This little pistol has been floating around among my family members for a couple of generations.
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcpc85dc_561cpx93kdm
I used to think that it was an Astra because the word hope was stamped on the frame, and I think that I remember seeing Guernica stamped somewhere as well.
But the lettering on the slide is ..
MODEL 1913 AUTOMATIC PISTOL
CAL 25
which I'm told is not an Astra marking.
Unfortunately many of the original markings are gone now. But I distinctly remember seeing the word hope, though it wasn't presentation lettering. It looked like the sort of stampings that are used to designate lots and series.
So I'm wondering if the pistol could be a mutt, with an Astra receiver and another manufacturers slide.
Does anyone recognize that model designation on the slide?
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcpc85dc_561cpx93kdm
I used to think that it was an Astra because the word hope was stamped on the frame, and I think that I remember seeing Guernica stamped somewhere as well.
But the lettering on the slide is ..
MODEL 1913 AUTOMATIC PISTOL
CAL 25
which I'm told is not an Astra marking.
Unfortunately many of the original markings are gone now. But I distinctly remember seeing the word hope, though it wasn't presentation lettering. It looked like the sort of stampings that are used to designate lots and series.
So I'm wondering if the pistol could be a mutt, with an Astra receiver and another manufacturers slide.
Does anyone recognize that model designation on the slide?