Somebody buy this: Gunbroker find!

[woad_yurt]

It's the greatest big, hi-cap 9MM and it's only $300. I have one; someone trust me on this:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=129686862

PS: It's not mine, btw.

 

[Mad Magyar]

Not too bad of a deal. I've had Star before, but in 9mm Largo...I think many are hesitant due to parts availability and that some Spanish pistols, like Llama, get bashed. Unfortunately, Star gets mixed up in the reactions...

 

[10X]

I had a Star 30 at one time. It wasn't a bad gun at all. It was all steel and very heavy though. That isn't a bad price. Stars just aren't that popular.

 

[10-Ring]

It's a tad high at $300 for what it is

 

[hankdatank1362]

I hate to sound shallow, but aesthetics play a part in the selection of a firearm for me. If I ever want a cheap, reliable, ugly gun, I'll get a Hi-Point 9mm.

 

[Snowdog]

Thanks for the heads-up, but that's more than I paid for my LNIB steel-frame Witness or NIB CD Hi-power fairly recently.

Now throw in a couple thousand small pistol primers and I'd be willing to negotiate.

 

[burningsquirrels]

usually see these in the mid 200 range...

 

[Taurus 617 CCW]

I reblued a star 30M pistol for a guy one time. At first I thought it wasn't too bad of a gun overall. As I was disassembling it, the passive magazine safety spring snapped off. Since it's a leaf spring design, there was not fixing it. I had to order a new one. That got me thinking...If that little spring broke during a self-defense situation the shooter would be screwed! Other than that, the gun seemed to do pretty well. Just my $0.02

 

[nalioth]

Do you live in NY, NJ, CA or other repressed place?

Please stop using the term "high cap". It is a legislated term and only vinidicates the antigunners position when we use it - "Hey [wife/SO/friend], look here at this gun forum. Even those gunnies there realize those guns hold more bullets than necessary!"


You have "designed capacity". No inventor sits down and decides to design a "low cap" or "high cap" gun. Designers meld the best design with the appropriate cartridge capacity.


IOW, Congress can pass a law that says dogs are now cats, but I doubt the dogs are gonna learn to meow.

 

[Lookn4Brass]

A Star PD in .45acp with three extra magazines would be what I would want for that amount. I don't know why a 9mm has to be so heavy!

 

[cyclopsshooter]

haha... i got this same pistol next to mint with box on sale at my store for 295

 

[Rex B]

I never cared for this series of pistols much, but the earlier Stars are great guns for small money.
Right now I have

2 - Star SS .380
1 - Star BM 9mm
1 - Star B 9mm
1 - Star PD 45 ACP

Paid less than $300 for each, some half that.
Every one has a good trigger, and the BM has the best of any pistol I own. All are 1911-style. the safety is an improvement on the 1911 design, in that it disengages sear from trigger and hammer as well as blocking it like the 1911. Also, you can engage the safety with hammer down.
For guns of the same period (1940- 1980 approx) the Stars are the equal of Colt in quality.

 

[hemiram]

A 30M is a great gun, nearly indestructible. A friend has a 28 and a 30M, and they are both about as reliable as a gun can be. I can see people not liking the looks, but they are really built like tanks.

 

[Tiomoid]

Seems a bit beat-up for the price. Hope whoever gets it is happy though.