AMT 45 Backup: Should I buy?

Richard, you are correct. Of course it is heavy - its practically a solid hunk of stainless steel cut unto a gun shape!

Joking aside - when I mention packing a gun at any time - I generally mean doin gso with a proper holster or rig of some fasion. I dont recomend POCKET CARRY for ANYTHING other than the tiniest of pistols like a Seacamp or NAA MINI...

Heavy or not the AMT .45 Backup does carry well un a tuckable IWB, bellyband, ankle or shoulder set up. There is also a Tshirt like device with a holster sewn in that would also work well. Thunderwear would also do good too. Pocket? Thats where you carry your Benchmade or Spyderco!
 
Call me weird, but I think it is a very attractive gun, especially compared to the klunkiness of a Kel-Tec. As for carry, I generally go IWB, except in the winter time, at which time I might want to slip it into my coat pocket. I have found that anything light enough to actually carry all day in my pants pocket is just too light to shoot effectively without extreme concentration .... my S&W alloy Bodyguard just seems too wispy. I'm thinking that the Backup would be heavy enough to feel like a "real gun" but light enough to be shoved in your pants pocket for a few minutes while answering the door.
 
While I have heard the 380's are darn near impossible to fieldstrip, I saw a pic in a gun rag of the .400 Cor-Bon Backup stripped and it appears not dissimilar to my Kahr - you pull the slide back and simultaneously push a large pin out from right to left (using a punch) and the gun comes apart. If my understanding is correct, like my Kahr, it's adequate but a real pain involving putting the gun in my vice.
 
Do what I do, only push the Backup's takedown pin out only far enough to catch in the notch on the slide. That holds the slide open, you can clean away and you don't have any problems putting it back together again.

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