I had purchased my AutoMag and waited a little over 3 years for it before it came in. The team at AutoMag Ltd had done a super fantastic job. I could not be happier. I took the gun down to basics for a new gun, to lubricate and put it back together. To load the handgun I had purchased fresh Starline brass, dies, bullets, and powder. Following recommended practices, I loaded the first rounds relatively light for initial break-in and had the same initial issues as was experienced by others, but when the gun fires… Wow this gun is accurate, and drew a crowd at the range. After 25 rounds, I stopped after continually checking for anything coming loose. The front sight needed tightening, and the operating rods needed to be snugged up… a quarter turn, as I knew they would from my experience with AutoMags. The rods had not went past the frame as shown in the video…That is it. I do not believe the rods were installed with locking fluid, and I don’t see that as an issue for a brand new pistol, for people who regularly service them, and for those who are always attentive when shooting a new firearm. Guns like the Wildey Magnum I owned, or the Desert Eagle, have captured rods and springs. My 1911 in .460 Rowland also has a heavy captured spring. They have their own issues but different. I have not fired any rounds since the initial 25. Looking forward to fire heavier loads, which I have already loaded up. The handgun is not yet broken-in, but I am very pleased with this work of art that shoots.
@paul-wolf Ah! a man after my own heart,your a good sportsman paul ,wish we all were more like you,
@paul-wolf Just wonder if there heli-cored in there or do they have actual threads with lock tight blue on the threads? seems this can be addressed someway but we"will see,Just a thought or maybe it wasn't brand new But we should always check our pistol .I have a 10mm but never had problems with it but, I"m sure the truth will come out in the end.
Can't really use Loc-Tite if you want to strip the pistol for cleaning.
Just ordered a magazine loading tool for the Automag magazines from Tromix.com, $45 I've dealt with Tony Rumore in the past so I'm hoping it performs as well as the other products I've purchased from him. The price is certainly right if it does the job. He built these for the original mags.....I'll report back after trying.
Just ordered a magazine loading tool for the Automag magazines from Tromix.com, $45 I've dealt with Tony Rumore in the past so I'm hoping it performs as well as the other products I've purchased from him. The price is certainly right if it does the job. He built these for the original mags.....I'll report back after trying.
I’ve got one and it’s fantastic. I’ll never load an Auto Mag mag without it!
The forum ate my edit.
The Tromix tool is a dead nuts copy of an original Lee Jurras design from the 1970s. It has a helpful feature which allow you to lock the follower at the bottom of the magazine, making loading that much easier.
Auto Mag offers a competing design in their store:
https://store.automag.com/automag-magazine-loadergn-am-083.html
Yikes! For that price it should come with a little man who uses it and then hands you loaded magazines! 🤣
I’ve studied the pics for a few minutes and for the life of me, I can’t figure out how it works?
There are tons of rimfire pistols that use an AM-style button on the side of the follower, and tons of simple plastic tools available on Amazon to make loading their magazines easier, like this one:
It should be relatively easy for an enterprising fellow with a 3-D printer to scale this design up and make a very inexpensive loader. But I’m very happy with the one I’ve got.
I’ve studied the pics for a few minutes and for the life of me, I can’t figure out how it works?
Mike, Think of an OEM Glock mag loader.
Just ordered a magazine loading tool for the Automag magazines from Tromix.com, $45 I've dealt with Tony Rumore in the past so I'm hoping it performs as well as the other products I've purchased from him. The price is certainly right if it does the job. He built these for the original mags.....I'll report back after trying.
I have one of those for the old magazines - it doesn't work on the new ones. All it does is pull down the side of the metal plate (under the plastic follower) and tilts it. It works fine on the old one-piece followers, but not the new 2-piece units.
@andyc I see what you mean.....that sucks. Back where I started. I could machine one like the one Automag has in the store, but if my time is worth anything I will probably just order one of theirs.....
I can't afford $120 for a new magazine loader, so I'll just crush the ammo in by hand,
Has anyone had their Automag Mag-Na- Ported and if so was there any issues with the firearm cycling after each shot?
I have several of the old AMP's that are mag-na-ported and I think it is a very good improvement on the 44's. If you look back at what Lee Jurras and Kent Lomont were shooting and they recommended porting on all their 44's.
I cannot believe there would be any difference in the "new AMP's" that the porting would adversely affect any functioning. If you are shooting in doors mostly, they are quite a bit louder.
@bob-cohee I don’t have an issue with the recoil. I think it is mild without porting, and less recoil than my Ruger RedHawk in .44 Magnum.
