Patocazador
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Mine is a tad low at 15 yards but shoots to the left even though I drifted the rear sight pretty far to the right.
Star BM 9mm surplus
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Mine is a tad low at 15 yards but shoots to the left even though I drifted the rear sight pretty far to the right.
This is my day! I picked up the gun yesterday. Today I received a Christmas gift from a Mr. Bihm. Sent from below the Michigan border down in Louisiana. A beautiful set of exotic wood grips for the gun. Thanks Gunny!
Since I had to disable the mag safety anyway, On go the grips and a new test firing.
My favorite targets are books.
Some titles are better than others.
I wish the wife appreciated guns as much as I do.
Since I had to disable the mag safety anyway, On go the grips and a new test firing.
My favorite targets are books.
Some titles are better than others.
I wish the wife appreciated guns as much as I do.
GBExpat
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My local library has tons of books on the "FREE" roller cart in the entry hall. These books are not so popular. They can't even sell them at the annual book sale. I grabbed this one as I figured Stalone might have something to do with it. WRONG! It's just about Fort Sumpter in the start of the civil war. If nobody takes em' home they get trash canned.
This one is just about the right size to slow a 9mm to almost a stop. These free books make good targets.
This one is just about the right size to slow a 9mm to almost a stop. These free books make good targets.
Here is a literally brand new one I just picked up. 1984 I believe and never fired. The cleaning kit has never been opened. The original purchaser soaked it down with WD40 when purchased and put it up. Took a little cleaning to remove the yellow residue! Star is about my favorite to collect. Way under appreciated.
Patocazador
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I got 2 magazines with mine from J&G but I had to pay extra for the second one. The box was cardboard with a different serial # than the gun. However, they stated that it only came with one clip prior to the sale and that the serial # would not match.
I also got a set of VERY NICE checkered walnut grips for an extra $29.95.
GunnyUSMC
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Good to see that you like those grips. I had them for about 10 or, 15 years and never used them. I can’t remember where I got them. It took some time to find them, I had almost forgot got where I had put them.
They look good on your gun.
Milkmaster
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Joined the group of Star BM fans. Best pistol for the $150 money invested from CF. This one isn't new but is tight and shoots great. Do most of you remove the magazine link?
I think magazine safeties are the work of the devil. Designed to safeguard the lives of stupid people. If you know what you are doing... you don't need one. If you don't know what you are doing... you have no business with a gun.
I disable all of mine when I can.
I disable all of mine when I can.
Patocazador
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Me too.
Milkmaster you sure have a beauty there. The guns may be old but I know quality when I see it. They were built to stand up for years.
I have one for parts if needed. These were snapped before Gunny sent me the beautiful EXOTIC grips..
My wife kicked the guns out of bed. She told me not to waste any more money on pistols like that. I obeyed and ordered another M1 Garand from Uncle Sam today. Yes dear!
I have one for parts if needed. These were snapped before Gunny sent me the beautiful EXOTIC grips..
My wife kicked the guns out of bed. She told me not to waste any more money on pistols like that. I obeyed and ordered another M1 Garand from Uncle Sam today. Yes dear!
Old Dog
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Heartily concur.
Ignition Override
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Mag. safety: One minute is required to watch YouTube. Look, I don't even have a fixed vice (except watching tall slender ladies in yoga pants).
On my Star BM, several taps with a punch on the fat roll pin at the bottom of the left grip (remember, it's a mag safety), and the fat pin came loose. Next, remove the right grip. Can't any adult handle that?
With that same " fat roll pin at the bottom of the left grip" now Out, you just wiggle the tiny metal bar (on right side of grip frame) for a few seconds, and then it comes out.
Amazingly simple.
Even simpler that putting a pin retainer plate into an AK action.
On my Star BM, several taps with a punch on the fat roll pin at the bottom of the left grip (remember, it's a mag safety), and the fat pin came loose. Next, remove the right grip. Can't any adult handle that?
With that same " fat roll pin at the bottom of the left grip" now Out, you just wiggle the tiny metal bar (on right side of grip frame) for a few seconds, and then it comes out.
Amazingly simple.
Even simpler that putting a pin retainer plate into an AK action.
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JN01
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Remove BOTH the grips first. Hard to drive the pin and mag safety lever out THROUGH the right grip. Mine came out so easy, I just needed to push the pin out, no hammer required.
Blkhrt13
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Isn’t the BMs downfall a brittle firing pin?
Ignition Override
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Blkhrt13: Firing pin brittle? Yes, without a doubt! I dry-fired 8-10 times, then shot 150 rds. (with standard Boxer primers-nothing foreign) before it broke. Of course we don't know how these guns had been treated in Spain.
Mine has the typical "full-length firing pin" but others also advise to Never dry fire, even with the Shorter, "inertial firing pin".
I bought the replacement from "Jack's First" less than two weeks ago, and as I might described up above, it was very simply tapping the sight to the left, in order to then tap the roll pin loose.
You don't need a vice, and the roll pin which retains the firing pin is thicker than most. Very easy to do this. About as simple as removing the mag safety (remark # 68).
Mine has the typical "full-length firing pin" but others also advise to Never dry fire, even with the Shorter, "inertial firing pin".
I bought the replacement from "Jack's First" less than two weeks ago, and as I might described up above, it was very simply tapping the sight to the left, in order to then tap the roll pin loose.
You don't need a vice, and the roll pin which retains the firing pin is thicker than most. Very easy to do this. About as simple as removing the mag safety (remark # 68).
Blkhrt13
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Well if there is available replacements I may need to acquire one while the option is available.
Ignition Override
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JNO1:
Both grips had been removed before I started using the punch.
My description was mistaken--Sorry about that. Foggy memory and felt run down, the day after the first vaccine injection to prevent "shingles" (The Shot Nurse, Cordova TN).
That was the only day I ever handed my car keys (instead of member badge) to the private gun club desk at MSSA, simply to swap for an Action Pistol badge and gate key!
Both grips had been removed before I started using the punch.
My description was mistaken--Sorry about that. Foggy memory and felt run down, the day after the first vaccine injection to prevent "shingles" (The Shot Nurse, Cordova TN).
That was the only day I ever handed my car keys (instead of member badge) to the private gun club desk at MSSA, simply to swap for an Action Pistol badge and gate key!
JN01
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Not a problem. Just didn't want a less mechanically inclined, mentally slower reader to snap off a grip panel.
Milkmaster
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Got the new grips to dress it up a little...
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