Star .32 Auto Instructions Manual

							AUTOMATIC PISTOL
STAR
STAR, BONIFACIO ECHEVERRIA, S. A.
EIBAR (SPAIN)
MODELSCALIBERS
SI  .32 auto        =  7,65 mm. S.  380 auto       = 9 mm. short.
A  .38 auto         = 9 mm. long
B   9mm. Luger = Parab.
P   .45 auto        = M  .38 Auto        = 9 mm. long 
						

							LOADING AND FIRING OPERATION OF STAR PISTOLS
MODELS SI - S - A - B - M & P
TO LOAD THE MAGAZINEHold the magazine (53) in the left hand and place a cartridge on the f\
ront end 
of the
magazine follower (54) until it can be slid in under the lips of the m\
agazine well. Place
another cartridge on top of the first one and force down and slide in. F\
ollow this procedure
until the magazine contains whatever cartridges are to  
be used.
Insert the magazine in the grip and push in until the magazine catch (2\
8) engages
in its slot in the magazine well.
TO LOAD THE PISTOL Hold the pistol firmly 
in the right hand with the trigger finger outside the trigger
guard and grasp the slide (65) firmly at its serrated section with the\
 left hand and draw to
the rear as far as it will go. (If the hammer (06) is cocked before t\
he slide is withdrawn.
the slide will come back much easier because it has less spring tension \
to overcome.)
Release the slide. The recoil spring (83) pulls it forward. The front \
breechblock face
of the slide strips the cartridge from 
between the magazine lips and chambers it. The
extractor (66) set in the face of the breechblock, snaps into the extr\
acting groove of the
cartridge case.
FIRING  OPERATION
Hold the weapon firmly. Pressure on the trigger (19) will free the ham\
mer (06) from
2the sear (14) to permit the hammer spring (09) pushing upward on the strut (which is 
						

							attached to the hammer) to rock the hammer forward on its axis (11) t\
o strike the firingpin (70) mounted in its slot in the slide. The firing pin will  fly forward to strike and fire the
cartridge in the chamber.
When the powder in the cartridge case is ignited by the primer it genera\
tes a huge
volume of gas. This gas expands in all directions, but as the least resi\
stance is offered
by the bullet directly ahead of it, it starts the bullet down the barrel 
(61), the gas pressure
following along after it during its travel. Meanwhile, the outward thrus\
t of the gases press
the brass cartridge case  firmly against the walls of the firing chamber, preventing gas
from leaking back past the cartridge case.
The backward thrust of the gases inside the cartridge case press the cas\
e back
against the breechblock which, in these pistols, is part of the slide. The barrel and slide are locked together 
by the locking ribs on the top of the barrel
which engage slots in the underside of the slide. They remain securely locked together during the moment of high breech pressure. They go back for a short dist\
ance firmly
locked together.
As the bullet leaves the barrel and the chamber pressure falls to safe l\
imits, the
resilient brass case contracts to its normal size, moving 
away from the walls of the firing
chamber. The barrel, swinging backwards on its link, which is firmly att\
ached to the frame
by the slide stop pin passing through it, is forced downward by the cont\
inuing rearward
motion. The rear of the barrel strikes against its stop in the frame and\
 its reaward action
is halted: while the slide continues on backwards in a straight line in \
its grooves in the
frame. The extractor, mounted in the breechblock face, carries the empty cartridge case
out of the firing chamber with it.
When the breechblock end of the slide passes completely over the mouth of the
magazine below, the ejection port in the right-hand side of the slide is fully exposed. 
						

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At thispoint the cartridge case strikes against the ejector in the frame\
 which frees it from
the extractor and hurls it out the right-top-side of the pistol.The barrel bushing (78) around the muzzle of the barrel, which also lo\
cks and
supports the recoil spring plug (84), presses back against the plug to compress the recoil
spring (83) below the barrel over the recoil spring guide (80). This stores up energy for
return movement of the slide.
The momentum of the slide strikes the hammer a sharp blow, driving it ba\
ck to the
full-cock position where the sear spring (16) forces the point of the \
sear (14) into the
notch on the hammer  to hold it at full-cock.
As the hammer (06) rocks back on its axis (11), it forces down the strut which\
 is
attached to it and the bottom of the strut, being mounted in the hammer spring \
plunger
(10) above the hammer spring (09) in the grip, thrust downward to compress the hammer
spring to provide energy for the next forward motion of the hammer.
At the  first rearward motion of the slide, the beveled niche in the underside o\
f
the slide exerts pressure on the rounded head of the interrupter (25), forcing it down
against  the sear bar  (23) to diesengage it from the tail of the sear (14) while finger
pressure on the trigger is maintained.
The fore-end of the sear bar (23) presses against the trigger plunger \
(22) which
returns the trigger to firin position, under the pressure of its spring (21)\
 to permit
engagement of the sear (14) when the slide next goes forward to the fully closed position
and finger pressure  on the trigger is momentarily released.
The magazine spring (56) forces the follower (54) up, pressing the c\
artridges inside
the magazine  well against the magazine retaining lips so that the head of the top cartridg\
e
is  in direct line with  the breechblock which will strip it forward into the firing chamber
when  the slide again goes forward. 
						

							When the magazine has been emptied, the slide stop (41) engages the sl\
ide and
holds it open, thus serving as an indicator to remind the shooter that t\
he empty magazine
must be replaced by a loaded one.
Pressing down the slide stop will depress the magazine follower and perm\
it the
slide to go forward. If a loaded magazine is inserted before the slide s\
top is depressed,
this forward motion of the slide will load the firing chamber, leaving the pistol ready for
inmediate action.
SAFETIES
A thumb safety (36) is provided, which when at its topmost position, positively locks\
the hammer and slide.
TO DISASSEMBLE THE PISTOL FOR CLEANING PURPOSES
1.First, check to be sure that there is no cartridge left in the firing ch\
amber. Depress
the magazine catch button (29) on the left side of the pistol back of \
the trigger, and
withdraw magazine.
2.Push the recoil spring plug (84) below the barrel muzzle inward with t\
he index finger
of the right hand (or butt of magazine) far enough to permit the barre\
l bushing (78)
which locks the barrel to be turned to the right until the plug goes for\
ward under
the tension of the recoil spring. (Care should be taken not to let the \
plug to jump
away). (See fig. 3 and 4). 
						

							3.        Cock the hammer. Pull the slide back until the rear edge of the smaller \
recess in thelower edge of the slide is even with the rear end of the slide stop. Pre\
ss the index
finger of the right hand against the end of the slide stop which protude\
s from the
opposite side of the frame obove the trigger guard and pull out the slid\
e stop
(See fig. 5).
4.  As this slide stop is the medium by which the barrel link and slide are locked to the
frame, withdrawing it releases the barrel and slide assembly, which may then together
be drawn from the frame, carrying also the recoil spring, recoil spring \
guide and
barrel bushing. (See fig. 6).
5.     The barrel bushing, recoil spring and its guide may now be pulled out of the slide.\
 (See fig. 7).
6.The barrel may then be drawn out if the link is tilted forward (See fig. 8).
This is all the disassembling necessary to properly clean the pistol.
TO REASSEMBLE THE PISTOL AFTER CLEANING
Reverse this procedure. When replacing slide on frame, pull slide back s\
o that the
6barrel link lines up with the hole from which the slide stop was removed\
. 
						

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