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From: russ@ihuxf.UUCP (Russell Spence)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Home Defense
Message-ID: <2605@ihuxf.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-May-85 01:04:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 01:04:58 1985
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>       I understand that now that Eastwood has popularized the Auto Mag
> (a stainless-steel version of the classic Colt M45A1), the ammo is again
> available.  It uses .46 ammo, by the way; this prevents accidentally using
> Auto Mag ammo in a standard .45; the Auto Mag ammo generates triple the
> normal .45 chamber pressure, which will blow a standard M45A1.

That's not strictly true.  The .44 Automag is a stainless steel semi-
automatic pistol that fires a special round which essentially is a
rimless version of the .44 magnum round.  This round certainly generates
much more pressure than a Colt .45 automatic round.  The actions of the
.44 Automag and the Colt .45 automatic are different.  For one thing, the
automag has a fixed barrel, while the Colt does not.
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						Russell Spence
						ihnp4!ihuxf!russ
						AT&T Technologies
						Naperville, IL