Star tryout.

toolman · 08-11-2005, 02:06 PM

Welp, I'm headin' to the farm to try out the new Star Super and my handloads for it. Should be interesting since I modified it slightly to accept .38 Super brass which is much easier to find.

toolman · 08-11-2005, 11:13 PM

WooHoo! The Star is a shooter. My shooting today was very limited and informal due to shooting in a big muddy cotton field on the only dry spot I could find, but that communist tin can never had a chance!

I also set up a small board and tried a couple of double taps that resulted in two pairs of touching holes. This was only at around 20 ft or so but I'm pretty happy with it. My ammo worked great as well and seems extremely clean using Hodgdon Titegroup. Now to find more mags and load more ammo! P.S. The wife likes it too-her first time shooting a handgun.

Big Dog · 08-12-2005, 05:11 AM

Excellent! Mine has been a good shooter, but my ammo selection has been limited down here. I really need to get the dies and start reloading it, as Starline has the Largo brass.

toolman · 08-12-2005, 11:30 AM

I started to buy the largo brass from Starline but didn't want to spend $55.00 on 500 rds of brass not knowing if the gun was going to shoot worth a flip or not. FWIW, Graf & Sons sells it in 100 rd quantities for around $11-12. Instead, I shortened the extractor hook and relieved the underside to match a .38 Super case and then relieved the barrel where the loaded chamber projections are. I may have to smooth up the extractor hook a tad as I had 1 rd hang about halfway chambered and found a small burr on the hook that wouldn't let the rim slide correctly. It may already be gone as all of the others worked fine. I figure this way I can use light .38 Super factory ammo as well if I don't have time to reload any. I think largo ammo will still extract ok as well, but don't have any to try.

08-11-2005, 02:06 PM	#1
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,566 Blog Entries: 22	Star tryout. Welp, I'm headin' to the farm to try out the new Star Super and my handloads for it. Should be interesting since I modified it slightly to accept .38 Super brass which is much easier to find. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

08-11-2005, 11:13 PM	#2
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,566 Blog Entries: 22	WooHoo! The Star is a shooter. My shooting today was very limited and informal due to shooting in a big muddy cotton field on the only dry spot I could find, but that communist tin can never had a chance! I also set up a small board and tried a couple of double taps that resulted in two pairs of touching holes. This was only at around 20 ft or so but I'm pretty happy with it. My ammo worked great as well and seems extremely clean using Hodgdon Titegroup. Now to find more mags and load more ammo! P.S. The wife likes it too-her first time shooting a handgun. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

08-12-2005, 05:11 AM	#3
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,205	Excellent! Mine has been a good shooter, but my ammo selection has been limited down here. I really need to get the dies and start reloading it, as Starline has the Largo brass. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

08-12-2005, 11:30 AM	#4
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,566 Blog Entries: 22	I started to buy the largo brass from Starline but didn't want to spend $55.00 on 500 rds of brass not knowing if the gun was going to shoot worth a flip or not. FWIW, Graf & Sons sells it in 100 rd quantities for around $11-12. Instead, I shortened the extractor hook and relieved the underside to match a .38 Super case and then relieved the barrel where the loaded chamber projections are. I may have to smooth up the extractor hook a tad as I had 1 rd hang about halfway chambered and found a small burr on the hook that wouldn't let the rim slide correctly. It may already be gone as all of the others worked fine. I figure this way I can use light .38 Super factory ammo as well if I don't have time to reload any. I think largo ammo will still extract ok as well, but don't have any to try. __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!