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Walt- Actually, it says, "Fire Starfire 9mm."
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Walt,
Actually, it says "Fire Starfire 9mm." |
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My error for not focusing MORE on the caliber in my reply -- it does say 9mm.
He's still calling it a Starfire 9mm... <grin> Last edited by Walt Sherrill; January 3, 2013 at 03:31 PM. |
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They replaced it? This must have happened before the company went out of business. I'll check mine for cracks.
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Yea, it was back in the late 90's and for clarity it was replaced by a dealer out of his house in KC MO, man that place was packed with guns!! He had full auto MP5's and everything else under the sun.
Great looking gun, and it never missed a beat, but.. it gave itself a beating. The UltraStar was 100% also, just kinda ugly... |
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I have read so many threads now about this gun now. They sound like tanks.
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I have the Starvel Firestar 40. It seems like a good gun. I'm not a huge fan of how the safety works, but it works.
Gun shoots well. I have never figured out why these didn't take off, other than weight and maybe the higher effort trigger pull for an SA. Now, I wouldn't buy one to use hard because parts are hard to come by...so it seems. Would like to have a blue one! The mag safety is unnecessary. |
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I bought mine in 1993, a Star Firestar Plus (13 rd) pistol, which would fire with the safety engaged. I got rid of it. Goes without saying I wasn't impressed. It felt great in the hand but I just didn't trust it. Funny that I was chided by friends and fellow shooters at the time for buying a "second tier" pistol. After many years now, it appears my experience is not generally representative of others' experiences (positive) of this pistol. HTH!
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If it fired with the safety engaged, something was definitely defective.
I've had 4-5 of the Firestar Plus models over the years. I liked them all, but always had other guns that I liked better. Two were Starvel finished. I got them at good prices and used them as "trade" fodder. Did the same with a couple of DaeWoos, an even better gun that is not appreciated by most shooters. The triggers on the Star guns can be improved by a gunsmith with almost no effort, and the magazine safety can be easily deactivated -- if that's your choice. Mine were always reliable and accurate. If I found one for a good price, now, I'd grab it. Never had any kind of parts issues. The best buy was one I picked up a few years ago at a Pawn Shop -- ANIB -- for $175. (They obviously didn't know what they were selling.) |
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How much do they go for?
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Walt, thanks for the information about the Starvell finish - I always assumed it was chrome because it is hard, durable and doesn't discolor. Looks more like a brushed chrome too, but it's really hard for me to visually tell the difference between some chromes and nickel finishes.
Regarding the mag disconect - it's an easy part to take out and re-install. My gun came with it uninstalled and I reinstalled it just so I wouldn't lose it. I think there is too much worry about spare parts. These things are tanks, at least my Megastar is. About the only spare part I would want would be a spare recoil spring, and I could probably find a Wolf spring that would work. Maybe a firing pin too. For what I've seen spare parts kits selling for these days, I could probably have a gunsmith make a part if it broke. |
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A quick run through Gunbroker shows a couple in the upper $200's with many around $400+.
Way too much for these guns considering similar Smith's are under $400. |
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I got to actually hold and look at the gun today. I got it. Heavy you say? Not to me at all. It is indeed the Firestar Plus,. It holds 13 rounds. Only thing I don't like about it thus far is the trigger pull is somewhat harder then I expected from a SA.
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