SAR 20#2
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AMT AUTOMAG III<br />
forward. It should be mentioned that<br />
when field stripping the pistol, special<br />
attention should be paid to the, easily<br />
lost, spring and pin.<br />
There are different configurations of<br />
the Automag III pistol, which was manufactured<br />
under different company logos.<br />
Due to the small number of examples<br />
available to examine it is not possible to<br />
pin point exactly when certain features<br />
appeared or were deleted.<br />
The earliest Automag III pistols in .30<br />
caliber carbine were marked with the IAI<br />
logo of Irwindale Arms Incorporated on<br />
the slide and frame. Known examples<br />
have a locking lug on the barrel and corresponding<br />
locking groove in the slide.<br />
Later Automag pistols were marked<br />
with the AMT logo of Arcadia Machine<br />
and Tool on the slide and frame.<br />
The right side of the slide now included<br />
the warning “CAUTION capable of<br />
firing with the magazine removed, read<br />
instruction manual before handling this<br />
ABOVE: Field stripped Automag III. The field strip procedure is similar to a 1911 pistol.<br />
BELOW RIGHT: Close up of the barrel delay spring and pin. For reference: the barrel<br />
delay pin is .125 x .750. The spring dimensions are: outside diameter .116, inside diameter<br />
.080 length is .5-inch.<br />
<strong>SAR</strong> Vol. 20, No. 2 64 MARCH 2016
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