jimbullet Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 4 hours ago, GOF said: That is not the first cracked STI frame I've seen. I also know a couple of shooters who are still awaiting resolution... including one who was only using his 9mm gun for Minor in Steel Challenge, and couldn't have had more than 4K rounds through it. Sounds like a loooong wait then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurryvisions Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 i wish i hadn't seen this post. now i have to go inspect my guns... is that safe to shoot? makes me a little nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbullet Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 7:07 AM, Blurryvisions said: i wish i hadn't seen this post. now i have to go inspect my guns... is that safe to shoot? makes me a little nervous. well I have been shooting it and so far I still have my fingers Im not sure if it will last long - still waiting for STI dealer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 8 hours ago, jimbullet said: well I have been shooting it and so far I still have my fingers Im not sure if it will last long - still waiting for STI dealer.... what have u done ? after your post STI Discontinuing the DVC-L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
920webb Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I would Contact STI directly . A frame is a frame even if they discontinued the DVC they can still replace the frame . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meli2127 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 I know a fellow shooter and this has happened three times with his STI. He has sent it back each time and they have either replaced the frame. Or twice they replaced the whole gun. He is not shooting STIs anymore and has moved up to a better quality open gun. Each time it took a minimum of two to three months for the return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbullet Posted November 25, 2019 Author Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 10/30/2019 at 6:43 AM, yigal said: what have u done ? after your post STI Discontinuing the DVC-L I've contacted the STI dealer here. We are organizing to get the pistol to them and for their in-house gunsmith to have a look closely to form an opinion if it is a genuine crack or what they alleged could be a blemish stress (?) After several weeks now.....it has taken this long a waaaaiiit.....just to let it be seen and to make a judgement on what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 4 hours ago, jimbullet said: I've contacted the STI dealer here. We are organizing to get the pistol to them and for their in-house gunsmith to have a look closely to form an opinion if it is a genuine crack or what they alleged could be a blemish stress (?) After several weeks now.....it has taken this long a waaaaiiit.....just to let it be seen and to make a judgement on what to do. i hope all O.K. and this only rough machining marks and not a crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOF Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 On 10/31/2019 at 6:57 PM, 920webb said: I would Contact STI directly . A frame is a frame even if they discontinued the DVC they can still replace the frame . +1! It's their gun. They should stand behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbullet Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/26/2019 at 2:46 AM, yigal said: i hope all O.K. and this only rough machining marks and not a crack. Its a long shot that its rough machining because I inspected the gun when new (2-3 years ago) and being my second 2011 pistol, I made close scrutiny of its difference to my older STI Edge and that line in there was not there at all before. Anyway will see what the local dealer says and does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbullet Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Just an update - The dealer took the gun in, had it inspected by an authorized local STI gunsmith and the findings was that it was not a cracked frame. They said that there appears to be a burr on the barrel lower lug area that was in time scraping on the side wall and with some thousands of rounds have now created the line mark and was told that it was a perfect line and rising near the slide stop hole where exactly the barrel was also rising back into battery. They are fixing the burr, the tidying up the side wall before returning to me early in the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueTactical Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Kind of hard to tell if its a burr or a crack based on the picture. Glad it wasn't a crack afterall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verla Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 I think I would get an opinion from the STI company in TX. Have seen several cracked STI slides and it definitely was a crack- confirmed by several shooters, etc. STI replaced the slides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) On 1/17/2020 at 9:15 AM, RogueTactical said: Kind of hard to tell if its a burr or a crack based on the picture. Glad it wasn't a crack afterall! As a person who makes high-level guns and is familiar with the frame manufacturing process, you can notice that this is the quality of production and finishing at STI that burr is very typical of some of their guns. u can enlarge the pic. maybe one day i will be lucky and will order a gun from u. Edited February 1, 2020 by yigal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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