Does anyone know of a company that makes a quality .22 magnum semi-auto? I saw one years ago made by a company named AMT. If it was AMT do you know if they make good pistols or not? Sorry guys, when I wrote this post earlier I forgot to mention that I was looking for a semi-auto pistol, so I changed the title.

Edited by - cam2 on 01/14/2002 16:56:54

cam2
ruger makes a 22mag semi auto thats a fine shooter.marlin also has a few models of 22mag semi autos theres another company called volquartsenthat make them also but they are pretty pricey.

CAM2, AMT is the only maker of .22 mag pistols that i have seen. i believe mdm was tlaking about rifles. i talked to one guy who had one, and he seemed pleased with its performance.

There was a AMT .22 mag on guns america just the other day

The AMT is the only one I know of. I have an AMT and it shoots alright. The clips are a little pricey as is the ammo, now. I would suggest a .22lr or any of the auto pistol calibers from .32 up.

My mother is real small and not getting any younger. She couldn't handle a couple handguns I was trying with her. I ended up getting her a .410 coachgun with 3&quot; shells. She had shot some trap and skeet in her younger days and warmed right up the smoothbore and uses it to get rid of the coons, possoms, rabbits, etc.. I even caught her buying shells at Wal-Mart one time!! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I own two 22lr pistols and two 22lr rifles and I was just looking for something different in a .22 pistol. I know that there are many 22 mag revolvers but I would like to own a 22mag auto-loader.

Years back I had a AMT, it had the mid-length bbl., can't remember exact measurement. Shot ok, accuracy wasn't match-grade but decent enough. But was real finicky about ammo for function. I could only use Win.'s in it. That was before all the premium .22-Mag ammo came out. If you can find one at a decent price I'd get it.

I own a AMT .22 mag and it is a great little gun. Very loud for a .22 and with the old CCI it would jam so I shoot nothing but Winchester and never had it jam since. I was going to trade it in on a gun at Gander Mountain and they told me to bring it in and after I brought it in they said they didn't want it because it would be to hard to sell a gun like that. Why did they tell me to bring it in in the first place if they new they couldn't sell it?? Any way I'm glad I kept it as it is a fast shooting accurate pistol which is good for backpacking or whatever since .22 amo is light to carry. If you get one I think you will like it but will have trouble reselling it is the only drawback I can see.

Of course there was also a 22 mag auto made by Grendel. It was the P30. 30 round clip

http://www.securityarms2.com/2001031...s/0600/670.htm

Had one a few years back. Went full-auto on me. Grendel fixed, no charge. Wishing I never sold it. I think Grendel is no longer in business.