konkapot Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Found cracks in mine yesterday. This is the newer/improved version. Cracks were on both sides, directly behind the trigger and roughly parallel to the trigger face. Round count was about 15k. Not a customer service complaint, just letting the enosverse know. Will call STI tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Limited or open gun??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konkapot Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Limited. 14lb recoil spring. Most ammo between 165-170pf. No shok buff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 John,,you gripping that thing to hard !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaeOne3345 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I cracked mine a few months back. STI offered to replace it but I lost faith in the product and asked for a few plastic grips in return. Sold the spare I had as well. (Yea, I bought two!) It is just way too thin above the mag catch area for a material that doesn't flex. It felt awesome in my small hands, but they need to beef it up. Now looking into a steel option from PT. I cracked mine on one of my limited guns. 170 PF ammo. I was running a 12.5 ISMI recoil spring during that time, with no shock buff, and a very light slide. Mine slipped on and required no fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudden Death Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) I cracked mine a few months back. STI offered to replace it but I lost faith in the product and asked for a few plastic grips in return. Sold the spare I had as well. (Yea, I bought two!)It is just way too thin above the mag catch area for a material that doesn't flex. It felt awesome in my small hands, but they need to beef it up. Now looking into a steel option from PT. P / T aluminum grip is beefier in the area that you speak of. Dean Markos has been running one for awhile now, he has tried to break it and has had no luck in doing so, but steel is nice too, good luck Edited November 12, 2013 by Sudden Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjipsc Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Why not go with the SV steel grip. Don't think they are breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Suffered hammer follow mid stage today. Found the sear spring grove on my STI aluminum grip. This thing has ~1K rounds on it. 6" limited 40 s&w.. Anybody seen this before?? Seems like a pretty low tension area to have just blow out mid mag??? I don't even dry fire with this gun... I love the feel of this over the polymer.. Haven't called STI yet to see if I'm out a few bills, Any suggestions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rack&roll Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Wow! Hope that doesn't happen to my STI aluminum grip! I probably have only 500 rds through mine so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konkapot Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 I had one come with that slot milled/cut way too small. I....very very gently....tried to open it up with a small file. Bottom piece broke off and looked just like yours. "Fortunately" it was cracked in the usual places. Sent it back to STI and they sent me another new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPRSkip Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Suffered hammer follow mid stage today. Found the sear spring grove on my STI aluminum grip. This thing has ~1K rounds on it. 6" limited 40 s&w.. Anybody seen this before?? Seems like a pretty low tension area to have just blow out mid mag??? I don't even dry fire with this gun... I love the feel of this over the polymer.. Haven't called STI yet to see if I'm out a few bills, Any suggestions?? Same problem here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuk Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Mine cracked, same place. sent it back and they offered to replace. Not sure I will do it again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Good to know I'm not the only case. And yes, this slot was tight on mine when I slid the spring tab in but I did not need to modify it.. I have a contact name now so we'll see what STI will do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPRSkip Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Good to know I'm not the only case. And yes, this slot was tight on mine when I slid the spring tab in but I did not need to modify it.. I have a contact name now so we'll see what STI will do... let us know how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaeOne3345 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 My PT aluminum has been going and going. MY STI aluminum grips were horrible. I can't recommend them. I hope they get it right one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Donald Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 My PT aluminum has been going and going. MY STI aluminum grips were horrible. I can't recommend them. I hope they get it right one day. Sad part is they are only $5 apart on price. Maybe the billet STI uses is a weaker alloy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Very quick response turn around from STI today.. Failed grip headed back to STI in the morning.. We'll see what the replacement option is soon...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPRSkip Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Very quick response turn around from STI today.. Failed grip headed back to STI in the morning.. We'll see what the replacement option is soon...... Care to share your contact name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaeOne3345 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 My PT aluminum has been going and going. MY STI aluminum grips were horrible. I can't recommend them. I hope they get it right one day. Sad part is they are only $5 apart on price. Maybe the billet STI uses is a weaker alloy. 6061 vs 7075, but that isn't the only difference. You can visually see that the area above the mag catch is much beefier on the PT units than the STI. I have at least 15-20k on the PT grip which is installed on my limited gun. But I am upgrading to the steel anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-the new guy Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I have around 10K rounds and a ton of dry fire on an STI aluminum grip. No cracks at all... The gun looks a little worse for wear but the grip is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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