Just picked up this Star Super B. Yes, it is 9mm parabellum. Was yours like this, Jim ?
-Kab
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Just picked up this Star Super B. Yes, it is 9mm parabellum. Was yours like this, Jim ?
-Kab
I don't remember having a lanyard ring but those go stray, mine was all polished blue too. Probably done after the fact. My grip scales were walnut too but that's the gun... Good memory Kab.Quote:
Originally Posted by kablair
Now, that one is marked "Super", are you sure it won't chamber 38 Super?
Star made the B in 9mm and 38 Super. Same everything except for calibre. You get 8 and 9 shot magazines for the Star B.
Nice pistol. This one's in 9 X 19mm too, but I believe that they were chambered in 9mm Largo as well. No lanyard loop, must have been made for civilians. Had to open up the rear notch, as I had issues with seeing daylight between it's edges and the front sight. Yep. The age thing again.
That must have been the one I had then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Low & Slow
Jim, not such a good memory, always try to look (finally) at your posts. According to my info the markings are definately 9P. Here 9mm is easier to get than .38 special. Rumor has it that certain gov't agencies are buying it up.
- Kab
Less than 1% of the federal government's expenditures on ammunition and firearms is on revolvers and ammunition for them, according to the GAO so it's unlikely the government has any hand in shortages of certain rimmed calibers. Rumors of the Feds instituting backdoor gun control by "buying up all the ammo" has little basis in truth. Of much greater concern is the total number of Federal Government agencies who's employees are armed at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by kablair
The Star B/BS did have a narrow notch in the rear sight. Light filing with a small file quickly solves that.
OK, mine was in 38super or 9mm as long as you fed from the mag. I went ahead and got lots of super brass, I guess the Largo must be close too. I didn't have any to try just super in my ammo collection. When I sold it I bet the next guy used nothing but 9mm. That's what it was sold as anyway, 9mm. It shot great and worked perfectly. I remember something about the firing pin was a direct contact, if you had a round chambered and hammer down you had the firing pin against the primer. I had a broken firing pin and had to make one from scratch. I still come across the old broken firing pin here in my parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by kablair
Jim, not that it matters - 9mm Largo is 9x23 (hard to get), 9mm is 9x19. mags won't feed.
=Kab
Interesting...so I was using 38 super and it was even slightly short.Quote:
Originally Posted by kablair
Star B/BS were all built for 38 Super and the mags were appropriate for longer cartridges. 9mm were a short fit but worked except were inclined to nose dive. SA Defence Force standard handgun in 9 mm since the middle sixties, still in use.
If the gun had a 38 chamber and you used 9mm, the extractor kept it in contact with the breech face, otherwise it would just have slipped into the chamber.
And that's what I remember. It HAD to feed from the mag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daan Kemp
I have a nice Star BM in 9mm. Very nice shooter and sorry they don't make them anymore. Century brought in a pile of ex-Police issue guns a few years back. Nice shooters and cheap until word spread about how good they were. Star made very nice handguns, for sure.
The BM is genuine 9mm. Very nice carry guns, good shooters too.
Very solid and no rattle...I also had some of the Star "Firestar" models too, the 9mm is nice but the .40 cal was a handful in the same compact frame. Still, solid and no rattle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daan Kemp
My B Super is clearly marked 9mm P, while my Super A is in Largo, and marked simply 9mm. The mags are identical except for the feed lips. Many pistols chambered in 9 Largo, especially the Astras, were advertised as being able to shoot 9 Para and .38 Auto as well as Largo, but that has been a sketchy proposition. None of the Largo pistols were built to handle .38 Super pressures, but obviously many have. I do have a little bit of .38 Auto around here, but luckily stocked up enough Largo to not have to resort to the .38.
38 Super pressures are what you load it for. The B models wouldn't have been chambered for that round if it couldn't handle it.
True. Many B's were chambered for 9 Para specifically, which is also higher pressure than Largo. Their construction reflects this. Any B originally made for .38 Super would have received the same attention. The earlier Astras and Super A's in Largo could handle .38 Auto, but it's hotter version, .38 Super, was pushing the limit, as was 9 Para, really. Although you could do so in a pinch, these pistols were never intended to fire anything but Largo, so their metallurgy reflected that.
The military Stars I knew and handled over many years never had that problem. The design copied from the 1911 was inclined to crack in the area of the ejection port and magazine catch, as for the 1911. Quality of the metal good enough for lots of military work. Handled and shot many while I was in the Army. Would go so far as to say put thousands of rounds through many of these Stars. Ejectors took a beating and should be replaced after a couple of thousand rounds. Dry firing too much would break the firing pin.