C&R · II · 017
Auto Mag pistol
Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 2 ↗
Auto-Mag pistols, cal.’s .44 AMP and .357 AMP, mfd. and/or assembled by Auto-Mag Corporation, TDE, OMC, High Standard, Lee Jurras, or AMT from 1969 to 1985.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “assembled by Auto-Mag Corporation”
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1969–1985 (ATF’s dates)ATF: “from 1969 to 1985”
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
United StatesBasis: outside reference ¹- Manufacturer
- Auto-Mag Corp.; TDE; OMC; High Standard; Lee Jurras; AMTBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- PistolBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: outside reference ²
- Caliber
- .44 AMP, .357 AMPBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1969–1985Basis: the ATF wording
- Service
- Commercial
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 2 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Auto Mag Pistol” ↗, country: Wikipedia: infobox origin United States
- 2. Wikipedia, “Auto Mag Pistol” ↗, action: semi-automatic pistol, short recoil
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Automag 44amp.jpg” by Dr.mike, CC0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Auto Mag Pistol”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The .44 Auto Mag pistol (AMP) is a large caliber semi-automatic pistol. It was designed between 1966 and 1971 by the Auto Mag Corporation to make a semi-automatic pistol chambered in .44 AMP.