Arcadia Machine & Tool

1977 – 1998

• from Irwindale, California
• 1978 AMT Backup 380
• 1982 to 1995 produced the AutoMag line of pistols
• 1989 acquired by IAI (Irwindale Arms Incorporated)
• 1998 purchased by Galena Industries of Sturgis, South Dakota
  –  assembled guns from existing parts
  – phased out the use of the “AMT” brand
• 2001 – 2018 purchased by High Standard Manufacturing Company in Houston, Texas
• 2005 – 2018 reintroduced & produced:
  – AutoMag II, AutoMag III, AutoMag IV, and Backup 
• May of 2018 High Standard Manufacturing went out business

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