The Star, below, has nearly the exact same serrations, slide stop and thumb safety. The left side of this 1911A, top, has straight rear slide, the standard slide stop and thumb safety. They were also then dunked in the U.S.S.R.’s version of Cosmoline and were stored in wood crates for use in the next war. The telltale Soviet trace can be found on heat-treated, hardened steel parts, because the Soviet bluing process changed the color of these parts to a plum color. Back in the Soviet Union, the pistols were disassembled, re-blued with a hot dip, and reassembled with no regard to keeping the original parts to the original gun. Numerous Star Model B pistols were captured and confiscated by the Soviets. When the war ended, the Soviets scrambled to gather up the machines that made weapons and the weapons themselves, sending them back to the Mother Land in preparation for the next war.
Spanish star pistol serial number#
(The serial number code to determine if the Star was German issue will have three digits and a proofing date code with an N, Ñ or O.) One of the zombie apocalypse survivors, Olivia (Ann Mahoney), in The Walking Dead aims a Star Model B. Unlike nearly every other weapon issued to German troops and police, the Star Model B did not carry Nazis proof marks. Germany bought the Model B by the crateful.
Spanish star pistol full#
Germany’s war machine was in full motion and was producing sidearms for front-line troops, but by 1942 there was a need for pistols to arm police and some military units. Spain was neutral during the war, but sold weapons to whomever had the cash. The plot thickens a few years after World War II began. Kevin Costner in The Untouchables aims a Star at a gangster in a dark alleyway. Peckinpah also directed The Wild Bunch, and if you pay close attention to the 1911s in that film, you’ll see the external extractor on the right side of the pistol-a dead giveaway that the pistol is a Star Model B, not a Colt 1911. In close-ups McQueen carries a Colt 1911, but in shooting scenes it’s a Star. McQueen, playing Carter “Doc” McCoy, uses both a Colt 1911 and a Star Model B. Steve McQueen used one in The Getaway (1972), directed by Sam Peckinpah and based on the Jim Thompson novel. In fast-moving gunfight scenes, it is hard to tell the difference between the 1911 and the Model B. More importantly, the Model B looks a lot like a 1911. The Star, chambered in 9mm, runs on blanks reliably because there’s less resistance from the pistol’s mechanism, allowing the action to function. Hollywood’s armorers improvised and used a stand-in for the venerable 1911, and that was the Star Model B. This is an easy way to tell if a Model B is standing in for a Colt 1911. Note the external extractor just rear of the ejection port. Note the grip safety, arched main strip housing and small fixed sights. At top is an Auto Ordnance M1911A1, a replica of a U.S.
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