

It still uses the 1911’s controls and trigger, but the recoil system has been updated to a dual guide rod system that makes the CS the flattest-shooting compact 9mm I’ve fired. The grip and frame are smaller, and the CS uses a re-designed magazine that’s similar in shape and size to the Sig P365’s magazines. It has some key differences from larger 2011’s and 2011-style pistols like the Staccato P and Springfield 1911 DS Prodigy. Scott EinsmannĪt around the size of a Glock 19, just slightly slimmer, the Staccato CS is a downsized 2011 pistol.
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The average of 10 groups I fired from a supported position at 50 yards with three different types of ammunition was. I’ve found them to be very reliable with every type of ammunition I could find-from 115-grain ball through 147-grain hollowpoints. Staccato 2011 (formerly STI) introduced the CS for 2023, and after putting a collective 2,500-3,000 rounds through two of them, I’m sold.

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