Just got some 4.5’s at the shop. Swung in to check them out. Mounted an RMR HD on one of them - These guns with the updated safety geometry and stronger safety springs are absolutely awesome. When the hype dies down I’ll get one.

 

Not much to add, I've been getting back into competition after 3 years on the road. In a week I bought an HD, put an SRO, shot enough rounds to zero it, and shot my second IDPA match in 4 years and had a blast with it. I REALLY like this gun.

 

Oh yeah, I really hate the right side ambi slide stop. I just took it off. I get the design, but that thing's a pain.

 

Monsoon Tactical has a short video on Instagram highlighting the new comp cut to the 4.5.

 

 

so what is the word on a HD XC or an updated XC?

 

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according to my friend at Staccato, “summer” is the release time for the comped HD. He doesn’t know when flat triggers will be available.

 

Reached 1,000 rounds with my HD P4 over the weekend. Not a single malfunction using multiple magazine and ammo types (blazer, PMC, hollow points, cheap Turkish stuff I had sitting in the safe). This gun shoots flatter and more accurately than my beloved G45 with the radian combo.

Can’t wait for my holster to come in so I can start carrying it.

 

He told me this summer was the goal back in February and reiterated that when emailed him a week ago. Looking forward to it!

 

Going to call bunk on a Summer XC, Staccato loves a good hype session spanning several months.

 

The 4.5 is a perfect example of that.

 

Yup! IF they do a HD XC, they'd wait until shot show and create a huge buzz.

What do you mean, "IF"? People have already been shooting it.

 

RD takes a while.

 

I doubt we'll see the XC HD this year. Might be a shot show 2026 deal. We knew about the 4.5's back in october of 2024. Our guys saw them being tested during top dealer only factory tour.

We have had no word or even hint of the XC version at all. Our rep (who is awesome btw) is absolutely swamped and getting his butt kicked tryna work the launch of the 4.5's.

 

We have had no word or even hint of the XC version at all. Our rep (who is awesome btw) is absolutely swamped and getting his butt kicked tryna work the launch of the 4.5's.

We've literally seen video of Tulsi and her husband shooting them.

 

Picked up a P4.5 late last week and have shot around 300 rounds so far. I initially had several FTEs and the slide not locking back on an empty mag. It appears to have been ammo-related. These were S&B 124gr and Freedom Munitions 124gr (new, not reman), and they are some of the softest shooting ammo I use. It cycled 124gr American Eagle flawlessly, and once I got past the first 150 rounds, it seems to be cycling the S&B and FM stuff fine. I suspect the weight of the sight block was having an impact on the lighter loads until the gun went through a break-in.

This is my first HD, and I like it overall. I have several Shadow Systems (Glock clone) pistols, and I like the fact that the HD uses Glock mags. The P4.5 recoil is lighter than my Staccato P Heritage and Staccato C full size (no surprise there), and I find the trigger feel to be very close to both of those, but not quite as crisp. My groups were better with the P4.5 on both range trips, so it may become my favorite Staccato.

 

Do you notice a training difference between the HD and standard 2011s? As in, presentation of the dot etc? I know the HDs sit a bit lower in the hand and the grip angle is every-so slightly different.

 

Picked up my first staccato and so far I’m very impressed. I may have to trade my prodigy for another one if it continues like this. I do have one question however. Those with hd are you noticing wear like this on your guide rod? I’ve got about 200rounds on it and already feeling a small lip where the polished areas are on the ears of the guide rod.

 

The grip angle is the same.