Star Firestar 40S&W

larry60 · April 6, 2011, 11:57 AM

I bought this gun new about 1994 it has always been a favorite of mine. Now its at the gunsmith and I am told it has a broken extractor and they are looking for a part. If they can't fix it I would like some suggestions on my options.

lee n. field · April 6, 2011, 12:27 PM

http://www.iparguns.com/cas/index.htm

http://www.mmgunsmithing.com/factory_parts.htm

And, you might want to contact this guy.

GURU1911 · April 12, 2011, 05:12 PM

Check out the contact info i posted in this section "parts for llama pistols"---give mr. Lee an opportunity to see if he has that part in-stock.

Guru1911

Clark · April 19, 2011, 12:12 AM

I had a starvel 40.
I had one in the 90's.
Some extractor problem.
Concurrently I had some frustration with my wife yelling at me while I was herding sheep with a motorcycle.
I took the pistol back to the guy that sold it to me and threw it at him.

I wish I had a do over.

April 6, 2011, 11:57 AM	#1
larry60 Member Join Date: February 3, 2011 Posts: 46	Star Firestar 40S&W I bought this gun new about 1994 it has always been a favorite of mine. Now its at the gunsmith and I am told it has a broken extractor and they are looking for a part. If they can't fix it I would like some suggestions on my options.

April 6, 2011, 12:27 PM	#2
lee n. field Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2002 Location: The same state as Mordor. Posts: 5,569	http://www.iparguns.com/cas/index.htm http://www.mmgunsmithing.com/factory_parts.htm And, you might want to contact this guy. __________________ "As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. " Last edited by lee n. field; April 6, 2011 at 10:27 PM.

April 12, 2011, 05:12 PM	#3
GURU1911 Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 2010 Location: SEALY, THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS Posts: 501	Looking for parts in all the wrong places--- Check out the contact info i posted in this section "parts for llama pistols"---give mr. Lee an opportunity to see if he has that part in-stock. Guru1911 __________________ NRA LIFE MEMBER (1984) & PRESIDENT: S.W. LA. R&P CLUB, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA (1994-1999) METALLIC CARTRIDGE RELOADER (1977) & GENTILE CHRISTIAN ZIONIST INFIDEL !!! "THERE AIN'T TOO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T FIX, WITH $500 DOLLARS OR A .30-06"

April 19, 2011, 12:12 AM	#4
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	I had a starvel 40. I had one in the 90's. Some extractor problem. Concurrently I had some frustration with my wife yelling at me while I was herding sheep with a motorcycle. I took the pistol back to the guy that sold it to me and threw it at him. I wish I had a do over. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?