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I just tested again with paint marking on my base plates and I know what you're all saying makes sense, but at the same time, the base plate bottoms out against the magwell before anything contacts the ejector. I bought a spare ejector and I'm honestly considering just dremeling my ejector flat. I've heard people mention that their 9mm 2011s still eject after the eject breaks off so I'm tempted to test this configuration. If it works, no more overinsertion issues since the extended part of my ejector will just be gone. I'm also considering not pinning my new ejector as well. What are the concerns I should be looking at if I run an unpinned ejector? Just another part that'll fall out when I disassemble? Is that it?

I should also mention I'm running 126mm mags. I had 140mm mags originally, but after sending the gun back I asked to swap for all 126mm mags to see if we could remove one variable. It does feel like the front of my base plates do hit the front of the mag funnel with the 1-2mm gap shown in the pictures so I'm not sure if there's any physical way it could touch the ejector even if I got over eager with my reloads (which I 100% do).

It's a 2011. So if the slide is completely off the gun and I insert a mag, it would essentially simulate a mag inserted into a gun with a closed slide? Edit: The nice thing about being new to the 2011 platform is I only have 3 mags so it wasn't hard to take some pictures. I've got 1 pic per magazine with the slide off and 1 pic per mag with the slide on. In all these pics I was pressing the baseplate into my knee bone with some considerable pressure and there was no touching that I could see. Album with 6 pics of magazine fit

So I'm actually the opposite. I'm right handed, but prefer my magazine release on the right hand side of the gun. SVI installed a left handed mag release on my gun so I know they make one. I have small hands and hate breaking my grip to reach the mag release so I prefer using my shooting hand middle finger to hit my release instead.

Can anyone think of a non-magazine overinsertion related issue that could cause an ejector to get messed up? My gun was perfect out of the box, but then the ejector got so bent out of shape it locked the slide up. I ended up sending the gun back to the factory and they fixed it. I just ran 500 rounds this weekend and when I went to clean the gun the slide really struggles to free up the ejector. I ended up removing the barrel, guide rod, recoil spring, and tried fitting just the bare slide onto the frame and right when the ejector enters the slide there's a bunch of tension. I managed to get it back to where it's almost not causing any issues (still a slight hitch, but the slide is perfectly smooth once it's fully installed). With the slide locked open, I checked all my mags with one round loaded and putting 25 pounds of pressure on the baseplate and the round doesn't touch the ejector. There's about a 1-2mm gap. I tried smacking the absolute crap out of the mags as well with a wet paint marking on the round/back of feed lip, but still nothing is making contact with my ejector. Both times it started happening around the 500 round mark so I'm not sure if the ejector itself is somehow getting beat up during shooting? I didn't check to see what happens if the slide is down, but is it possible to bend an ejector with magazine overinsertion with the slide forward? Any ideas before I send it back again? I really would prefer not to do this and I might even try installing a new factory ejector myself.

I ended up putting 500 rounds in this past weekend with a 8 pound variable and I love the return to zero. Did 250 rounds with my comp and 250 rounds without and it seems to work well enough for both. Technically without the comp I could use maybe a 9 pound variable, but the 8 pound variable works well enough for both use cases that I'm ok with it.

I would also not be surprised if my extractor spring is just super stiff. I tried prying on it gently and there's basically no give to it. With that said I'm training with the absolute cheapest ammo I can find right now so it's also possible it doesn't even meet the stated PF on the box.

I actually spent the weekend doing a drill at 7yd with the first 5 rounds in the headbox, next 5 rounds strong hand only in a 50% A zone, and final 5 rounds weak hand only in a 50% A zone. With the 7# spring it was cycling every single round and locking back on last round. The only downside I ran into is I like to cant my gun left when shooting strong hand only and definitely had one or two brass casings flop out onto the back of my hand that I had to shake loose.

I've heard and seen the first gen Staccatos have some pretty glaring issues. Mostly magazine related, but one of the ones in my friend group was also single shot out of the box. There was some weird hitch on the frame/slide fit where it would bind up and would just barely eject the used case, but wouldn't cycle enough to pick up the next round. Another one had a ridiculous 6# trigger pull from the factory (we measured). Since they've released the second gen of Staccatos everything seems to have gotten a LOT better. I really want an XL because you can never have too many inches.

Appreciate the insight guys. Looks like I have been going about it in the right way. I need to drag a tripod/camera out to the range with me next and some striped paper, but I did spend about 300 rounds this weekend playing with reliability and return to zero. I'm really happy with how the gun performs with the 7# spring so I want to re-test with the variable 8# when it comes in, but it's good to know that 7# is within reason and the case ejection distance isn't as important as some people make it out to be. Thanks!

I went with SVI. I figured if I start with that, it'll prevent me from wanting to buy more than one and spend the rest of my money on ammo. Didn't really work because now I'm eyeing a Staccato for every day use...

Trying to figure out what's an appropriate recoil spring to use for my setup. I've heard from various sources that you normally want to tune your cases to land about 6-8' away from you. My stock recoil spring had my cases spit out maybe 6-8" right next to me. I've gone down as low as 7# and even then it throws them anywhere from 3-4'. I don't even think they make lighter springs and I've heard stories about cracked slides/frames from going lighter. I was going to try an 8# variable spring next, but is the ejection distance really that big of a deal for the 2011 platform? I should probably also mention I do run a small comp on my gun and my normal training ammo is 132 PF +- 4. As for dot tracking and overall recoil control, I'm really digging the 7# spring, but just wanted to make sure I'm not missing anything else when I'm choosing how to setup my gun.

Hey guys, I just got my first really nice 2011 and have lots to learn about the platform and running this platform. Most of my shooting experience has been playing in the sand so only learned how to properly run a pistol 3 years ago. Looking forward to learning from the rest of you guys and getting the most out of this platform.