Proof marks, especially a letter code will give you the exact year. Astra 600 Mystery (To Me) | Jan C. Still Lugerforums I'm glad the plastic ones were broken.I don't feel bad about changing them! They work, at least for shooting at a square range. Paid a little more than I wanted but well within its value so I'm happy. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have". The black leather is completely in tact - as is the original stitching. This group of pistols is sometime referred to by collectors as the First Contract.. It was a select-fire 9 x 19 mm Parabellum submachine gun with a wooden body and a steel folding stock. The Knight's helmet and shield means it was accepted, a admission into service mark. The Astra 600 - Old School Cool - The Mag Life A final caveat, as mentioned above, none of the magazines were numbered. Looking for Astra 600 info - I bought one! - The Curio and Relic The .380 version of the Astra Model 300 holds 6 rounds, while While I like enigmas, I think this mismatch is easily explained and doesnt seem all that mysterious to me. models. Bob, a magazine by itself doesn't tell the whole story. ~Iron Hand' Straken [4 PL, 75pts, -1CP] Stratagem: Warlord Trait, Warlord, WT: Front-LIne Combatant. The frame was altered to have a solid contoured backstrap sans safety. After the Spanish civil war, the Spanish government forced the closing of many firearms factories. The 600 magazine has a tab protruding from the right hand side of the floor plate to assist removing the magazine. I will post pics tonight. The Astra Cub was a tiny, blowback semi-automatic pistol available chambered as either a .22 Short or .25 A.C.P. This model has serious history! Those pistols were extensively used by West German police forces until the late 1960s when Interarms purchased the remaining pistols for export to the United States civilian market. Does anyone know of an explanation on how Astra 600s that were delivered to the Germans during the war, found their way to the post-war German Police? 04-07-2021, 10:48 AM #5. PY, here are my thoughts to the situation you have posed. These Astras were Eagle over WaAD20 proofed in France by the Germans, and made ready for use by the Wehrmacht. Seller: misterluger ( FFL) GA Sales: 491. After the war, it may have ended up as an allied souvenir or in a weapons stockpile. In the late '70s and '80s, the company faced a decline in sales that led to the 1998 merger of Astra y Unceta Cia and the bankrupt Star Bonifacio Echeverria S.A. These pistols were delivered to German Army via the Spanish-French border before it was closed by the Allies. The earliest Model 400s (Type I) had the original E/U logo atop the slide and were marked on the rear slide ESPERANZA Y UNCETA, GUERNICA ESPAA, PISTOLA DE 9 m/m, MODELO 1921. Pictures would sure help in a question like this. A fixed barrel certainly has its advantages. The weapon has a grip safety, a magazine safety, and a manual safety. The new big bore pistols feature industry-first capacity, with a standard 15-round capacity and 22+1 rounds of 10mm or 18+1 rounds of .45 ACP from the extended magazines. As with the Model 4000, the primary innovations were the The company was established in Eibar, Spain, which was also the former home of Llama and Star firearms as well as dozens more. Go . Either not all Astra 600s made it into police use or not all were marked. Outdoor Hub, LLC (d/b/a Carbon Media Group), 30800 Telegraph Rd, Suite 1921, Bingham Farms, MI 48025 USA. and fire in it, including the 9mm Steyr, the 9mm Parabellum, the .38 Auto, and even the semi-rimmed 9mm Browning Long. Now if you find one with a serial number below 10,500, that was a Nazi issue piece. Esperanza Y Unceta (Astra) submitted two different designs, one of which was the Model 400, and Bonifacio Echeverria submitted Full Details. Astra 400 - Wikipedia Astra went the second way. From appearances and the lack of markings it was a civilian-sale gun. The grip angle isnt an issue. Otherwise, the gun is nearly identical to its larger predecessor. 1 Pistols 2 Rifles 3 Machine guns 4 Submachine guns 5 Anti-tank weapons 6 Other Weapons 7 See also 8 External links 9 References Pistols Rifles Machine guns Submachine guns Anti-tank weapons Other Weapons See also List of equipment used in World War II List of World War II Luftwaffe aircraft weapons List of aircraft of the World War II Luftwaffe