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<blockquote data-quote="LightningCrash" data-source="post: 1068331" data-attributes="member: 4278"><p>By Duane Thomas</p><p></p><p>STIs aptly named Spartan 1911 is intended to give shooters a custom quality gun at a price the average shooter is actually willing and able to spend. Thus, the Spartan is priced at $660 MSRP. A major factor allowing STI to offer this gun at that price is that there are no options available. None. You can have a Spartan one way: one finish, one set of sights, in one caliber, etc. This is in contrast to STIs other 1911 lines like the Trojan in which, when ordering, you can spec out exactly the gun you want. The Spartan is chambered for .45 ACP; its available as a full-sized, five-inch barreled, carbon steel, single stack, Government Model 1911. Period.</p><p></p><p>Esthetically, the STI Spartan is a drab gun. Its finish is Parkerized, the grips feature seriously pedestrian grain, the front sight has an orange fiber optic insert, and the rear is the Italian LPA adjustable.</p><p></p><p>The heart of the Spartan .45 (what youre really buying) is the slide-to-frame to barrel fit, and in this area the Spartan delivers, Theres no movement in any of these areas with the gun in battery, either laterally or vertically. STIs goal with the Spartan was to provide a custom level of slide/frame/barrel fit at a non-custom price. I have never before seen a fit like this on anything but an expensive custom gun, much less a piece in the Spartans price range.</p><p></p><p>The slide, frame and barrel are made by Armscor in the Philippines. All the other parts except the [PA sight) are made by STI, which ships them overseas; <strong>the guns are built by Armscor, then sent back to STI.</strong> At that point, the Spartans are given to STIs quality control people who go over them with a fine-tooth comb, If a problem is found, typically its easier for STI to fix it in house; Spartans very rarely go hack to the Philippines once theyre here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LightningCrash, post: 1068331, member: 4278"] By Duane Thomas STIs aptly named Spartan 1911 is intended to give shooters a custom quality gun at a price the average shooter is actually willing and able to spend. Thus, the Spartan is priced at $660 MSRP. A major factor allowing STI to offer this gun at that price is that there are no options available. None. You can have a Spartan one way: one finish, one set of sights, in one caliber, etc. This is in contrast to STIs other 1911 lines like the Trojan in which, when ordering, you can spec out exactly the gun you want. The Spartan is chambered for .45 ACP; its available as a full-sized, five-inch barreled, carbon steel, single stack, Government Model 1911. Period. Esthetically, the STI Spartan is a drab gun. Its finish is Parkerized, the grips feature seriously pedestrian grain, the front sight has an orange fiber optic insert, and the rear is the Italian LPA adjustable. The heart of the Spartan .45 (what youre really buying) is the slide-to-frame to barrel fit, and in this area the Spartan delivers, Theres no movement in any of these areas with the gun in battery, either laterally or vertically. STIs goal with the Spartan was to provide a custom level of slide/frame/barrel fit at a non-custom price. I have never before seen a fit like this on anything but an expensive custom gun, much less a piece in the Spartans price range. The slide, frame and barrel are made by Armscor in the Philippines. All the other parts except the [PA sight) are made by STI, which ships them overseas; [b]the guns are built by Armscor, then sent back to STI.[/b] At that point, the Spartans are given to STIs quality control people who go over them with a fine-tooth comb, If a problem is found, typically its easier for STI to fix it in house; Spartans very rarely go hack to the Philippines once theyre here. [/QUOTE]
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