Astra 1911

[OLIAR15]

Here is a Swiss made 1911, an Astra 1911 A1 Daytona. It’s for sale locally (Switzerland) for abt. $ 1450, which is a similar price to a nice Colt GCNM. I probably won’t buy it but just wanted to show it here. I would suspect that being Swiss made, the built quality should be pretty good.

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The company was originally Spanish, but like many other brands nowadays, the name and logo was taken over (from Wikipedia)

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Interestingly the proper Latin name of Switzerland is

confoederatio helvetica

The theory is that skipping the 2nd “o” made it somehow better for export markets.

[El Pistolero]

Very interesting. I had an Astra A-100 which is essentially a Spanish SIG P229 copy, it was excellent despite the rough finishing.

[Gary1911A1]

Thanks. I didn't know these existed. A beavertail might make them more marketable in the US.