Davecambell Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I am wanting to optimize my Prodigy. To whom should I send it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertTortoise Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 DSC gun works does a lot of them. He is fast and affordable too. https://dscgunworks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36873687 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 skipzs guns did amazing work to my buddys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Jeff Abernathy of Tommy Gunz has been posting a bunch on social media of ones he's worked on. I've had him do some work on 2011's for me in the past and have known a few people that used him for full builds. He seems pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 5 hours ago, Davecambell said: I am wanting to optimize my Prodigy. To whom should I send it? Just curious about what you want optimized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 10 hours ago, DesertTortoise said: DSC gun works does a lot of them. He is fast and affordable too. https://dscgunworks.com/ They seem to be very popular in the Prodigy Owners groups on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davecambell Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Trigger,grip and magwell improvements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mitch Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 You don’t need a gunsmith to optimize a Prodigy. All the parts drop in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJinPA Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 7 hours ago, Dr Mitch said: You don’t need a gunsmith to optimize a Prodigy. All the parts drop in. Really? While I agree that you shouldn't need a gunsmith I never heard of a 1911 with drop in parts. Is this supposed to be a feature of the prodigy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 minutes ago, MJinPA said: Really? While I agree that you shouldn't need a gunsmith I never heard of a 1911 with drop in parts. Is this supposed to be a feature of the prodigy? All guns are different even prodigy to prodigy. On mine there were a few parts that dropped in but some did not. Just like some say a simple ignition kit dropped the trigger weight to under 3#. Mine barely dropped at all to around 4.5# So mine will go to a gunsmith eventually if I like LO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mitch Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 3 hours ago, MJinPA said: Really? While I agree that you shouldn't need a gunsmith I never heard of a 1911 with drop in parts. Is this supposed to be a feature of the prodigy? Most modern 1911 style guns accept standardized small parts as drop in. Thumb safeties and grip safeties always have to be fit. The days of 1911s being poor quality manufactured goods requiring custom work for any modifications largely ended years ago when real machinists started building these guns and their respective parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtuns Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 4 minutes ago, Dr Mitch said: Most modern 1911 style guns accept standardized small parts as drop in. Thumb safeties and grip safeties always have to be fit. The days of 1911s being poor quality manufactured goods requiring custom work for any modifications largely ended years ago when real machinists started building these guns and their respective parts. I put an EGW fire control kit in my prodigy had to refit the stock thumb safety also had to fit Atlas trigger shoe and bow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtuns Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 4 hours ago, Sarge said: All guns are different even prodigy to prodigy. On mine there were a few parts that dropped in but some did not. Just like some say a simple ignition kit dropped the trigger weight to under 3#. Mine barely dropped at all to around 4.5# So mine will go to a gunsmith eventually if I like LO. I put in the EGW kit and the tuned sear spring following this video and I have a nice 2# trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 27 minutes ago, dtuns said: I put an EGW fire control kit in my prodigy had to refit the stock thumb safety also had to fit Atlas trigger shoe and bow. The EGW sear won’t even fit in mine. Very tight and barely moves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJinPA Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 37 minutes ago, Dr Mitch said: Most modern 1911 style guns accept standardized small parts as drop in. Thumb safeties and grip safeties always have to be fit. The days of 1911s being poor quality manufactured goods requiring custom work for any modifications largely ended years ago when real machinists started building these guns and their respective parts. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On 2/21/2024 at 6:20 AM, MJinPA said: Really? While I agree that you shouldn't need a gunsmith I never heard of a 1911 with drop in parts. Some things do drop in. For instance, if all the holes are in the correct positions, some well made ignition kits will drop in and be perfect. That's exactly what happened on the last four Open builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtuns Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 3 hours ago, zzt said: Some things do drop in. For instance, if all the holes are in the correct positions, some well made ignition kits will drop in and be perfect. That's exactly what happened on the last four Open builds. On My prodigy EGW ignition parts dropped in but had to refit the stock thumb safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMarl Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Master gun works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 43 minutes ago, dtuns said: On My prodigy EGW ignition parts dropped in but had to refit the stock thumb safety. That's a good thing. Much better than having to weld it up or peen it. Now I'm curious to see whose sear they use. I thought EGW's was the 'skinniest'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superkaratemonkeyfighter Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Jeff A at tommy gunz. solid dude , good prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnyglock Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Superkaratemonkeyfighter said: Edited February 23 by donnyglock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunBugBit Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/20/2024 at 9:01 AM, 36873687 said: skipzs guns did amazing work to my buddys I’ve watched some of his videos. Seems to be into these guns so he probably has enough experience to do things right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOGRIDER Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/21/2024 at 10:55 AM, Sarge said: The EGW sear won’t even fit in mine. Very tight and barely moves @Sarge I've used a bunch of EGW sears over the years and they have all been excellent made; but it's been a while since I purchased a recent one. Wondering if you compared the one you received with any of the print specs to see if it was an out of spec sear or excessive build-up of Cerakote on the frame? I'm seriously considering a Prodigy to "play with" but wondering if I'll need to have it stripped and refinished to get good interference with the fire control group? And I doubt sending it back to SA for excessive build-up of the coating would bode well with Warranty Department........ Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPENB Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I have an STI hammer/sear/disconnector kit laying around and tried it in my Prodigy, and the sear was the same as Sarge's, too tight in the frame to pivot. Cerakote was too thick. I've used the EE trigger kits several times before, and like them. Dropped in. These guns are not hard to work on, but just need to know how to massage them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Watson Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 A friend got lucky on his, barrel and magazines were good, feeding reliable. He put in one of those Nighthawk package action devices and came out under 3 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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