A design that is nearly four decades old at this point, the 2011 hybrid-framed handgun has come into its own recently, moving from the realm of high-end exotic competition guns to everyday duty and self-defense handguns. As its audience broadens, the design has come under the scrutiny of how to make it a more practical, everyday firearm. Staccato, the originator of the 2011 design, is answering this call by introducing what it calls “the future of the 2011” with the new-for-2025 Staccato HD.
The Staccato HD is a completely re-designed take on the 2011 concept. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
If the original 2011 design has an Achilles heel, it is its magazines, which run in the $60 to $125 dollar range. Staccato flips the script by designing the HD around one of the most ubiquitous and affordable magazines on the market, the Glock pattern. The HD accepts standard Glock 9 mm Luger magazines with a capacity of 17 rounds or more. It comes supplied with an 18-round, steel-bodied magazine.
The HD uses Glock-pattern magazines and comes with a metal-body magazine. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
The Staccato HD is not just a 2011 that takes a Glock mag. The company has tweaked every aspect of the gun to keep all of the benefits of the 2011 platform, but increase its reliability. To this end, they have given the pistol an external extractor, like the handgun in the company’s Carry line, it uses a captured, buffered flat-wire recoil spring, and it has a firing pin block safety. Each improvement was put through rigorous environmental and safety testing.
A firing pin block safety was added to the HD. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
Staccato says that the HD is “our most thoroughly and aggressively tested set of pistols to date, going far beyond industry standards to meet the stringent requirements of America’s elite armed professionals.” Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
The pistol has also been updated to include features found on “modern” handguns. To make the platform ambidextrous, the magazine release is now reversible and the slide stop is bilateral, and the traditional bilateral M1911-style thumb safety is retained. The stop has also been moved rearward so that it can be operated with the thumb of the dominate hand while in a firing grip. Ergonomics of the grip have been updated to be slimmer and more comfortable with a higher beavertail and there is no grip safety.
The HD is designed for fully ambidextrous use, with bilateral safeties and slide stops and a reversible magazine release. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
With the grip frame designed around the Glock-pattern magazine, ergonomics of the HD, from the position of the slide stop to the beavertail, are enhanced and updated. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
The redesigned steel frame has a thumb ledge machined into the sides, as well as a multi-slot M1913 Picatinny rail. Optics ready, the HD uses Staccato’s new “HOST” system that allows for direct-mounting and the rear sight has been moved forward so that it remains in place with an optic mounted.
The HD showcases Staccato’s HOST system of optics mounting that allows a forward-mounted rear sight that stays in place with an optic. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
The Staccato HD is offered in two formats. The P4 has a 4” barrel and weighs 34 ozs.
The P4.5 has a 4.5” bull barrel and uses a unique “front sight block.” This allows the standard P4 slide to be used for faster cycling time. It also means that the front sight does not move during recoil and mass is added at the muzzle to help control muzzle flip.
The HD P4.5 uses a unique front sight block, which allows for a longer barrel, while using a shorter slide for a quicker cycling time. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
The Staccato HD has a base MSRP of $2,499 for the P4 model and $2,699 for the P4.5 version, with upgrade packages available. It is scheduled to be on dealers’ shelves on January 28. For more information, see the company’s website.
Staccato offers upgrade packages for the HD. Pictured is the Premium package, which includes a DLC barrel finish, X-Cut slide and upgraded Trijicon front sight. Image courtesy of Staccato 2011.
