His son Walter continued to sell the remaining parts online through. Sanford continued to sell spare parts until his death in 1996. Īn additional 6,000 pistols were produced and sold during this period for a total of about 9,000.
The company opened and closed several times from 1973 through 1982 under several different names: TDE (Trade Deed Estates), OMC, Thomas Oil Company, High Standard, and AMT ( Arcadia Machine & Tool). The first pistol was shipped on August 8, 1971, and the factory declared bankruptcy on May 3, 1972, after making fewer than 3,000 pistols.
In 1970, Auto Mag Corporation president Harry Sanford opened a factory in Pasadena, California. 429-inch, 240-grain bullets at about the same velocity as the. 44 Magnum power in a semi-automatic pistol. The Auto Mag is a modest weight pistol designed to give handgun owners. The short-recoil operated Auto Mag pistol featured a rotary bolt with locking lugs located at the front similar to the M16/ AR-15 rifle.
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