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03-09-2024, 02:58 PM
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New Star In The House….
Just picked up this near mint condition Star 30M 9mm. These all steel pistols were highly under rated, very well made guns.
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Very good guns. I had the forerunner of the Model 30, it was the Model 28. Still wish I had not sold it. The Spanish military used the Model 30 as their duty weapon. To bad that Star folded.
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I had one for a while. It was reliable, accurate and built like a tank. It wouldn't make a good CCW piece as it was very heavy although if you ran out of ammo it would make a good bludgeon. I wish I had kept it.
There is an ad in Antaris' excellent book on Star pistols that shows a Model 30 that was used as a range rental gun at The Firing Line in Northridge, CA and had in excess of 75,000 rounds through it was was still going strong.
Here is a pic of one field stripped. A modular design similar to some SIG pistols.
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03-09-2024, 07:44 PM
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Mine is a refurb with the Special Edition plum bluing. 
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The Firestar in this picture is the one my wife shot competition with, the one time she did. It was built by gunsmith and SASS shooter Dutch Larry out of Ohio. Rock solid gun.
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03-11-2024, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by mk70ss
Just picked up this near mint condition Star 30M 9mm. These all steel pistols were highly under rated, very well made guns.
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I kinda' have its little brother - the M43 Firestar.
Also all steel, and may be the softest shooting compact 9mm I've ever pulled a trigger on. Even softer than my P365, and that is really saying something.
They're just a bit too heavy for the firepower, and they're SA, which isn't my first choice for SD carry.
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