The Spanish Wondernines 

I LOVE both the CETME and the Star model 30. I understand the Spanish Navy still issues them. I,am vert sad both Star and Astra are no longer in business.

you need some democracy to save you from the royal parasites

@@aslanbosnakoglu8240 yes because democracy never inspires terrorism…. I’m all for democracy but keep your opinions like this to yourself. Kudos on your service sir

@@aslanbosnakoglu8240 democracy and monarchy aren't mutually exclusive. Spain is bith. As are the UK and the low countries for example.

@@not-a-theist8251 so you vote for your kings?🤣. the english queen has the right to dissolve the parlament whenever she feels like it. 🤣🤣 stop slaughtering poor people in fake illegal wars of aggression if you are really free. you are all serfs living under all kinds of dogmas and you dont even know it.

Buy him several sig,make sure one is a third gen police turn in from like 3 years, one new, one lemon, one from a store, and 3 randoms. This is how opinions are formed and he’ll do it! Trust me, he wants too

I'm curious too. It's been a while since I've handled a P226, but I have two P220s, which are basically the same design. IMO it's one of the best all around DA/SA pistols because it has fewer quirks than most.

@@riflemanm16a2 in my mind, decocker models of the cz 75 are the most quirk free da/sa pistols. The beretta has a stupid decocker safety thats slide mounted and the p226 has the decocker in front of the slide release which is the opposite of every other pistol. hk and fn pistols have a frame mounted decocker/safety, but it's designed so that the user can carry cocked and locked, hammer down, or hammer down in addition to the manual safety. That's way better than a beretta in my opinion and the only people who have a problem with that are those who don't want a manual safety at all.

@@WutangPham My only problem with CZ is the midget slide. I’ve always slingshot slides, since I’ve found it to be much more reliable than using the release or lock. But the CZ just doesn’t have enough meat for my liking. The P09 does it pretty well though, minimalistic enough for a low bore axis, but still high enough for sling shotting. I just wish they could make a aluminum framed P-09. Already got a G19 so I just want something different.

I’ve never like the Sig P226 or P229 because the slide lock/slide release is in the wrong place. It’s too far back on the gun and I always induce malfunctions. I either lock the gun open at inappropriate times or the gun won’t shoot to slide lock. I do like Beretta G model DA/SA guns though. Those are nice. They’re just decocker only. The slide mounted safeties on Berettas are atrocious.

I've never had any failures with my Model 59. It eats everything. I'm not sure what year mine is or how many rounds went through it. I'm guessing less than 1000. I know I've put 200 through it and the finish is still pretty good. It's accurate with the adjustable sights. What do you recommend replacing or to look for on an old one? Thanks.

@@SailfishSoundSystem honestly you probably don't have to worry about anything if your gun is a US civilian or police market model. The re-imported Israeli police guns probably have tens of thousands of rounds on them and very poor overall maintenance. If you really want to replace something, you can always replace the main recoil spring, extractor spring, and magazine springs. Numrich gun parts has basically every internal component you can think of for the 59.

@@MaximusOverhead Thanks!

Jack the Jarhead Yes. I saw more Smith Gen pistols than just about anything back then. Taurus PT92s and Beretta 92s were just about as common and my first 9mm pistol was a PT92 that was an excellent pistol. A few Ruger Ps and the occasional P226 and CZ75. Nobody wanted a Glock. Haha. There were more 1911s than you could shake a stick at and in fact my very first pistol was a 1911A1. One of my employers back then had a P226. I shot it and I can see why it was highly favored by lots of shooters. For an "obsolete" pistol lots of folks wanted one including some police departments that carried them. Not to mention Navy SEALs and special ops. We have to remember the P226 was the pistol that was the last one standing against the Beretta 92 at the US Army trials for the M9 pistol. Beretta lost but won the contract because it was cheaper. I wanted one but SIGs are more expensive so I got a Spanish Astra A-100 copy of the P226. It was a great pistol in its own right.

I read about every release in guns and ammo. As a kid, we would be amazed at the capacity increase. The shrinking of size to max capacity game is ongoing. My dad collected revolvers. I'd put money on my skill with those. Think of the kids that started violin at 3 years old... my folks split up after we graduated. My dad moved 3 blocks from a range. We'd load .45s for the 1911 and my auto odesse began. I'd shot tons out of a ruger standard. And tons of .44 and .357 from double and single action revolvers. It took about 2000 rounds over months for me to be able to adjust to the balance, and to get the muscle memory to reaquire the target for fast follow up shots. Which was not a thing I did single action precision revolver shooting. I turned 21. Dad gives me a ruger p series. Down sizing calibers was like taking the practice weights off a bat. Hoppes, gun powder, smell like childhood. I had the best dad.

The Star DK with a US-made frame also appeared as the Colt Pony and later appeared from Iver Johnson.

Many are metal injection molded. And this is the source of the weakness. Usually if you get an after market one you'll never have an issue.

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The barrel bands are good to have extras of. I got a couple for mine, made from 5160 steel. Which is what is used for big chopping blades like cleavers. Can't remember who makes them but quick searching and you'll find them, super adorable too!

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Then I will make more.

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They already have used to be $350 like new condition.

@@Pyrosis22 I just came across these Star pistols, didn't know anything. Watched a real nice one sell for $300 on auction two weeks ago, now I'm kicking myself cause ones in worse shape are going for more.

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Triple k has mags and grips for the star pistols.