the .44 AutoMag was from reading the Executioner books with Mack Bolan blasting the mafia henchmen!! It graced the cover of many of these Don Pendleton books!!
Same for me!
Me too. Jeez we're old 😂🤣
@@ragnarmjolnir9654 LOL!!! 😂
I still have a trunk full of those books!! Mack Bolan, Phoenix Force and Able Team with Stony Man Doctrines!! Those were awesome!
I read a ton of those in my youth
Thanks, Justin. I just wish you had mentioned "Mack Bolan, the Executioner". He made me want an Auto Mag, so bad. I was in my twenties, then, and I wish you hadn't mentioned that it was FIFTY years ago.
I got turned on to those books in high school. When I was in the Air Force back in the 1980s my TI found one of them in my wall locker during an inspection. We ended up having a twenty minute conversation about the auto mag while everyone else was still standing at attention.
My brother introduced me to the Mack Bolan series of books. They got me through middle school and high school. Lost my entire collection due to flooding several years ago.
The Automag used in 'Sudden Impact' was so unreliable (probably due to the blanks) that Clint Eastwood got so frustrated that he threw it off the pier into the ocean and they needed a diver to retrieve it.
nice story..... lol
fustrated for what, the recoil?? he had more with the .44 mag S&W Mod. 29!?
@@thomasulbrich971 The gun constantly jammed wrecking multiple shots
Yes, they couldn't make it function with blanks which isn't surprising. Most 45 autos on film are actually 9mm with special barrels because anything that takes a lot of power to cycle won't function with blanks.
I've shot the original automags back in the mid-70's. Loaded for them with cut down 30-06 cases and 240 grain 44 mag bullets. Reliable and seriously powerful.
My favorite was the .357 automag, a necked down 44.
Didn't own any but my buddies had 3 between them.
@@thomasulbrich971 Blanks have almost no recoil. The actor has to fake the 'bounce' up. It's hard to learn and according to guys who were actors and shooters in real life, it tends to mess with your control. Sort of deliberate flinch.
Of course the automag that Eastwood used was unreliable in the extreme, because blanks won't function well with any big automatic.
And when it failed the producer and director which was Eastwood himself, was out a LOT of money every time they had to stop shooting.
Hi Justin, Thanks for letting us know the great news about the .44 Auto Mag return. I Sooooo Want One!
A Wildey Magnum was Charles Bronson's personal firearm he used it in Death Wish 3.
"We need help."
"Don't worry, my friend Wildey is coming."
Yes, I was thinking the same lol, Wildey is probably a very expensive handgun.
.475 Wildey.
I would rather have a Wildey , I almost bought one in 45 win mag .
I bought a Wildey Magnum back in 1990 chambered in 45 win mag. Fun to shoot, but it does jam up pretty often. Now its more of a conversation piece.
With a bump 😎😎🚬🚬🖖
I bet a scaled down version of that would make a great platform for the 10mm.
Schwarzlose Model 1898 had a rotary-bolt, that might have been the first. Still, nice to see the old classic back.
Had one, put 20 rounds through it, then sold it for $500 more than I paid for it ($1850 at auction in 1977). I did not enjoy shooting it at all, it was "cool" enough, but had no desire to keep it, and bought my 1st Colt AR 15 at a different auction a week later. And no, I don't wish I had kept it.
The Automag has always intrigued me every sense I first laid eyes on one in the Dirty Harry movie but I could never find one for sale, so maybe just maybe that time is getting closer to me adding one to my collection..Great Video..Thank You, I’ve been a fan of this channel for a long, long time..🇺🇸👍
The AutoMag made its FIRST splash in popular consciousness via the first action-adventure novel series called The Executioner. Dirty Harry just piggy backed on this. Mack Bolan is the original AutoMag bad ass.
I am convinced that the cover model used for the original Mack Bolan books was Bruce Campbell of Ash vs Evil Dead fame.
@@KaiserSoze-vx6vo that would be something. When the first Mack Bolan book came out in 1969, Bruce Campbell was 11.
Love the Mack Bolan pocket books
" Marksman Metal " in goo 👍
@Mike Haseltine The best ones are the original Pendleton books. Gold Eagle ruined the series, took away the AutoMag and made it a comic book serial.
@@NoGoBu It was a Marksman Medal.
And glad to have you back!
Great video. I was in the Marines when I heard the Auto Mag was ceasing production. I have wanted one since I first read about them. Glad to hear they’re being made again! Thanks for the info!
