Wildey Firearms - rare pistol that you never heard of

[LarryH]

I, too, remember Mack Bolan -- The Executioner

Weren't his AutoMags chambered for .44 Magnum?

[The Annoyed Man]

He also had about 50 rounds made up for it. But I only needed 1 round to decide that if there was anything that needed to be shot with a bullet that big, that I could use a rifle or beat feet to my truck and run.

Like Clint said, "A man's gotta know his limitations."

BTW, I don't blame you. I own a Model 29, and it is maybe my favorite pistol. But it the last thing I'd want in a gunfight, and I have frankly no interest in owning or shooting something in .500 S&W. Like you said, anything I need to kill badly enough to use something like that can be killed better with a rifle round from a safe standoff.

[LarryH]

No, it was definitely .44 AutoMag - he was cutting-down .308 cases to make his brass.

Thanks. I remembered .44, but it's been many years since the Executioner books went in a garage sale.

[HankB]

I remember seeing the occasional Wildey in a gun store when they were in "production." Gun shops usually were asking above MSRP, so they tended not to sell very well.

I also heard that, like the AutoMag that preceeded them, they weren't terribly reliable and were prone to breakage.

[joe817]

Well it wound up selling for $1,201. It must not have to much collectors appeal, or it is of recent manufacture. I know nothing about the gun.

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