Tribute to the Star BM9

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sixgunluv

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It's been a few decades since i started carrying and after handling/shooting many types of auto loaders, i keep coming back to this one. Slim, comfortable, light recoiling 3.77in barrel and around 33oz. Crisp 4-5lb trigger, SAO and an external hammer i can get a hold of because there is no beaver tail, not to mention i prefer the exclusion of a grip safety. I don't care for grip frames i can't get my pinky on and the BM9 has just enough length to solve that.

Now that i can afford to dress them up a little, thought i'd share a pic and give a shout out to the BM9.
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Stars are excellent guns.
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I agree whole heartedly. It's a shame to me that financial reasons forced the company to close back in the 90's... I'd love to see what they would be producing today if they were still around.
 
The reason Star is out of business is because they "modernized" their product line. They started building heavier, thicker guns. Had they just kept on making their "regular" lines, they would be one of the most popular makers in the world.
 
They started building heavier, thicker guns.
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What? You mean like the Megastar? This is a gun that will be around 10,000 years from now, and even if it's coated in rust, you could grind off the corrosion, polish it and there will still be enough metal to make it good as new. I have one and I love it because it is ridiculously over engineered.:D
 
Spanish 1911 9mm

I have one of those Star Model Super B 9mm Semi Auto Pistols coming in either today or tomorrow. Looking forward to having it in my hands and shooting it.
 
Deaf, Add the FI Model D and the Colt Mustang (also the never put into production Colt Pony) to the list of Star DK spin offs. Great little pistols.
 
Spare parts

Bill DeShivs
Besides the extra firing pin that i already have, what part would you try to acquire for spare?
 
"Go look at the Sig .380s and 9mm like the p238 and p938

Star design in all but the barrel lockup."

--Deaf

Yup,
Sig and BM9 both skip the grip safety and large beaver tail common to the 1911.
I believe the Sigs and BM9 share the same pivoting trigger design also.....

The hammer/safety mechanism however, operates a little differently on a Star BM compared to a 1911.
 
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I've always really liked the Star BM-9 pistols. I have owned a few but currently have none. When I see one that's clean and affordable I'll probably get another one. I have had little complaint with any Star pistol I've owned. Way "back in the day" a some FBI people carried the BM-9 and thought it a good pistol.
 
Besides the extra firing pin that i already have, what part would you try to acquire for spare?
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The only parts I ever heard of being a problem was the extractor for the .40 version of the Firestar. They were scarce some years back, but there may be sources, now. Magazines may be getting scarce, too.

I've had several Firestar Plus models (same top end but with an alloy frame); they remain my favorite Star. I'll buy one, shoot it for a while, and then trade it; get another, shoot it for a while and then trade it -- a slowly repeating cycle. Their final models were NOT heavier -- they had alloy and polymer frames.
 
I've always really wanted one of those, but I havent come across one for sale locally and I'm not much for gunbroker.

I'm a bit surprised that it hasn't been cloned by now.

We have 9mm 1911's aplenty... but it seems to me that a real 9mm 1911 would be a big hit. Thinner, around 30 ounces.
 
I did have an extractor that lost it's 'lip' while firing on one of the M40 Firestars as was mentioned. Barely detectable to the naked eye but catastrophic to function. When I asked the gentleman from the Spanish Pistols forum I mentioned in another thread here, he asked how many I wanted. He shipped me an extractor for the Firestar, one for a Firestar Plus (which he just threw in to be sure he was sending me the right one), and a front sight blade for the M45 as I had one some clown had 'dinged'. All of this he shipped from Spain for $10.70 US back around six years ago. Think about looking him up if you wind up needing parts, he is a pleasure to deal with and an invaluable resource. If you visit the forum and poke around you'll find him.
 
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