Awesome! Glad its finally back. My Dad had a Pasadena model when I was a kid. I was able to shoot it often while in my late teens. It was exactly as you described. Mostly very reliable under good conditions, If you ran it hard you kept it clean and properly lubed. Due to the high bore axis and hot loads needed to properly operate it, they always kick much more than you expect them to. A S&W model 629 44 mag with a 6'' barrel appears to have far less perceived recoil.
I'm looking forward to the next video. I'm especially interested in what has been changed on the new gun. Thanks for another great video
Super report..and hello from Australia mate.
Thats a beauty!!! Look forward to seeing the full review of this iconic firearm.
I Have one! Bought it brand new in 1977 out of a sporting good/ gun shop in Seward, AK
Beautiful looking gun, a work of art.
Had a chance to handle an original AM in .44 Mag. back in 1975; I couldn't rack the slide until I thumb-cocked rhe hammer, and it still took both hands to pull the slide back, holding the grip between my knees! Awesome machine...
Really Nice ! Your enthusiasm shows Justin, Great history and a classic gun. Glad to see them making it again!
Thank you for sharing the of the. 44 auto mag. After 50 years. By the way great show.
I just received my Founders Edition about 6-7 weeks ago, was waiting for 3 1/2 years to get it. It is a work of art, beautiful gun, much nicer than my North Hollywood collateral gun that was made in 1972.
Yep - these guns are special.
Thank you so much for sharing! I've had a poster of this gun in my closet growing up! I have yet to hold one in the flesh but that has never stopped me from coveting this iconic pistol! Thank you for giving me hope that I can own one of these now!
I am a revolver guy, but this really interests me. I imagine the price for such limited production by a small company to be > $2,000 USD.
$3800.
That’s an early 80s price tag.
My advice? Pay beretta 3300 and buy the Manhurin MR-73. It uses more common .38 spl and .357 magnum, was built to take 150 full house 357s a day for 20 years and fits in K frame holsters. You get a work of art that was built to work for a living and you’ve got 500 bucks left over for ammo and a really nice holster
Wow! This is just one of countless temptations. Could I afford it today? Yes. Is it supportive of my financial goals? No!
@rib bit Mid range Ar's are an easy 800 to 1,000. This gun is over three times that.
Beautiful gun! Very cool to see a review on this piece.
The first and only time I held an Auto Mag was in 1978 in Harlingen, Texas while my mother was visiting me at Marine Military Academy. For a long time I had told her that I wanted one more than any other gun, ever. She said she would let me buy one under her name after graduation (I would be 18 at the time). I graduated, but I could not find one to save my soul. Luckily, a new-in-the-box Ingram M-10 submachine gun in .45 ACP was available for $175 from someone who purchased a few at the MAC Bankruptcy Auction, so she bought that and registered it in her name. So for a few years I had to drag my mother with me to the range to fire it before I transferred it to me. Then for my 19th birthday she bought me a S&W Model 29 with a 6.5" barrel. I figure she was sympathetic to my disappointment over the Auto Mag (the submachine gun DID help a lot, though). Damn, that thing was GORGEOUS! I don't have the .44 anymore, but the wood box in which it came now holds the fragments of the Kiddush Cup from my wedding almost thirty years ago, and it's in the dining room on top of the bookshelves so I see it all the time and remember...
Its beautiful, and i have never been into auto mags. Just fantastic.
One of the best 1911’s I had was an AMT hardballer.
I use to read Mack Bolan the Executioner series of books, the main character used the Automag as a sidearm.
And a supperssed Beretta 93R... Its why I fell in love with BOTH those guns!!
Mack Bolan is what got me really into weapons. Love the Automag and the Beretta 93R. Would love to own both.
@@rickmerritt8035 He was kind of gay sounding , but that was Pendelton expressing his feminine side.
@@rickmerritt8035 I have a high end airsoft 93r replica thats pretty fun!!
Yeah me too brother that was the first book series that I ever read pretty much completely besides the wingman series by Matt Maloney
Harry Callahan was a great character. I would love to get myself one of these BAD boys.
GREAT video Thank you.
I almost bought one of these in 44 and one that they made in 9mm auto mag too. The shop had them when they came out and no one bought them right away. It is like everything else...hindsight is always 20/20
Fun and interesting video on a great gun! Thanks, Dave!
This is great! Now, I may be able to acquire a big brother for my 22 auto mag, which I hope they also produce again with a 1911 type safety instead of the safety that operates backwards.
