So I think there is a combination of problems happening.
You have a lower poundage recoils spring combined with a heavy slide, especially if you add a red dot. With that reported 9 pound spring it has to return all that mass back closed. If you watch videos of people shooting the 5 inch prodigy fast you can actually see the slide cycling. This is cycling at a slower rate than say an XD slide with an 18 pound spring. The slide on the XD cycles so fast it is almost imperceptible to the human eye.
So member’s have suggested a higher pound recoil spring witch in turn cycles the slide faster and slams it home harder. When you get that mass moving faster the slide is forced over the disconnect and does not hang up or slow down so much that it wont feed.
the other part of the equation is the main spring. Being a new pistol all the springs are the strongest they will ever be. The middle leaf of the main spring pushes on the disconnecter and in a production factory gun may not be adjusted at all. There could be just a little too much pressure on the disconnect or a bur that‘s hanging it up. Combined with the slow cycle of the slide is just enough to hang it up. There are a couple things you can do. Adjust the main spring, for instance I like to add pressure on the right leaf and add pressure on the grip safety. I like a more positive feeling on my GS. Then reducing pressure on the trigger bar drops trigger poundage. This is not something you want to do willie nilly and really should know what you are doing.
Now as I said the springs are the heaviest they ever will be out of the box. Simply dry firing and cycling the slide will move the disconnector and if there is a burr, should get rid of it. The top tip of the disconnect will rub on the underside of the slide polishing the bearing areas. The second thing it will do is flex the spring enough to get it to take its set. Meaning the spring will weaken slightly and get to a reduced weight for most of its service life. This sweet spot is where the Prodigy just like any other 1911 likes to be.
Now you can force feed the pistol shooting it and when it hangs up you will run into the example like @SimonRL had where one or two hang ups, but then follow through and keep shooting And then great success. And for my example I had a great success but I did do something to my gun before I ever shot it. I sat in my underwear and dryfired the **** out of my Prodigy while watching tv. Now before you laugh dryfire work is what makes you better with firearms. Dryfiring is way cheaper practice than actually shooting and gets you so comfortable with your firearms that they become second hand nature. I do this practicing reloads as well. The process of cycling the slide and dry firing pre wore all the parts to a point that my first hang up was after throwing my gun in the dirt 3 different times and going aprox 250 rnds. I would ask that users do not make me show ”pics or it didn’t happen”. I would also further venture to guess that most of the “influencers“ being true gun people also dryfire new guns to get to know them to talk about them. So what makes more sense Springfield sent guns that were perfectly tuned or like me the first thing I did was dryfire the **** out of the pistol. just dryfiring a couple hundred times and the pistol feels significantly different from right out of the box….something to keep in mind. This could also explain the widely different experiences that some people were having.
The next thing to ponder is the slide to frame fit with Cerakote. As you shoot the pistol the slide cycles smoother with time. As the Cerakote and metal wears into each other polishing it self. Less resistance in slide cycle can mean better reliably.
It‘s something to think about and if you think that I am full of it, thats fine just google 1911 slide hanging up on disconnect. So there are a couple things you can do for better success
1. change the recoil spring
2. adjust the main spring
3. dryfire and cycle the slide.
Pros and cons
Recoil springs cost around 5-16 dollars
Adjusting the main spring requires knowledge
Dryfire is free
Xdman’s Prodigy and my new Magpul Rigger EDC
That said what are everyones thoughts. And did you dryfire before shooting and what was the result when you actually fired?
You have a lower poundage recoils spring combined with a heavy slide, especially if you add a red dot. With that reported 9 pound spring it has to return all that mass back closed. If you watch videos of people shooting the 5 inch prodigy fast you can actually see the slide cycling. This is cycling at a slower rate than say an XD slide with an 18 pound spring. The slide on the XD cycles so fast it is almost imperceptible to the human eye.
So member’s have suggested a higher pound recoil spring witch in turn cycles the slide faster and slams it home harder. When you get that mass moving faster the slide is forced over the disconnect and does not hang up or slow down so much that it wont feed.
the other part of the equation is the main spring. Being a new pistol all the springs are the strongest they will ever be. The middle leaf of the main spring pushes on the disconnecter and in a production factory gun may not be adjusted at all. There could be just a little too much pressure on the disconnect or a bur that‘s hanging it up. Combined with the slow cycle of the slide is just enough to hang it up. There are a couple things you can do. Adjust the main spring, for instance I like to add pressure on the right leaf and add pressure on the grip safety. I like a more positive feeling on my GS. Then reducing pressure on the trigger bar drops trigger poundage. This is not something you want to do willie nilly and really should know what you are doing.
Now as I said the springs are the heaviest they ever will be out of the box. Simply dry firing and cycling the slide will move the disconnector and if there is a burr, should get rid of it. The top tip of the disconnect will rub on the underside of the slide polishing the bearing areas. The second thing it will do is flex the spring enough to get it to take its set. Meaning the spring will weaken slightly and get to a reduced weight for most of its service life. This sweet spot is where the Prodigy just like any other 1911 likes to be.
Now you can force feed the pistol shooting it and when it hangs up you will run into the example like @SimonRL had where one or two hang ups, but then follow through and keep shooting And then great success. And for my example I had a great success but I did do something to my gun before I ever shot it. I sat in my underwear and dryfired the **** out of my Prodigy while watching tv. Now before you laugh dryfire work is what makes you better with firearms. Dryfiring is way cheaper practice than actually shooting and gets you so comfortable with your firearms that they become second hand nature. I do this practicing reloads as well. The process of cycling the slide and dry firing pre wore all the parts to a point that my first hang up was after throwing my gun in the dirt 3 different times and going aprox 250 rnds. I would ask that users do not make me show ”pics or it didn’t happen”. I would also further venture to guess that most of the “influencers“ being true gun people also dryfire new guns to get to know them to talk about them. So what makes more sense Springfield sent guns that were perfectly tuned or like me the first thing I did was dryfire the **** out of the pistol. just dryfiring a couple hundred times and the pistol feels significantly different from right out of the box….something to keep in mind. This could also explain the widely different experiences that some people were having.
The next thing to ponder is the slide to frame fit with Cerakote. As you shoot the pistol the slide cycles smoother with time. As the Cerakote and metal wears into each other polishing it self. Less resistance in slide cycle can mean better reliably.
It‘s something to think about and if you think that I am full of it, thats fine just google 1911 slide hanging up on disconnect. So there are a couple things you can do for better success
1. change the recoil spring
2. adjust the main spring
3. dryfire and cycle the slide.
Pros and cons
Recoil springs cost around 5-16 dollars
Adjusting the main spring requires knowledge
Dryfire is free
Xdman’s Prodigy and my new Magpul Rigger EDC
That said what are everyones thoughts. And did you dryfire before shooting and what was the result when you actually fired?
) was the first purchase I ever made and I had no idea about maintenance, just basics of how to use it and basic safety at home, the range, etc.
