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- From: upchrch!joel@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Joel Upchurch )
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Saw Double Action Only AMT Backup
- Message-ID: <LR6iuB1w164w@upchrch.UUCP>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 13:47:19 GMT
- Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Upchurch Computer Consulting, Orlando FL
- Lines: 33
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- I was trading e-mail with another member of this group the other day,
- when I said that my ideal pocket gun would be .380 with a Colt Mustang
- Pocketlite form factor and a double action only trigger.
-
- I was in the Sports Authority earlier this evening, looking over their
- stock when I noticed a new pistol. It was a double action AMT Backup. It
- was sitting next to a Pocketlite and they were about the same size. I
- asked the clerk to let me look at it. It apparently has a five round
- magazine, fires .380ACP and has 2.5 inch barrel. It is double action
- only as far as I can determine, the hammer didn't stay back when I
- worked the slide. The trigger is heavy, about like a PPK I'd say. It
- is bigger than a single action Backup and doesn't actually resemble
- one much. I suspect it is a new design and they are using the Backup
- name for marketing purposes. The magazine release is a European style
- heel release. They were asking $250 for it. Sports Authority usually
- has pretty good discounts, so the list price would probably be around
- $330.
-
- This gun looked pretty attractive to me. With a holster to keep it
- from getting dirty it looks like something you could carry around
- in your front pocket without arousing comment, especially if the
- holster helped break up the outline. It is a lot smaller than a
- PPK or SIG P230. The biggest problem I could see with it was it's
- name. Comments I've read in this group indicate that the single
- action Backup is a piece of junk and I don't recall very many
- kind comments about AMT in general in this forum.
-
- Does anybody know anything more about this pistol?
-
- (If your mail bounces use the address below.)
- Joel Upchurch/Upchurch Computer Consulting/718 Galsworthy/Orlando, FL 32809
- joel@peora.ccur.com {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd,ucf-cs}!peora!joel (407) 859-0982
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