C&R · IV · 205
Star AD, BD, MD & PD selective-fire pistols
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 87 ↗
STAR, Models AD, BD, MD, and PD, selective fire pistols, any cal., produced prior to 1953.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1952 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “produced prior to 1953”
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 87 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Star Model B” ↗, maker: Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A.
- 2. star-firearms.com ↗, years: Star Firearms (collector reference site), Machine Pistols: classic-era Star pistols made as selective-fire "machine-pistols" with a "D" suffix (MD, PD); "Reportedly, fewer than 8,000 of all automatic (D) variants were sold between 1930 and 1952"; Star's automatic-fire patent 116,773 granted 11 February 1930; agrees with ATF's "prior to 1953"
- 3. Wikipedia, “Star Model B” ↗, country: infobox origin Spain; Star Bonifacio Echeverría, S.A. made all the classic Star pistols the D variants are built on
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → High. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Star 9 mm (6825678592).jpg” by Askild Antonsen, CC BY 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Star Model B”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Star Model B is a single-action semi-automatic pistol that fires the 9 mm Parabellum pistol cartridge. It was produced by Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A. in Spain as a derivative of the Star Model A in 9x23mm Largo. It is visually similar to and inspired by the M1911 series of pistols, however it is mechanically different in several ways.