Description
Manufacture: Astra
Caliber: 9mm
Capacity: 8 rounds
| Gun Specifications | |
| Type: | Pistol |
| Produced: | 1991 – 1994 |
| Caliber: | 9 mm |
| Action: | recoil operated semi-automatic |
| Trigger: | single-action (SA) |
| Safety: | ambidextrous thumb safety |
| Magazine: | 8-round |
| Frame: | blued finish steel |
| Grip: | black plastic |
| Sights: | fixed combat |
| Notes: | |
| Cartridge Specifications | |
| Cartridge: | 9 mm Luger |
| Alias: | 9 mm Parabellum |
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| Ballistics for This Gun | |||
| Selected Bullet Mass: | 124 grains | ||
| MV: | 1115 ft/sec | ME: | 342 ft-lbs |
The Astra A-70 is a single-action locked breech semi-automatic pistol at one time produced in Spain
About the Cartridge
This cartridge was introduced along with the Luger semi-automatic pistol. The pistol and cartridge was first adopted by the German Navy in 1904 and then by the German Army in 1908. This cartridge has since been adopted by the military of practically every non-Communist power. It has become the most popular and widely-used handgun cartridge in the world. Performance wise, the 9 mm cartridge has somewhat more power than the .38 Special but falls well short of the .357 Magnum.
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