Gun Collectors Dream Auction 63 Day One
Lot 165:
Up Next We Have a Astra Modelo 1921 (400) Experimental model Semi Auto Pistol Chambered in 9MM Largo/ .38 ACP Experimental models with the barrel marked ‘9mm/38’ is indicating it was made with/converted to a compromise bolt face that will accept either the 9mm Largo cartridge or the .38 ACP (not Super) cartridge. Overall Appears in Great Condition for it’s age, Matching Serial Numbers 80349, Original Checkered Wood Grips, and Comes With One Magazine. The Astra modelo 400 was a Spanish service pistol produced by weapons manufacturer Astra-Unceta y Cia SA. as a replacement for the Campo-Giro 1913/1916, which had also been chambered in 9mm Largo. It was the standard issue sidearm in the Spanish Army during the Spanish Civil War and also saw service in Germany during World War II. The Astra Model 1921 pistol was adopted in 1921-23 as the standard pistol of the Spanish armed forces and police. It was an unusual design in that, although chambered for the powerful 9mm Largo cartridge, it operated on the blowback system – i.e. with an unlocked breech. It achieved this by the employment of very strong recoil spring (which coils around the barrel) and a heavy slide. The Model 1921 (sold commercially as the Model 400) was produced until 1946. It armed both sides in the Spanish Civil War and 6,000 were purchased by Germany during the Second World War.
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