| STAR
MEGASTAR |
| Country
Of Origin: |
Spain |
| Designation: |
Pistol |
| Cartridge: |
.45 ACP or 10
mm Auto |
| Production
Date: |
1993 |
| Weapon
Dimensions: |
|
|
|
Length: |
212 mm |
|
Barrel: |
116 mm |
|
Weight: |
1360 g |
|
Rifling: |
6 grooves rh |
|
Capacity: |
12 rounds |
The Megastar pistol designed and manufactured by
the Spanish company Star Bonifacio Echeverria SA was launched in 1993. It is based on the Star 30M.
Megastar is a recoil operated, locked breech semi-automatic
pistol. It uses a Browning High-Power type locking system with
tilting barrel. Megastar is a hammer fired pistol, with double
action trigger and ambidextrous, slide mounted safety-decocker
lever.
Its safety lever has three positions:
-
upper one for "fire"
mode with visible red dot
-
medium one for "safe" mode, this withdraws
and locks the firing pin;
-
and the lower one for safe decocking
(after decocking safety lever springs back to the "safe" position).
Megastar also features a magazine disconnect safety which does
not allow to fire the gun withouth magazine in the place. Megastar
isa ll made from steel, and like other
Star pistols, Megastar has internal slide rails, instead of
more usual external rails.
Magazine capacity is quite impressive, especially when
speaking about the period of the early 1990s,
The Mega-Star uses a twelve round magazine in its .45 ACP version, and a fourteen round magazine in its 10 mm version.
This pistol features non-ajustable sights.
Heavy weight of 1.3 kf does provide comfort for shooting and allows to control the recoil of the powerful
calibers used.
