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Star Pistol

keith1516keith1516 Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
Any better gun then a LLama? Looking for a backup gun.
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  • edharoldedharold Member Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Star PD and a BM. Both very reliable guns, greatly underrated. I don't know about the new models.
    "They that would give up liberty to obtain safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"Benj. Franklin, 1759
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  • jazzjazz Member Posts: 83 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    CZ 75B excellent reputation and qualityfor the money ($430.00-$475.00).If not that......then stay with the 45 cal.1911.
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  • j2k22j2k22 Member Posts: 329 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Star is good quality, and reliable. Llama=POS.
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  • Bubba JoelBubba Joel Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November -1
    Look at the AMT brands...I carry one and seems to be very reliable...IMHO
    visit the texas militia org forums
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  • gunny6gunny6 Member Posts: 61 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Star is out of business, good pistols, but parts and magazines can be very hard too find...
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  • chilipchilip Member Posts: 54 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Star PDs are way underrated. They weigh 24 oz. and were one of the first compact .45s on the market. I have two....I wouldn't put 10s of 1000s of rounds through them but for concealed carry they are great guns. They are pretty sought after by certain people too. Kind of hard to find.
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  • royc38royc38 Member Posts: 2,235 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Star PD is indeed Very underated. Although I have only shot two in my lifetime, I must say they are very accurate for their size. They are comparable in size to the Colt Defender. My business partner has carried one for nine years and he swears by them and he would not carry junk. If one could be had at a good price grab it. You won't be sorry.
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Personal opinion. I can't come to grips with an auto and a live round in the barrel.ie my Glock 27. So I went to Colt Detective special
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One of Star's guns won some kind of award back in 1996 when I turned 21 and bought my first 1911 (it was a Colt).
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  • woodsmith42woodsmith42 Member Posts: 63 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got six Star pistols now, looking for #7. I can usually run rings around the locals with the race guns with my old, beat up model "A" in 9mm. It just seems to fit my paw for some reason. My "B"s and "Super B"s are stone reliable, never misfeed and group as well or better than most military pistols I've handled. And check into "Sociad de Largo" for parts and ammo leads for the Largo parts if you go that route.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a Star PD for quite a while and now I miss it and would like to find another one at a gun show, this time in the stainless or nickel, whatever it was. Every gun writer seemed to like this gun, the only rap against it being that it had a shock buffer which supposedly needed to be changed out every 200 rounds. I used Pachmayr grips on mine and it was very enjoyable to shoot -- I also had the hammer partially bobbed for less snag on the draw from clothing. They sold for only about $329 new, as I recall. I admit to some curiosity about the Taurus PT145 Millenium, by the way.
    "The 2nd Amendment is about defense, not hunting. Long live the gun shows, and reasonable access to FFLs. Join the NRA -- I'm a Life Member."
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Firestar+ that has become my favorite auto of all.
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  • j2k22j2k22 Member Posts: 329 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    if anyone is looking for a PD, I have one for sale; checkered frame, bobbed hammer, dehorned, custom G10 grips (very thin and flat), custom buffer conversion to take readily available shok-buffs. Email jshirland@carrierhawaii.com
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