Dec 27, 2014 - Hello All, I recently purchased a Star Model B, and am trying to find out. The serial numbers of the guns are about 4,000 apart, one in the 274.

Since it looks like natafer's question has been answered, I have a very similar one of my own. I just got my first two Stars, two Model B pistols from J&G sales. Both are blued with the same marks as natafer's gun: 1945 date proof mark and P in the flaming bomb. They also have the Cal 08 mark on the barrel near the ejection mark. The serial numbers of the guns are about 4,000 apart, one in the 274,1XX range and the other in the 278,1XX range. If the previous gun in this thread was likely a West German police model, is it safe to say that my two guns are also likely West German police issue?

The two guns are very interesting to me. One of them has a piece of paper taped to the side of the slide with the word 'Baja' on it, while the other has a magazine with a taped piece of paper saying 'STTE Gomez.' So while I have never been one to name firearms, these two have been dubbed Baja and Gomez. Baja has two different grip panels, plastic on one side and wood on the other, while Gomez is wooden on both sides.

I also find it interesting that Baja has a curved frame at the base of the grip, while Gomez is straight like most 1911-style pistols, even though their serial numbers are so close. Is the reason for the two different frame styles known? Anyway, here are some pictures of my two newest pistols, Baja and Gomez.

I'll look into those books. I took the guns out shooting yesterday.

One was extremely accurate and the other was acceptably accurate. Both had the double feed issue going on with brass, aluminum and lacquered steel cases. I plan on finding some non-lacquered steel case 9 mm ammo to try out before I do anything else to try and alleviate the problem. The only other issue was the right side grip on one of the guns broke in two pieces while shooting. I have glued it back together but plan on ordering some replacement grips. I found 4S grips on the internet and they look really good. Does anyone have experience ordering from his website?

Star B I need help understanding some of the stamps on my Star B. It’s been in a gun safe (clean and oiled) for the past 21 years. Prior to that, the person who I bought it from bought it from a widow who was selling it. She told the gun collector that her husband had owned it for a long long time, but she didn’t know anything about it.

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Here is what I do know – or at least this is what I think I know. At the end of this are my questions.

Check out the pictures and PLEASE share your knowledge. Star pistols are manufactured by the Spain-based company Bonifacio Echeverria, SA. Back in the 1920s the company began to develop semi-automatic pistols, based on the Browning-designed Colt M1911 design. These pistols were more or less similar to the original M1911, but chambered for 9x19mm Luger or 9x23mm Largo. Mine is in 9mm Luger (.08) as seen in the picture. Across the slide it is stamped 'STAR B. ECHEVERRIA', and then underneath that is 'EIBAR-ESPANA' and at the end of it all is 'S.A.

The first part of this inscription identifies the pistol as the Star Model B that was manufactured by ECHEVERRIA. The next part of this stamp, 'EIBAR-ESPANA' indicates that the firearm was manufactured in the Eibar region of Spain. The abbreviation 'S.A.' Is basically the Spanish equivalent of 'inc.' Or incorporated. The model B was widely exported into many countries, including Hitlers' Germany, and was used during WWII. More specifically, During WW II, the Star factory produced numerous arms for mostly Axis and other aligned countries.

The full-sized guns (such as the Model B) were employed by police, second-line units and certain Special Forces troops. The Star B in 9mm “Parabellum” simply means that it was designed for war. 08” is the Luger, and more recently the cartridge that fits it is called the 9 mm. My Star model B in 9mm was made between 1931 and 1983.

It is the M1911 A1 version, which came with the added back strap. In 1931, production shifted entirely to this updated version of the B model, which added several, mostly external, features to make the pistol look and handle more like the Colt 1911 A1. There are four possible marks on any Star firearm. Three are three of them found on my Star B.