Originally Posted by
sundance435
Brief range report -
I was able to take my Staccato P out to the range today. Ran 300+ rounds through it. I read some reports on TOS of mag catch/magazine problems and JHP rounds nosediving on the feed ramp. A few observations:
The (kind of) bad:
Caveat - I did not clean the gun prior.
- The first couple mags were 147 HSTs as that’s probably what I’ll carry in it. Sure enough, the first round nosedived on the first 2 mags when released with the slide stop. The slide barely moved before the round hung up and they were stuck good. Re-released by racking and no issues. I never noticed the problem again.
- I usually shoot 147 Lawman, but I had a few boxes of 124 Lawman that I wanted to use up so that was probably the next 175+. At around 200 rounds, the gun really slowed down. The slide was sluggish and wouldn’t fully go into batter every couple of rounds. The ejection was like the brass were just dribbling out the top and I had a few stove pipes because of it. Made it through the last of the 124s and switched to 147 Lawman and a box of 147 Ranger bonded. Problem gone. Slide worked fine, no FTE. I don’t know if the heavier bullet helped or what.
- I wish the rear sight was wider or the front narrower. The front sight is thicker than what I’m currently running on other guns and the fiber optic is so big that in sunlight it almost fills the entire rear. Shooting at more than 10 yards is a hair more difficult with how full the sight picture is.
The good:
- It shoots like a dream. It’s the softest recoiling pistol I’ve owned. I could probably have put another 300 through it and not been any worse for wear. Shot my Glock 17 in between and there was no comparison.
- Very accurate. My pistol skills have atrophied, but when I took my time, groups were awesome from 10-25. The sights seemed set more for 20-25.
- Mags were flawless. I was running a couple stainless and 4 Teflon. Mine must be newer because the 2 20 round Teflon mags that came with it have the tall floor plate that they just started using to prevent overinsertion.
Given the issues I had for about 20 rounds, I don’t trust it completely. I’ll have to put another 300-500 through it, problem free, before I do. If that goes well, this will easily be my favorite gun and money well spent. Now I’m just waiting on holsters. Got a Garrett to start, but I’m out of QLS forks to mount on it.
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