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*[[Astra 200]] (Spain - Pistol - 6.35 mm/.25 ACP) **[[Astra Cub]] (Spain - Pistol - .22 Short & 6.35 mm/.25 ACP)

...rtridge had superior range and better penetration than most other standard pistols; the 7.63x25mm Mauser cartridge was the highest velocity commercially manuf Approximately 1 million C96 pistols were manufactured by Mauser alone,<ref> Skennerton (2005), p.8</ref> with t

...tion capacities and relatively longer reload times compared to autoloading pistols are the main reasons for the switchover that occurred in the 1980s and 1990 ...8 shots, .455 caliber versions 6. At the time, the few available automatic pistols were larger, less reliable, and more expensive. The automatic revolver was

...aces]] on the rim.<ref name="wilson">Wilson, R. K. ''Textbook of Automatic Pistols'', p.234. Plantersville, SC: Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1943. ...nce the cartridges would usually cycle in Spanish surplus pistols like the Astra 400 that were chambered for the 9mm Bergmann-Bayard (9mm Largo), despite th

[[Image:Fabrique-astra.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Astra Factory]] ...in order to increase production of the successful [[Campo-Giro]] series of pistols, produced since 1912. Several models of which, including [[model 1913-16]],