It was also hard to get a decent shooting grip on, and the accuracy was quite poor, even for a belly gun. It was remarkably unreliable, and suffered from poor feeding problems that didn't seem to improve with a light feed ramp and throat and polish job. I briefly owned a double action AMT 45 backup. As far as I know he may still pack the thing today. I remember in the early 90's ordering some parts for the thing from Numrich, and replacing the slide, and some other parts of the gun for him so it would keep functioning. 380 backup had galled on the frame pretty badly for him.
380 and 9mm P11's as they were made by the same individual.Īnyways, the bottom of the slide on his AMT. The old Grendel was quite similar to the modern Kel Tech P-3AT. To be fair though he was always more interested in my wife's. He carried it quite a bit (with FMJ ball ammo) and shot it quite frequently. I used to have a neighbor who owned a old single action 380 backup. He was shot by his friend during a drinking session believing the gun was unloaded after removing the mag. His parents filed a lawsuit against AMT only to find out the manufacture had gone belly-up and they didn't get anything other than a bill from their attorney. I knew a young guy that was shot with one. I never got the 5 or 6 rds of the Super-Vel I had left from the cops. I carried it with a discontinued brand, named Super-Vel. I never put any of my own handloads through it. I had no problem hitting center mass at 15 yards max. I had a few hundred rounds through it and never recall a single jam. Possibly while the cops had it, it may have been dropped and the trigger fell out. The first time I took it to the range after leaving the PD's property room is when I discovered the trigger gone.
The AMT was once confiscated by the Phoenix Police. The young guy that took it had another and claimed he could make another trigger. I eventually horse traded it away as a parts gun.
Never found the lost trigger or was I able to find a replacement. I have absolutely no idea where it went and the pistol sat in my vault for years in hopes the trigger would show up or a replacement would be for sale. I took it to the range one day and discovered the trigger was missing.
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