STI trojan report (sort of)

[LastManStanding]

Well after two weeks of shooting and fighting with my new STI trojan I can honestly say it is the best and worst gun I've ever owned so far. I took it out and fire about 3 boxes through it on the first weekend.

I had no less than 2 FTE's. The internal extractor seemed a bit tricky but I did notice this problem has gone away once the chamber had about 300 rds through it. (I hope at least) Also I had two incidents where the slide just locked back and got stuck. In the first incident I had put tons of oil/lubricant (hoppes #9) and the carbon got mixed in with that causing the slide to lock.The guys at H & H took it apart and cleaned some of the oil off and it worked great after that.


On the second incident I'm not sure why it locked. The official diagnosis was too little oil in which the slide locked back. At this point I was pretty pissed since I only had 150-200 rds through the gun. I took the gun apart at gunworld and the guys there suggested I use Militec.(after suggesting I take the gun back and call it a lemon.) Once I took the gun apart and looked at everything it appeared that everyhting was normal. I had no abnormal wear or tear on the metal itself and nothing obvious was malfunctioning.


I put some of the Militec on it and took it back out onto the range. I was almost to the point of taking it back but after the militec the gun functioned perfectly. I got no more slide locking and put another 300 rds through that day. I also had no more FTF or FTE's. The gun is also deathly accurate and feels like a dream. I couldn't imagine turning it in after it got going.

I think that the failures were caused mostly by the gun breaking in and the extremely low tolerances of the STI 1911. I am still in the breaking in period but I think the worst is behind me. I really do love this gun and would defintely buy another STI. I guess after owning glocks for so long you just get used to not having any breaking in or misfires they just work everytime as do 1911's (after the initial trouble).

Also I knew the guys at gunworld didn't believe it to be a lemon when they were gently coaxing me into trading it in for a Colt trophy Match. One of the guys that worked there told me after we got back out onto the range that they would be fighting over who in the store would get the gun if I'd have traded it in...

[1911Sooner]

I almost bought one from H&H but they had one for rental so I did that first. I had a lot of jams as well but wrote it off to mainly being a rental gun. It didn't shoot as good as my Springfields though and that was the main reason I decided against it.

[J.P.]

What is this "break in" period that you speak of?
Inquisitively yours,
Glock shooter.
;)

[bfoster]

Close tolerance pistols aren't inherently subject to "break in" issues- provided that the design is good, and that highly skilled craftsmen fit them up without compromise.

Close tolerances combined with manufacturing management directing that the workers "watch the clock" in order to meet a given price point in the market can, and often do create this sort of problem. The irony is that the purchaser/shooter usually pays more (in ammunition costs) than he/she'd pay for a little more attention to detail at the factory.

Oh well, it can be enjoyable to shoot a thousand or fifteen hundred rounds and see the pistol improve....

Bob

[GMThunder]

What is this "break in" period that you speak of?

What is this Kaboom you speak of??
Sincerely, 1911 shooter.

:D

[J.P.]

What is this Kaboom you speak of??
Sincerely, 1911 shooter.

:D

Internet hysteria.
:)

[GMThunder]

Internet hysteria.
:)

I thought that's what we were talking about. :D