Staccato/STI pretty much defined the genre of full-sized, double-stack 1911s, and we’re surprised that it took so long for others to enter this market niche, given that their patent on the two-part frame expired way back in 2012. Staccato’s happy to occupy the upper-tier price point of the 2011 market, now that they’ve successfully convinced everyone that sticking one of their products in your holster will instantly make you Insta famous and that cops need race guns in order to hand out speeding tickets.
Springfield’s Prodigy offers an alternative at a lower price point, and while there have been some teething problems with production guns, they’re a good way to get your feet wet in the double-stack 1911 game without having to sell a kidney. Today, we check out a pair of newcomers that occupy places in the price continuum that up to now have been largely vacant.
GIRSAN 2311
Regardless of how many rounds are in the grip, 1911-style designs cost money to produce. And they cost more to produce well. So choosing to embrace the platform
