Sponsors Panel If you intend to buy something from Brownells, Cabela's, TandemKros or Tekmat, please use their banners in our sites. Whatever you buy from them, gives us a small commission, which helps us keep these sites alive. You still pay the normal price, our commission comes from their profit, so you have nothing to lose, while we have something to gain.

Dates of Production by Model for Llama FIREARMS. Since approximately 1927, Spanish law has required that every firearm manufactured in Spain be submitted to the Eibar Proof House for testing prior to being released for sale. The right place to find all older Star pistol model numbers is on the butt, as seen in the illustrations below and photo to the right. On the flat plate on the bottom of the gun, just rear of where the magazine is inserted, look for a letter, set of letters or a word. The longer number is your serial number, incidentally.

Also, don't forget to visit our other sponsors sites, click-throughs are appreciated by our advertisers. Your help is appreciated. • If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the by clicking the link above. You may have to before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

No mystery here. The Star Modelo A Super was made in large quantities; it replaced the Star Model A. The Super has slightly better ergonomics and takedown.

9mm Largo is a 9x23mm cartridge. It shows up on surplus sites now and again; Long Mountain Outfitters had a big pile a while back. Sarco may still have some.

Starline makes brass. In a pinch, you can use.38 Super cases, but I don't recommend using.38 Super ammo! The Star is stressed for the original.38 Colt Auto (the father of the Super) pressures. It is a competent pistol. The serial number is not 12676; that's a military or naval property number. The serial number will be found on the bottom of the butt, where you find the bottom of the mainspring housing on a 1911.

It will probably say SUPER A XXXXXX —a six digit number. The Super A was adopted by the Spanish military on 24 July 1946. Yours is one of many that were released as surplus by the Spanish government when the Spanish transitioned to the 9x19mm (Luger) Llama Model 82*, repackaged by Echeverria (Star), and exported to the USA. If you can give us the S/N I can probably give you the date of manufacture. Regards, Walt 'Sociedad Largo' * The sequence of events was not quite so simple, but that's how it turned out. They go for about double that on the auction sites.

My Brother and I bit the bullet and bought a commercial gun in near excellent condition, with box and paperwork. We probably paid a premium price but we got a nice one and it is chambered for the 9mm Largo.38 Auto, which is what I wanted. I reload so ammo isn't a problem for me.

A friend has a pistol like yours that I made up some 9mm Largo for. But for my gun I made up some.38 Auto (downloaded.38 Supers) and the ammo worked just fine in the Star as well as my Colt Commander. Glasnie i soglasnie bukvi i zvuki v anglijskom yazike. Most of the older Star pistols were fired extensively with corrosive ammo.

And a lot of the surplus ammo is corrosive. Adobe cs6 master collection full version with crack mac. My friends Stars barrel is a bit worn but shoots OK. If your pistol has a decent bore, for a buck twenty five, you did good IMO.