My serial number 12xxx. The inner lip of my mags is smooth to the touch. Despite having one mag run slightly better than the other I don't feel like it's a mag issue. To me it felt like the slide didn't have enough inertia to go into full battery most of the time.Welcome.
New here as well, but also purchased a 5" Prodigy. I personally haven't had any issues out of a total of 300 rds so far, 3 different manufacturers ammo.
I am curious, as I've been reading up trying to see if how some have solved their issues.
If you feel the inner lip of your mags, is it completely smooth or does it feel gritty? Some people report their mag lips were not smooth and the casing was catching on the feed lips. After smoothing them out, they said it ran great.
Please let us know! Also, if you don't mind, what's your Serial? Mine is 003XXX, trying to see if it's random or maybe a bad batch with close serials. (Don't post the whole number, X out the last few like I did)
I just took the gun apart and saw some grit on the rails. I wiped it off and took a magnet over it and it was magnetic. See pictures below. I also took a single picture of what looks like some wear of the finish to me. I wonder if this is break in? I own some high end 1911 and with hand fitting it takes some rounds to break them in. I seem to recall reading some paperwork with my Les Baer to shoot 250 or 500 rounds (I don't recall the number) before I call to complain about the gun. After about 200 rounds and my first cleaning it's run like a champ.
So I hope this is just break in. The slide is very smooth and even with the grit I saw on the rails it felt smooth. The other thing is my DS was lubed heavy. I would say very wet.
I'm open to more comments and suggestions but don't want to hear statements about no gun needs a break in. While I find that to be the case with polymer guns, tight-fitting all metal guns sometimes do in my experience.