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To: MarkL

I noticed you have the little Firestar in .40 S&W. I have one and like it. It is very compact but when loaded it literally feels like a chunck of lead. Nothing wrong with it's performance.


38 posted on 09/27/2005 7:15:08 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog
I noticed you have the little Firestar in .40 S&W. I have one and like it. It is very compact but when loaded it literally feels like a chunck of lead. Nothing wrong with it's performance.

I bought it years ago, the first time the CCW law was floated here in MO. It is tiny, compared to anything else I owned. It's about the size of a Colt Mustang .380! But it's all steel, and heavy! And that's a good thing, too. The recoil on it is rather brutal, and it is not a particularly fun gun to shoot. My only regret is that I had to run out and buy it as soon as I read about it... Shortly thereafter, Star came out with a .45 version of the Firestar... Nothing against the .40, but I didn't (and still don't) have reloading dies for it. As it is, I've got too many tool-heads for my Dillon 550, and hardly enough room for them! Besides, I don't shoot the Firestar all that often. It is a nice gun, but it's very much a "working gun."

Mark

42 posted on 09/27/2005 7:26:35 AM PDT by MarkL (I didn't get to where I am today by worrying about what I'd feel like tomorrow!)
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