Notes: AA Arms was not the actual manufacturer of these weapons, the AP-9 series was actually manufactured by Kimel Industries, but distributed by AA Arms. They began distributing the AP-9 in the early 1990s and did so until 2001. The AP-9 looks like a small submachinegun, but has no automatic fire function and is basically a large pistol that looks very much like the Intratec TEC-9. (It may, in fact, be a TEC-9 by another manufacturer with some cosmetic changes.) The standard model 5-inch barrel; the AP-9 Target started out with a 12-inch barrel (later called the AP-9/12 Target), but this was later reduced to an 11-inch barrel (the AP-9/11 Target); they both have a separate fore-end and a fluted barrel. The AP-9 Mini/3 has a 3-inch barrel and a lighter frame; the AP-9 Mini/5 has the reduced-weight frame. These weapons were banned by most states under the Brady Gun Bill and other legislation, even after more cosmetic changes designed to make them "look less threatening," and the introduction of 10-round magazines.

Notes: Accu-Tek began making pistols in the late 1980s, producing the AT-series of pistols. In 2001, the company was acquired by Excel Industries, but the pistols are still sold under the Accu-Tek name. The AT-9 is a rather chunky-looking compact weapon made from stainless steel and with a double-action-only operation. The hammer is shrouded and the pistol has no external safety mechanism, relying primarily on its DAO operation.

The AT-40SS was introduced in 1992, and is a .40 Smith & Wesson variant of the AT-9. It was introduced in 1992, but was short-lived. A version was produced with a blackened finish (but still made from stainless steel), called the AT-40SSB.

Notes: These related pistols are small-caliber versions of the Accu-Tek AT-series, made from stainless steel. They all vaguely resemble the Walther TPH and have an extended magazine base to help provide a better hold on the weapon, due to their short grips. They have a firing pin safety and a magazine safety. The AT-32SS was the first to appear; this weapon has a satin stainless finish and fires .32 ACP ammunition. A version with a blackened finish exists (AT-32SSB). The AT-25SS appeared next in 1991, but comparatively few were made and the weapon stopped production in 2000. A few of these weapons were made with a light alloy frame, and there was also a version with a blackened finish. The last, but most popular and varied, was the AT-380; it appeared in 1992, and comes in a version with a standard stainless steel finish, blackened finish, the Lady 380 (also known as the AT-380L) which is basically a more attractive form of the AT-380 with a bright chrome finish and bleached gray oak grip plates, and the AT-380HC (High Capacity). The AT-380HC started out with a double stack magazine of 12-round capacity, but this was later changed to 10 rounds to comply with the Brady Gun Bill. The AT-380 II is basically an updated version of the AT-380SS, with a slightly larger magazine, construction largely of 17-4 stainless steel, adjustable rear sight, and a safety which blocks both the firing pin and trigger.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The AT-380 II does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: These pistols are similar to their AT-series cousins, but are more squared, compact, and snagless in form. They have no sights, just a sighting groove, and are finished only in black. They have DAO operation, and the magazines have an optional extension at the bottom to improve grip on the pistol. The BL-380 came first, in 1997; the BL-9 did not appear until 1997. The XL-9 is a version of the BL-9 with actual sights that are adjustable and 3-dot in nature, and has a stainless steel finish. It is identical in game terms to the BL-9.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The BL-9 and XL-9 do not exist.

Notes: These pistols, introduced in 1992 (except for the CP-45SS, which was introduced in 1995), are further refinements of the AT-series, being a bit longer in the barrel, and though having no external safeties, so have an external side catch. They also have a firing pin safety. They are finished only in stainless steel, and optional magazines are available with a finger extension.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The CP-45SS is very rare.

Notes: This is similar to the Ace Super .45 below; however, it is based on a Glock 21 instead of an M-1911A1. As with the Super .45, the Glock Super .45 is cleaned up somewhat and, most importantly, strengthened to handle the increased power of the .45 Super cartridge. This includes modifications to or replacement of the recoil spring, the chamber, magazine spring, and most critically, the barrel. Other modifications include a Pearce Glock Grip enhancer and MMC adjustable sights with tritium inlays, and a ported barrel.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This pistol does not exist.

