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Ron Smith · 07-02-2008, 10:50 AM

The Astra 600s were built for a WWII German contract. However only a portion (10,450 Nazi accetance proofed SNs 51-10500) were shipped, the rest were religated to post war, mainly West German police issue.

Some are found in exceedingly nice condition and probably fired very little. They will usually reliably feed any type of ammo. The one thing to keep in mind is that they are a straight blow-back design and are very accurate, but do tend to slam the web of your hand on recoil. Hotter ammo isn't comfortable to shoot in them, and will be hard on the pistol.

A bit of trivia. The 300, 400 (1921), 600 series of pistols were coined "The Plumbers Nightmare" for their pipe constructed appearance.

Ron

07-02-2008, 10:50 AM	#10
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	The Astra 600s were built for a WWII German contract. However only a portion (10,450 Nazi accetance proofed SNs 51-10500) were shipped, the rest were religated to post war, mainly West German police issue. Some are found in exceedingly nice condition and probably fired very little. They will usually reliably feed any type of ammo. The one thing to keep in mind is that they are a straight blow-back design and are very accurate, but do tend to slam the web of your hand on recoil. Hotter ammo isn't comfortable to shoot in them, and will be hard on the pistol. A bit of trivia. The 300, 400 (1921), 600 series of pistols were coined "The Plumbers Nightmare" for their pipe constructed appearance. Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...