.38 Super vs 9mm +P or +P+

While .38 Super can be safely shot in many largo guns, Star never marketed a gun marked .38 Super. The largo web site is misleading.

No Star PDs were ever made in .38 Super, and no PDs were made in the "Super" configuration (quick takedown)- so no PDs were marked "Super."
Your gun must have been another model. I have cut largo Stars down and opened the breech face for .38 Super, and possibly even engraved the barrel as such. Perhaps it was one of those!
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I had one of these back in 1993, mine was a Star model super, originally chambered in 9mm Largo, the bolt face and extractor were re-worked so it would fire the 38 SA cartridge, the Largo was not rated to 38 SA pressures. At the time, all I could get was Spanish military surplus ammo and nobody was making the rebated rim Largo brass so I loaded my own ammunition in the 38 SA cases. The pistol eventually wore the barrel bushing and I discontinued it's use in favor of an actual 38 SA.

The shop I bought it at had several of them, along with a gun magazine article about the conversion. Sorry, I can't remember which magazine it was.
 
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Speer man. #13. "For years, limited quantities of Spanish Largo pistols (Star "Super") showed up on the US surplus market. However, proper ammo was practically nonexistant so the majority of owners shot 38 Super or 9mm. Neither is acceptable..."
 
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