Hi Shooboy,

In 1971 I took one to SEA. It had an aluminum frame and I chose the chrome plated model to fight the humidity. It worked 100 % right out of the box. Later I used it as a backup in LE with Super Vel Hollow Points. It never choked except when I let it run unlubed for years. Even then it only required a shove on the back of the slide and it was, once again, up and running. The spotty QC mentioned by NFrameFred could be an issue. I may have just fallen into a good one. The only problem I had was after a number of years using those hot Super Vels the slide stop would work itself part way out when the slide was locked to the rear. However, it did continue to function. At one point I had the Starfire and a Walther PPK and did not need both. I sold the PPK and never regretted it.

I have been looking for another Starfire at a decent price.

Bill