From the table of contents: "THE RANGER - STI'S POLYMER-FRAME <!!!> COMPACT 1911"
In the captions and the article itself, the word "polymer" is used to refer to the Ranger at least three times. There's also a caption that reads, "The stippling moulded into the Ranger's front strap helped to control it in rapid fire despite the pistol's light weight." But the picture plainly shows scalloping, not stippling.
The Heinie blunder occurs twice, too, so it's clearly not a typo.
I wonder if the author (D.K. Pridgen) received a pre-production prototype in plastic and the photographer (Joseph Correa) received a steel Ranger from the actual production run. How else could the review be so inaccurate? But even if that were the case, the editor (Jan Libourel) should have caught the mix-up before the issue went to press.
Mr. Pridgen, if you're out there, I'd like to hear your side of this story.