Guess the oddball gun game

[Jbabbler]

I was going through my gun safe a few days ago clearing out a bunch of crap that has been accumulating for years and came across a gun box that I had forgotten all about. When I opened it it held the first handgun I ever owned. My dad gave it to me when I was 15 and we use to go target shooting and he would let me carry it on a holster in the woods when we hunted.

Anyway, I got the idea to make a game out of it. So I decided to post it up here and see if anyone can guess what it is or better yet, post a picture of one they have like it. If you get it right you can post your's up if you still have it or any other interesting oddball handgun you may have laying around for that matter and let us either guess it or post a picture of one like it. As it's guessed, the next person gets to post their gun.

Before I say what kind it is... see if you can figure it out or better yet, does anyone else have one of these?

 

[Koos Custodiet]

My first thought was "STAR" and that grip looks like it might say "STAR" too... Model F... FN maybe?

And if so, yea, I have a few (licences still being approved, I might get to take posession next year sometime)... my F is the FR Sport tho.

 

[Jbabbler]

Great answer. I guess it wasn't as "oddball" as I thought. The gun is a Star Model F .22lr. I have no idea how old it actually is but it looked that old when I got it back in 1986 when I was 15. I've fed thousands of rounds through it and it is always accurate and worry free. It has adjustable sights and feels alot like a 1911.

Here's a web page about the gun.

and their description...

Starting in the early 1950s, Star began producing a series of small-caliber sporting and target pistols. The models were the F, FM, FR Sport and FR Target. All appear to have been built in .22 LR and carried 10-shots. The primary differences appear to have been in barrel length and profile. The FM has a 110 mm barrel, the FR sport 150 mm and the FR target 180 mm. All appear to have drift adjustable rear sights, and all are single action. A simple model F is depicted at the right.
More information at: http://www.donttouchme.com/star

Ok... who's next or will this game "die on the vine"?

 

[JImbothefiveth]

There have been threads like this before, this would be a good way to centralize them.

 

[Koos Custodiet]

I can't post pics because I havn't taken possession yet (licences here take a year to 18 months to process) but I own a firearm of which _Handguns of the World_ says "... and the fact that they went out of business in the middle of the war must say something about their products."



It's a top-break S&W clone and no, I don't intend shooting that one.

www.star-firearms.com has some good info too, BTW.

 

[Jbabbler]

What is the company's name?

 

[max popenker]

Oddball guns?
well, here you are

 

[Hostile Amish]

3rd from left is a Modele 1910 (I think)

 

[Koos Custodiet]

>What is the company's name?

Esprin Hermanos, which is Spanish for "Esprin Brothers". 1906-1917, in Eibar, Spain.

These are the guns that gave Spanish guns a bad name. The later Astras, Llamas and Stars are excellent, IMO.

 

[Jbabbler]

This one is a .32 cal Indian Ordinance Factory Ashani

 

[Jbabbler]

This one looks like a Tula-Tokarev "TT"

 

[Lone Star]

Max-

Is the one on the left a N. Korean Type 68 Tokarev variant? But Zastava in Serbia (formerly Yugoslavia) has made similar items, I think. The second from the left is the obscure Mamba, made in small quantities in South Africa years ago. Won't guess on the FN-1910 copy and the other item.

Lone Star

 

[chris in va]

Looked the left one up, it is a Korean Tokarev.

Interestingly it has no manual safety and is a single action.