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More 2011s in More Holsters

Last year, I worked closely with STI (now Staccato) and the U.S. Marshall Service’s Special Operations Group– the guys tasked with specialty high-risk operations such as providing support for trials involving terrorists, moving high-threat prisoners and witness security members, and responding to national emergencies– to craft a piece about their 160 specialized STI 2011 pistols.

They are pretty sweet…

“Who wouldn’t want a pistol that holds 21 rounds and can shoot super-fast, flat and accurately when you’re on duty?” (Photo: STI)

Now it seems that Staccato is seeing wild success in the past two years with LE customers, and now some 250 agencies are using them.

More in my column at Guns.com.

Meet the Marshal Services’ new operator pistol

I’ve spent the past month getting the skinny on these guns:

“Who wouldn’t want a pistol that holds 21 rounds and can shoot super-fast, flat and accurately when you’re on duty?” (Photo: STI)

Now don’t get me wrong, these beautiful STI 2011s are not meant for the rank-and-file deputy marshal, but rather for the service’s secretive Special Operations Group, who has been using Springfield Armory 1911 rail guns for more than a decade.

More in my column at Guns.com.