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What's crazy is I didn't replace anything on it. Not even the recoil spring and they recommend that every 5k. I'm gonna replace it here soon though. An interesting fact that I learned after calling staccato recently is that the recoil spring weights have changed over the years. When I got the gun in 2021 it was being made with 7lb recoil springs. Then in 2022 they switched to 9lb, and then in 2023 they went to 8lb springs which is what they're still using now. I guess the 8lb is the happy medium between performance and reliability.

With regards to maintenance. When I first had it cleaned after 20k rounds (give or take), there was a huge chunk of carbon buildup inside the compensator. Very difficult to clean and I didn't have the patience or needed tools to do so, so I had my local shop do the cleaning. With how dirty it was, I think they charged me like $120 to clean it because it took the gunsmith 1-2 hours lol. I don't think I'll let it go that far before cleanings again though. But I wasn't having any issues or malfunctions despite how dirty it was. All I did was add oil after every range session.
Thanks for the insight! I picked up an XC a few months ago and have yet to bring her to the range. Its encouraging to hear about its reliability though. I dont know if I'll ever get the opportunity to put 20k rounds downrange with it but its comforting knowing she'll still run like a fine tuned machine!
 
This thread has so much range, from xc lovefest to sand viper dog pile and even no cleaning a gun for 20,000 rounds. If I liked popcorn I would definitely be consuming the s out of it while reading this.

As one of the members said, get what you want. If I learned anything is that my experience with a gun can and usually is totally different than your experience with the same gun. Owning guns is a trial and error. Eventually you stumble into gats “you” love and gats that are meh.

All this back and forth is fun fodder but totally useless for decision making purposes.
 
STI and Staccato have built Combat Masters. That said there are several obvious differences between the Staccato Combat Masters and other ones that have been released by TTI. Someone other than STI/Staccato has built TTI 2011's, and who that is has been one of the best kept secrets in the 2011 world.
Those who know definitely don't talk.
 
Well, certainly the dozen xc barrels for sale this year from a single seller who claims to get them as seconds tells a different story. As do the unfinished staccatos someone was selling here recently
Key word is claims. I would have to have someone truly in the know to substantiate a claim. This is the internet. People “claim” stuff all the time. It’s a grift. TTI has denied the claim that staccato makes them. But that wouldn’t be the first time someone has denied a claim and it be true. I tried the search function. Have a link?
 
C'mon, Taran builds them himself. We all know that.

But for real, you would think whatever gunsmith he's using would want the credibility for their work, right?
I’m guessing Taran paid some lawyers a lot of money to draft an NDA for whoever is making the TTI guns, until that expires or someone screws up and lets it slip we may not know who is building them
 
Key word is claims. I would have to have someone truly in the know to substantiate a claim. This is the internet. People “claim” stuff all the time. It’s a grift. TTI has denied the claim that staccato makes them. But that wouldn’t be the first time someone has denied a claim and it be true. I tried the search function. Have a link?


 
That only serves to show what we have already established. STI and Staccato have made Combat masters. Of course they have the programming to do the slide cuts and have the parts. The STI and Staccato Combat Masters are clearly marked as such. The ones in question are the unmarked TTI 2011s, which have obvious differences from the Texas guns.
 
you realize that STI and Stacatto have made combat masters right? The limited two gun set from Stacatto and the STI CM. That doesn’t mean that they make their guns. I thought you were going to show us a TTI sand viper or Pit Viper. Still nice to see but I don’t see that as proof of anything. Thanks for finding it.
 
that’s the only thing I personally don’t like about comps is cleaning them. I diligently clean them after every range session. I have tried to spraying Pam, putting lube grease, etc on them to keep mine from getting gunked up and I am not sure it does anything. I am going to buy the lead pulverizer for my Volquartsen Black Mamba because it builds lead after every single range session and cleaning both the lead and carbon gets old real quick.
I use TMJ ammo exclusively on all my comped guns. Takes lead out of the equation. And there are plenty of good carbon cleaners.
 
For the tti I can't get past the price and not getting a metal grip , atlas would be my choice, staccato is not the old sti hand build pistol
Staccato is exactly the same level of hand built as STI always was, which is to say, somewhat. That said, Staccato has corrected a lot of the issues of the old STI guns
 
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