Cjblackmon Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 (edited) I ran across this thread while on 1911.org and was quite perplexed with the post. More so with the pictures. The poster stated that in the Philippines there are a couple of companies could be making these STI's, Twin Pines and Trueweight. Check out the guy's pictures and the bad tooling marks. I was debating on posting this but if it is true, it looks like it could be a serious problem in the near future. Here's the link, because there are way too many pictures for me to copy and post. http://forum.m1911.org/showthread.php?t=17744 Edited August 19, 2006 by Cjblackmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 STI frames and slides do show up with all those tooling marks shown. Some are worse than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Kool! I'd love to have a counterfeit STI if it was half-decent and cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L9X25 Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Mike, I think there are numerous legal issues with bringing counterfeit (patented) items into the US, that is without even discussing that there is a serial numbered receiver involved. This could be a big problem for someone in possession of such an item. None of these parts are expensive enough to justify the potential liability. A while back I saw a clear plastic grip for an SV/STI style gun that was being produced in Europe. I asked around and learned that it could be a problem bringing one into the US if detected. Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 SPS is a good example of this. There was a while here where we couldn't even mention them on this forum. Patent infringment (sp?) of the highest order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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