Here is Emile Obtiot’s STI:

- Doug koening hammer
- Swensson thumb safety
- Custom made thumb rest
- Ice magwell
- DAA scope mount
- No hybrid
- classic GrandMaster

Reloading info:
38 super
brass : FIOCCHI
bullet FIOCCHI 123gr / 31,7 mm
Primers: FIOCCHI

Vaabensmeden are taking care of Ralf’s STI guns and other top IPSC shooters in Denmark.

www.vaabensmeden.dk
Kristian Pedersen
Langvad Mølle Vej 6
Langvad
4000 Roskilde

Email:
vaabensmeden@mail.dk

Telephone:
+45 3810 2403
+45 2176 7502

Company Tax-ID (CVR):
29983089

Prommersberger is the largest STI distributor in Europe and builds many of the custom guns used by the top competitors.

Büchsenmacherei Prommersberger
STI-Importeur Deutschland
Marktplatz 1
D-86556 Kühbach
Telefon: +49-(0)82 51-5 08 56
Fax: +49-(0)82 51-5 12 42
gunmaker@aol.com

Willie has been Saul’s gunsmith for many years and built some amazing STI guns. He recently built Eli’s new STI which runs prefect from day one!

Eli STI1

Eli's STI

Willie van Mulekom:
Email: mulekom@novi.net
Telephone: +31 487514409

Website: http://www.vanmulekom.com/

Saul’s guns will not win any prizes for looks, but they have won dozens of Level three matches, and the European Steel Challenge SIX times!
Saul shoots a 38Super STI GM with Brazos style weight reduction cuts in the Slide. He uses an Aimpoint CompC 7MOA scope fitted on an RHT mount.
He fits a DAA super size magwell and builds up his grips using the DAA grip customization kit to fit his large hands…
A koening hammer and large left side slide racker complete the setup. Note the cool serial number – SK0001.

Saul's STI Left

Saul's STI Right

In the 1980′s the founder of STI, Virgil Tripp, was hand crafting competition 1911 pistols using basically the same components and techniques of other gunsmiths of that era. Because of the need for product improvement, Tripp Research Inc., now renamed STI International, led the firearms industry into the precision world of “EDM” hammers, sears, and other components.

Expanding on the success of this highly successful line of precision components, STI then revolutionized the firearms industry with their modular “2011” frame. The patented 2011 frame included a multitude of desirable features such as a 30 lpi full checked grip assembly, 25 lpi checkered trigger guard, 35% weight reduction, less felt recoil, higher capacity, and repeatable dimensions.

STI next introduced complete pistols of such high quality that they quickly became the standard by which other I.P.S.C. firearms and fine “carry” guns are measured- a trend that continues today.

With shooters around the world now clamoring for their products, STI needed to grow to accommodate the huge swell in demand so David L Skinner, a friend of Virgil’s and competitive shooter who had recently retired, bought the company and began building it into a business capable of keeping up with the orders without sacrificing any of the quality STI had become world famous for.

STI lead the industry again with precision subassemblies in progressive stages of factory completion. Using “EDM” and “CNC” machine tools and precision grinding equipment, STI can supply fitted slide/frames or shortblocks to which gunsmiths of all skill levels can add their own finishing touches at a very reasonable cost.

In 2005 David Skinner sold the company to its employees and STI International, Inc. became the only firearm factory in the U.S. to be entirely Employee Owned (An ESOP Company).

Having captured the IPSC, IDPA, PPC, collector, self defense, and LEO market in the United States, STI looked toward expanding its Export market. By 2010, STI had been in the top 5 U.S. exporters of semiautomatic handguns for the previous four (4) years and showed no slowing of growth as more and more countries saw the quality of what STI has to offer.

From it’s simple beginnings as a 2 man gun shop in Texas to its current place at the top of the semi-custom market, STI has always sought to not only provide the very best products at a reasonable price, but to try to stay ahead of the curve in technological innovations. In the Future STI will continue improving and introducing new products to you, our valued customer.

