I know I said I wouldn’t report back on my Prodigy because it is running flawlessly, but today was a new benchmark, literally. I went to the range today and ran it side by side with The One Gun. My P226 Legion SAO RXP. I ran 75 rounds through each gun at 15 yards and it was a blow-for-blow, knock down, drag ‘em out. At 41oz, the steel framed Prodigy is clearly the heavyweight, absorbing recoil and instantly dropping back on target. The 34oz alloy framed 226 Legion is a snappy counter puncher that delivers precision hits, but demands solid technique. Both guns ran a red dot - the Prodigy, a 6 moa Vortex Viper while the Legion ran a 3 moa Rome1Pro. Both guns left gaping holes in their respective targets.
Both of these guns run within $100 of each other, but I feel like the Legion is better made, but I’m willing to admit that there may be some bias there. The Legion feels rapier fast, while the Prodigy feels sledge hammer fast. I wanted the Legion to smoke the Prodigy but that didn’t happen, they really matched each other on each shot. I’m tempted to give the Prodigy an extra point because of the ease that it settled back on target on each shot, but then I’d have to give the Legion 10 bonus points because I know that it will fire anything, FMJ or JHP, that I feed it. I can’t say the same about the Prodigy. I would go to war with the Legion. Here’s what I am sure about - at the range, either of these guns will make you That Guy.
And as an extra bonus on the way to the range I stopped into my local Gritr Sports and they had 17 rd Prodigy mags for $35. I picked one up and I used it exclusively today. Whatever problems the Prodigy may have, it’s not the magazines.