Spanish Astra 600/43

[Aragorn243]

Will soon have it fully outfitted. Sarco still has the magazines, and I found a holster serial numbers off by a few hundred. I hated paying as much as I did but I watched it for two weeks and checked every source I could and most wanted more than this one went for. It's dated correctly 1958 which is when these late serial numbers were purchased by West Germany. Plus the serial number being that close was what sealed the deal.

Condition matches the condition of the gun also, lightly used.

I picked up a nice book on Spanish handguns also which helped me make the decision. "Spanish Handguns" by Gangarosa. There was a total of 59,400 of these made, all prior to the end of 1945. 2950 to Germany in May of 44, 5000, in June of 44 and 2500 in July of 45. after that the remaining 31.350 sold to Germany were sold to them a second time in 1951. A final batch of 14,000 were sold to Germany in the late 1950's. Small numbers were sold to Chile 450, Costa Rico 100, Egypt 25, Jordan 200, Portugal 800, Thailand 15, Turkey 100 and specifically Ankara police in Turkey 100.

Sometimes you just have to realize it's just money and it is losing value as I type this.