.44 Auto Mag???

[m25operator]

Mack called the auto mag, BIG THUNDER!!

[Ksail101]

Ruger made a 30 carbine black hawk with a 7.5 barrel.  I'd take that too and they are a bit less expensive.

Dude, 2000 ft\s and 600 ft-lbs-force out of a revolver. Holy!!! Your right Haz, we need one of those.

[tombogan03884]

Dude, 2000 ft\s and 600 ft-lbs-force out of a revolver. Holy!!! Your right Haz, we need one of those.

M-1 carbines that I've shot did NOT impress me, Better penetration with 9mm pistol than .30 cal Carb.  rifle on steel plates at 25 yards. Great little plinking rifle, but not something I would want to stake my life on. I'll stick with .45 acp and .357 pistols and  7.62 x 39 or bigger in rifles.

[ellis4538]

I remember a magazine article (think I still have it) about I guy who was making 44 mag semi-autos (called the Mag-matic I believe) before the Auto-Mag came out.  Author of the article gave it a good review - reliable, accurate, fit the average hand well - and was hoping it would fly.  Builder couldn't find any financial backing...what a shame!

Richard

[tombogan03884]

What ever happened to Coonan Arms ? They made a 1911 clone in .357

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[Neon Knight Anubis]

From what I read the guy making them ran out of money and had to shut down his business. They looked really cool though, a quality magnum caliber 1911 clone sounds like a really fun thing to shoot.

[tombogan03884]

From what I read the guy making them ran out of money and had to shut down his business. They looked really cool though, a quality magnum caliber 1911 clone sounds like a really fun thing to shoot.

Bummer, sounds like the best of both worlds. I've always said that there is no reason for major caliber rimmed cases to perform any less reliably than .22's in a semi auto.

[TAB]

Out a M1  30 carbine is pretty much equal to a 357 mag...   15 shots of 357 mag will give some one a very bad day.  more so when you can do it in in about 7 seconds.

[tombogan03884]

Out a M1  30 carbine is pretty much equal to a 357 mag...   15 shots of 357 mag will give some one a very bad day.  more so when you can do it in in about 7 seconds.

I shoot .357 MAGNUMs by the box without discomfort, of course I don't have delicate hands. I used to get .060 aluminum and steel disks from the punch press when I worked in sheet metal. 9mm went through, 357 went through, .30 carbine would not completely penetrate aluminum and only dented steel.

[tommy tornado]

I would also stick with a .357 over a .30 carbine.  I believe a company out of Corpus Christi, Tx is making a winmag copy. http://www.wildeyguns.com/wildey.html  I have thought about saving pennies and golden eagles for one.