I love the guns, but as others have noted, finding parts is a bear. If you can find one in top notch condition, then stuff it in your bugout bag and keep it, great. But to shoot it until you need to replace a part no longer available is ridiculous. The guns still command prices that are unrealistic, because even though they are superb little guns, as far as shooting goes, they tend to be a bit overpriced. If parts were readily available, they would be gems; however, there are just too many parts in a gun that size that can fail. Magazines, magazine springs, recoil springs, etractors. It's like sitting on a ticking time bomb! I wish someone would just buy the tooling and make the gun in stainless steel. It's essentially a 1911 with all the pluses and minuses. It was never made with top notch quality components, but it wasn't junk, either. It sold for what it was worth, but as a used gun, it frequently sells for more than it's worth. A good shooter is a gun that sells for a good price and has plenty of replacement parts. The Star BM meets the first requirement but, alas, not the second. It's a great drawer gun and a nice bugout bag piece, but as a shooter, it's trouble.
