The models A Super and B Super differed from mod. All these pistols were recoil operated, locked breech, single action pistols that used Browning-deigned, linked barrel locking principle. A, B and P were similar in design and differed mostly in caliber. B in the production and in the Spain Army arsenals, and had been in production in 1946 – 1965, and had been in use by Spanish military until early 1990s, when new Star M30 had been adopted as a new service sidearm. The model BM was a compact version of the mod. 45ACP cartridge and mostly intended for American market. B was chambered for 9x19mm Luger and had been widely exported into many countries, including Hitlers' Germany, and had been used during World War 2. A was chambered for 9mm Largo ammunition and mostly used in the Spain. These pistols were more or less similar to the original M1911, but usually chambered for 9x19mm Luger or 9x23mm Largo (Bergmann-Bayard) rounds. Back in the 1920s the company began to develop semi-automatic pistols, based on Browning-designed Colt M1911 design. The whole family of the 'Star' pistol was (and stil is) manufactured by the Spain-based company Bonifacio Echeverria, SA. A and A Super) 9x19mm Luger/Parabellum (models B, BM and B Super) or. B Super (others in parentehesises)Ĭhamber: 9x23mm Largo (mod. Star model B Super disasembled into main parts.Ĭharacteristics – Data for Star mod. Star model P disasembled into main parts. Star model B (models A, A Super and B Super looks exactly the same).

Star model b