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Astra 1000 .32acp Auto Military
Mgderf
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I'm looking for any info. I can find on an Astra semi-auto pistol chambered in .32acp.
I was told it was a model 1000, but the only references I can locate all say the Astra 1000 was a reworked 200 model that was a double-stack, 12 round magazine.
The pistol in question has a single-stack mag with a 10 round capacity.
It looks identical to the pics I can find for the model 1000, but I find no mention of a single-stack model 1000.
It also has the words AUTO MILITARY stamped on the left side of the slide. 2-3" barrel.
The gun does NOT say Astra anywhere, and only has a 3-digit serial number.
I'm having a lot of difficulties trying to match the descriptions/pics I'm able to locate to this pistol.
Can anyone point me in a direction to find out more about Astra pistols?
Thank you.
I was told it was a model 1000, but the only references I can locate all say the Astra 1000 was a reworked 200 model that was a double-stack, 12 round magazine.
The pistol in question has a single-stack mag with a 10 round capacity.
It looks identical to the pics I can find for the model 1000, but I find no mention of a single-stack model 1000.
It also has the words AUTO MILITARY stamped on the left side of the slide. 2-3" barrel.
The gun does NOT say Astra anywhere, and only has a 3-digit serial number.
I'm having a lot of difficulties trying to match the descriptions/pics I'm able to locate to this pistol.
Can anyone point me in a direction to find out more about Astra pistols?
Thank you.
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I have a 1000S made in 1928 that was donated to the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Forces in WWII and marked in Kanji so stating.
It's a Ruby style pistol with a 12 round single stack .32 magazine.
It only says ASTRA on the black hard rubber grips.
If you have the same type of pistol, you can remove the grips and look for a two digit number stamped into the metal. That is the year it was made.
This is a fairly rare pistol as only a thousand are thought to have been made.
ADDENDUM: It actually shoots quite well. I found the picture below on the web. Neither one is like my 1000S, but if you took the top bottom and put it on the bottom top, you would have the 1000S (S being for short slide). You can see ASTRA on the top grips.
http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/two-astra-semi-automatic-pistols-a-astra-model-324-c-51241d79e3
You can find info in Antaris's book THE ASTRA PISTOL.
I have a 1000S made in 1928 that was donated to the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Forces in WWII and marked in Kanji so stating.
It's a Ruby style pistol with a 12 round single stack .32 magazine.
It only says ASTRA on the black hard rubber grips.
If you have the same type of pistol, you can remove the grips and look for a two digit number stamped into the metal. That is the year it was made.
This is a fairly rare pistol as only a thousand are thought to have been made.
ADDENDUM: It actually shoots quite well.
Only numbers under the grip are 91 and I'm sure it was not made in 1991, fairly confident it was not 1891.
Does not say Astra on the black plastic grips, instead looks like a row of leaf clusters about 1/4 the way down from the top .
Has a hole in the butt of the grip for a lanyard ring, but no ring present.
ADDENDUM: It actually shoots quite well. I found the picture below on the web. Neither one is like my 1000S, but if you took the top bottom and put it on the bottom top, you would have the 1000S (S being for short slide). You can see ASTRA on the top grips.
http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/two-astra-semi-automatic-pistols-a-astra-model-324-c-51241d79e3
My example is the short-slide version, but has the straight slide serrations like the long-slide version in the pics.
It is also a single-stack mag that I can get 10 rounds into, but it's really tight. Might be designed for 7 or 8 round.
Are you sure it's 91 and not 16?
This was a pretty common design in the North of Spain during this time period. Several makers made them so yours may not even be an Astra but a little warehouse company job.
serial # on frame and ASTRA the word ASTRA has only the letters "AS" visible with safety on .with safety off you can read the whole word
mine has a long grip frame . I believe it is a COPY not made by ASTRA FACTORY
I also have one marked Military Automatic 32 Caliber on the slide.
serial # on frame and ASTRA the word ASTRA has only the letters "AS" visible with safety on .with safety off you can read the whole word
mine has a long grip frame . I believe it is a COPY not made by ASTRA FACTORY
Now that you mention it, this one does NOT have a caliber marking on it anywhere.
Must be a copy.