Q about my Star Mod B from Dan`s...

ER · November 07, 2005, 22:25

I can`t post pics, but if someone will "host" it for me I`ll send it to them.......

I was looking at the mags...they will hold 9mm Largo rounds, I tried them. No big deal as i think the mags were interchangeable between the B`s and Supers.

Here`s what gets me. Unless I overlooked something in the pics that have been posted, the ejection ports are all "even", kinda 1911 like. Mine has a milled cutout on the front of the lower half extending the port about 1/8". I chambered a Largo round(no, it wouldn`t fully chamber in the 9mm, but it almost seated, at least enough for the extractor to grab it) and racked the slide. The clearance cut allowed the unfired Largo round to eject without being caught in the port.

Question......based on this, and disregarding the legalities of "customizing" a C&R gun, would the frame and bbl be capable of handling the conversion to Largo, or better yet, .38 Super? I know the differences in the case head of the Super vs the Largo might require some breechface/extractor work.

CZ-75a · November 07, 2005, 22:48

Why not just buy a model A? I believe the Largo versions don't sell as well, so they come cheaper.

justashooter · November 08, 2005, 07:47

chamber pressure in the 38 super is a bit higher than in 9X19. should be OK, and yes, modding it will make subsequent sale to a CR purchaser illegal, in the strictest sense.

ER · November 08, 2005, 08:12

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subsequent sale to a CR purchaser illegal, in the strictest sense.

Yep, as well as having to "transfer" it to myself, remove from C&R book, etc. No bigee.

The Mod A`s I have seen, in similar condition to the B I have, have all been in the $300 range. There are some "shooters" I`ve found in the $150-175 range, but the bbls are dirt roads. I was thinking of buying another one of these from Dan and converting it to .38 Super.

**Sarge8497** · November 08, 2005, 08:16

Doesn't Sarco still have the Model A's (9mm Largo) for around $129. I seem to remember they had them in Shotgun News lately.

November 07, 2005, 22:25	#1
ER FALaholic #: 155 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: CONOVER, NC Posts: 2,690	Q about my Star Mod B from Dan`s... I can`t post pics, but if someone will "host" it for me I`ll send it to them....... I was looking at the mags...they will hold 9mm Largo rounds, I tried them. No big deal as i think the mags were interchangeable between the B`s and Supers. Here`s what gets me. Unless I overlooked something in the pics that have been posted, the ejection ports are all "even", kinda 1911 like. Mine has a milled cutout on the front of the lower half extending the port about 1/8". I chambered a Largo round(no, it wouldn`t fully chamber in the 9mm, but it almost seated, at least enough for the extractor to grab it) and racked the slide. The clearance cut allowed the unfired Largo round to eject without being caught in the port. Question......based on this, and disregarding the legalities of "customizing" a C&R gun, would the frame and bbl be capable of handling the conversion to Largo, or better yet, .38 Super? I know the differences in the case head of the Super vs the Largo might require some breechface/extractor work. __________________ "A lot of what is taken for engineering fact is nothing more than somebody`s opinion when you dig into it far enough." Henry "Smokey" Yunick, 1923-2001 "I don`t care where I`m going, I`m just here to ride the train" Some bluegrass song I heard on the radio

November 08, 2005, 07:47	#3
justashooter Registered FALaholic #: 5967 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: york, pa. Posts: 4,501	chamber pressure in the 38 super is a bit higher than in 9X19. should be OK, and yes, modding it will make subsequent sale to a CR purchaser illegal, in the strictest sense. __________________ If the concept of heading on down to the local Home Depot and transforming $100 worth of random pipe bits into a killing machine doesn’t appeal to you, you’re a frikkin' pansy. Also, you’re probably sane and will live significantly longer than I will. Nonetheless you disgust me, and I take comfort in the knowledge that your obituary will be nowhere near as humorous as mine. The next time I hear "THE RANGE IS NOW HOT", it just wont be the same. Max tried another question. "What sort of people live about here?" "In THAT direction," the Jin said, waving its right paw round, "lives a Han: And in THAT direction," waving the other paw, "lives a Ming Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad." "But I don't want to go among mad people," Max remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Jin: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Max. "You must be," said the Jin, "or you wouldn't have come here."

November 08, 2005, 08:16	#5
Sarge8497 Senior Member Contributor FALaholic #: 2025 Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Glen Allen, VA Posts: 656	Doesn't Sarco still have the Model A's (9mm Largo) for around $129. I seem to remember they had them in Shotgun News lately. __________________ Sarge Another day in paradise.

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November 07, 2005, 22:48	#2
CZ-75a Registered FALaholic #: 15838 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Soon to be negro-free Posts: 1,952	Why not just buy a model A? I believe the Largo versions don't sell as well, so they come cheaper.