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07/19/2005: "Early Stars Defined"

I update this site when you all bug me about it, bascially. Well, I got a couple of emails from readers calling me on inaccuracies in the pre-1920 page. Took a little while to parse all the info I had collected over the years, but in the end I split it into two sections.

Now we have the Pre-1920 page covering the Mannlicher derived pistols Star actually designed and built up thru the early 20s (after that, they switched to the Colt-Browning inspired designs) and another page for the Izarra pistols, which were simply contract work Ruby pistols, which were of course clones of the Browning 1903.

Aside from defining the differences, I have a lot of photos, diagrams of the Mannlicher pistol operating system, some data on other Ruby contractors (I get a lot of questions about these) and, well really that's about it. I also have exposed my lack of info on a number of the early pistols. So if you have a super-early star, check the pre-1920 page and if I have no photo, tell me all about it and send a photo or scan if you can.