Arcadia Machine & Tool, commonly abbreviated to AMT, was a firearms manufacturer from
Irwindale, California. The company produced several weapons, primarily clones of existing firearms, but made from
stainless steel
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...
rather than the standard steel used for most firearms of the time.
AMT was described by the
US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as one of the "Ring of Fire companies",
which were known for large-scale manufacture of
Saturday night special
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s. The company filed for bankruptcy after their products were affected by quality and reliability problems, and the assets and trademark were acquired by Irwindale Arms Incorporated (IAI). Later, in 1998, Galena Industries of
Sturgis, South Dakota, purchased the company and produced firearms in the style of AMT's until 2001 when Crusader Gun Company (later
High Standard Manufacturing Company) of
Houston, Texas
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purchased it.
Products
Pistols
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Auto Mag
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AMT Baby AutoMag
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AMT AutoMag II
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AMT AutoMag III
The AMT Automag III is a single action semi-automatic handgun, designed by Harry Sanford, creator of the first Automag. The Automag III does not actually fire a magnum cartridge,but is chambered for the .30 Carbine cartridge, which was original ...
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AMT AutoMag IV
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AMT AutoMag V
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AMT AutoMag 440
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AMT Backup
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AMT Hardballer
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AMT On Duty
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AMT Lightning pistol
The AMT Lightning pistol is a semi-automatic pistol chambered for .22 Long Rifle which was manufactured by Arcadia Machine & Tool (AMT) of Covina, California during the 1980s and early 1990s.
The pistol was an unlicensed, stainless steel clone o ...
Rifles
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AMT Lightning 25/22
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AMT Magnum Hunter
See also
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Raven Arms
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Sundance Industries
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Davis Industries
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Phoenix Arms
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Jimenez Arms
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Lorcin Engineering Company
References
External links
Automag PartsA website about all of the AMT pistols
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Defunct firearms manufacturers
Firearm manufacturers of the United States
Irwindale, California
Manufacturing companies established in 1977
1977 establishments in California
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Greater Los Angeles