Spanish Astra & Polish Radom. please help with info

[dudu]

Hi Guys,

An acquaintance of mine had inherited these ones and is interested in a price check and any other info you guys might help with.

Polish Radom (1939)

Spanish Astra (have no idea on the model, 400, 600?)

Many thanks in advance.

 

[tiriaq]

Radoms seem to sell for $300-$400. This one needs some TLC - grips, grip screws, slide latch. This is going to reduce value. $200 as a project gun? The Astra is missing its safety. Its not a 400 or 600. These are 9mm largo and 9mm Para, respectively. Might be a 300. What caliber is this one? I suspect it is a 12(6) prohib. Prohib status, and a missing safety will not help the value at all. Maybe $125.

 

[daBear]

It looks an awful lot like a 400 or 600 to me(all 3 series are very close in appearance), but like stated above, hard to tell without knowing caliber. Variants of 9mm could be as stated, 9mm Para, 9mm Largo or 9mm Bergman, or it could be an earlier 7.65. Astra made them in all variants. Judging by the grips, I would believe it to be a post war production, but then again I am not too familiar with these thingees... Like Tiriaq said, with the missing safety it wont have too high a value. Even in mint condition, they hover around $300 unless they have significant WW2 markings (Luftwaffe or Waffen).
Good luck
dB

 

[Zimms]

The more I look at the Radom photo the more convinced I am that it is an early-war Polish Eagle slide on a late-war frame. Do the slide and frame serial numbers match? If not, the the stated price of $300 is about right. If it was an all-matching early-war Polish Eagle gun then it would be worth over $1,000.

The Astra is neither a 400 or 600 but is a 300 model. The 400 has a 6-inch barrel and is chambered in 9mm Largo. The 600 has a 5-inch barrel and is chambered in 9mm Parabellum. The 300's have 3-inch barrels and are chambered in .32 ACP or .380 ACP. Most that I see are chambered in .380 and bring $300-$350 U.S. The Nazis bought some guns from Astra but most show no Nazi markings since Germany never invaded Spain during WW2 and therefore never directed Spanish gun production. Hope this helps.

-Zimms