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Star M-43 Firestar. I know it's... "inexpensive", I know it's... "a bit on the heavy Side", and I know Star is out of buisness so there may be a "problem getting replacement parts". It is also... "small, accurate, rugged, reliable, and a blast to shoot". I have had mine for almost 15 years...

Tom Seleck (twice) while stationed at Sub Base Pearl Harbor in the mid 80's. He was very nice, quite friendly and a gentleman. I did'nt know he was a "gun guy" at the time. If I had, our conversations would have been much more interesting. Mike.

Rust; Thank you. Thank you all for the warm welcome. This is the first Forum that I've joined, so I really am new. Thank you again, Mike.

Rust; Yea the New Guy. Thank you all for the information you have posted. And thank you for not coming right out and saying that "I'm a idiot" (well I am Polish :confused:). I'm sure many of you guessed that I was not wiping down the gun "every" day, and was in fact leaving the gun &...

Hello, I'm new (first post), and I apologize if this subject has been beaten into the ground. I've only been carrying for about 5 months now. I started with a Model 1911A1 (blued), and then switched to a M-43 Firestar (blued). I'm having a problem with rust (especially on the magazines). I...

Hello; I've been a "Gun Nut" all my life. When I was a Kid, I had a HUGE toy gun collection. When I grew-up, I bought real ones (most when I was in the Navy). I had modest collection of 56 pieces (mostly WW-II). I fell on hard times, and had to sell 36 of them (all the WW-II stuff). Now I...