Rare Vintage Astra 600/43 FSOT for sale in Waco Texas

$800.00

I have a rare, well preserved Astra 600/43 pistol for Sale for $800 obo.

It includes three magazines and a holster.

I'm also considering trades for HK45 or Walther PPK in .380 or a decent tube guitar amp.

Here is brief history on the pistol.

"In 1943 the German government requested Unceta y Cia redesign the Astra 400 to fire the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. In late 1943, fifty examples of the newly designed Astra 600 were sent to Germany and were approved for issue to German armed forces, receiving the designation Pistole Astra 600/43. Approximately 50,000 were ordered by Germany, with the first delivery of 2,950 pistols taking place on 16 May 1944. A second shipment of 5,000 pistols reached Germany on 23 June, and a final shipment of 2,500 pistols were shipped to Germany on 16 July 1944. Supply to Germany stopped when German occupation of the border between Spain and France ceased and supply lines were cut. The Astra 600s that could not be delivered to the German government during World War II were then stored by the Spanish government. Small quantities of pistols were sold to Turkey, Portugal, Chile, and Costa Rica until 1951, when the remaining Astra 600s were sold to West Germany. Those pistols were extensively used by West German police forces until the late 1960s when Interarms purchased the remaining pistols for export to the United States civilian market."

This pistol does not bear the mark of the German Wehrmacht. So, it was never delivered to the Nazis.