Fired 198 rounds from ASTRA 900

alvin · 12-06-2012, 06:44 AM

Fired 198 rounds (7,63, PRVI) from a small ring hammer Astra 900 last weekend. Found one issue.

The sight leaf and sight slide are numbered to the gun, but leaf/slide fitting was not tight enough and inferior comparing with that of Mauser's. While shooting with stock attached, there was no problem. But the sight slide moved forward by itself while shooting the gun off hand. In one scenario, the sight slide raised the sight leaf high enough and I found the leaf was half way out of it's pivot holding recess after shooting 10 rounds. I was so surprised because it had took me considerable amount of effort to move the sight leaf out in disassembling process a few days earlier, the spring under the sight leaf was strong. Pushing the sight leaf back was easy, but it's annoying.

Have you met similar issue on early Astra 900?

12-06-2012, 06:44 AM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Fired 198 rounds from ASTRA 900 Fired 198 rounds (7,63, PRVI) from a small ring hammer Astra 900 last weekend. Found one issue. The sight leaf and sight slide are numbered to the gun, but leaf/slide fitting was not tight enough and inferior comparing with that of Mauser's. While shooting with stock attached, there was no problem. But the sight slide moved forward by itself while shooting the gun off hand. In one scenario, the sight slide raised the sight leaf high enough and I found the leaf was half way out of it's pivot holding recess after shooting 10 rounds. I was so surprised because it had took me considerable amount of effort to move the sight leaf out in disassembling process a few days earlier, the spring under the sight leaf was strong. Pushing the sight leaf back was easy, but it's annoying. Have you met similar issue on early Astra 900? Attached Thumbnails