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Offline Virginia Gentleman

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STI Texican?
« on: December 29, 2012, 08:18:36 PM »
My guess is this is no longer produced as it is not on the STI website and I have never seen one on a dealer's shelf or at a gun show.  Does anyone here own one and am I correct in my assumption it never really made it to market?

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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2012, 08:52:48 PM »
I talked to them at the shot show a couple of years ago.  To expensive for the tiny market and they only made a few prototypes.

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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2012, 09:44:46 AM »
I always suspected the gun was outsourced to someone like Uberti or even USFA. I too had a conversation at last year's SHOT show with the people in the STI booth . I asked who actually made the gun .Nobody said "we did". Instead I got some sheepish grins and no answer . I remember it was reviewed on Gunblast.com . Don't know whether the Quinn brothers kept the gun or not .

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Re: STI Texican?
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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2012, 08:02:27 PM »
It wasn't built by Uberti or USFA, however, it was manufactured in Connecticut, USA.
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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2012, 05:02:37 PM »
Interesting and it is even more so that the gun never made it to market inspite of the hype in the gun rags.

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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2012, 06:55:22 PM »
Interesting perhaps, not at all unique....

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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2013, 09:45:25 AM »
Hedley is probably correct in his cryptic finger pointing and we all know that they ain't really in business any more up there.......

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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2013, 08:05:37 PM »
I know I'm correct, as I am friends with the man who made them... and wish I could afford to buy some that he has left.
They made USFA & Colt's feel like toys made by Mattel.
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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2013, 08:45:39 PM »
Howdy Folks,

I can add further credence to Hedley's statements. I know the same feller and actually handled the early production prototype. The gun was like the finest Colt or USFA after it had been completely tuned by the best SA gunsmith. It's really too bad that it didn't make it to market. Even given a rather high price, it was fair since no extra trip to a tuner was required. Add the cost of a good SA to the price of atop of the line tune up and the Texican price was about right.

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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2013, 02:26:25 AM »
The only aspects of the Texican I did not like were no patent markings, ugly non historic roll marks and the grips were very tacky.

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Re: STI Texican?
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2013, 08:32:57 PM »
Howdy Folks,

I can add further credence to Hedley's statements. I know the same feller and actually handled the early production prototype. The gun was like the finest Colt or USFA after it had been completely tuned by the best SA gunsmith. It's really too bad that it didn't make it to market. Even given a rather high price, it was fair since no extra trip to a tuner was required. Add the cost of a good SA to the price of atop of the line tune up and the Texican price was about right.

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What's the big secret about who made them. Apparently not Colt or USFA.  Doesn't seem like some small shop could afford to tool up for the few that were made.

 

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