Cool longslide.rm9792 wrote:Picked up in trade for a song (well a $350 song). I know the AMT is not well respected but they are the only 7" longslide maker I know of. Now have 3,4,5,6 and 7"! Gun actually shoots well, no issues so far. Feels weird on cycling as the slide moves rather slowly, almost like the Desert Eagle due to the mass. Engraving was a plus, not an engraving fan but this is tasteful. Frame is cast junk and already have ordered a Caspian RR frame for it. I hate the finger hooks on 1911s and since frame was no good I ground it off to see if it would look better and found a nice huge void (air bubble) in the trigger guard. I really just bought for the upper receiver which is in excellent condition, plus the internals were all Springfield so just need a frame, beavertail and Cdr hammer.
Sand casted frame, run far away!
AMT was hit or miss depending on production runs from what I hear. In general, cast frames aren't necessarily bad (Caspian is cast BTW) but, ouch...that is some void. I say, get someone to TIG that void and save that frame for a "beater" build.