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Astra Unceta y Cía was a Spanish weapons manufacturer founded on 17 July 1908, under the name Esperanza y Unceta by Juan Esperanza and Pedro Unceta. [1] Initially based in Eibar, the centre of the Basque arms industry, the company moved in 1913 to Guernica. Astra handguns: 250 INOX revolver, 3000 pistol, and Constable pistol
The A-100 is also known as the "Panther" as imported into the United States by Springfield Armory, and some specimens have this roll-marked on the left of the slide. The A-100 design is a further development of Astra's earlier A-80 and A-90 models. [2] The A-80 was originally patterned after the SIG P220. [3]
Agrupación Social Trabajadores Armeros, S.A.L. (ASTAR), was a Spanish firearms company. STAR Firearms' remaining company assets were merged with Astra Firearms. The new company began making weapons under the name ASTAR. Another semi-merger, an employee driven one, occurred with IPAR Guns [1] in Eibar, a company which produces spare parts for ...
The Astra 600, a slightly shorter and lighter version of the Astra 400 that is chambered in 9mm Luger, [6] was later developed for export sales, primarily to Nazi Germany. [1] A smaller variant for both domestic and export sales, the Astra 300, was offered in .32 ACP and .380 ACP. By the end of 1947 171,300 were made and were primarily issued ...
The Astra 300 was developed in 1922 by the Astra Unceta company and was first produced in Spain in 1922/1923. This weapon was originally used by the Spanish prison administration in the 1920s, in 1928 the pistol was then used for the first time by the Spanish Navy. [2] In the 1930s, the Astra 300 was primarily an army pistol.
The Astra 600 is a Spanish semi-automatic pistol that was used during World War II by the Wehrmacht. Designed by Unceta y Cia , it was a shortened version of the Astra 400 manufactured to fire 9×19mm Parabellum , which was the standard pistol ammunition for Germany at the time.
4. Sturm, Ruger & Co. When you think of 100% American firearms, Ruger—officially known as Sturm, Ruger & Co.—immediately comes to mind. Founded in 1949 by enthusiastic gun makers in ...
Astra A-100: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.45 ACP Spain: 1990 Astra Model 900: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1927 Auto Mag Pistol: Arcadia Machine & Tool.44 Magnum United States: 1969 Ballester–Molina: Hispano Argentina Fábrica de Automóviles S.A..45 ACP Argentina: 1938 Bauer Automatic ...