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Last Friday, my tax return hit my bank account. The first thing I did was call my FFL. I ordered an STI Spartan IV in 9mm. My first 1911. I couldn't wait for it to come in, I was like a kid on Christmas eve all week. I've been looking at getting into the 1911 world for a while, but funds really only allow one gun per year right now.
Fast forward to yesterday. I get a call from my guy. "It's in! Come pick her up!".
My FFL is roughly an hour away, and I made it there in 40 minutes flat. We filled out the paperwork as I fondled and gazed at my new carry piece.
Beautiful, isn't it?
Now, the Hate part. I took it to the range the same day (yesterday). I had 300 rounds of 115 gr. WWB, 50 rounds of Winchester 147gr. hollow points, and 50 rounds of federal 115gr.
First two shots were literally touching each other and knocking out the "x" at 10 yards. This gun can definitely shoot better than I can.
And then I shot the third shot... and my slide locked back. Weird, cause I filled the mags to their 9 round capacity. I looked, and it had not extracted the spent brass, and the next round was trying to chamber.
This repeated itself for the next 250 rounds, on and off. Sometimes I'd be able to get up to 5 rounds without a failure, but then it might do it 9 times in a row.
I had my father-in-law look at it, and he took out the extractor. It was literally caked on with crud, and had a little bit of surface rust on it. We cleaned it up, and took a brush to get the rust off. Everything looked good, so we put it back together.
Took it to the range again this morning, to make sure all was right. Except, it was doing the same thing again. Not better, not worse, just the exact same.
Now, I don't want to bash STI, because they were closed when I called them, so I haven't had a chance to talk to them, and they haven't had a chance to make this right. Everything I've heard about them tells me they will definitely make this right, though.
I've got to call them Monday, and talk to them.
I'm just extremely disappointed, and a little upset, because I was so excited.
But, I figured I'd post it up and share my experience.
I'll update when I talk to STI, and when/if they fix it.
Fast forward to yesterday. I get a call from my guy. "It's in! Come pick her up!".
My FFL is roughly an hour away, and I made it there in 40 minutes flat. We filled out the paperwork as I fondled and gazed at my new carry piece.
Beautiful, isn't it?
Now, the Hate part. I took it to the range the same day (yesterday). I had 300 rounds of 115 gr. WWB, 50 rounds of Winchester 147gr. hollow points, and 50 rounds of federal 115gr.
First two shots were literally touching each other and knocking out the "x" at 10 yards. This gun can definitely shoot better than I can.
And then I shot the third shot... and my slide locked back. Weird, cause I filled the mags to their 9 round capacity. I looked, and it had not extracted the spent brass, and the next round was trying to chamber.
This repeated itself for the next 250 rounds, on and off. Sometimes I'd be able to get up to 5 rounds without a failure, but then it might do it 9 times in a row.
I had my father-in-law look at it, and he took out the extractor. It was literally caked on with crud, and had a little bit of surface rust on it. We cleaned it up, and took a brush to get the rust off. Everything looked good, so we put it back together.
Took it to the range again this morning, to make sure all was right. Except, it was doing the same thing again. Not better, not worse, just the exact same.
Now, I don't want to bash STI, because they were closed when I called them, so I haven't had a chance to talk to them, and they haven't had a chance to make this right. Everything I've heard about them tells me they will definitely make this right, though.
I've got to call them Monday, and talk to them.
I'm just extremely disappointed, and a little upset, because I was so excited.
But, I figured I'd post it up and share my experience.
I'll update when I talk to STI, and when/if they fix it.