![]() ![]() I'm glad to add this one to the collection, and I look forward to taking it to the range and enjoying it as a bit of shooting history. As with any surplus offering that's garnered as much attention as this one, affordably-priced examples are vanishing quickly. The Star BM is a cool, 1911-ish pistol that has an interesting history while being enjoyable to shoot. The ammunition used in testing the Star BM at the range. option yielded a best group of 2.41" with an average group size of 2.56". loads printed a best group of 2.55" with an average of 2.69". tapped out a best single group of 2.98" with a five-group average of 3.18". The pistol demonstrated a preference for heavier bullets. But groups opened up too much for my personal preferences at longer distances.Īccuracy was checked for five 5-shot groups from a bench rest using full-metal-jacket loads only. As for downrange accuracy, I would say it's solid at 15 yards with 5-shot group sizes ranging somewhere between 2.50" to 3.25" in size. It only ran 100-percent of the time with full-metal-jacket bullets. The sample I had would not cycle reliably with any of the hollow-point ammunition I had on hand. ![]() ![]() Semi-autos this old are not usually rated for +P ammunition, so it's a gamble to use ammunition that produces higher levels of pressure. A view of the hammer and rear sight of the Star BM. ![]()
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