Minute of Mae: Astra 600

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Ай бұрын

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@davidhansen5067 Ай бұрын

Especially from a side view, it looks a lot more refined than I imagine it feels.

@thefuzzysheep3859 Ай бұрын

Oh definitely

@cheesenoodles8316 Ай бұрын

One of my favorite pistols, first 9mm I ever fired. When I got the chance to get one, I did. Was my range gun, truck gun, my everything for a long time. Terrible sights, worse trigger and a heal release. It still looks and shoots great. Great long version video on this gun.

@jamesellis2784 Ай бұрын

Same , bigger than a pillow ,

@michaelg457 Ай бұрын

By far, one of the coolest channels I have come across. I have been reading a book about the history of small arms and so it is awesome to see what I have been learning about showcased in video !

@jamesdalton2014 Ай бұрын

It sounds like a really nice version of the Astra. 9 mm PB makes it a lot more appealing, also.

@William_Bryant Ай бұрын

Second to the Campo-Ghiro in looking like the Gunliest Gun to ever Gun.

@andrewsteele7663 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Mae, as always skillfully delivered, and if the Zombie apocalypse were to happen, I would gladly grab an Astra after your 60 second tutorial, Cheers from the land of Oz.

@takuranke1481 Ай бұрын

I remember seeing this gun used many times in the “Mission Impossible” TV series as enemy (communist power state) equipment. I remember this gun because of its unique design around the barrel. It's a great design to impress people as equipment of a state that is clearly different from ours.

@alacharger Ай бұрын

I had an Astra 600 with Nazi proof markings. It was a great shooting gun, but was awful to break down with that recoil spring. I ended up trading it for a 1952 Colt Police Positive Special, in the original box, unfired with Colt letter. Thanks for the video!

@Snuffy03 Ай бұрын

Oh to have access to all the wonderful weapons Mae demonstrates!

@CorbyCave Ай бұрын

I like that one. It looks like it would be a better hold than my old S&W .40 doublestack.

@miketeeveedub5779 Ай бұрын

Wiki: " It had an unusually strong recoil spring that caused a stiff trigger pull. The strong spring could make it difficult for individuals with weak hands to retract the slide making disassembly and cleaning difficult." Can of snakes indeed! Still, didn't seem to fire that snappy for a 9mm blowback design. It's a handsome piece.

@johngulyas695 Ай бұрын

“Like a can of snakes?”

@HugoHeinze-be8ef Ай бұрын

Those sounds dangerous

@TenaciousTrilobite Ай бұрын

She’s referencing disassembly. The recoil spring is super stiff and it’s held by the endcap. When you remove the endcap the spring wants to aggressively eject out the front. Like the prank peanut brittle cans full of fake snakes that pop out.

@shaneblair-hicks4975 Ай бұрын

Joke toy. Spring loaded snakes pop out when you open the lid.

@johngulyas695 Ай бұрын

@@shaneblair-hicks4975 Damn! Forgot about those! Thanks!

@pb68slab18 Ай бұрын

My first centerfire semi-auto pistol! Who said the 9mmP is too powerful for a straight blow-back pistol?

@bbtfan7957 Ай бұрын

I want to see Mae do one on the Destroyer Carbine.

@randomdudewholikesmusic1640 Ай бұрын

Gun Designer: "How do we make it look cooler?" "Make the barrel, slightly thinner. The Guys will love it and pretend it's a supressor.

@GunsmithSid Ай бұрын

Love mine!

@gerardomartinez8000 Ай бұрын

Love this gun

@munkbok Ай бұрын

my imagination as a kid after picking up the perfect gun stick

@TenaciousTrilobite Ай бұрын

I was thinking about getting a 600 to replace my 400, but most of the 600s don’t have the cool Astra sun logo. Deal breaker.

@johnchandler1687 Ай бұрын

If your 400 is stMped on the barrel in the ejection port 9mm/.38 it was factory altered to also fire the old Colt .38 ACP. This is the exact same case as .38 Super. But a less powerful loading. Old reloading manuals all have loads for this round. .38 Super loading dies are easily available. The bullets for .357/.38 spc will work. The 140gr hollow point functions perfectly and is a good defense round.

@TenaciousTrilobite Ай бұрын

@@johnchandler1687 I already make .38 ACP for my Pocket Hammer, so that’s what I’ve been using. Would be easier to just use off the shelf 9x19 though haha

@johnchandler1687 Ай бұрын

@@TenaciousTrilobite true, but there's no good defense ammo in 9mm Largo. Just ball.

@TenaciousTrilobite Ай бұрын

@@johnchandler1687 ...why would I need defensive ammo for an Astra? I carry a gun that's good

@alancarr3381 Ай бұрын

Thanks Mae!!!

@ditzydoo4378 Ай бұрын

The Astra everyone wants but has a difficult time finding.

@paulbervid1610 Ай бұрын

Mae looks great. Gun looks like something a plumber designed.

