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Spain's Guardia Civil used BM's up through about 1990 or so as did many other police agencies in Europe and Latin America. For the Interarms imports, Star reworked all these trade-ins prior to selling them to Interarms. Most imports in the US are arms that were traded in by various Spanish military branches to Star for exchange for newer model 28/30M and 28/30PK pistols. There have been at least four importers of ex-Spanish BMs to the United States: Garcia Sporting Arms, Interarms, PW Arms, and Century International Arms. The slide cocking serrations are also reduced in number on these later pistols. At approximately this same serial number a few other shortcuts were used to expedite production – a shorter rollmark/slide legend, coarser polish limited to the side of the slide and frame, and all the small parts were given a bead blast matte finish.
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After serial number 1,560,901 in 1981, all BM pistols were fitted with a ramped and serrated front sight. In general, earlier pieces were more highly polished and later ones were more of a matte finish. The pistols were made without mechanical variation throughout that period, but there may be a lot of different cosmetic variations depending on agency issue and commercial sales.
#Star pistol rhodesia serial numbers#
BM serial numbers ranged from 1,226,501 to somewhere around 1,982,884. A total of 217,682 Star BM pistols were made between 19.