I picked this one up this morning.
It a Astra 600/43 in 9mm Parabellum. Very good+ condition.....No import markings.....I suspect it's part of the batch that Interarms imported in the early 60s before such markings were required.
It came with a holster and extra mag. One mag is numbered to the pistol, the spare is blank. I don't know if that was the way they were issued or not.
These are straight blow-back pistols and have some umph to them but others I have owned were all very reliable/accurate.
They were originally meant to be shipped to Nazi Germany (a 60K unit contract) in 1944 but only around 11K were delivered due to the D-Day invasion.
Most of the frames were produced in the 40s and the guns built-out as they got contracts for them. The Portuguese Navy got a lot of them as did the West German Police and Turks.
I suspect my example stayed in Spain as it never had a "Made in Spain" stamp applied like the export/contract 600/43s did.
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It a Astra 600/43 in 9mm Parabellum. Very good+ condition.....No import markings.....I suspect it's part of the batch that Interarms imported in the early 60s before such markings were required.
It came with a holster and extra mag. One mag is numbered to the pistol, the spare is blank. I don't know if that was the way they were issued or not.
These are straight blow-back pistols and have some umph to them but others I have owned were all very reliable/accurate.
They were originally meant to be shipped to Nazi Germany (a 60K unit contract) in 1944 but only around 11K were delivered due to the D-Day invasion.
Most of the frames were produced in the 40s and the guns built-out as they got contracts for them. The Portuguese Navy got a lot of them as did the West German Police and Turks.
I suspect my example stayed in Spain as it never had a "Made in Spain" stamp applied like the export/contract 600/43s did.
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Obscure Object of Desire: Astra 600 9mm Pistol - The Truth About Guns
Gun shows typically suck these days, but I stumbled into one that wasn't so bad. This resulted in me obtaining an Astra 600 handgun.
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