I seem to have accidentally fallen into becoming a collector of Astra 600/43 pistols. My friend Leonardo Antaris will find it all very amusing as I told him I was resisting the call of Spanish service pistols a couple years back, yet I gave in after all. I have now managed to accumulate three of these interesting 9mm Parabellum pistols. None have import stamps so they came into the US prior to the 1968 GCA. All have their holsters as well. The guns began life as a special order from the Nazis but only the first 10,000 or so made it to the Third Reich. The rest remained in storage and were later obtained by the Post War German government and used as police and border guard side arms. A quantity were also sold to Portugal. These three went to Germany. Neat pieces of history.
Even saw some use in film.
