I Purchased the Staccato P DPO on January 14th,2022. On January 25th, 2022, I had fired the 1,000th round through it. Now look at todays date. Yeah, I am a little bit behind. That being said, what is my experience with the pistol so far? Read on and find out.
11 days, 2 range sessions, and 1,000 rounds later....
I purchased the pistol on Friday January 14th before I went into work (I work nights), and already had ordered the optic mounting plate and a spare magazine from Dawson Precision, and an Trijicon RM06 RMR Type 2 from EuroOptic. I got home from purchasing the pistol, slapped the optic on it, and then went to work. The next morning my wife and I went to Wells Nevada, where on Sunday I went to my top secret cold weather testing facility. Also known as the Wells Public Range.
Big Mel, happy to be in the cold. Or not.
Temperature according to my Suunto 9 Baro watch after I took it off and let it acclimate showed to be around 25 degrees. Prior to going to the range I cleaned the factory oil off the pistol and lubricated it using CherryBalmz Black Rifle Balm. I posted about using CherryBalmz on a forum where I was scalded for using grease on "A firearm with such tight tolerances". I then went into reading the users other posts and saw he did not even own a Staccato, and even saw a picture of his Taurus G3. Upon realizing I was speaking with someone living in deep poverty, and generally not giving a fuck about the opinion of others, I chucked heartily and went upon living my life.
I decided when I got the pistol that I would give it an initial cleaning and lube job, then shoot 1,000 rounds through it before I cleaned and lubricated it again. This way I would be able to see how the pistol works once it gets dirty, and help break the pistol in with all of the delicious carbon that is bound to accumulate on the pistol. According to internet wisdom, "2011 type" pistols do not run well dirty, and tend to be picky on what ammo they like. Since I am not fond of internet information that is parroted everywhere, especially after working firearms retail for 7 years, I went as far in the opposite direction as I could. For the initial range session I brought out 9 types of ammo. The ammunition I brought out were the following:
I decided when I got the pistol that I would give it an initial cleaning and lube job, then shoot 1,000 rounds through it before I cleaned and lubricated it again. This way I would be able to see how the pistol works once it gets dirty, and help break the pistol in with all of the delicious carbon that is bound to accumulate on the pistol. According to internet wisdom, "2011 type" pistols do not run well dirty, and tend to be picky on what ammo they like. Since I am not fond of internet information that is parroted everywhere, especially after working firearms retail for 7 years, I went as far in the opposite direction as I could. For the initial range session I brought out 9 types of ammo. The ammunition I brought out were the following:
- 124 Grain Norma Range FMJ
- 124 Grain Xtreme RN Reload
- 124 Grain Berry's Hybrid Hollow Point Reload
- 158 Grain Fiocchi FN Subsonic
- 124 Grain Blazer FMJ
- 124 Grain S&B FMJ
- 115 Grain Herters FMJ
- 115 Grain PMC FMJ
- 147 Grain Xtreme RN Reload Subsonic
Behold, a plethora of ammo
I loaded up the three 20 round magazines I had, and two 17 round mags I had, and loaded them up with the Norma Range 124 grain FMJ. The bulk of my 9mm I have loaded is with a 124 grain bullet. I purchased a case of this Norma ammunition so that I had factory ammo to put through the pistol initially in case I had any reliability issues, I could rule out my reloads.
The first magazine was at 10 yards to get me to dial in the RMR and get it zeroed. From round 1 the Staccato is much softer shooting than the Glock model 45 MOS I have been shooting for the last 2 years. The trigger is night and day different from the Glock as well, so it took me a bit to get used to the trigger feel, and the fact that I did not have to prep it like I did with the Glock. Once I got the RMR dialed in at 10 yards, I zeroed it at 25 yards. Once I felt confident with the zero, I shot a 25 yard 10 round group on a printed B8 that I was rather happy with, given it was within the first 50 rounds of shooting the pistol.
The first magazine was at 10 yards to get me to dial in the RMR and get it zeroed. From round 1 the Staccato is much softer shooting than the Glock model 45 MOS I have been shooting for the last 2 years. The trigger is night and day different from the Glock as well, so it took me a bit to get used to the trigger feel, and the fact that I did not have to prep it like I did with the Glock. Once I got the RMR dialed in at 10 yards, I zeroed it at 25 yards. Once I felt confident with the zero, I shot a 25 yard 10 round group on a printed B8 that I was rather happy with, given it was within the first 50 rounds of shooting the pistol.
10 rounds, 25 yards, Norma Range 124 FMJ
I would say that will do.
The pistol was a joy to shoot. Big Mel even enjoyed shooting it, and proceeded to show the best shooting with a handgun that she ever had performed. As mentioned in the initial article, the grip on the Staccato was born with a girth certificate, so for her hands that are teetering between small and extra small for the Pig FDT gloves, it is a bit much for her.
The rest of the range session I was just getting familiar with the pistol. As my hands proceeded to get colder and colder since I was not wearing gloves (#rawdawgforlife), my group sizes proceeded to get worse and worse. Still, here are some rapid fire (as quick as I could acquire the dot and fire) groups fired from 10 yards with 10 rounds.