BELGIUM

Coppens Wapenhandel NV
Beukendreef 5
8300 Knokke-Heist Belgium
Phone: 3250.621435
Fax: 3250.622456
Email: info.stiguns@skynet.be

CZECH REPUBLIC

Libuse MARTINKOVA – “LM”
Blizejov 150
345 45 BLIZEJOV
CZECH REPUBLIC
Phone: (+420) 379 42 85 94
Fax: (+420) 379 42 85 15
E-mail: vaclav.martinek@martinekv.cz

DENMARK

TopGuns
Postboks 41
9100 Aalborg
Denmark
Also serving: Norway and Sweden
Phone: 405-64025
Email: info@stiguns.dk

FRANCE

Armurerie de la Bourse
37 Rue Vivienne
Paris, France 75002
Phone: 42-367983
Fax: 42-361801
Email: obriot@armureriedelabourse.com

Rivolier S.A.
Z.1. Les Collonges – B.P. 247
42173 Saint Just – Saint Rambert
France
Phone: 33-477-36-0340
Fax: 33-477-36-0346
Email: swillmes@rivolier.fr

FINLAND

Oy M. Nokio Ltd.
P.O. Box 22
FIN-02141 Espoo Finland
Phone: 011-358-9-5022654
Fax: 011-358-9-519433
Email: Nokio@nokio.fi

GERMANY

Buchsenmacheri Prommersberger
Marktplatz 1
D-86556 Kuehbach, Germany
Phone: 011-08-251-50865
Fax: 011-08-251-51242
Email: gunmaker@aol.com

GREECE

Apollo Custom
Lindou 1
85100 Rhodes, Greece
Phone: 30-22410-20041
Fax: 30-22410-36179
Email: info@apollopistols.com

HUNGARY

Mag ICS Holding
H-11027, Frankel LEO U.5
Budapest, Hungary
Phone: 011-361-3160570
Fax: 011-361-3162390
Email: info@magics.hu

ITALY

Bignami SpA
39040 ORA (Bz) – Via Lahn, 1
Italy
Phone: 0471 80 30 00
Fax: 0471 81 08 99
Email: manfred@bignami.it

LUXEMBOURG

Coppens Wapenhandel NV
Beukendreef 5
8300 Knokke-Heist Belgium
Phone: 3250.621435
Fax: 3250.622456
Email: info.stiguns@skynet.be

Kerambit SDN. BHD.
No. 42-44 JLN. Raja Abdullah
40300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: Hamden Suhaimee
Phone: 603-26985070 or 26985175
Fax: 603-26912390
Email: hamdan@kerambit.com.my

NETHERLANDS

Coppens Wapenhandel NV
Beukendreef 5
8300 Knokke-Heist Belgium
Phone: 3250.621435
Fax: 3250.622456
Email: info.stiguns@skynet.be

NORTHERN IRELAND

Valley Leisure and Rural Supplies
Owenskerry
Fivemiletown
County Fermanagh
Northern Ireland
BT75 0SP
Phone: 02891 455015
Mobile:07876 226852
Email: stevewilson863@msn.com

POLAND

STRZELEC Krzysztof Stefaniak
Pl. Pocztowy 6/1
65-062 Zielona Gora
Poland
Phone 0048/68 324 34 24
Fax 0048/68 324 34 24
Email: sklep@bron1.pl

SPAIN

Borchers SA
Industrialdea 22B
48300 Guernica, Spain
Phone: 314-94-625-2029
Fax: 314-94-625-2366
Email: info@borchers.es

Gun-Arm, S.L.
C/Cruz del Sur, 8
30.500 Molina De Segura
Murcia, Spain
Phone: 34902152032
Fax: 34913504752
Email: army@tiq.e.telefonica.net

SWITZERLAND

Burch Waffen
Waagstr. 3a
6060 Sarnen Ch, Switzerland
Phone: 011-4141-660495
Fax: 011-4141-6604956
Email: info@burchwaffen.ch