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- From: tighe@convex.COM (Mike Tighe)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: AMT Longslide? Any good?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.192604.13529@convex.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 23:47:36 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Texas
- Lines: 29
- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
-
- efk00@cd.amdahl.com (Eddie Kieger) writes:
- #In article <1992Dec21.190226.4408@convex.com>, tighe@convex.COM (Mike
- #Tighe) writes:
- ##I used to own an AMT Hardballer. The happiest day I had with it was the day
- ##I sold it. It looked great, but it jammed constantly. I sent letters to the
- ##company asking some simple questions, and never received any replies. I
- ##would never own an AMT product again.
-
- #Well, this is just the opposite from my experience with MY hardballer.
- #Great trigger, feeds anything (including lead semi wadcutters)
- #flawlessly. The adjustable rear sight is a little cheap, but whadda ya
- #want for the money?? It works OK for me, and the zero doesn't change,
- #so it's servicable.
-
- Well, it didn't help that every time it jammed a friend I would go shooting
- with would always say, "shoulda bought a Colt". And as you might expect,
- his Colt never jammed.
-
- #Maybe the reason Mike couldn't get any action on the letters is because
- #AMT has reorg'ed & moved a couple times, and they may not have gotten
- #his letters?? Just a speculation..........
-
- Perhaps. This was over ten years ago. But even I know how to fill out a
- change-of-address form.
-
- Glad to here though that yours is working fine.
- --
- Mike Tighe, (214) 497-4206
- tighe@convex.com
-