{"id":17992,"date":"2018-11-25T06:34:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T12:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/colt-checks-out-the-spanish-wondernine-the-star-30pk\/"},"modified":"2018-11-25T06:34:34","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T12:34:34","slug":"colt-checks-out-the-spanish-wondernine-the-star-30pk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/colt-checks-out-the-spanish-wondernine-the-star-30pk\/","title":{"rendered":"Colt Checks out the Spanish Wondernine: the Star 30PK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p267brRpAP8?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/colt-checks-out-the-spanish-wondernine-the-star-30pk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/colt-checks-out-the-spanish-wondernine-the-star-30pk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Star entered the Wondernine era in 1978 with their Model 28 pistol, a double action 9mm offering with 15-round magazines. It was one of the entrants in the first round of US military XM-9 trials, but unfortunately for Star was beat out by the Beretta 92. Star took feedback on its gun from the commercial market, and revised a number of small elements to create the Model 30, released in 1981. A few years later (in 1986), the Colt company purchased 20 Stars &#8211; 10 30Ms and 10 30PKs &#8211; for \u201cinternal review\u201d to see if they might be interested in manufacturing the design. They decided not to, and sold the guns off to Colt employees not much later.<\/p>\n<p>A quick designation guide to the Star 28\/30\/31 series; M indicated a military pattern with a full length slide, P indicates a Police pattern with a shorter slide, and K indicated an aluminum alloy frame instead of the standard steel frame.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>Forgotten Weapons<br \/>PO Box 87647<br \/>Tucson, AZ 85754<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/colt-checks-out-the-spanish-wondernine-the-star-30pk\/ http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons Star entered the Wondernine era in 1978 with their Model 28 pistol, a double action 9mm offering with 15-round magazines. It was one of the entrants in the first round of US military XM-9 trials, but unfortunately for Star was beat out by the Beretta 92. 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