Notes: This is an M-1911A1, cleaned up, accessorized, and strengthened to fire the .45 Super cartridge. This variant of the .45 ACP is a .45 ACP bullet in a longer case with more powder, and offering more damaging capability and more range than a standard .45 ACP. This round is somewhat more available than the military.45 HLR and .45 XHLR usable in some military weapons.

Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Action Arms AT-84

Notes: This is a firearm built on the standard 9mm pattern, with rubber grips and double-action-only action. The weapon can be readily converted from 9mmP to .41AE with the help of a kit. It is a rather rare weapon, which did not see much sales. It is a license-produced copy of a Swiss weapon.

This pistol bucks the trend of late 20^th and early 21^st century pistols in that its frame is made of light aluminum alloy instead of polymer. The slide is normally of stainless steel, but titanium is also available (the Spectre TI). This makes for a very light pistol that gives up nothing in strength or long-term durability. The whole pistol looks very much like a metal version of a Glock. The trigger pull is short and light, even though it is a double-action-only pistol. The Spectre has a manual safety and a grip safety; the sights are fixed, but large, wide, and easy to acquire. The Spectre may be had with or without a light rail under the dust cover. The Spectre has been described as a mechanical masterpiece, simple yet quite different from other pistols.

The Spectre was introduced in 2000 in .45 ACP with a 4.5-inch barrel, however, by 2002, it had been joined by .40 Smith & Wesson and 9mm Parabellum versions, and by a version in all three calibers with a shorter 4-inch barrel. It should also be noted that a recent (18 Dec 07) web search turned up two links to Alchemy Arms’ site; however, one is now owned by a software company, and the other a web host trying to sell the domain name.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The Spectre does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Notes: This pistol, introduced in 1989, is a rimfire pistol based loosely on the PPK. The CX-22 DA has a matte-blued finish, and as its name suggests, double-action operation. It is a serviceable and reasonably well-made weapon, but the small caliber and short barrel limits its utility.

Notes: This double-action self-defense weapon was introduced in 1995, but made only in small numbers. It was built largely of stainless steel, and featured a chamber-loaded indicator, an adjustable rear sight (lateral adjustments only), and a soft polymer wrap-around grip. It is a very light weapon with a relatively short barrel.

Notes: Introduced in 1989, this pistol is made to resemble a Walther P-38, but fires rimfire ammunition. The P-98 has a ring-type hammer and the trademark American Arms radial-type hammer-blocking safety on the lift side of the slide. The weapon also has a magazine safety.

Notes: This is similar in concept to the CX-22, but is made to resemble the Walther TPH instead. The weapon was introduced in 1989, and usually finished blued. The weapon is even smaller than the CX-22 DA.

Notes: Built in Italy and imported to the US by American Arms, the Spectre pistol is basically a cut-down, semiautomatic version of the Spectre submachinegun. It was a so-called "triple-action" weapon – it could fire in single-action mode, double action mode, or by dropping the hammer by means of a decocking lever. The Spectre pistol has ambidextrous controls. The grips are of black nylon and the finish could be blued or nickel. The front sight is adjustable for height, and the rear sight could be adjusted laterally by sliding it along its dovetail. Originally, 30-round magazines were supplied with the Spectre pistol, but after the Brady Gun Bill, 10-round magazines only were sold with the weapon.

Notes: Though the design and form of the LM-5 was clearly based upon that of the LM-4 Semmerling (see US Special Purpose Firearms), the LM-5 is much smaller, lighter, chambered for smaller calibers, and is a semiautomatic pistol instead of having the odd operation of the LM-4. The LM-5 is a tiny backup-type pistol with a length of just over 4 inches and a barrel of just 2.25 inches. The grip is barely large enough to put one’s hand around. The LM-5 has metalwork of almost entirely stainless steel, with a finish that may be blued or left in its stainless steel color; however, wooden grips surround the stainless steel frame, with additional thin checkered wood grip plates. The trigger guard is surprisingly large for such a tiny pistol, since it sweeps forward all the way to the pistol’s muzzle. American Derringer makes the LM-5 only in very limited quantities, and it is still a very rare weapon.

