I had a Longslide Hardballer in the early ‘80s. It was aptly named ‘cause it wouldn’t feed anything but hardball. None of the local 1911 smiths here would even look at it so I sent it down the road.

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Had an AMT II in .22 mag. Jam-o-matic with any ammo, including CCI.

Bought it as a companion to the Automag III pictured. That hand cannon has performed very well-only issues are too short brass sometimes keep the firing pin from setting off the primer. Went through my 600 .30 carbine empties and segregated the short ones to the M1 Carbine. My Blackhawk revolver also had issues with short brass, but the mil spec gun eats them up.

The III is very accurate and an attention getter on the pistol lanes.

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I had a 22lr back in the 80s. Didn't keep it long . It would sometimes fire two rounds with one trigger pull.

Bought my Hardballer back in 1978 when they first came on the market. Had to send the slide back, shot too low even with the rear sight fully elevated. Don't know if they fixed it or sent me a new slide but it's been fine ever since.

I bought the Hardballer and the Backup (OMC marked) when they first came out. The quality of both is good and they are reliable. Haven't fired either in decades.

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Ken

I got one of the Long Slides when they came out. It seemed like the perfect gun for our local bowling pin matches. I used both H&G 68 and 230 grain round nose style cast bullets; both functioned fine. I did have the original barrel fail (split) after countless rounds of near-max reloads.

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I love the ones I have Auto Mag 2, the 45 acp long slide, the 45 Win Mag and the 30 carbine. they shoot every time I pull trigger. the 45 win mag is a handful. I never did find the 50 AE

It was the "cool compact semi-auto" to buy back in the early-to-mid-80's (and I did) just before divorce-induced poverty closed the books on my gun collecting hobby for 25 years. I never got to shoot the damn thing... and in the meantime, plastic came along and replaced heavy stainless steel. The Back-Up .380 suddenly became a curiosity and relic of a time gone by.

I've still got it in the back of the safe, box and all. One of the original magazines had a plastic part that literally disintegrated over time, but fortunately, I was able to replace that part. In fact, I picked up a couple spare mags for it while I was at it before they disappeared entirely.

It amazes me that these odd little relics still sell on GB for as much as $250. I'm just waiting for a good local moonbat gun buy-back so I can dump mine and use the cash to buy something good.

IMO the "AMT" pistols have always looked "right". But poor reviews have deterred me from purchasing one.

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John