Love my 475 auto mag. Awesome gun.
Was there a variant? In one of the Death Wish movie Charles Bronson has one shipped to him in the movie. Any info is appreciated.
That's a Wildey Hunter. This and that share the same idea and puspose, but were made by different companies with somewhat different mechanisms.
@@Totemparadox awesome, thank you for the info.
The Bob Ross of firearms. I can't fall asleep because I'm fascinated, but AFTER the video, ZZZZZZZZ!
I have an Auto Mag 3 that works really well. It feeds several different factory ammos and reloads flawlessly. It has an excellent factory smooth trigger. I like it better than my Glock.
Very cool! These are awesome. Also good to know the originals are C&R now
Just a bit of historical info. The Schwarzlose 1898 featured a rotating AR-style bolt as well, which puts it a good 70 years before the Automag.
I have done edm (wire) work for them. As they were trying to get everything correct. It was very technical as in trying to make fixtures to hold the parts to be wired.
Justin looks like he's starting a Tom Petty cover band.
Don't do me like that!
Hahahaha I made that joke on the podcast....Tom Pettys brother Dom Petty
@@michadsshootingbench Yes - but after the show had ended! Made me use my razor-sharp wit into an empty mic. LOL
No, Justin looks like he eats, Tom petty, yeah not so much...
Pure sex appeal.
Now I feel inspired to re-watch all the Charles Bronson Death Wish movies.
That was a .475 Wildey Magnum. Dirty Harry was the .44 mag. All great movies!!!
Back in the day the same company produced a .22 baby mag that was the finest finished firearm that I had ever seen,( up to that point) but the price was way above my income at the time. The Auto Mag was also the choice of fictional hero Mack Bolan in the Executioner series by Don Pendleton.
I had one of those...had. Didn't shoot for crap. Only gun I've ever gotten rid of.
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Here is a review of his Baby Auto Mag….
The .22 magnum is almost impossible to time correctly in a semi automatic. That's why semi auto .17 and .22mags are too long. Essentially whatever semi auto .22mag exists usually only works with one brand of ammo. They are picky. Keltec seems to have figured it out.
The real Baby Auto Mag was in .22lr and there were only 1000 made. They go for quite a bit more than the full size version when they come up for sale.
My friend Frito Dandito used to have an original Pasadena he showed me in 1976, you could be holding it because he sold it several decades ago.
Looks like a giant Ruger 22 Mark 2. Looks really cool. Also since I'm a hunter looks like you could put a scope on and have a great pack gun for some close range hunting.
Clint is an awesome actor. I bet he was the cause why undercover narcotics/gang LEO units carried .44 Mags in the mid 80s in Chicago lol.
How does the 44 automag stack up to the 454 casull ? Can't find stats to compare the two.
mate, I almost lost it after missing a few videos... Great hair mate, keep on keeping on.
The first semi-auto pistol I ever bought was an AMT hardballer .45 .. Who is one of the original manufacturers of the Automag in the Clint Eastwood era 🤘🏻🇺🇸
I love to see this
Those bullets sure do hit with... Sudden Impact
I HEARD THEY WOULD KNOCK YOU OUT OF YOUR SHOSES IF YOU WERE HIT WITH 240 G IT WOULD TAKE YOU OUT OF YOUR SHOSES HELLO
Very interesting. The weapon is made really close to me in Loris SC I see. I may go check out the company. Very nice weapon.
Super sweet! Another want added to my list.
No ports in the barrel? What they did to improve the problems with the steel from the old models?
And here I sit playing with a 1903 Colt hammerless pocket pistol. Life ain't fair.
Well done. Now that they are in production, I can take my 50 year old out more often. I was always afraid of breaking something. I've always liked letting knowledgeable shooters that knew what is was shoot it. I took it on a buffalo hunting trip to S Dakota. Took a 1700 lb animal with one shot at about 40 yds. No brass when I bought it so it was a tedious task making brass out of 308 cases. Did 100, still have 99. Lost one on the buffalo hunt. Some years ago I bought 300 Star brass. I also got lucky on Gun Broker and acquired a Lee Jurras 357 Auto Mag barrel. I like the 357/44 caliber. I have a contender in 357 Bain and Davis. Boy am I going to have fun shooting and letting knowledgeable people shoot it.
Got a chance to shoot one in the mid 90"s ..30 carbine and hot handloads..loved it..big coffee can at 50 yards dancing on the hill..3" fireball out the muzzle..
The One Used In Clint Eastwood Sudden Impact Best Gun.
