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<blockquote data-quote="RIP" data-source="post: 1741620" data-attributes="member: 6739"><p>Very entertaining, to say the least. At the end of the day, arguments aside, the OP was able to make a very well informed decision! </p><p></p><p>I know I'm a little late to the thread but I believe it's important to clarify a comment made about the STI Spartan. I myself had considered a similar decision about RIA and another competing brand. I contacted the Armscor stateside gunsmith in Nevada to discuss the RIA Match. It is made in the the Philippines. But the Match pistol is made in their custom shop where everything is hand-fitted and the components are "match grade", whatever that means. So it is </p><p>a better pistol than the average RIA 1911. I also asked some Q's about an STI pistol being built in the same factory. He recommended I call STI. I did and found out that the Spartan is in fact built at Armsor's factory...but with STI components shipped from Texas. The Spartans are even built by a separate & smaller group of workers who were trained by STI personnel from Texas. So according to this gentleman, Spartans are built with STI parts, the "STI" way. I've handled the Spartan and I've found it's frame to slide fit superior to many pistols twice it's price. Not to mention its trigger which broke very cleanly. Definitely a bargain at its price point and superior to the RIA Match. IMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RIP, post: 1741620, member: 6739"] Very entertaining, to say the least. At the end of the day, arguments aside, the OP was able to make a very well informed decision! I know I'm a little late to the thread but I believe it's important to clarify a comment made about the STI Spartan. I myself had considered a similar decision about RIA and another competing brand. I contacted the Armscor stateside gunsmith in Nevada to discuss the RIA Match. It is made in the the Philippines. But the Match pistol is made in their custom shop where everything is hand-fitted and the components are "match grade", whatever that means. So it is a better pistol than the average RIA 1911. I also asked some Q's about an STI pistol being built in the same factory. He recommended I call STI. I did and found out that the Spartan is in fact built at Armsor's factory...but with STI components shipped from Texas. The Spartans are even built by a separate & smaller group of workers who were trained by STI personnel from Texas. So according to this gentleman, Spartans are built with STI parts, the "STI" way. I've handled the Spartan and I've found it's frame to slide fit superior to many pistols twice it's price. Not to mention its trigger which broke very cleanly. Definitely a bargain at its price point and superior to the RIA Match. IMHO. [/QUOTE]
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