In 2015, Walter Sanford sold all of the company assets including name and trademark to Auto Mag Ltd. AutoMags that once sold for $217 in the 1970s are now sold for $3,000 to $4,000. The pistol hasn’t been in production for more than 30 years. Sadly, disagreements between the design team, high production costs, and even higher wholesale pries led to huge losses for the AutoMag Corporation. 44 Magnum AutoMag, and it holds a 300 grain cartridge, and if properly used it can remove the fingerprints.” In one famous scene, Callahan’s friend boasts about a new shotgun that reduces a target into mush that must be “strained for fingerprints”. The pistol was featured in the 1983 film Sudden Impact by Clint Eastwood’s character “Dirty” Harry Callahan. The pistol’s unique look and reputation made it popular in movies, books, and TV of the 1970s and 80s. In 1966 the Auto Mag Corporation created a semi-automatic handgun chambered in.
