Both shot really well. The Prodigy is noticeably flatter and softer. It ate every kind of ammo I through at it today as well which really shocked me. It is a bit over sprung but I had new Underworld Arms springs deliver today so that’s getting fixed. I am truly very pleased with the work from NC Engravers!
Setting this gun for IDPA CO. It’s tuned to 2.7lbs trigger, and shoots beautifully, easily competes with any gun twice the price. Lastly pinned my grip safety for training and competition. If I need to, remove pin, it goes back to factory settings
So I have a 4.25 with some internals swapped. I’m looking at getting a 3.5 and I’m wondering if upgrades are compatible between the 2. Mainly looking at the trigger, slide release, and ignition kit
I was between this and the 3.5 version, but got a (what a think is) good deal on the comp 4.25 ($1,390 out the door) for the gear up pac that includes the 4 mags and the green dot.
Thanks!
Yesterday I installed the Red Dirt USA Speed Tune flat-face trigger in my Springfield Armory Prodigy 4.25 (compensated) and took it to my local indoor range today. Overall, I’m extremely pleased with the results.
The pistol is currently configured with the EGW Full Length Guide Rod Kit, EGW Mainspring Housing Kit, EGW Ignition Kit, EGW Slide Stop, and finally the Red Dirt USA Speed Tune Trigger.
I do wish I had gone with trigger shoe length 4 instead of length 3. Length 3 is advertised as being roughly equivalent to the OEM trigger length, but in practice it felt slightly short to me. That may partially be due to my reduced trigger return length, which changes the overall feel and perceived reach of the trigger. I intentionally ordered the trigger with an extra spare parts and hex key set. This enables keeping one hex key set in the trigger return set screw while the other is in the trigger over travel set screw. Getting the hex key to engage on the trigger return set screw can be challenging while this pistol is partially assembled so it saves quite a bit of time to go this route in case you need to go back and forth with your adjustments.
During installation, I found that the Red Dirt trigger bow altered the disconnector geometry enough that the disconnector required refitting in order to articulate smoothly into the disconnector port while articulating it vertically in the port by hand. Prior to fitting, the slide exhibited significant binding during return to battery. To correct this, I slightly reduced disconnector ball head diameter and very lightly shortened overall disconnector length by removing a small amount of material from its top flat surface using a needle file before refining the surface with 1000 grit. Having the gun fully apart gave me the opportunity to stake my hammer strut pin in the hammer which is something I originally neglected to do during my ignition kit install.
Red Dirt recommends fitting the trigger bow to the grip safety by removing material from the top rear portion of the trigger bow where it interfaces with the grip safety block. Personally, I found it much easier to instead remove material from the grip safety blocking arm itself. This avoided repeated full disassembly and reinstallation of the trigger during fitting.
For range testing, I fired 500 rounds of Midwest Ammo 115gr FMJ, 200 rounds of Federal 147gr flat nose FMJ, and 17 rounds of Federal HST, bringing the session total to 717 rounds. Only two stoppages occurred during the entire session, both near the end of the Midwest Ammo batch: one failure to lock the slide back on an empty magazine and one failure to fully return to battery.
These were the first two stoppages I’ve experienced with this pistol in over 4,000 rounds, including a recent concealed carry course hosted by my local gun club. At the moment, I’m inclined to attribute the stoppages primarily to the noticeably underpowered remanufactured Midwest ammunition (being used in a comped gun no less), particularly given that both occurred late in the session around the 450-round mark of that ammunition lot. However, because the pistol had recently undergone trigger and disconnector fitting, it’s something I’ll continue monitoring during future range sessions.
Overall, I’m extremely happy with the results. The trigger feels excellent, the gun shoots noticeably cleaner and smoother due to short trigger reset, and the setup is beginning to feel much more like a properly tuned 2011 than a factory production pistol. Trigger pull weight feels very similar to my alchemy delta, but I don’t have a trigger pull gauge to say for certain. One thing I do want to is reduce lateral slop between the trigger shoe and the grip module. I’m considering different ways I can add small amounts of material to the grip module’s trigger shoe port, and would definitely appreciate some input. This is currently my carry gun and I think I’m going to keep it this way, at least until my ACW hicap carry comes in around December time frame.
As the title says, share your experiences on what holsters you using with the 3.5” Prodigy. Got a We The People (and it took a month to receive it) but they send a non-optic version so I have to sent it back. Poor communication also.
Finally got my black grip from Springfield. Ordered 12/25 and finally got it delivered. I think this looks good!