AutoMag

[lockhart]

Im my opinion, it's STILL a bragging group!

[drycreek]

What he said !^^^^^^^^^

[bradshaw]

tonyrumore.... thank you for clarifying the name caper. Correct you are, mine Auto Mag was the Harry Sanford design. I had sold my .44 Auto Mag by the time Lee Jurras gathered handgunners in 1975 to shoot rifle silhouettes with pistols. Jurras was out to promote the Auto Mag through the vehicles of hunting & tournament marksmanship. No hand gunner I know ever doubted the accuracy of these pistols. I came into the steel game in 1977, shortly after formation of the IHMSA (International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association). The Auto Mag made its last hurrah that fall at the first IHMSA International Championship.

Among silhouetters International and World are synonymous. However, in Europe and other parts of the world, only WORLD is recognized. Wrap your skull around this: the term international won’t get you the time of day at the ISSF----International Sport Shooting Federation----which governs Olympic and other marksmanship. French IHMSA shooters tried to explain the necessity----for international recognition----to rename the IHMSA International Championship the IHMSA World Championship.

Elgin Gates had a suitcase full of parts to keeps Auto Mag operational. ombat champion Ray Chapman could no longer abide the feeding problems. Chapman introduced me to Mil Blair, co-founder of Easyrider Magazine. Blair opened a leather case to reveal his Auto Mag laying on a copy of Easyrider. Nearly always shot prone, the Auto Mag’s trigger made it a difficult instrument for Standing. Long range offhand consistency. My discovery of handgun silhouette was followed by a pang of regret at selling my .44 Auto Mag. I lived with a Model 29 on my hip, yet for sure would have tried my Auto Mag; and would have worked on the trigger. The scene at the IHMSA 1977 championship cured me.

Jerry Moran is optimistic the new Auto Mag may incorporate mechanical and metallurgical improvements.
David Bradshaw