Update on the M43. After reading all the favorable posts on the Star I decided to give it another chance. Took it to a friend of the family that does his own gunsmithing and competes in shooting competitions to have him go through it. After having it for about a week he returned it with good news. After a couple of tweeks and such it shoots just fine. Took it to the range a week later and put nearly 150 rounds through it in at least 4 different brands without a single hiccup. Little sucker is deadly accurate as well.![]()
MAG DROP MOD: You can mod the Firestar to make the mag's drop out slick as snot without any hand manipulation ... aka.... a combat drop by having your gunsmith get into the well and do this, it will take away the empty mag saftey, but give you a stress situation reload that is competition smooth.Update on the M43. After reading all the favorable posts on the Star I decided to give it another chance. Took it to a friend of the family that does his own gunsmithing and competes in shooting competitions to have him go through it. After having it for about a week he returned it with good news. After a couple of tweeks and such it shoots just fine. Took it to the range a week later and put nearly 150 rounds through it in at least 4 different brands without a single hiccup. Little sucker is deadly accurate as well.![]()
Welcome to our world - OCDO and especially Stars.Hi all, new to the forums and just picked up a really clean Firestar M40. My question is.... can anyone point me in the direction to where i can find the mag with the extended grip on the bottom? I have pretty large hands and my pinky basically hangs off the bottom of this pistol. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
And therein is described the love of a brother.I bought a Star Firestar .40 NIB a few years back. When my brother had to seel all of his guns to pay for a divorce, I decided that he needed to have a gun for protection so I gave it to him. That thing is a real shooter and he loves it. I told him if he ever gets tired of it it comes back to me.
There's one on Gunbroker. A newProMag for $21+$6 ship.Hi all, new to the forums and just picked up a really clean Firestar M40. My question is.... can anyone point me in the direction to where i can find the mag with the extended grip on the bottom? I have pretty large hands and my pinky basically hangs off the bottom of this pistol. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
bennyj wrote:There's one on Gunbroker. A newProMag for $21+$6 ship.Hi all, new to the forums and just picked up a really clean Firestar M40. My question is.... can anyone point me in the direction to where i can find the mag with the extended grip on the bottom? I have pretty large hands and my pinky basically hangs off the bottom of this pistol. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
I still love my revolvers but have been getting into semi-autos much more lately. Picked up very nice S&W 1006 and 4506 this week. Tanks.I thought you were a revo guy, Hank? Have you joined our Firestar cult?
Any idea where i can find THAT specific mag? I need extra room on the bottomTomahawk wrote:I still love my revolvers but have been getting into semi-autos much more lately. Picked up very nice S&W 1006 and 4506 this week. Tanks.I thought you were a revo guy, Hank? Have you joined our Firestar cult?
And I wouldn't join any cult that would have me, T-hawk...
But the Firestar looks pretty good to me:
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/OPS615/GUNS_117_002.JPG
I got one like it from JoeCo Emprise, as stated above. I don't use it much, though. In addition to making it es concealable, it changes the feel and balance of the pistol and feels wierd. I could get used to it if I tried, but never bothered.HankT wrote:Any idea where i can find THAT specific mag? I need extra room on the bottomTomahawk wrote:I still love my revolvers but have been getting into semi-autos much more lately. Picked up very nice S&W 1006 and 4506 this week. Tanks.I thought you were a revo guy, Hank? Have you joined our Firestar cult?
And I wouldn't join any cult that would have me, T-hawk...
But the Firestar looks pretty good to me:
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/OPS615/GUNS_117_002.JPG![]()
Mind if i ask how much you paid for it? I see one on gunbroker, but the starting bid is at almost $45! Way more than im willing to spend, lol.bennyj wrote:I got one like it from JoeCo Emprise, as stated above. I don't use it much, though. In addition to making it es concealable, it changes the feel and balance of the pistol and feels wierd. I could get used to it if I tried, but never bothered.HankT wrote:Any idea where i can find THAT specific mag? I need extra room on the bottomTomahawk wrote:I still love my revolvers but have been getting into semi-autos much more lately. Picked up very nice S&W 1006 and 4506 this week. Tanks.I thought you were a revo guy, Hank? Have you joined our Firestar cult?
And I wouldn't join any cult that would have me, T-hawk...
But the Firestar looks pretty good to me:
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/OPS615/GUNS_117_002.JPG![]()
I don't remember but it wasn't that much. Problem is that Star went out of business in the 90s so as the years go by the price for mags and other parts will probably rise as people snap them up. I bought my spare magazines almost 10 years ago, when a few new Stars could still be found in gun shops, who trying to get rid of them. Not long after that Interarms went belly up and that was that.Tomahawk wrote:Mind if i ask how much you paid for it? I see one on gunbroker, but the starting bid is at almost $45! Way more than im willing to spend, lol.bennyj wrote:I got one like it from JoeCo Emprise, as stated above. I don't use it much, though. In addition to making it es concealable, it changes the feel and balance of the pistol and feels wierd. I could get used to it if I tried, but never bothered.HankT wrote:Any idea where i can find THAT specific mag? I need extra room on the bottomTomahawk wrote:I still love my revolvers but have been getting into semi-autos much more lately. Picked up very nice S&W 1006 and 4506 this week. Tanks.I thought you were a revo guy, Hank? Have you joined our Firestar cult?
And I wouldn't join any cult that would have me, T-hawk...
But the Firestar looks pretty good to me:
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/OPS615/GUNS_117_002.JPG![]()