| (TDE) AutoMag, Model 180, CAL: 44 AMP (Not Compatible With 44 Ma...
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(TDE) AutoMag, Model 180, CAL: 44 AMP (Not Compatible With 44 Mag), MFG: 1973-82, SN: A01674, SAO Semi Auto Pistol, 6 1/2'' Barrel.
HISTORY: The Auto Mag 180 was essentially a pre Desert Eagle autoloading Magnum handgun that was initially designed by two men; Max Gera, a young Italian immigrant gunsmith, and his employer, gun shop owner Harry Sanford. Gera put together the core of the guns design in late 1969 and 1970 - a short recoil, rotating bolt pistol with an accelerator to aid extraction and a rimless case which was based on a cut-down .30-06 or .308 case. This would become the .44 AMP cartridge, which aimed to duplicate .44 Magnum ballistics in a rimless case.
When Sanford brought in investors to help fund commercial production of the gun, Gera sold his share of the endeavor and left. Sanford and a couple other engineers completed gun design, and set up a manufacturing facility in Pasadena. The first guns came off the line in August of 1971, and by May of 1972 the company was bankrupt. They had been selling the guns for far less than they actually cost to produce, in hopes of driving enough demand to get an economy of scale going in the production, this obviously did not work. Over the next 10 years, five more companies would take on the Auto Mag, each of them losing money and selling out in short order. In total, about 9,000 Auto Mag Model 180 pistols were made, 3,000 in the original Pasadena gun and the remainder divided amongst the other companies. Sadly, interest in the gun would peak only after the last company gave up, when Clint Eastwood used one in the 1983 Dirty Harry film Sudden Impact.
CONDITION: The checkered plastic grips are excellent, solid with some handling wear. The stainless finish on the gun is good to very good with large splotches of pitting throughout. Bore is very good, near excellent, bright with strong rifling & light, even roughness throughout. Mechanically fairly solid, seems to function well for the most part. This is an old gun that was stored heavily greased & feels quite stiff while cycling. The gun seems to function properly. A fixed stainless front sight is integral to the ventilated rib on the barrel, a windage & elevation adjustable stainless rear sight is mounted to the slide. Comes in a correct factory hard plastic case with two magazines, a 1/2 Oz. container of Auto Mag Gun Oil, a set of two allen keys in a small bag, & an owners manual. FFL Req. - Value: 2500 to 5000
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