These pistols were produced from 1992-1997 and were originally part of a contract for the official Spanish plainclothes service pistol along with the very similar but nowehere near as good, Star Firestar. Astra later "improved" the design with a decocker and double action trigger and dubbed it the A-75. Also a neat gun, but not as cool as the A-70.
This is an EASY gun to shoot. With some ergonomic changes and better sights it would really be a keeper. Hmmmmmm..
Neat little guns. I owned one way back when. These days, I don't know what is harder to find; the guns or the magazines. A quick web search came up nearly dry on mags, and very few guns for sale. On the other hand, A-75 mags seems to be falling out if the trees.... I always liked the ergonomics of both guns, but they were WAY too heavy for caliber. I always wanted an alloy framed version of both pistols in 9mm. Oh, and I wanted an A-75 with a trigger that didn't suck....
ReplyDeleteI own one astra A70 and would not sell at any price one of the best carry guns around.
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dec 25 2011
My name is Rich Claycomb and i have a Astra A-70 love the gun my problem is the guns safety lever is missing Ive looked all over the web with no luck. is there anybody out there that knows where i can find one or a complete gun i will pay the price you want email me at richardclaycomb288@hotmail.com or call collect 816 390 7696 Thank You for any info you can give me
ReplyDeleteI bought one of these about 10 years ago and have had really good luck with it. As stated about the only negative would be it is a heavy gun for its size.
ReplyDeleteI also own one astra a-70. no intentions of ever selling.love this thing!
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