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I recently read an article about STI winning a contract. I can't find the article and wanted to reread that article. I thought it was Border Patrol special operations group but cant remember. The gun was a STI 9mm 2011 with optional RDS
Anyone familiar?
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I believe it was USMS SOG.
ETA: And I think LAPD SWAT has gone to STI, as well.
Last edited by MountainRaven; 08-14-19 at 19:08.
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Correct MountainRaven. US Marshals SOG and LAPD Metro has approved the STI.
STI seems to be actively pursuing the LE market and making the changes required to make inroads. The pistol has real promise for a dedicated end user.
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Bingo, that’s it. Gracias. Now I just need to find article.
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Long Beach SWAT has also evaluated an STI and seems to have liked it.
https://stiguns.com/longbeach-swat-e...-sti-tactical/
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That guys info mercial before he started talking about the gun hurt my brain. I am looking into these guns but break it down quicker. Jesus.Originally Posted by ggammell
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A truly reliable double stack 9mm 1911 based gun has been sort of the holy grail/ best of all possible worlds pistol for a long time. The issue was no one had been able to produce such a pistol consistently and or without a lot of personal tweaking. Apparently that barrier has been broken. My understanding was the first company to really pull that off was Wilson as well as making short barreled 1911's reliable, which makes some sense.
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I'm going to be THAT GUY:
Why did they not just get Glock and put the rest towards salary or something?
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I think that is a valid question. The Glock as a platform has a ton to offer, ease of maintenance, sim pistols for FoF, magazines are really affordable, etc when looking at it as a duty gun. I have no experience shooting the STI's or 1911's other than my MC Operator, but I would really be interested in a gun with that trigger and reliability and mag capacity like a Glock. Yeah, I'd have to find a Safariland basketweave holster ($180) and I'd buy more mags (3x ~$50), but for a SWAT/LE duty gun I am interested in buying performance, and developing the skill to go along with that.
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