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I like the looks of two tone pistols a lot, but typically I do not like the look of contrasting controls and small parts only. But I have to say, they look very good on this black Auto Mag.
I wish they would stop marking them as “Classic Edition” with quotation marks. In this context, when you put quotation marks around words it is done to mean the opposite of what the words themselves actually mean, or at least signify ‘not really’. For instance, the 6.5-inch Auto Mag is the “cheap” Auto Mag (when objectively speaking it is actually anything but cheap).
That’s how English works.
Instead of somewhat disparaging the product by labelling it as the “Classic Edition” I wish they would just call it what it really is, which is the Classic Edition. It is a triumph of manufacturing and design, and deserves to be recognized and hailed for what it is, and not minimized in any way at all.
I wish they would stop marking them as “Classic Edition” with quotation marks. In this context, when you put quotation marks around words it is done to mean the opposite of what the words themselves actually mean, or at least signify ‘not really’. For instance, the 6.5-inch Auto Mag is the “cheap” Auto Mag (when objectively speaking it is actually anything but cheap).
That’s how English works.
Instead of somewhat disparaging the product by labelling it as the “Classic Edition” I wish they would just call it what it really is, which is the Classic Edition. It is a triumph of manufacturing and design, and deserves to be recognized and hailed for what it is, and not minimized in any way at all.
Mike, they are not writing a manuscript or a tchnical paper here, they are using it as a marketing tool.
It is a way of "branding" their product and calling attention to different "Versions" or "Editions". I have to say, I think it is working.
Anyway, I looked up on line about where to use and not use quotation marks and I found nothing referring to your definition. Maybe I'm missing something.
I say "Keep the Marketing Going".
Bob,
I know it seems trivial. In writing, that device is called scare quotes. In speaking, it is referred to as air quotes.
We all know when we are talking with somebody and he holds out his hands and uses two fingers on each hand and waggles them when speaking a word or phrase, that he is deliberately casting doubt on what he says. It’s the same in writing.
Climate activists like to talk about global warming. Deniers like to talk about “global warming”. Right away, you can see from how it’s written how much stock each group puts in the notion, with the latter group clearly dismissing the idea simply by expressing it in quotes.
I am incredibly proud of Auto Mag for building the Founders Edition, Classic Edition etc. and I know they are proud of their efforts too. I wish they understood how grammar works though….
Technical Writing and Marketing are two different things all together.
Brand your product and draw attention to it, anything to push sales is fair game. JMO
Yes, and even within the definition of scare quotes in the online Thesaurus there are multiple uses and definitions. Air quotes, and the entire casting doubt thing is simply one of the definitions uses of quotations. Another within English grammar is using quotation marks to draw attention to a word or phrase and to me that is what they are doing here:
Scare quotes are a pair of quotation marks put around a word or phrase to indicate that a writer believes a term is inappropriate, wants to use a term ironically, or wants to call attention to a word/phrase for a certain reason.
Thanks Bob for the pictures and info. Please let us know what you think of it when your shoot it, if that is your plan for the Raven. It is a beautiful gun.
I'm going to get it out in the sunshine today and look it over. I would have prefered a more shiny finish to tell the truth. Patrick said they ran a "straw poll" and most buyer prefered the matte finish.
Here is a Sig P210 Super Target I own and it has the high polish DLC coating, I really like the looks of it.
I think I like the matte finish for this gun since I’m getting the high polish 8.5 inch version as well. I like the contrast.
Thanks for posting the pictures.
After doing a little research, I do not think that the high gloss DLC finish is possible on AMP's without a lot of expensive polishing. The barrels can be polished without a huge expense but polishing the cast frames to achieve the high gloss look would be very time consuming and thus expensive. If the frame and barrel are not finished reasonably close to the same degree, you could end up with a "two-tone black" look.
Anyway, after awhile the matte black kinda grows on you. 🙂
Just picked up my Raven! I love it! Beautiful gun and worth the wait. Feels very comfortable in my hand and shoots great. Glad I bought the charging handle as it is really stiff to charge, but is doable with out it, just more difficult.
Thank you all at Auto Mag for bringing the Auto Mag back and making all the fixes and changes. You have made an awesome piece of functioning art. I couldn’t be more pleased.
Beautiful
I was looking through some old photos and ran accross these pics of some Ed O'Neil customized AMP's. Ed did not work directly for Auto Mag but he did a lot of custom work for Harry Sanford. As far as I am concerned, O'Neil did the , most complete and best polish jobs on Auto Mags that I nhave seen.
Here are a couple of his own AMP's complete with custom serial numbers.
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The top pistol features a 10 1/2" 44 AMP silhouette barrel with Lomont's tradmark and is Mag-na-ported. Auto Mag only produced about 10 of these barrels.
The other is a 6 1/2" Pasadena. Both pistols are fully polished and are about as nice of AMP's as I have seen.
Is this the proper setup for the magazine loading tool?
