Probably the same year though, so its a good guide.Īs implied above, with proof date codes, you can get an accurate and reasonably precise date on your Star pistol. I do not know when the date is added, but note that it is not exactly the date of manufacture, but the date of proof, which is always later. The three proof marks indicate receipt at the proof house, passing of proof, and the date of proofing. Although many other countries have military acceptance marks as well, I do not know their design if anyone does know for sure, please send me a good quality photo or other reference information. Three are proofmarks, and there is a fourth that is a Spanish military acceptance proof. As seen below, there are four possible marks on any Star firearm.
I am not sure the same coding scheme is used for long arms, but try it and if it sounds right, it might be. Although I do not specifically address it, this should therefore work for Astras, Llamas, and any other handgun. Though there was another one operating for a short time in the early s, Eibar is the one and only Spanish government proof house for most of the 20th century. There are 28 letters or letter-combinations, as explained in the chart below.Įvery 28 years or so there are inexplicable gaps they start a new series, by adding a number to the end of the letter codes. The Spanish government set up a proof house in Eibar starting in From onward, the proof mark additionally was accompanied by a letter code, indicating the year of proofing. In fact, yours may be quite hard to find or read. Note that most will not be hilited in white as these are. There are 3 on a typical commerical arm, and four on a typical military arm. The model S photo to the left shows the typical location and appearance of proofmarks on Star pistols.
Most other countries, do, including Spain. Yes, that means there are essentially no standards. Though the US government has inspection processes for military goods, there is no proof house of any sort for domestic US gun makers. If the weapon survives a certain number of these, it passes, and all weapons in the lot get the proof mark to certify they meet the government's minimum expectations of function and safety. This practice became most organized, and earned the name of "proofing" with the advent of firearms, when armor plates were proof tested to assure their resistance to proof against early gunfire.Ī representative sample of each lot of weapons is tested with a proofing cartridge, which has vastly higher pressure than the normal specifications.
SPANISH STAR PISTOL FOR SALE SERIES
InStar introduced the I and F series pistols.Since the dawn of organized weapons makers and armies, the purchasing governments have demanded a system for assuring that the products live up to their promised specifications. This is, however, somewhat unusual if you have only worked with larger Browning lock pistols in the past. Stripping is just like taking down most any straight-blowback, fixed barrel european gun e.
SPANISH STAR PISTOL FOR SALE MANUALS
As some of these manuals are not in english, and have no diagrams, I will explain the basic takedown procedure here. It may be beneficial to review all the manuals for this series to assure you have gotten all relevant information.
These manuals are very slim, and do not provide really useful step-by-step instructions. All vest-pocket and target pistols operate and strip in approximately the same way. Partly to make the series relationships clearer, and partly to assist with speed and accuracy of updating, all manuals can be found in one place, the manuals page.Īll manuals available are provided as downloadable PDFs, or you may purchase a printed copy of the entire set of handgun manuals. However, in many cases there is a related manual. I do not have manuals for every pistol shown on this site. In addition to the usual methods of identification most of the model F series guns seem to have "US Patent 2," on the right side of the slide.
They are often encountered in very good shape, and very frequently with their original boxes and other paperwork. Over the years there have been four basic series, each of which is covered in sequence below. The model F was itself made in a number of variants, most of which are configured for target purposes, with precision sights and larger barrels. All these pistols are generally similar in arrangement and scale, with a fixed barrel, straight blowback operation, and single-action lockwork.Īll have a thumb-operated safety just behind the trigger on the left side of the frame, and the takedown button is to the rear of this, in a notch in the top of the grip panels note that some series moved to a conventional thumb safety later in life. The E-series continued the line with an ultra-compact. Its first appearance was inconcurrent with the similar-sized I-series.
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