and a 10 ga I saw at a show in particular...At the Barre Vt show this past weekend I had an occasion to handle an Astra 10 ga SxS with 3.5" chambers, nickel color sideplates, "Astra" in gold letters on the opening lever and pressure relief grooves in the breech face around the fireing pins. These things, plus very fine checkering that looked to be at least 28 lpi lead me to believe that I was looking at a relatively nice gun. The price was attractive, enough so that I considered an uninformed purchase based on looks alone.
My question is about Astra in general. What's their rep? Soft steel innards? or hardened properly? I assume parts are unavailable?
Any info you can give me on this would be appreciated.
Mergus
