what is this ??? ( 7.65 semi auto, spain)

[mike in co]

i just picked this up and now am wondering just what is it.
we all know that spain small arms industry turned out lots of 32/380 sized pocket pistols...but just what is this.
i do not have a guns of the world or such.
bbl 2.66, cal 7.65( 32 auto), no external hammer, left side safety/slide lock.
chrome mag/// maybe 6 rounds, base of butt serated mag release.
black checkered plastic grips with a single screw mid /rear of panel.
on the grip:
CA SI
sunburst splits the two letter groups

maybe a 1/2" over hang of the slide past the grip
semi circle cuts in rear of slide for gripping(8/9)
slide marked on left "PISTOL AUTOMATIC CAL 7,65"
frame has 5 digit ser number on right sife
extractor on right side at rear of cutout
chrome solid trigger
left rear of frame marked:
made
in
spain
black blue in finish black grips
bbl in the white
slide is aprox .8 thick
aol 5.16
height 3.25( plus the mag relaese

let the game begin..

thanks
mike in co
( googled casi with no luck)

[Kuato]

Sounds like a Star Ruby pistol to me... Do it look like this?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/MWP_Ruby_Cebra-mod.jpg

Dang, just saw your description of the grips....

[mike in co]

close but no cigar....
no external sights...just milling below the tops of the slide....otherwise close.
i went to goggle again and found spanish gun forum on gunboards. there found a pic of an astra 200/hope/firecat.
thats the gun but mine is an older version....
so i still need definitive model
thanks
mike

[Kuato]

close but no cigar....
no external sights...just milling below the tops of the slide....otherwise close.
i went to goggle again and found spanish gun forum on gunboards. there found a pic of an astra 200/hope/firecat.
thats the gun but mine is an older version....
so i still need definitive model
thanks
mike

Astra 200s were 25 acp. The Firecat was 9mm & 40 cal..

hmmmm... interesting, got any pics??? that might help out a bit.

[mike in co]

Astra 200s were 25 acp. The Firecat was 9mm & 40 cal..

hmmmm... interesting, got any pics??? that might help out a bit.

spanish pistol board , on gunboards,

pistol pics, way up front, about the 3/4 page is a pearl handled later version.....
( or the very last post, a quote of the earlier one, is me)

[vinnyorest]

I have a automatic pistol cal 7.65 made in spain CA SI with sunburst. My dad got it in the Korea War before He came home. He got it from a guy who owed him $50. I think he was an pilot because my dad was in the Air Forced and a head mechanic on a plane. He left around 1947 I think. I could get my mom to give me the right date he came home. It is black and has a hostler too.687676876868769. Can anyone give me more info on the pistol?

Thanks

[rintinglen]

The only information I have is a blurb from Hogg and Weeks Pistols of the World, where in it is suggested that this was manufactured by an Eibar company called Grande Precision. They were one of scores of Spanish Gunmakers in the teens and 20's of the 20th century. Grande Precision made several similar pistols in 25 acp/6.35 mm.
The Minerve, The Colonial, and several other guns were made, all variation on the FN Browning 1903, 1906 and 1910 designs. What the significance of the "Ca-Si" marking is remains a mystery. The gun was almost certainly manufactured before 1936 and is chambered for the 32 ACP round. If mechanically sound, you could shoot it, though Spanish metalurgy of that era is questionable. Ezell's book might have a picture in it, but I can't put hand to mine right now.

[vinnyorest]

Thank you I will check and the slide is cracked so I can't shoot it. Wish I could