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2011 Pistol Terminology.


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I got bored so…..A quick dive into 2011 pistol magazine terminology. The two pistols are made by STI / Staccato (same company but rebranded as STI has another meaning). They are single action only pistols of John Browning 1911 design. 
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The smaller one Staccato C (think Colt Officer / Commander) has a single feed magazine of 8-10 rounds of 9mm. Technically a 1911 design (although Staccato still call it a 2011). 

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2011 is trade marked to STI / Staccato and denotes 1911 design pistols with wider bodied double stacked magazines. As the pictures show the magazines are wider and come in various lengths - 140mm, 170mm being common (interestingly the length is given in metric mm units).

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The magazine design is fat originally to accommodate 45acp rounds although 9mm / 38 Super Auto Comp is the main stay of IPSC / USPSA Open Class which was the reason for developing a high capacity 1911 in the first place. You end up with a separate frame and grip module ( grips are commonly plastic, aluminium or stainless steel ). Frames are billet cnc machined steel.

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Limcat Stainless grip module on my STI Costa Carry Comp pistol replacing the original STI plastic grip module.

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The high capacity magazines were originally unreliable until Staccato developed a Gen 2  version and highly quality magazines from MBX became available. Now Staccato have released a CS pistol aimed at concealed carry with a 16 round magazine but thinner than their 2011 magazines - if your not stuffing 45ACP into them, they don’t need to be that fat.  It will be interesting to see if the market will change to a new magazine format or not.

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