Geezer Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I have recently purchased a custom 2011 Limited gun and am trying to ascertain it's age. It has a full dust cover, no markings on the slide. The only markings on the frame are Left side: 2011, Ser. # EM 176X Bottom of Dust Cover: STI International Austin Texas USA No other markings. I spoke to tech support at STI but it predates their computer database so they couldn't help me. I'm wondering if any one has a similar gun with this approximate ser. # and knows it's dob, or has owned it for at least 20 years. Also interested in knowing when the 2011 was first introduced. Thanks Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mda Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) Can't help with the age of your gun but see the following link for the history of the 2011 development. The 2011 design was introduced at the shot show in 1992 by Trip Reasearch inc. and several years later was renamed STI international. History of the 2011 development MDA Edited January 23, 2012 by mda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Can't help with the age of your gun but see the following link for the history of the 2011 development. The 2011 design was introduced at the shot show in 1992 by Trip Reasearch inc. and several years later was renamed STI international. History of the 2011 development MDA Thanks for the link. Very interesting read. So I gather the original 2011 was not an STI product. I'm still very interested to find the approximate date of manufacture of my STI the details of which are in the OP. Any help will be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Also, the first ones were sold by Chip McCormick and had CMC on the grips. Somewhat of a collectors item by now. I had one of the first ones and they only came with one mag and you could not get any others for awhile. Also, it was just the frame kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippSpeed Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) I had the same question about the age of my STI Edge... All I did was contact STI International and they gladly looked it up for me ... dang it ... should have read the rest of your post. sorry Edited February 1, 2012 by RippSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hostetter Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Actually the 1st one's were sold by Tripp and marked "TRI" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake32 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 i have a tripp marked tri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Give Virgil a call can see if he has any data on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I have one that is in the SK 5700 range and I got it in 96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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