

Neither of these work if you left the magazine safety in. For either one, the floorplate mates with the bottom of the grip in a way that some find slightly ugly, but it does work just fine. The Smith mags do have a hump at the front to prevent their insertion in their 9 mm pistols, but this could presumably be pushed in or filed away (I have never done so myself).
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40 caliber magazines for the 40xx series of pistols will work the same way. Many aftermarket magazines are somewhat squarer on the front, so will not fit in the Star pistols. Note that this only applies to magazines of exact factory configuration. The 28/30/31 series can use Smith & Wesson 59xx (eg: 5906, 5946) magazines with no modification. While many Star firearms have small, annoying changes between series, it seems that the Models 1920, 21 and 22 all use the same magazine.
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45 caliber magazines appear to work in 10 mm guns, and do yield the full 14-shot capacity. When Interarms imported the 10 mm pistols to the US, they usually (possibly always) welded a strip of steel to the inside of the magazine tube, inexplicably limiting the capacity to 12 shots. Star magazines with the short floorplate will work in the Iver Johnson and FI guns, but to use the thick baseplate magazines in the Star pistols would require reverting to the original floorplates, if you could find some. However, the magazine body is the same size on all guns. It fits into cutouts in the frame and grip panels. The Iver Johnson and FI versions of this pistol use a new style of floorplate, with large grooves on the side. D-Series, Including Colt and Iver Johnson Pony and FI Model D Some people have made them work, but they will wobble around and may not function correctly. P-Seriesĭespite the apparent similarities (and my previous claims) Colt 1911 magazines are not the same size as P and PD magazines. Try to get magazines intended for your pistol until you are sure what else fits. Some readers have had problems getting B or B-super magazines to work in BM and BKM pistols. There are small dimensional differences between the magazines on some of the B-series pistols.

If you have any information (a new tip, a reliability issue or confirmation, etc.) please email me. The following is a list of all the magazine tricks and tips I know about (and one or two revoked tips). Buying or Modifying Magazines for Star Pistols These are always to be preferred, and aftermarket mags are often not quite as good. It is still possible to buy magazines still in Star (or Interarms, etc) packaging. But most people don't shoot much, and Star believed everyone should have a spare mag or thee, so made plenty. Magazines are getting hard to come by now, with some unavailable, and many starting to command fairly high prices. Star has been out of business for over 20 years now, and many of the classic guns were not made for decades before that.
