Star Model MMS

Excellent & Scarce Star Model MMS Semi-Auto Pistol with Original Box & Stock serial #1197681, 30 Mauser, 5” barrel with a bright excellent bore. The metal surfaces of this lovely and desirable 1972-made pistol retain about 99% original blue showing just a few very thin scratches and faint edge wear along the left side of the slide. The bottom of the frame around the model designation shows the familiar “Pedro Bello” information lightly scratched in small letters. The polished trigger and breech area of the barrel remain mostly bright and brilliant, the trigger with a few minor brown speckles. The hammer retains all of its lovely vibrant case-hardened colors and the extractor shows fine straw color. The original checkered brown synthetic grips remain in excellent condition. The action seems to function well mechanically and one original 8-round magazine is included. Also included is an original factory wooden combination shoulder stock and holster that unsurprisingly shows a different assembly number than the pistol “149” versus “281” and it exhibits a little side-to-side play when installed. The stock rates otherwise excellent showing just a few small dings along the edges of the butt. The red and black box remains in very good condition and has been covered almost completely in reinforcing cellophane tape; there is some light flaking and scuffs to be expected and the lid is correctly end-labeled and numbered matching the pistol. The box contains the original manual and rather humorous gun safety pamphlet. Essentially all of these pistols have mismatched stocks aside from a batch of 60 that were purchased directly from the factory by Mr. Bello. The “mismatched” batch of pistols were separated from their stocks prior to importation with the pistols being sold to Mr. Bello by Interarms and the stocks being imported by a separate entity altogether. They then presumably found each other again later on the commercial market. Most of this model was sold commercially in Pakistan where it was rather popular but still only 1,174 Model MMS pistols were produced in total. A lovely and much sought-after Star pistol for the modern arms collector.