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Posted: 4/16/2010 4:25:43 AM EDT
Which AND Why?
1912 Steyr Hahn with 8 rounds of 9x23mm Steyr on a stripper (I did not include a ninth round because it is impractical to try to load a 9th with the internal mag)  Astra 600 with 9 rounds of 9x19 Parabellum  |
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Posted: 4/16/2010 4:38:45 AM EDT
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Okay, now you're just getting bizarre. What's next, Mle 1935A vs. Mle 1935S?
Astra 400 for me, but I wouldn't shoot 9mm Para in it. It's chambered in 9mm Largo and that is what should be used. Extra bonus if I can have a Destroyer carbine to go along with it, same ammo. ETA: I prefer the 400 for the magazine. Easier to load, if slower (assuming I have to load the mag by hand). -Mark |
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Posted: 4/16/2010 4:42:01 AM EDT
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Quoted: Okay, now you're just getting bizarre. What's next, Mle 1935A vs. Mle 1935S? Astra 400 for me, but I wouldn't shoot 9mm Para in it. It's chambered in 9mm Largo and that is what should be used. Extra bonus if I can have a Destroyer carbine to go along with it, same ammo. ETA: I prefer the 400 for the magazine. Easier to load, if slower (assuming I have to load the mag by hand). -Mark Maybe.  I'll do a fun one tomorrow night.  BTW, I edited it. I screwed up. That is a 600. 
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Posted: 4/16/2010 4:46:47 AM EDT
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My dad has a Nazi proofmarked Astra 600. It's pretty cool, but he hasn't shot it since he was in college. That Steyr is pretty intriguing though.
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Posted: 4/16/2010 4:50:12 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Quoted:
Okay, now you're just getting bizarre. What's next, Mle 1935A vs. Mle 1935S? Astra 400 for me, but I wouldn't shoot 9mm Para in it. It's chambered in 9mm Largo and that is what should be used. Extra bonus if I can have a Destroyer carbine to go along with it, same ammo. ETA: I prefer the 400 for the magazine. Easier to load, if slower (assuming I have to load the mag by hand). -Mark Maybe.
I'll do a fun one tomorrow night.
BTW, I edited it. I screwed up. That is a 600. Still going with the Astra. :-) 9mm Para will chamber and fire in a 400, but it's rough on the pistol. -Mark |
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Posted: 4/16/2010 4:54:46 AM EDT
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Steyr!
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Posted: 4/16/2010 5:01:44 AM EDT
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Get both!
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Posted: 4/16/2010 5:09:54 AM EDT
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Quoted: Steyr! Which AND why? 
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Posted: 4/16/2010 5:11:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: Get both! Not a choice. Imagine you can choose to be an Astro Hungarian or an Alfonsoist. You obviously can't be both.
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Posted: 4/17/2010 7:09:24 PM EDT
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Cool topic!
The grip angles on both are bad,but I would take the Astra any day. The Hahn needs a stripper clip to load fast. That gets me every time - hitting the 'slide stop' on a Steyr Hahn and watching all the rounds fly up into the air. The barrel on mine is toast. Bad pitting, and was rechambered by the Germans simply by running a reamer into it. The slide is marked '08' to match the rechambering job. The barrel was radically throated, so about 1/3 of the case base is dangerously unsupported. It functions well, but then again... |
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