The pistol was a joy to shoot. Big Mel even enjoyed shooting it, and proceeded to show the best shooting with a handgun that she ever had performed. As mentioned in the initial article, the grip on the Staccato was born with a girth certificate, so for her hands that are teetering between small and extra small for the Pig FDT gloves, it is a bit much for her.
The rest of the range session I was just getting familiar with the pistol. As my hands proceeded to get colder and colder since I was not wearing gloves (#rawdawgforlife), my group sizes proceeded to get worse and worse. Still, here are some rapid fire (as quick as I could acquire the dot and fire) groups fired from 10 yards with 10 rounds.
The entire range session was anticlimactic. Zero malfunctions whatsoever. I shot the pistol suppressed with the Norma 124, and 20 rounds of my 147 RN subsonic reloads. The entire time I was impressed with how soft the pistol shot, especially with the Fiocchi 158's. With the 158's the pistol was barely ejecting brass, but it still functioned just fine. At the end of the range session Big Mel and I had fired 424 rounds through the pistol with no issues. I will also point out that Big Mel and her fluffy winter gloves have caused quite a few guns to malfunction over the years, but the Staccato could care less.
For the next range session on January 25th my friend Matt and I went out with the goal of reaching 1,000 rounds through the pistol.
This trip we shot:
While shooting the 147 grain subsonic reloads through the pistol unsuppressed, I had one failure to eject. This is an extremely soft load, loaded with 3.7grains of CFE pistol and I chronographed it at 820 FPS out of the Staccato. The same ammunition caused the same failure through Matt's H&K P30L. This is definitely an ammunition related malfunction, and no fault of the gun. When running this round suppressed, the pistol chugged along just fine.
We hit the 1,000 round mark without fuss and without any issues other than the one failure to eject.
This trip we shot:
- Norma 124 Grain Range FMJ
- 124 Grain Xtreme RN Reloads
- 147 Grain Xtreme RN Subsonic Reloads
While shooting the 147 grain subsonic reloads through the pistol unsuppressed, I had one failure to eject. This is an extremely soft load, loaded with 3.7grains of CFE pistol and I chronographed it at 820 FPS out of the Staccato. The same ammunition caused the same failure through Matt's H&K P30L. This is definitely an ammunition related malfunction, and no fault of the gun. When running this round suppressed, the pistol chugged along just fine.
We hit the 1,000 round mark without fuss and without any issues other than the one failure to eject.
Thoughts thus far
The Staccato P is an absolute pleasure to shoot. The trigger is getting better as the round count goes up, and it is very soft shooting. Coming from a Glock 45, it is a night and day difference. The pistol settles back to target fast, and the recoil is pleasant. The more I get used to the pistol, I barely lose the dot during the recoil cycle.
The magazine release is easy for me to depress and due to having mongoloid thumbs, I do not even have to break my grip on my strong hand to activate it. When performing a reload the magazine well helps with any poor magazine indexing. The slide stop is not oversized, but is easy enough to activate with my support hand as I come back up and make a two handed grip. The thumb safety is crisp and positive to manipulate when both engaging and disengaging.
For a holster I went with a Safariland 6390 RDS. I have always been a big fan of the Safariland ALS system for retention. For the time being I put a spare Streamlight TLR-1HL on the pistol so that the pistol locks in the holster. Shortly it will be getting a Modlite PL350, but at the time nobody had them in stock. I know somebody will ask, and the Safariland model for the holster I went with is: 6390RDS-1582-701
One thing that I have noticed, is I now look forward to going out and shooting pistol. With the Glock it felt like a chore when I went to practice with pistol. The Staccato is just a pleasant pistol to shoot, and that makes high round count range sessions easy to do.
Now that the 1,000 round report is done, I will post up the wear patterns at 1,000 yards. Hopefully in the next week or so. A lot has happened and I have a lot of catching up to do to get to current date. I would write more, but getting paid $51.97 an hour verses free ninety nine for writing has been taking precedence.
EZ
The magazine release is easy for me to depress and due to having mongoloid thumbs, I do not even have to break my grip on my strong hand to activate it. When performing a reload the magazine well helps with any poor magazine indexing. The slide stop is not oversized, but is easy enough to activate with my support hand as I come back up and make a two handed grip. The thumb safety is crisp and positive to manipulate when both engaging and disengaging.
For a holster I went with a Safariland 6390 RDS. I have always been a big fan of the Safariland ALS system for retention. For the time being I put a spare Streamlight TLR-1HL on the pistol so that the pistol locks in the holster. Shortly it will be getting a Modlite PL350, but at the time nobody had them in stock. I know somebody will ask, and the Safariland model for the holster I went with is: 6390RDS-1582-701
One thing that I have noticed, is I now look forward to going out and shooting pistol. With the Glock it felt like a chore when I went to practice with pistol. The Staccato is just a pleasant pistol to shoot, and that makes high round count range sessions easy to do.
Now that the 1,000 round report is done, I will post up the wear patterns at 1,000 yards. Hopefully in the next week or so. A lot has happened and I have a lot of catching up to do to get to current date. I would write more, but getting paid $51.97 an hour verses free ninety nine for writing has been taking precedence.
EZ
