Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Astra 901, 902 & 903 machine pistols

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 82 ↗

Astra, Models 901, 902, and 903, selective fire pistols, cal. 7.63mm (.30 Mauser).

ATF lists cal. 7.63mm; this is the 7.63mm Mauser cartridge.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1928–1934.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Spain
Manufacturer
Astra-Unceta y Cía, Guernica
Type
Pistol
Action
Select-fire / auto
Caliber
7.63mm Mauser
Made
1928–1934production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 82 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Astra Model 900” ↗, years: variants list: 'Astra 901: 1,655 weapons in 1928'; 'Astra 902: 7,075 weapons in 1928 to 1933'; 'Astra 903: 3,082 weapons in 1932 to 1934'.
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1928–1933 → 1928–1934. Wikipedia (Astra Model 900) gives Astra 903 production as 1932 to 1934

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Historical context

Astra Model 900 (base model shown for Astra 901, 902 & 903 machine pistols)
Shown: an Astra Model 903, one of the three models this entry covers.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “ASTRA 903.jpg” by Andrzejwojciechowski, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Astra Model 900”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Astra Model 900 is one of many Spanish copies of the German Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol. It shares the same caliber, magazine capacity, and holster type and is generally very similar to the German handgun.