I was trying to remember the name of that one
@@mikerichardson7417 44 automag Clint Eastwood used in Sudden Impact.
Awesome!!! Blown away-no pun intended. Is it chambered for the original auto loader cartridge or modified to fit straight-walled .44cal revolver cartridge?🧐
Original .44 AMP round - rimless.
That's a lot of nostalgia right their.
The first "Original" AutoMag used cut down .308 cases...FYI for anyone out there who didn't know.
They still do, because 44AMP brass is no longer made.
These are the coolest thing out there.
And Beverly Hills Cop 2 the Automag had a good acting role in also.
They called it an Auto Mag, but they actually used Desert Eagles.
@@saltybuttskin Been a long time since I have seen the Beverly Hills Cop II, so there may have been one, but most of the guns they called Automags were definitely Desert Eagles.
Ethan Winters loves this thing
Bought my automag in 1974 and, like an idiot, sold it. In reality, it had feed problems but was fun to shoot. But first knowledge of the automag came from Mac Bolan Enforcer book series. Mine had zebra wood grips, too.
Great video. Glad i stumbled on it.
Wow! What hair conditioner you using, good twirl! Kick ass side arm!
Looking for a shampoo sponsor!
Many years ago I had the opportunity to do some work on one of these and to test fire it as well. What a hand full, but fun to shoot. Seems to me if I remember it was quite a bit heavier than a Smith 29. This is great news that it is making a return, but it will probably come with a hefty price tag as did the original model. The one thing that would make this even better is a Mag-Na-Port job to tame some of the recoil. Great video Justin...👍👍
I actually owned one of these back in the seventies. It was a p.o.s. sheared ears off the bolt never work right. Send it back oh, they had it for over a year. I didn't think I was ever going to get it back. Finally got it back and hear the Bulls
Small gun companies that make older classics don't hang around long. For example about ten years ago a company brought back the Coonan .357 auto mag. It look good and it was getting stellar reviews. Then the company said sayonara and if you have one good luck in finding parts. The same could happen here especially at the price they are asking and the fact that it is a novelty gun. Here today, gone with the wind tomorrow.
This.
I had a Wildey .45 Win mag in the 90’s and I’ve shot the Desert Eagle. Both have unnecessarily large grips for guns with single stack magazines. The Automag seems to have much better proportions. The new one definitely interests me.
My dad bought one new in around 1980. I love it!
Hello --where do you find the SBR AUTOMAG AMMO--?????
Does it fire a regular 44mag or that special made one, that can't find?
That’s a beautiful looking gun. Looks big enough for an edc.
Thats an awesome display gun, I personally would never use it as a service pistol like Dirty Harry but a fun range gun
Correct me wrong, but isn't that the magnum in Resident Evil 7?
Yes.
Remembering watching Sudden Impact in the theaters and when that bad boy came on the screen my jaw dropped and wanted one ever since! I have been following Automag since the first they announced this reintroduction along with all the production problems. I just don’t have 3800$ to shell wishbi did though. It’s number two of my all time grail guns!))
If money was no object I'd have to have one. Beautiful thanks for showing that.
Great video, really glad the Auto Mag is back.
I half expected you to break out the lyrics “I won’t back down”.
Do you have to load your own ammo? Does it still use cut down 30.06 brass? Are there any manufacturers that produce ammo for it?
I cover that in the full review - keep an eye out for that.
Sweet... run that side by side with Magnum Research 44 mag... sure it is different, but just because. Good video.
Can you add a scope or red dot on it??
New, but is it improved other than better CNC machining??
What’s the comparison with 44 de mag?
Made my day!
did you ever own, shoot, or review one of the Dayton 44 automags that came out in the70's? I've always wanted to own one of those. They had such a Buck Rodgers look to them. Early pieces has some issues, but my understanding is that they became a good gun, al be it a hand cannon and requiring one to pay attention to what he was doing when the trigger was pulled. Would be interested in your opinion and thoughts on that gun. I suspect that they are collectable, and that there are still some in circulation for sale.
I remember MALONE the movie with BURT REYNOLDS
Well... the only complaint I have about this review is you spent time talking about this pistol with two guys from Maine with “weer’d” accents😉. Keep up the great work man. I can’t wait for the versus video against the Deagle .44 mag.
I hope this one is better than the original. I bought one in 74 or 75. Every time I shot it the magazine would fall out. I got rid of it at a gun show in Houston lol.
Damn what a beauty! Thanks for sharing.