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Mike Wuest:

The AMT is definetly NOT a good pistol for IPSC use. The 1911 design
is good, but the pistol isn't. AMT has had a long history of churning
out not-so-good-stuff. They have suffered quality control problems
throughout. The ones that I have seen have keyholed right out of the
box, one stovepiped every shot, one even had to have the slide
manually jacked after every round. And the fourth one I've ever seen
in action was at my local silhouette range. This poor guy had
obviously invested some money because he had a compensator,
beavertailed safety grip, elongated slide release and magazine catch.
He stepped up to the line and and couldn't concentrate for all the
snickering going on behind him. Around the tenth or eleventh shot the
front sight came zipping off. No problem, just took a few minutes to
get it back on. Around round 30 or so his guide rod broke and he was
finished for the day.
He was back in few days and at it again. Well, to make a long story
short, his AMT literally shot itself apart on the firing line.
No, no hot ammo was used. I've only seen four AMTs in action, but
they spoke for themselves. In Alabama nobody locally stocks them
because they don't even sell.
Your best bet for a part-time IPSC piece might be a used series 70
Colt or Springfield. Both are excellent guns, and they follow the
1911 design.

David A. Horton
University of Alabama