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Hey THR!

I had a situation a couple of weeks ago with my STI .45 which centered around a broken extractor. I was on the range and all of a sudden, my STI Ranger stopped extracting spent cartridges. It would feed, go bang but fail to even begin pulling the casing when the slide would cycle.

So after this happened a couple of times I inspected my pistol and discovered that the lip on the extractor had been sheared off. Range session over. So I took it to the local "1911 specialty" shop :rolleyes: where the smithy told me he didn't have the part but couls order one and install it for $40.. Uh, no thanks.

The next day (monday) I called STI (www.stiguns.com) in Georgetown (God Bless Texas) and told the guy what happened with the extractor. Very friendly and helpful. He asked me what model I had, my name and address and told me the new extractor would be in the mail that afternoon!!

So a couple/few of days later, a visit to the mail box yielded a padded envelope with a brand new extractor. So with a sense of adventure, reckless ambition and two tiny screwdrivers, I cured my .45 of it's broken extractor for nothin..

This isn't the first time they've treated this STI owner well. STI is busy earning a customer-for-life with me.
 
Hard to say. I got it used. but I had put a couple thousand through it to that point. I have it on pretty good authority that it had belonged to a vice cop before I owned it. I have no idea how many rounds in all it had seen.

Is there an average expected lifespan for that part?
 
After a trip to STI's facilty, owning, shooting, and working on a slew of STI products, I have formed the humble opinion that STI manufactures the highest quality handguns of any major manufacturer.



I am not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get by where it is spoken.
 
I have 4 STIs. One of them just had the slide go back and should be back here tomorrow in the mail. It wasn't for anything defective though, it was just for them to swap out the rear sight. They put a rear night sight on it when it was supposed to be an adjustable standard rear sight. I won't be able to comment on if they actually did what I wanted them to do until tomorrow when I get the slide back.

The only headache I had dealing with them was that they wanted me to give them the name of the salesperson my LGS ordered through. The LGS didn't know... and neither did I. They finally just gave me an RA number after the 3rd call explaining the situation. I've only had the guns for a month.

I can't comment on the quality of the guns other than superficially. They do seem well made to my untrained eyes though.
 
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