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flyandscuba:
Anyone have any experience with these?  I wanted to step up in caliber from the P-3AT, but home renovations restrict available funds -- so the R9S wasn't an option.

I came across a NIB AMT Back-up in .45 ACP today for a little over $200.  Surprisingly, it rides in the front pocket of my Eddie Bauer-cut blue jeans comfortably with the 20+ ounce weight loaded. (I'm carrying the 165 gr. Pow'Rballs to keep the weight down)

One of the first things I did was remove the ugly "Caution" warning printed on the right side of the slide.  A little Brasso on a felt Dremel wheel took it right off.

RJ is going to work up a front pocket holster for me during my next business trip down his way.

One of the things I don't really care for -- actually, the only thing I don't like -- is the 17 lb. DAO trigger pull (no chance for an AD or ND).  In looking things over when I stripped it for cleaning and lubrication, I see that the design utilizes a hammer spring in the backstrap that also serves as the magazine release spring.  This spring is compressed somewhat on the spring guide and the coils are pretty heavy guage.  I'm wondering if trimming a coil or two off of the spring would lessen the trigger pull appreciably -- while retaining the strength necessary to give the hammer the force to ignite the primer.

Thoughts?  I'm hesitant to go ahead with the trimming because Numrich has no replacement hammer springs in stock in the event I screw it up.  I did read a SHOT SHow report somewhere that said the AMT BAck-up series pistols are to be re-introduced this year, so maybe a parts source will come back to life.

Previously, they made a .400 Corbon barrel  :o  -- it would be nice to grab one of those too... ;D

BillinPittsburgh:
I wouldn't go trimming springs.  The spring needs to have a certain strength in order to make the gun go bang, and it will weaken with time, although I don't think hammer springs weaken that much.

Instead, see about getting a gunsmith to make sure all the parts that slide against each other in the trigger mechanism are slick and smooth for minimum friction.  My recommendation would be Teddy Jacobson (Actions by T) but call him before sending your gun, as he is now semi-retired.

tracker:
Contact Teddy Jacobson- Actionsbyt.com. I think he
would advise you to never cut a spring.

flyandscuba:
I'm sure an action job would improve things -- a little.  I can do the polishing of the internals myself.  But the spring seems overly strong for the pistol.

The only additional funds I'm going to invest on this, is an RJ Hedley pocket holster.

tracker:
In the case of AMT for $200.00-you get what you pay for-
or don't pay for in this case.

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