Star Super B 9mm (Pics added)

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Just bought one of the ones currently offered by Weimerjack.

I have bought a number of guns from him and they have all been better than average guns.

The Star appears to be brand new. not a mark on it. the safety is stiff.

Comes with 2 mags, cleaning rod and booklet (in Spanish).

The pistol is based on the 1911, but different in detail. Appears to be a bit skinnier than a 1911.

I have not yet shot it. Just arrived a few minutes ago.

He only has one left.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1087648-STAR-SUPER-quot-B-quot-WALTHER-P38-VALMET-LAHTI-L-35-(neutralised)
 
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Nice looking, clean pistols, good buy I would say.
Forged steel, fairly heavy trigger pull, but these were originally designed to take 9mm Largo round, not 9mm Parabellum, so many owners reported reliability issues.
Hopefully it won't affect yours. Parts are difficult to find, but these are sure good looking, old style handguns.
 
A sponsoring dealer had some listed a while back, sent an e-mail...didn't get any response so I gave up.
It would be interesting to read a range report on the Star Super B, maybe I gave up too easily.
 
Sponsors TradeEx and Marstar currently list them.
A friend got one, I shot it the other day. Slide was not going all the way forward until I lubed it. Perfectly good old style 9mm service pistol.
Magazine safety; magazines do not drop free.
I believe that they are reblued. No idea of their origin.
Extra magazines, spare parts?
Certainly an option for a less expensive 9mm pistol.
 
OK, I test fired it. 5 shots at 20 yards. It grouped well. Trigger is a bit heavy, but very crisp. Felt softer in the hand than some other 9mms.

The trigger is too short for my ordinary grip. I have to use the tip of my finger to shoot it properly. I have larger hands. It is not a Colt style trigger, so I am stuck with it.

I have not yet broken it down to examine and lube. it seemed to be lubed when it arrived. I put a patch through the barrel.

I am pretty sure this was a virgin gun. Not a mark or hint it had been fired before.

The mag and mag well are made for the largo round, so will accommodate a longer round (but chamber won't). The mag is the exact same size as the 1911 9mm mag. The 1911 mag has a spacer in it to shorten the OAL it will accept. The Star does not use a spacer in the mag.

The slide has more travel than the ordinary 9mm, since it is made to take a longer rounds. You can see this by how much barrel protrudes from the front when it is locked open.

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The grips are brown plastic. I will look for some checkered wood ones.

As stated above, it has a mag safety (which I will remove) and the mag does not drop free.
 
I wonder if the mags will drop free when the mag. safety is removed?

I was thinking that if one were to compare one of these with a Norinco NP29 (Colt 1911 clone in 9mm), the Star is a better gun, for similar money.
Hopefully extra magazines will be available.

The one I was shooting appeared to be reblued - the slide lettering was a bit wiped. Yours does look new.
 
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I owned one of these guns a few years ago,I really liked it.An old school 9mm pistol.

For those of you wondering about spare mags,K mag in South Africa have very good quality repos of the original factory mags.These are pretty hard to find in good factory condition.I also tried triple K mags,but didnt have good luck with these.

As for spares,I have a whole set on the EE at the moment.
 
I took the slie off today. This looks like a Colt, but is really a very different pistol. Slide comes off with a take down lever on the right side. Very nice.

No swinging toggle. Looks more like a BHP. Has a loaded round indicator.

Well finished. Very slick action.
 
I bought the first on Jaques had listed there - great little gun though it doe have feeding issues.

I was wondering if it would be possible to get a spare barrel & have that re-chambered for the largo round? OR if any aftermarket mags are actually designed for the Luger round, the only issue here is that the lips are too short :(
 
Bought one a few weeks ago. Barrel looks unused, some handling marks and somewhat rough finish but overall in very good shape. Slide has some side-to-side play at the front. Slide/barrel fitment is good. Trigger is really heavy but the break is crisp. the case-hardened hammer looks really nice!

Ran 100 rounds trough it, with good success. No jams or failure to feed/nosedive. Unfortunately the tip of the extractor broke. Took the gun apart, that part has such a pot-metal feel to it... Not surprised it didn't last long.

I think finding a new extractor is going to take a while. I'll probably have to get a new one machined...
 
Wow - yup, I see what you mean, it is thin & yes it is still there.

Don't get me wrong, it's neat and fun, but I'm getting enough feed & extraction problems with it that I'm thinking about looking to get it chamberd back to Largo ~OR~ try to find some mags actually designed for the Luger round. :)


The good news is that everyone seems to have them now [Marstar, tradex, Epps] So I would expect that there are parts lurking about somewhere.

-sean






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I would check if the tip of the extractor is chipped or broken off, it has a really REALLY thin hook... (see picture)

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Ganderite said:
I took the slie off today. This looks like a Colt, but is really a very different pistol. Slide comes off with a take down lever on the right side. Very nice.

No swinging toggle. Looks more like a BHP. Has a loaded round indicator.

Well finished. Very slick action.
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yeah, the Star Super B is a linkless barrel, based on the BHP. The Star B has the link, like the 1911.
 
Skinny 1950 said:
A sponsoring dealer had some listed a while back, sent an e-mail...didn't get any response so I gave up.
It would be interesting to read a range report on the Star Super B, maybe I gave up too easily.
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If you were that interested in purchasing one of these guns, why would you not have picked up a telephone and contacted the dealer in question when you did not receive a response by E-mail?

Consumers have to realize that not every retailer monitors their E-mail boards 24/7. There are days when we are distracted by other projects or issues that arise with the day-to-day running of a store. Or the person who regularly monitors those boards might be off for that particular day for any number of reasons -- scheduled day off, sick, holidays, etc. There is also the possibility that your E-mail simply did not make it through the retailer's server, or ended upon the Junk bin instead of the Inbox, for whatever reason.

Retailers are in business to do business. That being said, every retailer offers more than one method by which to make contact with their staff to secure a purchase. If you are unsuccessful reaching that retailer by E-mail, or if a response seems to be taking longer than you would like to come back to you, simply pick up a telephone and actually speak with a sales person. After all, that's why we're here!

Don't let a sale/purchase get away from you simply because you did not receive a response to an E-mail, but made no further effort to make contact with that seller . . . then blame them for the lack of that sale/purchase. That kind of activity helps no one at all in this or any other business.
 
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