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need info on star "megastar"
- Thread starter KITT
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If I remember correctly the Megastar was to be a 10m/m pistol but it did not hold up so well the to recoil. So it was converted to a .45 ACP pistol. For a .45 is is gawdawful big and heavy. One of my nephews had/has one and I got to shoot it several times. It shot well enough but felt odd in my hands (being use to the 1911A1 grip).
hehe...the Megastar didn't hold up too well to the 10mm? naw, the Megastar is a very big and ROBUST (saying it nicely) handgun. this is a hefty piece of steel. the Megastar has 3 locking lugs and has an inverted slide. the lock up has both a kideny style and swinging link system which is quite "large" in porportion to the ammo it shoots. i think the 10mm Megastars will last forever with proper care since they were designed to shoot full house 10mm all the time. if u find one in .45ACP, then that gun will last forever and day!!! hehe...
there were two specific models available, one for 10mm (which has more metal and slightly wider slide) and the .45ACP which has a slimmer slide and less weight. i think the Megastar .45ACP only holds 12 rounds. the 10mm holds 14.
it is a wide gun...maybe wider than my G20 in some respects. it is a DA/SA gun with an odd safety. the safety does not drop the hammer, but retracts and locks the firing pin. to lower the hammer, u have to pull the trigger while the safety is on. not to my liking, but it works...but i don't like using it. the gun could be carried cocked and locked, but i don't recommend this. the safety is on the slide. my 10mm Megastar's DA pull is quite long but smooth. the single action has some light take up, but has a crisp let off. it is very close to my S&W 10mm semiauto pulls, but smoother.
it came in two finishes...blued and Starvel (looks like nickle).
this is an excellent gun in my opinion and u will have a hard time wearing it out with good 10mm ammo...a steady diet of fullhouse 10mm is what it was designed to shoot.
this gun has to be one of the biggest 10mms out there...the LAR Grizzley comes close too, but the Grizzley is thinner.
to find out a little more (i wrote a bit didn't i...hehe) visit:
http://www2.aih.org/~stevenh/star/
this site has a lot of info on STAR guns.
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Mik
<A HREF="http://"http://marina.fortunecity.com/harbour/347/10mm.html"" TARGET=_blank>my 10mm page</A>
there were two specific models available, one for 10mm (which has more metal and slightly wider slide) and the .45ACP which has a slimmer slide and less weight. i think the Megastar .45ACP only holds 12 rounds. the 10mm holds 14.
it is a wide gun...maybe wider than my G20 in some respects. it is a DA/SA gun with an odd safety. the safety does not drop the hammer, but retracts and locks the firing pin. to lower the hammer, u have to pull the trigger while the safety is on. not to my liking, but it works...but i don't like using it. the gun could be carried cocked and locked, but i don't recommend this. the safety is on the slide. my 10mm Megastar's DA pull is quite long but smooth. the single action has some light take up, but has a crisp let off. it is very close to my S&W 10mm semiauto pulls, but smoother.
it came in two finishes...blued and Starvel (looks like nickle).
this is an excellent gun in my opinion and u will have a hard time wearing it out with good 10mm ammo...a steady diet of fullhouse 10mm is what it was designed to shoot.
this gun has to be one of the biggest 10mms out there...the LAR Grizzley comes close too, but the Grizzley is thinner.
to find out a little more (i wrote a bit didn't i...hehe) visit:
http://www2.aih.org/~stevenh/star/
this site has a lot of info on STAR guns.
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Mik
<A HREF="http://"http://marina.fortunecity.com/harbour/347/10mm.html"" TARGET=_blank>my 10mm page</A>
Mik, I never SAW a 10 m/m Megastar and was only repeating what I had read in a gunrag. One thing about the .45 my nephew had/has (I'm not sure whitch it is now), you could conceal an anchor easier than that pistol.
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Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
yup, i agree, the Megastar is not an easy gun to conceal. it's only slightly smaller than a Desert Eagle...hehe
i have the 10mm version. it's a nice gun in blue. a little different from most guns, but it is nice to have some variety. i like the gun for what it is...a gun ment to shoot full power 10mm all the time.
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Mik
<A HREF="http://"http://marina.fortunecity.com/harbour/347/10mm.html"" TARGET=_blank>my 10mm page</A>
i have the 10mm version. it's a nice gun in blue. a little different from most guns, but it is nice to have some variety. i like the gun for what it is...a gun ment to shoot full power 10mm all the time.
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Mik
<A HREF="http://"http://marina.fortunecity.com/harbour/347/10mm.html"" TARGET=_blank>my 10mm page</A>