In any event, in 1930 Star was granted a patent for a selector mechanism that mounted on the right side of the slide of a semiautomatic Successful concept, as the cyclic rates usually associated with fullyĪutomatic handguns are almost always far to high to be controllable. The first area of exploration was machine pistols, handguns Others were chosen to honor the designer or a person responsible forīy 1930 Star became interested in the development of selective-fire While some model letter prefixes were apparently designated at random, Were offered commercially, as the blowback-operated pistol lineĭuring this time frame the naming of Star's ever-increasing Star M1920 was adopted by La Guardia Civil.
Around this time, the Spanish Army requested aĪlthough the army eventually selected the Astra M400 (1921), the Market and offered blowback-operated pistols in calibers 6.35mm, 7.65mmĪnd 9mm Corto (.380 ACP). After the war Star went after the domestic 45 ACP pistol for them, but the war ended andĪfter the war, Bonifacio continued to prosper and moved to largerįacilities several times. Impressed with his pistols, the French asked Bonifacio I, Bonifacio Echeverria sold thousands of pistols to France. This time, Star was employing a total of eight workers. Subsequently, Julian provided several other patents to his brother. Julian ceded his patents for the two pistols to his brother, Bonifacio. That year Julian designed aīlowback-operated pistol called the N-2, which was patterned after theįN Browning M1905, although with a detachable breechblock.Ī year later, the company was dissolved by mutual agreement, and Registered the trademark "Star" (Estrella in Spanish).Ī year later Jose Cruz died and Julian joined the firm and its nameīecame Bonifacio y Julian Echeverria. Obtaining the necessary financing was difficult, but the pistol wasįinally offered for sale in 1908, the same year that Bonifacio The then well-known firm, Garate, Anituay Cia, and in turn patternedĪfter the Mannlicher M1901, but using a detachable Magazine instead of Patented a pistol quite similar to the La Lira, a pistol manufactured by Prior to this, Bonifacio's younger brother, Julian, had In 1905 Jose Cruz Echeverria and his son, Bonifacio started a small workshop in Eibar, Gun design and manufacturing, mostly for the nobility, began in theīasque Provinces of northeastern Spain in the 1700s. Today, their handguns are still readily available, highly That had flooded the world's markets during the early part of theĢ0th century. Of the cheap and poorly made Spanish revolvers and semiautomatic pistols That had become attached to all Spanish-made handguns as a consequence Respected and leading manufacturers of military, law enforcement andĪnd in so doing, they also overcame the not insignificant stigma However,ĭuring their existence they became one of the world's most highly Toward the end more than their share of disappointing failures.
They had a 92-year run shorter than many, but longer than some.ĭuring that time frame they had a number of significant successes, but
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