Star PD .45 Value

[gbw]

Like many I've reached an age where letting go of some of my guns makes sense so I've started selling some of them.

I have a Star PD unfired and new in the box plus a couple extra mags that I'll probably sell soon. Its an older version with the rounded adjustable rear sight.

Seldom seen any more, but I've always been a fan of these guns and have owned several.

Any clue what a fair price is?

 

[flightsimmer]

I bought my first one of several for $200.00. I still have two.
I've not been able to find any extra magazines but I haven't looked real hard.
I carry one in a Miami Classic shoulder holster, the other in a belt slide.
Fine firearms, just don't limp wrist them, hold firm.
I would guess $200.00 - $250 range.

I also have a pristine BKM, love that gun.

 

[Mars5l]

Id be interested for the right price. I don't have any guns in .45acp and want to get a few more Stars

 

[commygun]

I would guess $200.00 - $250 range.

In 1992, maybe. Today, easily $400 and maybe $500-600.

 

[Gordon]

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/909955294

$455 and no takers ! I am tempted to bid $475 and I already have a nice one for 35 years , great gun for CCW, bad gun for high round count training.

 

[Dunross]

Owned one for years before trading it in for a Star Firestar in the same caliber.

Great carry gun, but make sure you have a couple of spare recoil buffers.

A new-in-box piece with extra mags is going to have a higher value than a used gun. I'd do the advanced search on Gun Broker to see what they have actually sold for recently.

 

[gbw]

Thanks. I do have a couple extra buffers and a total of 3 magazines. I'll sell locally, not willing to go to the trouble to ship & etc.

I like these guns and I'm not concerned if it doesn't sell so I'll probably be at the higher end on price if I can figure out what that is.

 

[flightsimmer]

In 1992, maybe. Today, easily $400 and maybe $500-600.

Whoa! Well I guess I'm way behind the times.
Sorry.

 

[Tallball]

The fallback way to check for a price anymore is to look on Gunbroker and see what they've been selling for lately.

"Advanced" search will let you search sold/expired auctions.

 

[GBExpat]

I have a Star PD unfired and new in the box plus a couple extra mags ...

I think that the key to this is "unfired and new in the box". That should command a premium price.

FWIW, I acquired my two PDs 16 years ago on Gunbroker. Both used in VG condition for $250 and $205, chronologically.

The Star PD was my Unicorn in the late '70s. Never found one but while thinking about those years at the beach I remembered the PDs and started looking on Gunbroker ... and got lucky ... twice.

O'course, in 2005 I think that there is a good chance that there were a LOT fewer firearms shoppers that knew anything about the PDs, so ...

Good Luck!

 

[TBL004]

There’s a used one on Gunbroker.com for current bid of $455.

 

[flightsimmer]

You use to see them around all the time at gun shops and gun shows but not so much anymore. I'm glad I got mine.
A lot of power in a small light package.

 

[Anchorite]

They have always enjoyed a good reputation, from what I’ve seen. I had one years ago that I picked up in a trade and regret trading it soon thereafter. Don’t know what I was thinking, but it impressed me as a solid (yet heavy) little number. And mine was 45, to add insult to the injurious trade.

 

[flightsimmer]

They have always enjoyed a good reputation, from what I’ve seen. I had one years ago that I picked up in a trade and regret trading it soon thereafter. Don’t know what I was thinking, but it impressed me as a solid (yet heavy) little number. And mine was 45, to add insult to the injurious trade.

The Star PD, 45's all had aluminum frames and were very light. They were only made in 45 caliber.

Now the 9mm Star BM's had steel frames but the BKM had aluminum frames and they were all only made in 9mm.

 

[shoobe01]

For classic era guns:
A is in 9 mm Largo, for Spanish military and paramilitary issue
B is the export version of that in 9 mm Luger/Parabellum. These two are identical otherwise, you can
P is a larger frame, but similar, in .45
M is the same frame in a bunch of calibers other than .45, for no clear reason.

Insofar as anyone gets it, understanding model numbers and suffixes
http://star-firearms.com/firearms/numbering.shtml
For example, there's another model "PD" but it's rare so mostly not confusing.

How to get your (more or less) date of manufacture:
http://star-firearms.com/firearms/proof.shtml

Ps
http://star-firearms.com/firearms/guns/p/index.shtml

PDs were a classic. The compact before compacts much existed, so was small, light, reliable, readily available and cheap when the competitors were fewer of those. It's the gun for which "carried much and shot little" was derived, and serious afficionados had 2-3, hardly ever shot their carry piece.

I got a very nice but not quite new pimptastic chromed PD not too long ago for around $400. As a collector, Stars are great (as long as you stay away from the Colt-stamped collaborations which command collectible Colt prices) because not enough care to drive up prices. Sadly for the OP, but good for sellers, NIB is /maybe/ a $50 premium on things like this. I've seen factory engraved with original presentation box Star models go for plain and slightly-used prices!

I'd love some photos of a NIB version for the archives if you get the chance.

 

[12Bravo20]

$400 seems to be the average for a Star PD or any of the Star Firestar pistols in the last 12-18 months. And yes the average pre-panic was around $250 each.

The one issue with the PD is if owners do not change out the recoil buffer on a regular basis, They are known to crack the frame if you don't change the buffer out. O yours should be okay since it is unfired. I would still check the buffer for deterioration due to age.

I don't have a PD but have a couple of the Firestar pistols. They are basically the same thing but with an all steel frame.

 

[shoobe01]

The Firestar is a "modern era" pistol, with closed campath and inverted slide rails. No relation to the PD but for maker an market segment. The Firestar Plus, sadly only in 9 mm, has an aluminum frame as well.

Single stack 9mm Stars can be had closer to $300 but I'd agree that it has to be really special to be much over $400 even in the more desirable guns like the PD. Gunbroker or maybe even an auction house (New! In! Box!) could probably get a lot more, but I'd be shocked if it was over $600 in a best case because the market is silly.

Jack First has buffers for the PD. Better than the original, using modern polymers, will last a LOT longer than 1970s synthetics. All the PD stuff they have:
https://jackfirstinc.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=pd

I'll note I have never seen a cracked PD frame (and I have seen three cracked Glock frames... I have seen things), but plenty that were worn very very loose (I failed to buy a half dozen PDs before my chrome pimp gun for this reason). I think they really had the metallurgy down, but there's a limit to what can be done with swinging links (no ability to tweak dwell time, etc) and tiny guns firing .45.