@scottrobinson3281 Ай бұрын

It's a blowback, no locking system like practically all 9x19's, hence the strong recoil spring.

@TenaciousTrilobite 25 күн бұрын

Huh? The vast majority of 9x19s have locking actions

@pepepepito623 Ай бұрын

She smiled...

@starkparker16 Ай бұрын

I saw an ad for one of those

@frankwafer6919 Ай бұрын

Thank you!🙂💯👍!

@snakebite210 Ай бұрын

Great Job Mae🎉🎉🎉🎉

@wesmcgee1648 Ай бұрын

She likes the Astras.

@kevinrivera1164 Ай бұрын

Star wars Blaster

@WalterBurton Ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@kserospawarka Ай бұрын

From the side it kinda looks like a WW2 Five seven

@kirktrof Ай бұрын

Have a 400, and love it. Would love to add a 300, and 600

@samueladams3746 Ай бұрын

“Can of snakes”. That’s a keeper

@olskool3967 Ай бұрын

oh yes, the pipe wrench,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

@greydonstautzenberger3901 Ай бұрын

Whoot whoot

@chlebowg Ай бұрын

Had one of these for a few months. Don't remember if I ever shot it.

@olibertosoto5470 Ай бұрын

Looks like a well made cigarette lighter.

@bacarnal Ай бұрын

Still like the 400 better than the 600, though both are excellent weapons.

@damirblazevic4823 Ай бұрын

That's a bit of an overstatement 🙄

@tonyhamady498 Ай бұрын

I love you Mae 😍🥰🥰🥰

@Ztex Ай бұрын

I don't shoot my 600 becuase it's a PITA to field strip. :)

@CATASTEROID934 Ай бұрын

The Astra series has that slight child's drawing aesthetic, it'd look right at home in Captain Pronin's brick-like hands

@fochdischitt3561 Ай бұрын

PITA to disassemble/assemble.

@SuperSneakySteve Ай бұрын

Looks like a lot of comments are from fake accounts with butt avatars.

@ES90344 Ай бұрын

Engagement is engagement ROFL

@BorneoIs Ай бұрын

Mae is cute, CUTE!

@EGSBiographies-om1wb Ай бұрын

79th

@timothyedge6100 Ай бұрын

Let’s support the rhythm of the alligators before they get agitated and devour our friends money income funds for spending and using and saving

@simonacerton3478 Ай бұрын

That is an aesthetically appealing firearm. Modern guns function better but man are so many ugly.

@belthesheep3550 Ай бұрын

Honestly amazing how some of the first comments are literally just porn bots lmao

@Pcm979 Ай бұрын

Porn bots for gun porn, perhaps? 🤔

@onpsxmember Ай бұрын

I still prefer those over seeing the 'hey you won something' bots with the numbers in their name, often with a picture of the channel.

@Hybris51129 Ай бұрын

If I didn't know that this was a pistol I would say by the name it's some off brand video card.

@blank557 Ай бұрын

Mae makes me want guns I never knew about, cannot find, or afford.

@fruitbat4429 Ай бұрын

Sleek looking pistol.

@jr5925 Ай бұрын

Never fired a gun, but I love these videos.

@onpsxmember Ай бұрын

Go to a range where you can rent firearms and change that.

@jr5925 Ай бұрын

@@onpsxmember I’m in the UK, so only small calibre rifles at ranges.

@onpsxmember Ай бұрын

@@jr5925 I thought you still had some shotguns left. Maybe have a look when you're abroad what is offered.

@jr5925 Ай бұрын

@@onpsxmember I think you can use them for clay pigeons and such, but normally not on ranges. I might do. Quite happy with the gun situation here, but it’d be fun to fire a few shots from a revolver or something.

@davidazar9090 Ай бұрын

I've always liked these, just from the looks. Are all 9mm Luger ones for Nazi contact? Did you mean; the trigger goes from zero to a brick wall. I wish you just described it without assuming the listener knows your language.

@TenaciousTrilobite Ай бұрын

From the contract, yes. Most of them were not actually delivered, though. Zero as in no resistance when pulling. Brick wall as in a lot of resistance when pulling. The trigger pull starts out easy and then sudden gets very hard. American English in rural areas and the South tends to make heavy use of idioms and metaphors.

@johnchandler1687 Ай бұрын

Actually, millions of rounds of 9mm Parabellum have been fired through Astra 400s in 9mm Largo. The extractor holds the round against the bolt head and the pressures and performance of the 2 rounds is identical. Wiuldn't try +P ammo, though. And the trigger is hard as a good military trigger should be. Keeps nervous soldiers or cops from accidentally discharging weapon easily. My hard trigger on my 400 is very predictable and doesn't effect shooting accuracy at all.

@TenaciousTrilobite 25 күн бұрын

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. This is hard on your extractor

@johnchandler1687 25 күн бұрын

@@TenaciousTrilobite True, but good to know. In the 1960s they were sold by the thousands mail-order cheap. Back the 9mm Largo was more a rumor than ammo you could actually find.