Identification Help

[Sheriff9mm]

Ok NES brainiacs, this one has me a little stumped. A good friend picked up this Baby Browning clone with a supposed WWII backstory, but I can quite figure out what it is exactly. Admittedly, I’m not very well versed in handguns of that era. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

 

[greencobra]

so what's the back story?

 

[snax]

It's an automatic pistol.
Caliber: 6.35mm Surface To Air Missle (Heat Seeking)
Gene Simmons demonstrates with this video of the prototype:

View: https://youtu.be/heMboVN12r0

 

[Sheriff9mm]

so what's the back story?

So the story that was told to my buddy is that this pistol was a spoils-of-war battlefield pick up from Normandy. However, there’s no concrete evidence of this other than word-of-mouth family stories.

 

[snax]

???


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si0VZrPDBsA

 

[Sheriff9mm]

???


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si0VZrPDBsA

Looks close, but that one looks like it has a trigger pin that my buddy’s gun lacks, and the different engravings. Thats the problem I’m having, is that so many companies made variants of these pistols.

 

[snax]

Yeah a bunch came up that were similar

 

[fencer]

Looks like a Spanish Made Astra. Baby Browning knock off.

 

[jkelly1229]

Yeah usually the nazi ones were fn

 

[Deleted member 67409]

Looks like a Spanish Made Astra. Baby Browning knock off.

Its very likely a .25ACP, 6.35mm is the Euro colloquism for .25ACP. Astra did make a copy of the Baby Browning called the Astra 200. The Astra guns appear to have "ASTRA" marked grips.

I'm willing to bet there's some Spanish proof marks on the barrel.