Boy am I fickle !

[DenStinett]

OK, so I'm selling my "Old Beater", Ruger P85 .... already (! ? !):
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/883770657
And yeah, I've had it for just over a month !

I picked-up the P85 when I was looking for a nice / older "Tackle / Toolbox" shooter
Thinking a 22 would be"OK" .... but a 9mm would be better
Originally, I was thinking along the lines of the old Star M43, 9mm Firestar
I had one years back
I liked it a lot, but I wanted the CZ75B-SA more, so the M43 went bye bye
While looking on-line for a nice M43, I came across the Star M243, Firestar Plus; a Double Stack version of the M43 .... 13+1 Rounds of 9mm in a Sub Compact
Got into a bidding war on GB.com, and lost .... that's where the Ruger P85 came in

Anyway .... always being on the lookout, I stumbled upon a Starvel finished (this time) Star M243 "For Sale" ( no Auction ! ), so I snapped it up:


It came to me in its Box with two, 18Rd MecGar Magazines, but no OM ( which is OK, since they're available for Download ! )
I also went on-line and ordered an additional, OEM Star 13Rd Magazine for it too
So again I have, 49 + 1 total Rounds of 9mm mayhem at my Fingertips !
The M243 weighs in at 1.4 lbs empty, with a curb weight of 2.2 lbs, loaded with 19Rds of Federal 147gr HSHPs
Its Trigger Reach is: 2.570" with 0.120" of Take-up
The Trigger Breaks at a constant and very smooth 4.0 lbs .... over and over .... not an ounce, more, or less .... 4.0 pounds
Overtravel is very slight, at just 0.040", with a Reset of 0.110" and a 0.070" return Take-up

The Dimensions of the M243 are real similar to that of the CZ 2075 RAMI B
But the M243 empty weight is almost 6 ozs lighter than the 2075
YES, the RAMI carries one more Round in its stock HiCap Magazine than the Firestar Plus' OEM 13
And YES, the RAMI IS a DA/SA where the M243 is just SAO .... but that's OK, I'm a Single Action kinda of Guy
But, the Star M243 Firestar Plus is hundreds of dollars less than even a used CZ 2075 RAMI B or D

Also, in commparesence; the Firestar Plus is only 0.6 ozs heavier (empty) than an empty Solo ( I mean  ) Glock 26 
But the M243 carries 3 more Rounds in its stock / OEM 13 Rd Magazine than a stock (10 Rd) G26
Plus .... and need I remind .... I HATE Glocks

All in all, the Star M243 Firestar Plus is a very nice little Pistol
I hope to get it (and a couple other new to me Guns) to the Range ASAP

[skin]

 Nice find.I had one. It shot real good. I'm more of a full size kind of guy, so I traded it for some now forgotten something.

[DenStinett]

Nice find.I had one. It shot real good. I'm more of a full size kind of guy, so I traded it for some now forgotten something.

Yeah, I like a full sized Frame too
That's why I'm all in when it comes to Semi Compacts
But I wanted something I could just toss into my Bag or Toolbox, and not worry if it'll get scratched or digged
Could you see me doing that with this ?


These 18Rd Mags on the M243 gives it just shy of an inch of extra Grip Length .... "which is nice"
Turns this into a Semi-Sub Compact I guess   

[Tok36]

If you had not compared it directly to a RAMI, from the picture, i would have guessed that it was larger. I assumed that it was Sig 226 sized when i first looked at it. I like the look of that ball cut to the left of the mag release, for your trigger finger.

Gratz on the new pistol.

[DenStinett]

If you had not compared it directly to a RAMI, from the picture, i would have guessed that it was larger. I assumed that it was Sig 226 sized when i first looked at it. I like the look of that ball cut to the left of the mag release, for your trigger finger.

Gratz on the new pistol.

Thanks T
Yeah, the Finger Relief, like on a 1911-A1
Great for short n stubbies, like mine   

It's odd you meansioned the P226
These extended 18Rd Mags are MecGar, MG-P226-9 Magazines, with a Grip Spacer
There's some contention on whether or not they're "really" meant for the Star M243 from MecGar, or some observant Guy with a 3D Printer
I've only found reference to them in one place, the Guy selling them, and he admits they're SIG P226 Mags by MecGar, but that's it
Call, left inquiries, but have yet to hear back from MecGar on this
The Followers are not correct for the M243, so they don't lock the Slide back on empty, but they seem to feed using Dummy Rounds
Ordered a few OEM Star Followers, and hopefully, they work