Arcadia Machine & Tool, commonly abbreviated to AMT, was a firearms manufacturer from Irwindale, California. The company produced several weapons, primarily clones of existing firearms, but made from stainless steel rather than the standard steel used for most firearms of the time.[1]
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| Industry | Firearms |
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| Founded | 1977 |
| Fate | Acquired by Irwindale Arms Incorporated |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Pistols |
AMT was described by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as one of the "Ring of Fire companies",[2] which were known for large-scale manufacture of Saturday night specials. The company filed for bankruptcy after their products were affected by quality and reliability problems, and the assets and trademark were acquired by Irwindale Arms Incorporated (IAI). Later, in 1998, Galena Industries of Sturgis, South Dakota, purchased the company and produced firearms in the style of AMT's until 2001 when Crusader Gun Company (later High Standard Manufacturing Company) of Houston, Texas purchased it.[3]
Products
editPistols
edit- Auto Mag
- AMT Baby AutoMag
- AMT AutoMag II
- AMT AutoMag III
- AMT AutoMag IV
- AMT AutoMag V
- AMT AutoMag 440
- AMT Backup
- AMT Hardballer
- AMT On Duty
- AMT Lightning pistol
- AMT Skipper
Rifles
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Shideler, Dan (2010). Gun Digest 2011. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-4402-1561-2. Retrieved 25 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Hot Guns: Ring of Fire". Frontline. PBS. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ Dan Shideler; Jerry Lee (2012). 2012 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price & Reference Guide. Iola Wisconsin: Krause Publications. pp. 50–51, 472. ISBN 978-1-4402-1688-6. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Ian's AMT Information Site".