Arcadia Machine & Tool
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| Industry | Firearms |
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| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Successor | Irwindale Arms Incorporated |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | Irwindale, California, U.S. |
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U.S. |
| Products | Weapons |
Arcadia Machine & Tool, commonly abbreviated to AMT, was a firearms manufacturer from Irwindale, California. The company produced several weapons, primarily clones of existing firearms, but made from stainless steel rather than the traditional steel used for most firearms of the time.
AMT was described by the U.S. BATF as one of the "Ring of Fire companies", known for their large-scale manufacture of Saturday night specials. The company filed for bankruptcy after their products were plagued with quality and reliability problems, and the assets and trademark were acquired by IAI (Irwindale Arms Incorporated). Later, in 1998, Galena Industries of Sturgis, South Dakota purchased the company and produced firearms in the style of AMT's until 2001 when Crusader Gun Co. (now High Standard) of Houston, Texas purchased it.
AMT produced the following rifles:
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