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AMT AutoMag IV

semi-automatic pistol

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ4652742 ↗
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The AMT Automag IV is a large single action semi-automatic pistol made by Arcadia Machine and Tool (AMT). The weapon was created by Harry Sanford, inventor of the original .44 AutoMag pistol. This model fires the .45 Winchester Magnum round; however until 1993 it was chambered for a time in the obscure 10mm Magnum cartridge. It has a 7- or 8-round magazine and is made of stainless steel.

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The public source identifies “AMT AutoMag IV” as semi-automatic pistol. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around AutoMag, semi-automatic and pistol.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with AutoMag, semi-automatic and pistol providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “AMT AutoMag IV” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.