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A few weeks back I posted a thread asking about the Star B pistols that Dan Tobin's selling. Well, I just got mine last week. I'm pretty pleased with it. It came with what looks to be a brand new black leather holster, a cleaning rod and two mags. Unfortunately, there was no documentation as shown in the picture. The barrel has good rifling and there's no pitting. The nice wood grips are in very good condition. It came with a light coat of cosmoline over everything, but a little mineral spirits on a toothbrush cleaned it up easily.
I looked up the markings at http://star-firearms.com and found it was made in 1945. The rumor is these came from Russia (presumably they captured them from the Nazis), but I found no evidence of German or Russian markings, although the magazines are force matched with an engraving tool which is typical of Russian refurbs. One has to wonder where these pistols were and how they came to get there.
Notice the external extractor. It has a different firing pin setup too and no grip safety. It has a linked barrel and field strips just like a 1911.
This side shows obvious evidence of refinishing. There's some light pitting unter the bluing and the roll marks are little worn down, but still readable. I guess they tried to polish off the pitting, but thankfully did try to salvage the markings. The slide latch looks like somebody hit it with a ball peen a few times.
Looks kinda funny to see such a small bore on a 1911 type pistol
I looked up the markings at http://star-firearms.com and found it was made in 1945. The rumor is these came from Russia (presumably they captured them from the Nazis), but I found no evidence of German or Russian markings, although the magazines are force matched with an engraving tool which is typical of Russian refurbs. One has to wonder where these pistols were and how they came to get there.
Notice the external extractor. It has a different firing pin setup too and no grip safety. It has a linked barrel and field strips just like a 1911.
This side shows obvious evidence of refinishing. There's some light pitting unter the bluing and the roll marks are little worn down, but still readable. I guess they tried to polish off the pitting, but thankfully did try to salvage the markings. The slide latch looks like somebody hit it with a ball peen a few times.
Looks kinda funny to see such a small bore on a 1911 type pistol