There's an old car saying that "what wins on Sunday sells on Monday"
Statistics from the 2006 U.S.P.S.A. Nationals!
Open Nationals --- STI guns were shot by 65.8%
Limited Nationals –STI guns were shot by 61.2%
LIM-10 Nationals –STI guns were shot by 30.5%
(LIM-10 # is 3X second highest manufacturer)
I have 2 STI edges, and put a good chunk of lead down range with a buddies; 9mm Trojan. STI's quality acorss the board is far above that of any mass produced gun. Both my Edges have well over 15,000 rounds thru them and you'll have a hell of a time finding a gun from the big name factories with a better fit to them.