Staccato C2 DPO

[C-grunt]

I picked up this handgun earlier this week. Immediately ordered a RMR optic plate and a RMR. This gun is awesome. Fit and finish is excellent. Great ergonomics. Great sights. A good trigger for a defensive/duty oriented gun.

A buddy of mine has the full size P and a C2 so I had some experience with the gun prior to buying this. I actually shoot the C2 a little better than the P. I also like the size of the C2 better. It's big enough to serve as a full size duty gun but compact enough to wear on a belt and not be huge under a shirt. Kinda like a Glock 19, which is roughly the same size but probably conceals better due to overall shape.

I did have two failures to chamber in the first 50 rounds. That was with 147 grain Winchester Winclean that has a brunted from profile. Since then and with any other type of ammo, including Tulu steel case, it has run great. We'll see how reliability turns out in the long run. I have roughly 250 rounds through the gun. Today I ran about 150 rounds through the gun in a short range session and got the gun too hot to touch. Still ran and shot great.

If you are considering a Staccato, I highly recommend it.

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[Riomouse911]

Several of my friends have Staccato pistols, they really seem to like them a lot.

Only once have I seen one choke on ammo. Back when I was handling range duties, one of the guys who worked for me was about a 8-10 year veteran officer who came over from another local agency. He was a bit of a gun guy, so he bought a Staccato as a “new job” present to himself. My chief had made me the final arbiter of duty and off duty gun approvals, so I gave the guy the go ahead to bring the Staccato and duty-approved holster to the range for his initial qualifications. (The Staccato would be for on or off duty once he qualified with it. )

On qual day the guy had LOTS of failures to go into battery with all three magazines he had. Ammo was WWB 124 gr FMJ, which had run just fine in every other 9mm gun that folks qualified or trained with. There was lube present on the gun when I did the initial inspection so nothing looked out of the ordinary at the start. Weird part is the guy carried a 1911 for a few years at his previous agency so he was familiar with the gun, and he shot well when the gun went bang so it did not appear to be the shooter causing the issues.

I don’t know if this gun was so tight it needed lots of break-in, if it needed to be dripping with lube to work I or if all three mags were bad, but this particular gun was not reliable. So much so that I dq’ed the gun until it was examined, repaired and proven reliable by a 2011 armorer. (At that time I wasn’t a 1911/2011 armorer, I am now.)

The guy was then handed an agency pistol/holster, so he qualified and went home with an issued Glock 19. I felt bad for the guy. He had dropped over $2,100 for gun, holster etc. and went home with a Staccato he couldn’t carry, a free Glock from work and quite a story to tell his friends.

Stay safe.

 

[Reinz]

My Stacatto C2 is set up exactly as the OP’s and was my gateway down the 2011 rabbit hole, I am now a huge 2011 fanboy.

I now have 4 Stacattos, though one is a single stack. And I have two from Atlas.

They are true hose monsters, and very, very hungry!

Though, pricey, they are worth the money.


The new Stacatto CS model
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Atlas Artemis
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[actionexpress]

I'm really disappointed they aren't doing the hard chrome finish at Atlas right now, I had dreams of a hard chromed Erebus. Glad you found a CS, I haven't seen one at the local dealers since Staccato had a demo day at a range here back in April.

 

[Charlie98]

Friend of mine test drove a Staccato last week... a 9mm I believe. He said the thing was a Cadillac and smooth as silk. I pulled up the pistol online and about spit my coffee onto the keyboard when I saw the pricetag.

 

[Reinz]

I'm really disappointed they aren't doing the hard chrome finish at Atlas right now, I had dreams of a hard chromed Erebus. Glad you found a CS, I haven't seen one at the local dealers since Staccato had a demo day at a range here back in April.

Atlas had to routinely send hard chrome parts back to the finisher due to not being right.

My gun may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back. It was delayed 2 months because of being sent back. And Atlas announced that HC was history before my gun was shipped to my dealer.

 

[Reinz]

Friend of mine test drove a Staccato last week... a 9mm I believe. He said the thing was a Cadillac and smooth as silk. I pulled up the pistol online and about spit my coffee onto the keyboard when I saw the pricetag.

Before Springfield came out with the Prodigy, Stacatto was THE entry level into the 2011 world.

I’d like the point out that Rock Island and Para Ordnance hi caps are not 2011’s.