Finally received my Automag on January the 2nd and was very pleased with the gun and the finish I chose. Their have been several problems that have plagued me with my new gun. First the bolt is a beast to pull back and requires a good grip just to pull it back. I have a pair of shooting gloves ordered and hope this will help with such. The second issue that has arised is that my gun's bolt would not lock back on the magazine without pressing up on the bolt latch. Finally today I was able to fire my Automag only 8 times. The first three rounds were 21.5 grains loads which fired good, but my bolt would not lock back on the last round. After examining my gun for a good 40 minutes and reading the instructions again I forgot that my gun came with an extra magazine. I carefully examined both magazines and saw several differences. The first difference that was noticed was one magazine had no cut to reduce the stress on the weld the other one did. The second biggest thing I noticed was the the tab that pushes on the bolt latch where two totally different measurements.
Here is the second magazine measurement of the tab.
Good luck with your purchase. I purchased a Ravin which was shipped after about 4-5 months. It looked great! I could not get 3 rounds thru it at a time. Sent back for rework. It came back 2 weeks later. Same thing. Jambs stovepipes etc. This is by far the WORST pistol I own. 4k and this is complete junk. I put it back in the box and shoved it under the cabinet. I also at the same time ordered an 8 1/2 inch polished with wood box. I canceled it after getting this dog. I was told it would be 90 days for a refund, I said okay and called my credit card co and disputed the charge and got my refund in 2 days. I want nothing to do with Automag. I also have 2 vintage automags that work great. I hope you guys get better pieces than what was shipped to me. 4k is big money to me and I worked hard for it. I can always use it for a nail hammer.
Good luck with your purchase. I purchased a Ravin which was shipped after about 4-5 months. It looked great! I could not get 3 rounds thru it at a time. Sent back for rework. It came back 2 weeks later. Same thing. Jambs stovepipes etc. This is by far the WORST pistol I own. 4k and this is complete junk. I put it back in the box and shoved it under the cabinet. I also at the same time ordered an 8 1/2 inch polished with wood box. I canceled it after getting this dog. I was told it would be 90 days for a refund, I said okay and called my credit card co and disputed the charge and got my refund in 2 days. I want nothing to do with Automag. I also have 2 vintage automags that work great. I hope you guys get better pieces than what was shipped to me. 4k is big money to me and I worked hard for it. I can always use it for a nail hammer.
That’s totally ridiculous. You absolutely deserve to have a gun that runs flawlessly. Auto Mag either needs to repair it or replace it. It does nobody any good to have you shove it under your cabinet and just sulk about it. Also, Auto Mag deserves to be able to ensure you are satisfied, which they can’t do as long as it’s under your cabinet.
Send it back.
FWIW I have a Kimber that had to make three trips back to the mother ship for a variety of problems, and is now flawless. It happens.
@pantera-mike Didn't mean to hijack this thread but I did talk to Mr. Henery about the problems I was having but he never even offered to cover the cost of shipping. $75.00 each way. He didn't seem to care to much and I was pretty turned off. I was told it takes 200-300 rounds to get broke in. What crap. SBR ammo at $65.00 a box. I was able to isolate the problem to the bolt. The ejector was only moving about .035 from the face of the bolt. The reason for being stuck was the pin that holds it from popping out. The pin is a stepped pin. The pin hole was drilled off center about .020 from the counter bore causing the ejector to be bound. The bolt needs to have both hole and counter bore on the same axis to allow the pin to seat down and allow the ejector to work freely and push the shell out the port. I ground off the side of the pin on one side so it would free the ejector and I'm sure it will work but to be honest I've lost interest in the Raven. Out of the approximately 200 firearms I own this the worst service and piece of equipment I have in my vault. I purchased an Ohio Ordance BAR 1918. The bipod had a problem I sent the bipod back and received a new one in 4 days no questions asked. That's service!
Good luck to all who have waited to get an AutoMag and I wish you all the best.
