Jorge: That is undoubtedly the answer. Numrich probably purchased a batch of useless parts left as "dead inventory" because after only few hundred guns, the Firestar was extensively redesigned and many of the early parts could not be adapted. The slides and frames of the early version, for example, were quite different, though Star did salvage the frames by grinding off part of the trigger guard.
Something similar happened with the Star Model 110 .22 rifle, except that only a few prototypes were assembled before the project ran into irremediable trouble. Numrich bought all of those parts, too, and tried to market them in the USA as DIY "kits". Of course, if Star could not make them work satisfactorily, there was little prospect that a "kitchen table gunsmith" could succeed, either.
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