Star pistol parts
Bimmercode expert modeĮventually Gabilondo contracted with another three companies and at least 45 other companies contracted with the French directly to produce Ruby-type pistols in a variety of calibres, barrel lengths and magazine capacities. While most Gabilondo contract pistols were of good quality, others were less well made.Īs the French became more desperate, the procurement process spiralled out of control. Estimates of Gabilondo Ruby production are betweenandpistols in total. Spanish Eibar/Ruby PistolsĪs the number of pistols required increased the company agreed to purchase any pistols in excess of the agreed number at the same contracted price.Īs demand increased Gabilondo recruited another three partners to help manufacture the Ruby. Gabilondo would produce 10, guns, carry out overall quality control and arrange delivery to the French authorities in Bayonne. The contract stipulated that each company would produce a minimum of 5, pistols per month. Despite its size, the company could barely cope with the initial contract and arranged for four partners to manufacture the Ruby for them. In Gabilondo sent examples of the pistols to the French government, who were hard-pressed for all sorts of small-arms, even in this early stage of the war.īy August the target had been raised to 30, and later still an incredible 50, a month. This pistol used features patented by Pedro Careaga inand by the Esperanza and Unceta company in These patents may have covered the frame-mounted safety instead of a grip safetyand an internal striker instead of a hammer. Other Spanish manufacturers had copied the Browning since around The Ruby, apart from the extended magazine appears to be a direct copy of a pistol called the "Victoria" made by Esperanza and Unceta. The pistol was intended for export to the Americas, and despite the small calibre it was designed with military and police sales in mind. Unusual for the time, the magazine capacity was nine shots instead of the usual six or seven. Injust before the start of the First World War, Gabilondo started manufacture of a sturdy self-loading pistol based on the Browning Model and chambered for the 7. It was decommissioned inmore than a decade after World War II was brought to an end, and was subsequently replaced.
#Star pistol parts series
InStar introduced the I and F series pistols.A very international piece of weaponry, it was closely modeled after John Browning 's Pocket Hammerless design produced by Coltand was produced by over 50 Spanish companies, but primarily by the Spanish Gabilondo y Urresti firm the official "Gabilondo Ruby". This is, however, somewhat unusual if you have only worked with larger Browning lock pistols in the past. Stripping is just like taking down most any straight-blowback, fixed barrel european gun e.
#Star pistol parts manuals
It may be beneficial to review all the manuals for this series to assure you have gotten all relevant information.Īs some of these manuals are not in english, and have no diagrams, I will explain the basic takedown procedure here. These manuals are very slim, and do not provide really useful step-by-step instructions. All manuals available are provided as downloadable PDFs, or you may purchase a printed copy of the entire set of handgun manuals.Īll vest-pocket and target pistols operate and strip in approximately the same way. Partly to make the series relationships clearer, and partly to assist with speed and accuracy of updating, all manuals can be found in one place, the manuals page. However, in many cases there is a related manual. I do not have manuals for every pistol shown on this site. In addition to the usual methods of identification most of the model F series guns seem to have "US Patent 2," on the right side of the slide. They are often encountered in very good shape, and very frequently with their original boxes and other paperwork.
Over the years there have been four basic series, each of which is covered in sequence below. The model F was itself made in a number of variants, most of which are configured for target purposes, with precision sights and larger barrels. All these pistols are generally similar in arrangement and scale, with a fixed barrel, straight blowback operation, and single-action lockwork.Īll have a thumb-operated safety just behind the trigger on the left side of the frame, and the takedown button is to the rear of this, in a notch in the top of the grip panels note that some series moved to a conventional thumb safety later in life. The E-series continued the line with an ultra-compact.
Its first appearance was inconcurrent with the similar-sized I-series.