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Review: STI International Staccato-C
« on: January 01, 2020, 01:34:14 am »
Shooting Illustrated by Patrick Sweeney 12/30/2019

Everyone who knows anything about 1911-type pistols and competition knows STI International. It makes high-capacity handguns for action-shooting events, right? Well, the company also makes flat, compact, everyday carry (EDC) pistols as well. Case in point: the Staccato-C, a compact, single-stack 1911-type pistol chambered in 9 mm.

The slide-and-barrel fit is a bushingless design with a captured recoil-spring system, a design a lot more common in the 21st century than it had been earlier. This provides a dual-spring recoil system in the space available and consistently locks the barrel to the slide without the extra complexity that a bushing brings to the equation. Bushings in compact 1911s can be a real headache, and STI avoids that by using a bull-barrel design.

There are cocking serrations fore and aft; large, shallow grooves with the edges “melted” so they won’t shred your holster, hands or clothing. The ejection port is lowered and scalloped at the rear, to allow complete and consistent ejection of your brass, without mangling it in the process. The extractor is the correct internal Browning design, and should you ever have a problem with it, the woods are full of pistolsmiths capable of fitting and tuning a replacement. Sights on the Staccato are a fiber-optic front and a ledged rear, designed for one-handed slide activation should the emergency arise. This does require a bit of training and practice, so if you plan to have this option available to you, train for it.

More:https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2019/12/30/review-sti-international-staccato-c/