[Pond, James Pond]

Congrats, James...

Thanks, although it is not mine yet!! Now that you mention it I will also need some of those "other" buying permits. Mine are reddish or bluish and come from a friendly machine in the wall...

Here's a history of Astra, for those, like me, who were not familiar with the brand.

Thanks for the link. If you want to see my Astra to be, it is the snub pictured at the bottom of that page: the 680.

I've read posts where people seem to turn their noses up at this Spanish marque, but I can say that my little snub was/is great, and has a delicious SA trigger!! The little Astra Constable .380 was gorgeous too!!

I have to say I quite like Spanish firearms...