Riomouse911
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Stay far, far away from AMT backups. Having fired a couple in various calibers, I handled a few more and I am still an owner of a .380 version; I will opine that a less ergonomic, less reliable, harder trigger pull and generally less fun centerfire auto pistol has yet to be built to match the Backups in all of these negative categories.There is a .45 that is about the same size as the P238 but it is not a Sig. It is the AMT Backup .45 and the story I get from web searches is that it is generally an unreliable gun, though occasionally one gets a good one. Also very hard to field strip. Cool looking gun though. Not made anymore so would have to get one used if you were so inclined.
Compare if you wish:
https://www.genitron.com/Handgun/SIG-SAUER/Pistol/P938/9-mm/Variant-10
https://www.genitron.com/Handgun/AMT/Pistol/Backup/45-Auto/Variant-1
Even worse is zero factory support as the builder folded over a decade ago and no one has picked up the design to keep any spare parts in production.
If you want one for nostalgia purposes (like me when I bought the .380) then go ahead and give one a try. But for anything else, there are much newer and better options out there.
Just one guys opinion, nothing more nor less.
Stay safe.