1945 Made Star Model B in 9x19mm P.08.
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Clearly inspired by the M1911A1, but very different in many ways under the surface. The lockwork is entirely dissimilar and the mainspring housing is fixed to the frame. The changes are not necessarily bad, but their main purpose was to make it easier and cheaper to manufacture.
Plus the warm-fuzzy of having a handgun delivered straight to my door without so much as a by-your-leave from the government aside from a very inexpensive slip of paper with some numbers and my name on it. Yes, Senator Gungrabstein, I ordered this gun from the internet; but thanks to the miracle of a C&R FFL it's perfectly legal.
The stocks shown above are not what it came with, the diamond and checker styles were beat hard and compressed so much under the screws that the tips of them kept the magazine from dropping free.
Parts are kind of thin on the ground, so once something breaks, it's likely to stay broken.
None of the aforementioned departures from John Moses Browning's (PBUH) design seem to have affected how it works. About the only negative is the hammer bites me. Par for the course.
UPDATE:
Star is a little inconsistent with the number of points to their logo, I've seen six, seven and eight points.
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Star supplied a lot of Model B's to NSDAP Germany from '42 to '44. The Star logo most often has an eight point star. Most Model B's I've seen have a six pointed star... Oh, Irony, we meet again. I wonder if this was a Dig on the National Socialists or coincidence.
Clearly inspired by the M1911A1, but very different in many ways under the surface. The lockwork is entirely dissimilar and the mainspring housing is fixed to the frame. The changes are not necessarily bad, but their main purpose was to make it easier and cheaper to manufacture.
Plus the warm-fuzzy of having a handgun delivered straight to my door without so much as a by-your-leave from the government aside from a very inexpensive slip of paper with some numbers and my name on it. Yes, Senator Gungrabstein, I ordered this gun from the internet; but thanks to the miracle of a C&R FFL it's perfectly legal.
The stocks shown above are not what it came with, the diamond and checker styles were beat hard and compressed so much under the screws that the tips of them kept the magazine from dropping free.
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| Note the crack! |
Parts are kind of thin on the ground, so once something breaks, it's likely to stay broken.
None of the aforementioned departures from John Moses Browning's (PBUH) design seem to have affected how it works. About the only negative is the hammer bites me. Par for the course.
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| 24 rounds, 7 yards. |
UPDATE:
Star is a little inconsistent with the number of points to their logo, I've seen six, seven and eight points.
Star supplied a lot of Model B's to NSDAP Germany from '42 to '44. The Star logo most often has an eight point star. Most Model B's I've seen have a six pointed star... Oh, Irony, we meet again. I wonder if this was a Dig on the National Socialists or coincidence.