Posted: 5/11/2014 8:25:21 AM EDT
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Anyone own one? Care to share some pictures?
What's the history behind them? How do they shoot? Worth getting as a truck gun? |
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Mine was a bargain at $200, reliable and accurate enough with ball ammo. It doesn't handle JHPs very well, at least not the ones I've tried (some designs would probably be better than others).
Narrower than a 1911 to the point it will rattle in a 1911 holster, though. There may be one or two parts that interchange with a 1911, but I forget what they'd be. +1 on the dry firing caution, that's one thing I've always heard about with these. Shown here with the similarly designed Ballerina Molester: 
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I like mine quite a bit.
Trigger is... different from a 1911 trigger, but still excellent. 
As mentioned, they are dimensionally slightly smaller than an M1911. There are no interchangeable parts that I'm aware of. Be aware that Star is defunct and has been for many years. There is no current source of parts for these, and some things are becoming difficult to find. |
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I like mine quite a bit. Trigger is... different from a 1911 trigger, but still excellent. <a href="http://s747.photobucket.com/user/MVolkJ1975/media/Milsurps/starmodelb_zpsed12169b.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx116/MVolkJ1975/Milsurps/starmodelb_zpsed12169b.jpg</a> As mentioned, they are dimensionally slightly smaller than an M1911. There are no interchangeable parts that I'm aware of. Be aware that Star is defunct and has been for many years. There is no current source of parts for these, and some things are becoming difficult to find. You're not lookin' hard enough. 
https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Star-33508/B-42119.htm?page=1 http://www.gun-parts.com/star/ I love old "Spanish Steel" and have a number of Stars. Including a PD, the first small .45 that ever ran well for me. |
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You're not lookin' hard enough.
https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Star-33508/B-42119.htm?page=1 http://www.gun-parts.com/star/ I love old "Spanish Steel" and have a number of Stars. Including a PD, the first small .45 that ever ran well for me. I meant that nobody is currently making parts for them. What's listed on that page as being out of stock is very likely to remain that way. Notice, for example, that you cannot get replacement barrels. |
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Nice guns, good triggers, accurate, fun to shoot. Do not dry fire without a snap-cap. They are prone to breaking firing pins if you do. Ask me how I know. 
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/johnrippert/StarModelB1.jpg Those look great. Do want. 
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"I'm afraid I can't do that Ringo, this ain't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me" "Mister 9 milllimeter here is my shepherd, protecting me from the tyranny of evil men." It's the one that says 'Bad Ass Motherfucker' on it" The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequaties of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon the with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brother. And you shall know my name is the LORD when I lay my vengeance upon thee. |