New STI Spartans

[Correia]

Okay, here is the scoop on the new Spartans. I've received a bunch of PMs asking for specifics.

The slides and frames are from Armscor.

All other parts are STI standard parts.

They will be assembled in Texas.

The finish is a matte Parkerizing.

Retail is going to be somewhere in the low $600 range.

Yes, I can get them on the group buy. PM me for the group buy price.

 

[longhorngunman]

Thanks for the update! If you get some pics of them please post them here.

 

[Correia]

No pictures as of yet. I imagine it will look something like a parkerized Trojan.

 

[ugaarguy]

Update from ARMSCOR/RIA REP

I went over forums.m1911.org and got Ivan Walcott's e-mail adress. Ivan is the US rep for Armscor/RIA, and actively posts on the m1911 forum. After a few e-mails back and forth he told me that the Spartans will have Armscor/RIA cast frames and forged slides, some Armscor/RIA and some STI Internals. This was my first time dealing with Ivan, but I had read many positive comments about him previously. I can now personally tell you that he was very prompt and curteous in his responses. He's a great guy to deal with.

 

[Whirlwind06]

Does that mean that new RIA 1911's will have forged slides also?
In the past I'm pretty sure they used cast slides.

 

[longhorngunman]

Hmm, forged slide and cast frame, just like the STI Trojan. If the fit and finish is good, these should be some excellent 1911's for the money.

 

[ugaarguy]

Whirlwind, in our correspondence Ivan did say that all newer Armscor/RIA slides forged, to include the "GI" model. I did not ask for a specific time frame on when "newer" guns started to ship.