Posted: 8/26/2025 11:16:15 AM EDT
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This might or might not matter much to some but while I was out practicing the other day, I noticed the mags (all of 4 of them) did not eject forcefully and hung up momentarily when empty and slide locked. Had to shook/flicked the gun to one side to get it ejected (weak hand already had a mag ready to insert). After cleaning the mags and pistol at home, I noticed these marks on all magazines: Attached File Attached File So I looked inside the grip, sure enough, both grip screws were protruding a good bit inside the magazine area, causing those wear/drag marks. These screws are a bit too long so I proceeded to file off the excess length. That took care of the magazine dragging issue. |
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Originally Posted By Corey44: That's not necessarily limited to prodigies. My first staccato did the same thing with the grip screws coming loose, a long with the optic plate coming loose all the time. That has since been remedied and hasn't happened again. That's the next item for me to look at, the optic mounting screw on the extractor side to make sure it is not too long (and putting pressure on the extractor) before I prepare a spare extractor for my range bag. |
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Originally Posted By bravo5two: That's the next item for me to look at, the optic mounting screw on the extractor side to make sure it is not too long (and putting pressure on the extractor) before I prepare a spare extractor for my range bag. first, how old is your prodigy? are you currently having issues? how many rounds thru the gun? if it's newer, your screw length should be fine. get the screws you intend to use with your plate and optic and dry fit everything. take a sharpie and color the bottom flat side of the screw that you intend to use to mount the plate to the slide. torque the screws to spec and take it back out. if the sharpie rubbed off, you have an inference problem but is an easy fix. you can also take the extractor out and see if there is a witness mark on the top from the screw being too long. i have experience with owning 3 prodigies. after i learned on the first one, i have had zero issues with any of them since. take a q tip, rip off the cotton part and use that to clean the threads of the slide for the optic plate mounting. you may need to do this a few times with a few q tips when they get dirty. take the screws you intend to use to mount the optic to the plate. using your bit driver, run the screws into a paper towel to clean the threads. put a little bit of lock tight on the threads of the screws for the plate and the optic and dry fit everything again. i run the screws into the threads 2-3 times to distribute the lock tight take it apart and clean up any excess that squeezed out. remount everything, torque to spec, and put the gun in your safe upside down for a few days to cure so no lock tight doesn't drain down into the gun slide. if you want me to make a video, i will. if you know this already, i apologize but hopefully it will help someone else. |
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Originally Posted By Corey44: first, how old is your prodigy? are you currently having issues? how many rounds thru the gun? if it's newer, your screw length should be fine. get the screws you intend to use with your plate and optic and dry fit everything. take a sharpie and color the bottom flat side of the screw that you intend to use to mount the plate to the slide. torque the screws to spec and take it back out. if the sharpie rubbed off, you have an inference problem but is an easy fix. you can also take the extractor out and see if there is a witness mark on the top from the screw being too long. i have experience with owning 3 prodigies. after i learned on the first one, i have had zero issues with any of them since. take a q tip, rip off the cotton part and use that to clean the threads of the slide for the optic plate mounting. you may need to do this a few times with a few q tips when they get dirty. take the screws you intend to use to mount the optic to the plate. using your bit driver, run the screws into a paper towel to clean the threads. put a little bit of lock tight on the threads of the screws for the plate and the optic and dry fit everything again. i run the screws into the threads 2-3 times to distribute the lock tight take it apart and clean up any excess that squeezed out. remount everything, torque to spec, and put the gun in your safe upside down for a few days to cure so no lock tight doesn't drain down into the gun slide. if you want me to make a video, i will. if you know this already, i apologize but hopefully it will help someone else. My prodigy is new only a few months old. No issues so far just nit picking OCD on my part  Also I was just getting it prep'd for matches so some spare parts are needed, and since I will be checking the extractor, doesn't hurt to inspect the plate mounting screw. Thank you for the info above, no need to make the video your description is plenty.
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Originally Posted By Corey44: first, how old is your prodigy? are you currently having issues? how many rounds thru the gun? if it's newer, your screw length should be fine. get the screws you intend to use with your plate and optic and dry fit everything. take a sharpie and color the bottom flat side of the screw that you intend to use to mount the plate to the slide. torque the screws to spec and take it back out. if the sharpie rubbed off, you have an inference problem but is an easy fix. you can also take the extractor out and see if there is a witness mark on the top from the screw being too long. i have experience with owning 3 prodigies. after i learned on the first one, i have had zero issues with any of them since. take a q tip, rip off the cotton part and use that to clean the threads of the slide for the optic plate mounting. you may need to do this a few times with a few q tips when they get dirty. take the screws you intend to use to mount the optic to the plate. using your bit driver, run the screws into a paper towel to clean the threads. put a little bit of lock tight on the threads of the screws for the plate and the optic and dry fit everything again. i run the screws into the threads 2-3 times to distribute the lock tight take it apart and clean up any excess that squeezed out. remount everything, torque to spec, and put the gun in your safe upside down for a few days to cure so no lock tight doesn't drain down into the gun slide. if you want me to make a video, i will. if you know this already, i apologize but hopefully it will help someone else. Oh you poor thing for thinking Springfield fixes these things lol. These guns are still having some of the very same issues they had when the guns were first brought to market. Springfield seems to have the business model with this line of rush them out and let the customer handle the QC. Guess it’s cheaper than paying for employees to do it. |