Notes: The history of the Automag was an odd one; it is estimated that throughout its history, at least 8 companies had at one time or another had licenses or owned the rights to produce either the original or variants of the original Automag. AMT and Galena were perhaps the two major producers of Automag variants (though never the original Automag itself). AMT first produced the Automag II in 1987 and later other variants and semi-variants; however, Galena bought in 1998 the rights to most of the Automag variants (except, again, the original Automag), as well as the rights to use the AMT name on some of its products. The Galena versions tend to be virtually identical to their former AMT counterparts, except for weight differences and magazine capacities in some cases.

The AMT Automag II perhaps looked more like a sort of cross between the original Automag and a smaller version of the M-1911A1. Chambered for .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, the Automag II was available with barrels of 3.375, 4.5, and 6 inches. The Automag II was built almost entirely of stainless steel, except for the grips of black, horizontally-grooved plastic. Sights are Millet adjustable rear sights and a ramped front sight. Galena is still making the Automag II, largely without any changes from the AMT version except for a smaller magazine and much heavier weight. (Both versions shoot the same for game purposes.) For a few months in 1990, IAI also built the Automag II under contract with AMT, mostly to help AMT make up for lack of production capability to keep up with demand.

AMT followed this up with the Automag III. The Automag III was chambered for .30 Carbine or 9mm Winchester Magnum, and used a 6.37-inch barrel. The .30 Carbine round, despite being rather anemic in power, is designed to operate with quite high chamber pressures, something that would normally require a semiautomatic pistol to be quite heavy if chambered in .30 Carbine. Larry Grossman overcame this with a highly-modified Browning operating system. The AutoMag III is still one of the longest and heaviest of the AutoMag series. The 9mm Winchester Magnum chambering is a very rare chambering of the Automag III, as it was built only for a very short time in 1992, and was never really popular with the public. The rear sight is a variant of the Millet adjustable sight of the Automag II, but the front sight is a blade.

The Automag IV is (externally) quite similar to the Automag III, but was, for most of its history, chambered for the .45 Winchester Magnum cartridge. Introduced in 1990 as the Auto Javelina Hunter in 10mm Colt (not to be confused with the Javelina version of the Hardballer), the name was quickly changed within a couple of months. The .45 Winchester Magnum chambering version appeared at the beginning of 1991. In 1992, a version in 10mm Magnum was also introduced. "Longslide" versions of all three chambering appeared in 1994. Standard barrels are 6.5 inches; Longslides have 8.6-inch barrels. Sights are the same as those of the Automag III. Since 1997, the Automag IV has been available only in .45 Winchester Magnum with a 6.5-inch barrel, and it is still being built by Galena.

The Automag V was an extremely rare, limited-production run of the Automag chambered for the .50 Action Express cartridge. It was introduced in 1993, and produced at a slow rate until early 1995. Production has never been picked up again, by AMT or anyone else. Unlike other of the AMT/Galena Automags, the Automag V was available in several finishes depending upon the wishes of the buyer. Barrel length was 6.5 inches, and the sights were similar to the Millet sights of the other AMT/Galena Automags, though with a rear sight calibrated specifically for the .50 Action Express round.

Galena introduced two versions of the Automag of their own, the Automag 440 and the Accelerator. Both are chambered for .440 Cor-Bon cartridge, and were introduced in 2000. The Automag 440 has a 7.5-inch barrel and is built only to special orders; it generally has a matte black finish externally over its stainless steel, but other finishes can be had to order. The grip plates are of fine walnut and are finely checkered, along with the frontstrap and backstrap. The Accelerator is built partially on a 1911 frame and has a stainless steel finish with a 7-inch barrel. Magazine capacity is also larger. Both have adjustable Millet-type sights.

Twilight 2000 Notes: None of the Galena versions exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline (indeed, Galena Industries does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline), which also means that the Automag 440 and the Accelerator also do not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.