Astra 400, 9mm Largo shooting

Shooting the full power, blowback action 9mm Largo,(Bergmann/Bayard) Astra Service pistol. Recoil and blast are stiff for a 8mm handgun but by no means uncontrollable. Fun gun!

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[adgjmptw1941]

Very cool video.

So jealous.

I like to shoot.

[onmilo]

@adgjmptw1941 SHHHhhh! Don't spread this around, but this is one of my favorite handguns!

[napalm350z]

is the barrel stationary?

[onmilo]

@napalm350z Yes, the action is pure blowback and the barrel remains stationary.

[napalm350z]

@onmilo that's pretty neat. I guess it could potentially be pretty accurate, then.

[zaphodtrillian]

@cineaccion3 It didnt beat Stalin. It just got a lot of Spanish people killing Spanigh people. The Spanish civil war was a black mark on a lazy apathetic Europe. England especially needs to take responsibility for allowing this needless waste of human life. Hopefully with a European union we will never see a war like this used to experiment on civilians again.

Germany has never faced true justice for the crimes against humanity it perpetrated in Guernika. ETA should bomb Germany.

[cineaccion3]

@newhuskytwenty Why sad history ? Slorious history ! That pistol beat Stalin during our civil war 36-39

[onmilo]

@cineaccion3 Walther and I believe Sauer made blowback 9mm pistols during world war two but they never went past the prototype stage.

There was a "Volkssturm" pistol that was made I believe by Mauser that used a blowback action made in very limited numbers.

The Astra 400 was the only Military issue full power blowback action pistol issed in great numbers. :-)

[cineaccion3]

@onmilo It's the only high caliber gun in the world without bolted.

I'm a happy owner

[onmilo]

@newhuskytwenty Weird as they look, this is a very nice and well made pistol.

Recoil is a bit harsh, it actually kicks harder than my 1911 .45 acp, but it is very accurate and very reliable.

This gun has not ever jammed on me, not even once, even when using my rather moderate handloads.

It's a keeper!:-).