Astra 4000 Falcon

Caliber: 32acp

Action: semi

History:

Astra 4000 Falcon: Introduced in 1956 by Astra Unceta y Cía. The Spanish weapons manufacturer founded on July 17, 1908 under the name Esperanza y Unceta by Juan Esperanza and Pedro Unceta. First based off Eibar, the stronghold of the Basque arms industry, the company moved in 1913 to Guernica. Astra produced several pistols used by police, military and civillians.

Time line
Modelo 1912, referred to as the Campo-Giro after its inventor in 9mm largo Modelo 1913 was a delayed blowback design, chambered for a powerful military cartridge  9mm Largo cartridge 9 x 23
Modelo 1913-16 The improved model was adopted in September 1916Just before ww1 astra produced for the allies the Ruby pistol is best known as a French World War I sidearm, the Pistolet Automatique de 7 millim.65 genre.Astra modelo 400 was a Spanish service pistol produced by weapons manufacturer Astra-Unceta y Cia SA  as a replacement for the Campo-Giro 1913/1916,
In 1947, the model Astra Model 3000 was put in production in order to replace them Astra Model 300. More than 44,000 Astra 3000 were manufactured until 1956, when the Astra Model 4000 Falcon replaced it being produced

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