In my experience both sides are right in this debate. I bought
an AMT .380DAO several years ago. It had numerous problems
right out of the box. Sent it back to the factory, they fixed it, and
it has worked flawlessly since. It was my always gun for years until replaced by the NAA Guardian and then the P-32. When the
.45DAO came out I jumped on it. Unfortunately it misfired like
crazy. Sent it to the factory, they replaced the slide, it still misfired, sent it back to the factory, they repaced the slide and
it still misfired, sent it back to the factory, they replaced the slide
(or had a monkey do it) and it STILL misfired. Disgusted, I gave
up on AMT and decided to try to figure out the problem myself or
dump the gun. After 5 minutes examination I noticed the hammer
was dragging against it's channel in the slide, robbing it of enough momentum to reliably fire the gun. 5 more minutes with
a piece of emery cloth and the gun has worked perfectly since.
Dumb of me not to have caught it sooner, disgraceful of AMT not
to have caught it at all. The whole saga of repair attempts took
over a year which is also ridiculous. Anyway both my Back-ups
are now reliable performers and I wouldn't get rid of them but
there's no doubt that AMT had crappy quality control and customer service. I wish it was Ruger who had designed and
produced these guns
an AMT .380DAO several years ago. It had numerous problems
right out of the box. Sent it back to the factory, they fixed it, and
it has worked flawlessly since. It was my always gun for years until replaced by the NAA Guardian and then the P-32. When the
.45DAO came out I jumped on it. Unfortunately it misfired like
crazy. Sent it to the factory, they replaced the slide, it still misfired, sent it back to the factory, they repaced the slide and
it still misfired, sent it back to the factory, they replaced the slide
(or had a monkey do it) and it STILL misfired. Disgusted, I gave
up on AMT and decided to try to figure out the problem myself or
dump the gun. After 5 minutes examination I noticed the hammer
was dragging against it's channel in the slide, robbing it of enough momentum to reliably fire the gun. 5 more minutes with
a piece of emery cloth and the gun has worked perfectly since.
Dumb of me not to have caught it sooner, disgraceful of AMT not
to have caught it at all. The whole saga of repair attempts took
over a year which is also ridiculous. Anyway both my Back-ups
are now reliable performers and I wouldn't get rid of them but
there's no doubt that AMT had crappy quality control and customer service. I wish it was Ruger who had designed and
produced these guns
Too bad there's not a MK45 for Canis and others!