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[saab-bob]

Postino
Sorry your AMT experience was not so good. I just recently talked to a buddy who bought a AMT about the same time I did back in the 70's.He is one of those gun friends who can only talk about guns. He used to shot his AMT alot as well,but he never installed a buffer and used to shot hardball thru it.He told me the slide had cracked on it! He mumbled about how he should have followed my advise. So maybe you made a good decision.
Over the years I have looked at lots of AMT Longslides like in the "Terminator" movie. Cool gun,but always thought it looked unbalanced.
That clip made me wistful for the good old days. I used to patronize B & B Sales( a huge gun store) in the San Fernando Valley in So Cal. Its now closed.I remember when they had a sale on Semi-Auto rifles. H & K ,CETME,Valmet,AR-15,FN FAL,SIG, Poly Tech AK all on sale for $500.00.Those where the days!
Bob

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by saab-bob

He told me the slide had cracked on it!

Bob, I liked the looks but spending more on the AMT to get it up to the level of an off-the-shelf Colt didn't interest me, at the time. My buddy and I were shooting Winchester 52C's with Redfield Olympic sights and S&W Model 41's with the long barrel and we liked the out-of-the-box accuracy of those two. Buying something with what appeared to be close copies of the Gold Cup features and having any kind of problem was a real turn off. (Used condition notwithstanding).

The stainless Gold Cup was nice, but I could not get to like the Series 80 barrel bushing. Why Colt discontinued the collet bushing of the Series 70 is still a mystery to me. Both the Colt autos I have now are Series 70's [45 Gold Cup & 38 Super Gov't Model], and shoot much better than I can.

I understand Colt made a limited number of 38 Super Gold Cups...that would interest me...