Why I've chosen Staccato R over DWX

[Michiganian]

Finally got my Staccato R out shooting, yesterday.

252 rounds consisting of a mix of Blazer Brass, Winchester White Box, and Federal Champion 115 gr. FMJ, and Fiocchi 124 gr. FMJ.  Out of all those I had one failure: The third-from-the-last magazine refused to strip the first or second rounds.  (There were three shooters.)

That magazine had been loaded my by buddy.  None of the top 5-6 rounds wanted to strip.  I unloaded the entire mag, reloaded it, and it ran fine.  I hypothesize they're very sensitive to the way they're loaded.

I was using a Maglula UpLula loader designed for double-stack magazines.

I had cleaned the mags, beforehand, and each of them had been "pre-conditioned" by being fully-loaded-up for up to a week.  I started-out with each mag loaded to only eight rounds.  Did that twice for each mag.  Then went to nine rounds.  Then to ten.

My best friend, after about his third mag, walked back to the table with a big grin on his face.  By the end of the session he was "I gotta have one of these!" 

I love this pistol.  It's everything I wanted in a 9mm "range toy" (and possible action pistol competition gun).
 
It's unfortunate Staccato chose to supply such finicky mags with such a stellar pistol   I will be replacing all mine with Wilson Combat mags.  I won't be carrying this pistol, but, should I choose to try competition, I'd hate to have one of these mags balk on me during same.

[jurek]

Hi Michiganian,
Good to hear back from you.

Give the mags second chance. 
I went through the same problem.
WC mag is awesome, never had single malfunction from very beginning.... but the original magazines are OK right now. I've been shooting both (Staccato and WC mags) at least once per month at classes and never has failures again.
Looks they need "shooter's touch" to cooperate. 

FYI: I'll be blackening original magazines today... let see what happens next... 

[jurek]

Doesn't look perfect, but the color does the job.
Next time I'll use solution, not gel 



Mag on the left - blackened Staccato, mag on the right original Wilson Combat
Top grip - Staccato's mag
Bottom grip - Wilson Combat.

I've never noticed, till today that WC mag fits nicer, leaving less space at the bottom of the grip. 

[Michiganian]

...
Unfortunately there are few disadvantages (perhaps only for me) :
- grip is amazing - typical 2011 polymer grip, but in single stack. Unfortunately front strap has very, very, very... and one more very aggressive texture. I couldn't stand it for longer than 50 rounds during first shooting. It ended up with sanding, almost to flat. Now I can say the grip is PERFECT !

When I first got my "R" I feared I'd have to do the same thing.  That front strap felt pretty uncomfortable at first.  But, the more I dry-fired the pistol, the less I noticed it.  By the time I shot with it for the first time last Sunday I noticed it not at all--which occurred to me only a few days later.  Neither of the other two shooters mentioned it, either.  I shot 120 rounds, my friends shot seventy each.

I wonder if the sharp edges smoothed-out a bit with use?

[jurek]

I wonder if the sharp edges smoothed-out a bit with use?

They should.. it's just plastic.. but how long does it take?
I sanded down a little whole grip texture and much more material, removing half of deep of the pattern, at the area where my firing hand's fingers wrap around.
I've just made it 10 years old right away. 

[Michiganian]

I wonder if the sharp edges smoothed-out a bit with use?

They should.. it's just plastic.. but how long does it take?

Apparently not long.  Got mine sitting right next to me (just cleaned it, yesterday) with a laser dry-fire practice thingamajig in it.  I just picked it up and gripped it more tightly than I would normally.  Not uncomfortable at all.  Sure is grippy, though.  Should be great with sweaty hands on hot days during competition strings

As an aside: Not only is this pistol a great shooter, but it's also one of my easiest to take down, clean, and re-assemble.

I love this pistol, yes I do

[jurek]

As an aside: Not only is this pistol a great shooter, but it's also one of my easiest to take down, clean, and re-assemble.
I love this pistol, yes I do

 
I was surprised as well how easy and fast was take down process.
You will also love complete and detail cleaning. Everything comes apart so easily. No special tools required. There is no confusion with small parts. Everything fits its only spot.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy 

[Michiganian]

You may find this amusing, jurek

A few posts back I mentioned one of my best friends, after shooting my Staccato R, said "I gotta have one of these!"  Well, he just called me on his way back from his FFL--brand new Stacatto R in-hand 

He's happy as a pig in... well, you know.

Btw: I decided to go with the un-blued stainless WC mags.  I don't mind that little bit of stainless showing at the bottom.

[jurek]

hey, that's a great news that we get another happy Staccato R shooter.

I enjoy mine more and more. Recently got low light class and was surprised it shot extremely easy and accurately one handed! (I still haven't convinced myself to mount light on the rail).