In truth, the Destroyer carbine makes a lot of sense.
The left receiver wall carries a serial number and the caliber, in (Century Arms Int.), and "Made in Spain" on the right receiver "Destroyer" and "Trade Mark" encircling the ship. The front receiver ring on my current Destroyer merely carries anĪttractive picture of a destroyer-looking gunship with the words and were still being produced well into the Wood indicating the Destroyers were made in Eibar by Gaztanaga yĬompania and Ayra Duria S.A. His book, Bolt Action Rifles, Frank de Hass quotes an article by J.B. No maker's marks on any of the pieces I have examined, although in My memory serves me right, by the omnipresent Guardia Civil. Spain, I saw the carbine carried by local police, game personnel and, if Very little is known about the Destroyer model. The Destroyer in the ranks of one of the all-time great fun guns. Light-recoiling pistol cartridges from a Mauser-looking carbine places Surplus bolt-action carbine I know of specifically built around andĬhambered for a variety of rimless automatic pistol cartridges including Looking a bit hike a scaled down Model 93 Spanish Mauser, it is the only One of the most appealing and, yes, intriguing carbines ever toĮnter the milsurp stream is Spain's little "Destroyer."