The AMT Auto Mag V is a large
single action
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semi-automatic pistol
A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol) is a repeating firearm, repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridge (firearms), cartridges in its chamber (firearms), chamber afte ...
made by
Arcadia Machine and Tool
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 rather than the standard steel ...
(AMT). The weapon was created by Harry Sanford, inventor of the original
.44 Auto Mag pistol.
Production quantity was planned to be 3000 units, numbered 0001-3000, but this goal was never reached. The MK V used the same frame as the MK IV, and pistols with MK V frames have been discovered with MK IV slides and vice versa.
Design
The AMT Auto Mag V was designed to fire the
.50 Action Express cartridge, and its barrel had
compensator ports to help keep
muzzle rise
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to tolerable levels. It was made primarily of cast
stainless steel
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, and was designed to accept a 5-round
magazine
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.
See also
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Auto Mag (pistol)
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AMT Auto Mag II
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AMT Auto Mag III
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AMT Auto Mag IV
References
Image:AutomagV_2.jpg, AMT Automag V with factory 5-round magazine
Image:AutomagV_4.jpg, Automag V with slide retracted, revealing barrel compensator ports.
Image:AutomagV_3.jpg, Close-up of compensator ports.
AMT semi-automatic pistols
.50 caliber handguns
Semi-auto magnum pistols
Semi-automatic pistols of the United States
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Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1993