Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) Picked up a 2020 Staccato P duo on Saturday. Put about 250 rounds of 124 and 115 gr FMJ's without issue. I then put about 125 rounds of 124 gr HST's through, which was working fine up until the last few mags. Now with the HST's, whenever I attempt to chamber the first round in any of my mags, the round nosedives onto the middle of the barrel feed ramp. It happens less often with some Winchester 147gr JHP's that I have, but it still happens with them over 50% of the time. Happens both when reloading from slide lock, or when racking the slide. Once the first round chambers, the rest of the mag seems to fire fine. FMJ's still chamber fine. Any ideas on where to start? Any help would be much appreciated. Edited March 30, 2020 by Qwikrex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayBuster Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I’ve got about 600 147gr HSTs through mine with zero issues and about that many acme reloads. Best bet is to contact sti they had a bunch of bad mag releases get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whan Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I'd probably contact STI to see if they have any thoughts, given assume you're using the factory mags. I would assume given the LEO focus of the Staccato P they must tested HST with the factory combo. Otherwise the next place to look is trying different mags I'd think. Maybe first can try extra power mag springs (by Atlas), or different mags altogether (MBX). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Qwikrex said: Picked up a 2020 Staccato P duo on Saturday. Put about 250 rounds of 124 and 115 gr FMJ's without issue. I then put about 125 rounds of 124 gr HST's through, which was working fine up until the last few mags. Now with the HST's, whenever I attempt to chamber the first round in any of my mags, the round nosedives onto the middle of the barrel feed ramp. It happens less often with some Winchester 147gr JHP's that I have, but it still happens with them over 50% of the time. Happens both when reloading from slide lock, or when racking the slide. Once the first round chambers, the rest of the mag seems to fire fine. FMJ's still chamber fine. Any ideas on where to start? Any help would be much appreciated. It's the weak mag springs. Replace with ISMI 11 coil and the issue will go away. I have 4 of them and they all had issues with flat nosed ammo with the stock springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayBuster Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Where do you get the springs? I’d like to have some on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I ordered from Shooters Connection, but you can buy the direct from ISMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 32 minutes ago, RangerTrace said: It's the weak mag springs. Replace with ISMI 11 coil and the issue will go away. I have 4 of them and they all had issues with flat nosed ammo with the stock springs. Would these be the ones? https://www.brownells.com/magazines/handgun-magazines/magazine-parts/magazine-springs/ismi-sti-magazine-spring-sku445126100-24804-18786.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Qwikrex said: Would these be the ones? https://www.brownells.com/magazines/handgun-magazines/magazine-parts/magazine-springs/ismi-sti-magazine-spring-sku445126100-24804-18786.aspx Thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Awesome. I'll give those a shot. Will these springs work on both the 20 rounders and the 17 round mags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, ClayBuster said: I’ve got about 600 147gr HSTs through mine with zero issues and about that many acme reloads. Best bet is to contact sti they had a bunch of bad mag releases get out. Are you still running the original mag springs? I called STI earlier, and they said to submit a warranty claim. They did mention that they were aware of issues with the staccato p and hollow points. They cited having issues with magazines and mag catches and were currently redesigning them. They didn't offer to send one though. I'll try new mag springs first and go from there I suppose. Edited March 30, 2020 by Qwikrex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayBuster Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Yes sir, and a bunch of my old G2 mags, zero issues with any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Qwikrex said: Awesome. I'll give those a shot. Will these springs work on both the 20 rounders and the 17 round mags? Yes. You may lose a round of capacity on the 17 rounders, but I only load them to 10 for IDPA anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, ClayBuster said: Yes sir, and a bunch of my old G2 mags, zero issues with any of them. Gotcha. Also I forgot to ask, do you have a 2019 staccato P or a 2020 with the updated grip frame/4.4" barrel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayBuster Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Qwikrex said: Gotcha. Also I forgot to ask, do you have a 2019 staccato P or a 2020 with the updated grip frame/4.4" barrel? 2020 with the s#!tty G2 grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, RangerTrace said: Yes. You may lose a round of capacity on the 17 rounders, but I only load them to 10 for IDPA anyway. Ok, thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, ClayBuster said: 2020 with the s#!tty G2 grip. Lol. At least yours is running well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayBuster Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I did fix the grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Nice. Did you get the original grip redone or did you replace it with a Gen 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayBuster Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, Qwikrex said: Nice. Did you get the original grip redone or did you replace it with a Gen 1? Sent the original to extreme shooters, took about a week door to door, much better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 I may have to do the same with mine if I can get it running right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 On 3/30/2020 at 1:43 PM, RangerTrace said: It's the weak mag springs. Replace with ISMI 11 coil and the issue will go away. I have 4 of them and they all had issues with flat nosed ammo with the stock springs. Ok, so I got the ISMI 11 coils in. Tried it out in one of my mags. And it's still doing the same thing. Funny part is, if I ride the slide and chamber it real slowly, hollow points chamber just fine. But if I try to load it from slide lock and press the slide release, the round nosedives into the bottom of the ramp. Not sure what else I can do. I opened a warranty claim with STI, but I'd rather fix it myself if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Qwikrex said: Ok, so I got the ISMI 11 coils in. Tried it out in one of my mags. And it's still doing the same thing. Funny part is, if I ride the slide and chamber it real slowly, hollow points chamber just fine. But if I try to load it from slide lock and press the slide release, the round nosedives into the bottom of the ramp. Not sure what else I can do. I opened a warranty claim with STI, but I'd rather fix it myself if possible. This is a 9mm right? Will it chamber if you sling shot the slide? Does it FTF when actually shooting? I had a couple Wilson Combat pistols in .38 Super that would FTF all day long when chambering by hand, but fed just fine while shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwikrex Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, RangerTrace said: This is a 9mm right? Will it chamber if you sling shot the slide? Does it FTF when actually shooting? I had a couple Wilson Combat pistols in .38 Super that would FTF all day long when chambering by hand, but fed just fine while shooting. Yup 9mm. If I slingshot the slide with mag inserted and the slide at rest, it will chamber. If the slide is locked back and I slingshot, it will nosedive still. The gun fed federal HST's fine at the range. It hasn't had a FTF while shooting HST's. It's just chambering the first hollow point in a mag where I'm having the issue. My concern is, if I ever need to reload from slide lock, it doesn't seem to do that reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTrace Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Qwikrex said: Yup 9mm. If I slingshot the slide with mag inserted and the slide at rest, it will chamber. If the slide is locked back and I slingshot, it will nosedive still. The gun fed federal HST's fine at the range. It hasn't had a FTF while shooting HST's. It's just chambering the first hollow point in a mag where I'm having the issue. My concern is, if I ever need to reload from slide lock, it doesn't seem to do that reliably. I understand completely. I shoot IDPA mainly these days, so slidelock reloads are mandatory. Plus, two of these guns are duty guns for me. The better mag springs solved my issue with BBI Gen1 flat nozed 147s, Speer Gold Dot 124 +P and Zero 147 JHP ammo. I'm running the newest STI tubes and followers with 11 coil ISMI springs. I should mention that I'm using the same springs in both 126mm and 140mm mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayBuster Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I was pretty sure it wasn’t the springs. There’s something wrong with the G2 grip/mag release combo on some of the guns. I knew this when I bought mine and was fully prepared to swap to a G1 grip but mine works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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