Got one of those nice Star BM Pistols from Classic Firearms.

Onefreetexan. In response to your question I should think that a company that can apply large type can also print with a smaller font. I have CAI marked weapons that use a tiny font that is not objectionable to me, I also have weapons with their large billboard style .....as far as the BM pistols I would not have purchased it knowing what CAI scratched on all of them. I have six or eight other BM’s in original state so passing on a defaced one would not cause me any consternation.
Apparently the disfiguring of the pistol is acceptable to you so I shall forgo any further purchases of CAI imports leaving more for you to choose from.
 
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Thank you Mikey,, I appreciate that. A few months ago I purchased many CAI guns , odds and ends, that were being auctioned off by a friend. Got some incredible deals...Glad you weren’t bidding against me..Some of them I got with no competed bids. Amazing,, they were some obscure one of a kind guns, but am really happy with them.
 
The Basque made guns (Astra, Star, Llama) were pretty good guns in many respects. They went out of business in 2008 (if memory serves) due to global recession and inability to obtain loans. Sad.

The Basque guns suffer from two problems. The metallurgy was a bit hit and miss. Some guns - without a pattern I could find - were soft in either frame or slide. Secondly, no replacement parts are being made; all repair parts have to be found in the 'obsolete' gun parts places. [insert rude noise here]

I had a BKM - the alloy frame model - and loved it. It was a 9x19 pocket pistol, back when the only alternative was one of few .380ACPs or a .25ACP. Other than the heavy trigger pull, it was a dandy self-defense iron.
 
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