Sometimes you need the feel of Retro... Star PD

[AndyLate]

That was the BKM. Again, make both. They dispense with the needless grip safety and they are simple. Heck, if the socialist Spanish could turn out a trigger like that why bother with the 1911?

I would buy a quality new Star 9mm reproduction made in the U.S, (well, anywhere) with spare parts and magazine availability.

Andy

[halfmoonclip]

The current Colt Defender (Officers' Size) has an alloy frame and is a sweetheart in 9mm. The .45 iteration is a real hammer in a small package, but not much fun to shoot.
The 9mm is a Goldilocks moment, and is current production.
Moon

[m4brian]

But it has the worthless grip safety!

[The_War_Wagon]

I had a Starvel .40 Firestar too. For it's incredibly compact size it was heavy as a boat anchor, but to this day one of the softest shooting .40's I've ever shot.

This .45 shoots smoother than all my full-size 1911's!

[rodinal220]

Nice pistols,they were ahead of the curve back in the day. Many of Stars and Astras guns were ahead of their time IMHO, before the ASPs and Detonics and S&W 669s and such. I still have two of them before switching to a Colt LWOM in the late 80s. Avoid dry firing them as its easy to break the firing pin, making a replacement is pretty easy as its a very simple design. Also the buffer system, replacements were hard to find for a while, I think someone is reproducing them but there is better solution. I followed flightsimmers instructions and it works like charm!

https://forums.gunboards.com/showthr...er-replacement