I would think that STI would have a hard time breaking into the $1200 msrp price range with a SAA. It took USFA several years before they finally gained acceptance.
Another thing that USFA has going for it is, for lack of a better description, "the illusion of heritage." If you are going to start a gun company, the old Colt plant in Hartford, CT, would be the place to do it.
USFA offers a wide variety of SAA's in just about any configuration you could want, providing you don't mind waiting several months on special order guns. STI, at least at this point, seems to be offering a 5 & 1/2" .45 and nothing else.
Texican? I thought Rodeo and Cowboy were silly names but Texican takes the cake!
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One note of interest from the STI web site was the following statement;
"The STI Texican is the first firearm of any type made using ultra-high speed precision machining. Unlike conventional CNC machining, the surfaces of the finished parts are perfectly smooth and straight; they do not require grinding or polishing, so there are no rounded edges, no distorted screw holes."
The only fault I have ever found with USFA guns has been with the polishing jobs done on some of their nickel plated guns. You can commit a few sins with blue and CCH but imperfections in polishing REALLY show up under nickel plating.
By the way... When USFA moved into their new manufacturing facilities, did the business office remain in the old Colt factory building or did they move that to the new location as well?