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ASTRA ARE A WELL KNOWN COMPANY IN SPAIN HAVING PROVIDED FIREARMS FOR THE ARMY DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. ALTHOUGH STARTING IN THE BASQUE GUN MAKING CAPITAL OF EIBAR, THEY MOVED TO GUERNICA IN 1913 EVENTUALLY AMALGAMATING WITH STAR AFTER THIR OWNER WAS KILLED BY ETA IN 1977.
THIS IS A FINE QUALITY GUN, AS CAN BE SEEN TO THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE ENGRAVING AND FIGURING IN THE WALNUT. THIS WOULD ONLY HAVE BEEN USED ON THEIR BEST QUALITY SIDELOCKS.
MADE IN 1960 WITH 28” BARRELS CHOKED FOR GAME UNDER A CONCAVE WIDE FILE RIB, CHAMBERED AT 70MM. THE ACTION IS HEAVILY ENGRAVED IN RELIEF WITH AN ARCANTHUS SCROLL, NOT STAMPED AS IN CHEAPER MODELS. WITH COCKING INDICATORS, AUTO SAFETY AND GOLD LETTERING, TREBLE GRIP CHECKERING AND TEARDROPS, THIS WILL LOOK THE PART ON ANY SHOOT THIS SEASON.
AN ABSOLUTE STEAL AT £395.00