Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "Astra 600/43: A Straight Blowback 9mm for the Wehrmacht" video.

  1. Most Astra 400s are compatible with .38 ACP, which is dimensionally identical to .38 Super. But Super is a hotter round, and many of the Super loads are too much for an Astra 400. Plus .38 Super in a blowback would be unpleasant to shoot.
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  2. Spain adopted the 9mm Largo in 1905, when they bought Bergmann-Bayard Model 1903 pistols. 9mm Parabellum wouldn't exist for another 3 years. They stuck with the Largo for decades afterward, because it's what they already had.
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