STI currently employs 69 folks to build their guns, with the employees being cross-trained on different aspects of building their guns. I inquired as to whether or not STI still has their custom shop, because I recently noticed on their website that the custom shop was not accepting new orders. I was told that, in fact, STI does not have a custom shop anymore, and the two gunsmiths who used to build the custom-order guns were now working to help build their stock s.
So, the days of custom STI builds are of the past and you will have to send your gun to someone else for customization, should you so choose.
The bluing for STIs is also not done in house, although Dustin did mention that something is in the works to bring that process back in house. The magazines for STI guns are also not made in house. The DVC O, their race gun, was described by one of the ladies as looking like something out of Star Trek or Star Wars with the compensated barrel and frame-mounted red dot. As we were finishing up our one-hour-long tour, one of the ladies asked if STI test fired their guns before shipping them out for sale.
Dustin told us that yes, each gun is test fired in the CONEX behind one of the warehouses, and that three magazines of ammo are run through each gun. They have been putting out a LOT of really bad stuff for quite some time. You can do a quick search and find many examples that run the gamut from improperly fit barrels to front sights installed backwards and just about everything you can imagine in between.
And to add insult to injury, some of the responses received from your customer service people are pretty darn ridiculous as well. Hopefully someone there recognizes this is an issue and is doing something about it.
I believe if memory serves me correctly, any imported foreign part must clearly be marked from the country of origin. Some specific parts are exempt, but I think firearms parts meet the requirement.
I think that import law is still in effect. STI is under new ownership and management. We currently make our own slides and frames from raw stock in house. Our new owners, and management our addressing the QC issues of the past, as well as the customer service issues that plagued the company in the past I brought him to our factory, and had him meet with our senior master gunsmith, who then took care of the customers pistol on the spot for him.
The new management is mostly veterans, as are several other new employees, and to include myself who is a retired Marine Gunny. We do care where our parts come from, do care about our quality control, do care about making an American firearm, and do care about our customers and dealers.
And yes those import laws are still in effect, which is why the ATF required dasan markings on the partially finished frames that have been called into question on this forum and on the USN forum. I most certainly would tell you if we were still using some overseas outsourced parts on our guns as honesty is the best policy, and you can get a list from dasan on the companies they have supplied parts to recently, to include remington, sig, springfield, glock, etc Our current lineup are made in house at Georgetown Texas, and are all hand-fit by a single gunsmith , not made on an assembly line, and are inspected by our master gunsmiths before shipping To prove what I am saying since my honesty and integrity has been called into question on this matter, we will be creating some video content in the near future that shows STI's production process from raw stock to finished product at our factories in Georgetown.
Who is the CEO now? I look forward to seeing the new and improved STI lineup! I assure you his only concern is producing a high quality, American made product! I would not have accepted his job offer to come on board if I did not believe that his intentions were true I was making way more money contracting! Nate is the managing director of Westwind Investors He has a lot on his plate, I agree with Sarge I hope he turns STI around, we will all benefit.
I just bought it from Dawson Precision. Would save me from buying a Cabot, haha. I brought him to our factory, and had him meet with our senior master gunsmith , who then took care of the customers pistol on the spot for him. Our current lineup are made in house at Georgetown Texas, and are all hand-fit by a single gunsmith , not made on an assembly line, and are inspected by our master gunsmith s before shipping Thanks for the info. It's helpful to know what's going on with the company and good to know that people there actually care about what they're doing.
Hopefully you can turn it around. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Today, STI manufactures a full range of double stack pistols based on its modular frame, in a variety of calibers such as 9mm Parabellum ,. STI also manufactures a full line of parts for pistols, such as modular frame kits which are used by gunsmiths to build complete guns , slides, barrels, compensators, triggers, hammers, thumb and grip safeties, slide stops, firing pins, guide rods, magazine wells, magazines, and scope mounts.
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