AMT Hardballer Stainless 45 acp

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....The Longslide version was the pistol used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1984 film, The Terminator.

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....The AMT Hardballer Pistol was the first commercially- manufactured stainless-steel offered.

......I heard tales about the early stainless semi-autos having Galling issues, so I kept my distance from stainless until the kinks was solved.

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Origin of the stainless-steel 1911

Introduced in 1977, the AMT Hardballer was the first commercially-successful stainless-steel 1911 pistol. The impressive Long Slide Hardballer, with its 7-inch barrel, was introduced a few years later.
From 1911 until 1977, Colt had been the sole source of newly-made US commercial 1911-style pistols. However, by the latter part of the decade of the 1970s, the market for similar 45s made by other firms grew. Spanish 1911 “look-alikes,” the Llama and Star pistols, had been imported in the years following World War II. During the 1960s, surplus 1911 and 1911A1 pistols had been sold to National Rifle Association (NRA) members. (It was to be the last time military handguns would be sold to civilians by the US government.) The values of the reliable 1911 and its powerful .45 ACP cartridge were widely recognized. Just about every shooter wanted a “forty-five.” It was only a matter of time before other American manufacturers decided to make new 1911-style pistols. In 1977, AMT (Arcadia Machine & Tool) introduced their “Hardballer.” The new pistol made by the California company was essentially a copy of the Colt Gold Cup, a target-grade 1911-style gun with adjustable sights. However, the AMT Hardballer was manufactured of stainless steel! It was the first commercially- manufactured stainless-steel 1911 ever offered.

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