Astra 600/43 magazine Compatibility

dogdad911 · September 10, 2018, 04:29 PM

Will the Astra 600 magazine fit and can be used in an Astra 600/43 magazine? In 9mm Parabellum.

Tidewater_Kid · September 11, 2018, 10:03 PM

From what I read, the 600/43 is another designation for the 600. Some just call it the 600 model and some are 600/43. Point is, the magazine should fit.

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/ast...the-wehrmacht/

*Tried to clarify my comment. Wasn't clear.

Bill DeShivs · September 11, 2018, 11:28 PM

An Astra 600 is an Astra 600.

Tidewater_Kid · September 12, 2018, 09:47 PM

So what's the difference between the two models?

Jim Watson · September 15, 2018, 09:42 AM

I think the 600/43 was the German contract and 600 was the lot of guns that did not make it to Germany.

Tidewater_Kid · September 15, 2018, 12:41 PM

So the magazines should interchange , correct?

mag1911 · September 16, 2018, 04:52 AM

It's just so happened that several Astra 600 style pistols have come through the last few local gun shows. Some slides said 600/43, some said only 600 and I think at least one didn't have the model number but had the caliber.

Serials in the early teens up through the mid/upper 40s I believe but I didn't keep track of which serials had what nomenclature. One did have two or three matching numbered magazines which I'd never seen before.

Any 600 magazine should theoretically fit any 600 pistol.

dogdad911 · September 17, 2018, 06:19 PM

thank you

September 10, 2018, 04:29 PM	#1
dogdad911 Member Join Date: July 12, 2018 Posts: 17	Astra 600/43 magazine Compatibility Will the Astra 600 magazine fit and can be used in an Astra 600/43 magazine? In 9mm Parabellum.

September 11, 2018, 10:03 PM	#2
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 926	From what I read, the 600/43 is another designation for the 600. Some just call it the 600 model and some are 600/43. Point is, the magazine should fit. https://www.forgottenweapons.com/ast...the-wehrmacht/ Tried to clarify my comment. Wasn't clear. Last edited by Tidewater_Kid; September 15, 2018 at 12:43 PM.*

September 11, 2018, 11:28 PM	#3
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 11,108	An Astra 600 is an Astra 600. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

September 12, 2018, 09:47 PM	#4
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 926	So what's the difference between the two models?

September 15, 2018, 09:42 AM	#5
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 19,186	I think the 600/43 was the German contract and 600 was the lot of guns that did not make it to Germany.

September 15, 2018, 12:41 PM	#6
Tidewater_Kid Senior Member Join Date: July 3, 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 926	So the magazines should interchange , correct?

September 16, 2018, 04:52 AM	#7
mag1911 Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2011 Posts: 140	It's just so happened that several Astra 600 style pistols have come through the last few local gun shows. Some slides said 600/43, some said only 600 and I think at least one didn't have the model number but had the caliber. Serials in the early teens up through the mid/upper 40s I believe but I didn't keep track of which serials had what nomenclature. One did have two or three matching numbered magazines which I'd never seen before. Any 600 magazine should theoretically fit any 600 pistol.

September 17, 2018, 06:19 PM	#8
dogdad911 Member Join Date: July 12, 2018 Posts: 17	thank you