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Here are the other photos from the project. I started by completely disassembling the pistol and giving it a thorough sonic cleaning. While taking it apart, I discovered quite a bit of rust, so I went to work with my Dremel and those fantastic steel wool Dremel balls (great Amazon find). Needless to say, I got the rust off!
I was originally planning to try my hand at traditional bluing, but I decided to go with KG Industries GunKote instead. That’s where I ended up, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

Mark

Hey everyone,
I bought a pretty rough derelict Star Firestar Plus — lots of rust and grime, definitely a project gun. Rather than restoring the factory bluing, I went with new internal parts and refinished it in KG Industries GunKote.
I know some folks prefer keeping these old Spanish pistols original, so I’m opening myself up to criticism here. Curious what you think — solid modernization or did I go too far?
Appreciate any feedback!

Mark