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Has anyone heard or seen anything of these or know when they will be in-country ? C'mon Sean, no hiding :D

http://www.stiguns.com/guns/GP6/GP6.html

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canucklehead said:
That's messed - did STI buy the rights to the Grand Power? They MUST be the same gun judging by the pics on the STI website.
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US distributor. No big deal. Same as many other situations like Remington/Baikals, Remington Russian made mausers, EAA Witness guns, etc
 
canucklehead said:
Ahh... I guess that makes sense. Just seems like a rather odd direction for STI to take..
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STI dominates IPSC/USPSA Open and Standard/Limited Divisions, at least in North America. I'm guessing they wanted to get 'market share' for IPSC Production Division and IDPA Stock Service Pistol Division shooters.
 
The Grand Power and the STI GP6 have some slight differences. The changes were made for the pistol to qualify for importation into the US under the points system the US uses to evaluate pistols. My understanding, for the GP6, is the changes are in the grips and maybe the sights. The magazine may be different as well. I am not sure if the magazines interchange.

The MSRP for the GP6 puts it out of my interest level.
 
There was a post in the IPSC world forum about this. Other changes to the GP6 include STI tune ups to the hammer and action components. Pretty sure mags will be identical.
 
gorky said:
Has anyone heard or seen anything of these or know when they will be in-country ? C'mon Sean, no hiding :D
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Mine are coming in through the USA and there's been a delay getting them there due to paperwork and changes required to make them ATF legal. I figure I'll have some in my late April shipment.

vhenem said:
Considering they are basically a Grand Power K100 , you could probably contact TSE about them :)
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Nope.

Winz said:
Or...go to the friendly link http://www.theshootingedge.com/
who already sell Grand Powers........
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Nope again. STI GP6s (and later the GP7) will only be available through STI Distributors.

Dragoon said:
STI dominates IPSC/USPSA Open and Standard/Limited Divisions, at least in North America. I'm guessing they wanted to get 'market share' for IPSC Production Division and IDPA Stock Service Pistol Division shooters.
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YES!!! And rather than reinvent the wheel, just partner with someone else and improve the wheel.

Winz said:
US distributor. No big deal. Same as many other situations like Remington/Baikals, Remington Russian made mausers, EAA Witness guns, etc
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Wrong again. STI has partnered with Grand Power to produce guns. They will distribute all Grand Power products, but they are also providing parts, expertise and advice on the new products.

tekarra said:
The Grand Power and the STI GP6 have some slight differences. The changes were made for the pistol to qualify for importation into the US under the points system the US uses to evaluate pistols. My understanding, for the GP6, is the changes are in the grips and maybe the sights. The magazine may be different as well. I am not sure if the magazines interchange.
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Mags are the same; same as CZ, Baby Eagle, and Tanfoglio mags too.

raks said:
There was a post in the IPSC world forum about this. Other changes to the GP6 include STI tune ups to the hammer and action components. Pretty sure mags will be identical.
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YES!!
 
Freedom Ventures said:
STI GP6s (and later the GP7) will only be available through STI Distributors.

And rather than reinvent the wheel, just partner with someone else and improve the wheel.

STI has partnered with Grand Power to produce guns. They will distribute all Grand Power products, but they are also providing parts, expertise and advice on the new products.
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My apologies. I understand that the STi guns are in fact different from the regular Grand Power guns. It is indeed going to be nice to see STI putting efforts to develop the gun further.

I jumped the gun by saying that Grand Power is already available in Canada but neglected the fact that the STI versions are improved versions.

Are you also saying that STI has taken over distribution of Grand Power for all of North America, ie no more direct Grand Power products will be available any longer(TSE included)?
 
Winz said:
My apologies. I understand that the STi guns are in fact different from the regular Grand Power guns. It is indeed going to be nice to see STI putting efforts to develop the gun further.

I jumped the gun by saying that Grand Power is already available in Canada but neglected the fact that the STI versions are improved versions.

Are you also saying that STI has taken over distribution of Grand Power for all of North America, ie no more direct Grand Power products will be available any longer(TSE included)?
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NO PROBLEM!! :D It's a little confusing.

STI themselves are the US distributor for everything Grand Power.
(Grand Power never went into the US before now - their serial # labelling was sub-ATF desires - that's being fixed.)

Grand Power is maintaining their existing other distributors, (IE. TSE) but will not be sending STI-partnered models (GP6) to them.

STI foreign distributors (IE. me) can now sell all the Grand Power line plus the STI-partnered models (GP6)

So, that means that the good people at TSE will continue to be importing Grand Powers and distributing and retailing them. They can also retail GP-6s through me if they want.

I'm only going to be bringing the GP-6 into Canada, distributing it to dealers and retailing it, and leave the rest of the Grand Power line to TSE. They're good guys that I have come to respect.

PeterPan said:
Any clue what the price going to be?

Thanks
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SRP $699

I shot one in France last year. I was very impressed at how the recoil reacted with the rotating barrel and how comfortable the grip design was. Trigger pull was nice and reset was small.

And before it's mentioned; yes - Glocks have dropped in price comparatively, but I can tell you definitively that any shooter that shoots a Glock now will shoot better with one of these. Anyone that starts with one of these will not be happy switching to a Glock. There's value in the price difference.
 
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Thanks,
I will ad this one to my list.
I like the idea of interchangeability with CZ75 style magazines.

I wonder, how is the trigger?
and
what is the difference between GP6 and GP7?

Thanks again

PP
 
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Freedom Ventures said:
I shot one in France last year. I was very impressed at how the recoil reacted with the rotating barrel and how comfortable the grip design was. Trigger pull was nice and reset was small.

And before it's mentioned; yes - Glocks have dropped in price comparatively, but I can tell you definitively that any shooter that shoots a Glock now will shoot better with one of these. Anyone that starts with one of these will not be happy switching to a Glock. There's value in the price difference.
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I can agree with that, as far as shootabilty goes I think my K100 puts most of the box stock non premium 1911s I've shot to shame, let alone a Glock.

DAR 701 said:
Wierd. My Grand Power K100 will not use CZ mags. The STI ones must be slightly different.
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I think the CZ mags need to be modified for the K100's mag catch in order to fit.
 
The CZ75 mags would need a square cutout made at the front to potentially work in the K100. The mag bodies are the same angle and size though. The follower is a bit different so I am not sure if the CZ75 mag would hold the slide open on the k100.
 
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