Monday Gunday - Episode 16: Springfield Prodigy 1911 DS 5" w/ Hex Dragonfly Red Dot

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7 ай бұрын

Welcome to Episode 16 of Monday Gunday, a series of gun/gear reviews by the team here at Tier 1 Concealed. We will be reviewing new and popular guns twice a month and scoring them according to our 10-category scoring system, worth a total of 100 points (10 points each). We will score:
Cost
Ergonomics
Trigger
Bore Axis
Sights
Aftermarket Support
Round Capacity
Serviceability
Value
Cool Factor
We will also perform some common shooting standards with each gun, such as the Bill Drill at 7 yards, a 3-reload-3 at 7 yards, and a 10 yard B8 test.
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@b.c.731 7 ай бұрын

The 4.25 is awesome in my opinion. It's my first 1911/2011 and I like it. It's been great so far and now just flows no hang or nothing. Until it falls apart it is a favorite of mine so far. Great review

@jakepries779 7 ай бұрын

well done Aaron - that is some crazy braveness to stand out there in 2 degrees with just a Tshirt...kinda like teenagers in the Midwest

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Haha well he is from the midwest!

@revolutionanarchy713 7 ай бұрын

Well done Aaron!!! Especially dealing with the 2 degrees in a tshirt!

@joelbrown2427 7 ай бұрын

It's a "double stack 1911" because Staccato owns the trademark to "2011." Grip modules are still interchangeable.

@BrandonGubrud-ie1ov 7 ай бұрын

it is trademarked under the old STI name.

@driftitlikeyouownit 6 ай бұрын

It's a 2011....screw staccato or sti or whoever and thier "trademark" A double stack 1911 does not have a grip module. It is one piece milled down with a grip. So get your definitions right. An example would be the platypus or rock island double stack 1911's.

@willowwood6798 4 ай бұрын

The new magazines say Springfield DS 2011 9mm on the bottom…maybe they paid STI

@mikeburklin2675 7 ай бұрын

Great job Sir, appreciate the honesty and content. Please do the CZ Shadow 2 Compact.

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

its on our list!

@jonah8133 2 ай бұрын

@@Tier1Concealed Yes I second that we need a review of the cz shadow 2 compact ❤

@drtmi8789 5 ай бұрын

The differences between a 1911 and 2011 is the 2011 moniker is trademarked so Springfield and other manufacturer's can't use the "2011" name so they go with 1911 DS.

@brooksrf231 7 ай бұрын

Great video fellas, thanks for the great content as always!

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Fernage 7 ай бұрын

I love this series.

@ttropp 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the vid - so you’re the guy who goes to the NFL games in freezing temps w/o a shirt on!!!

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Hahaha definitely not!

@tannerl.7545 7 ай бұрын

Fairly certain that not only Staccato owns “2011” but they also have 3 main parts. Grip, frame , and slide. The 1911 only has the frame and slide.

@tommymorgan9293 7 ай бұрын

Buy a used one and replace all the internals with egw or wilson combat parts and its a crazy good gun.

@cannonsmith7429 7 ай бұрын

big, heavy gun which is cool. lol nice work! I'm a fan of the prodigy

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Haha thanks. Make big, heavy guns great again

@Citizen2ACitizenLLC 7 ай бұрын

First of all…. Kudos on shooting in a T-shirt in that temp! Great review vid….

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@BrandonGubrud-ie1ov 7 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a review on the S&W Metal Competitor.

@Osprey1994 7 ай бұрын

All I know, is that some of these run, and some of these end up needing 500-1000 in work. I personally would just go with BUL or Staccato.

@swivel63 7 ай бұрын

i ended up sending mine back into springfield for repairs, but i kind of knew that going in so i wasn't terribly pissed. got it back and it's been good. shouldn't have had to send it in, but at least it's a known quantity now.

@chrisfriend-ow8fg 7 ай бұрын

I took mine out yesterday for the first time. Did 250 rds. 100 rds of factory, 100 rds of 125 gr reloads that clock around 1000fps, and 50 rds of 115 gr reloads at 1200 fps. I had one ftf on the first magazine and it was a reload. After that it performed flawlessly through all the rest. It’s a good gun if you take some time to clean it real well and break it in cycling the slide prior to firing to smooth it out a little.

@evnrayash 7 ай бұрын

I added an extended slide release and magwell to my prodigy. Runs great

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

@swivel63 7 ай бұрын

it's good to know i'm not the only one who has to use the support hand to hit the slide release.

@McGunlovin 7 ай бұрын

I have the 4.25 inch model. It's been really good for me. I've got about 1500 rounds on it and until today I'd only had 3 failures. It stopped wanting to feed hollow points today, so I have to figure out what's going on. May just need cleaning. Could be mag related. Idk. But I'm still very happy with it for it's price point.

@BrandonGubrud-ie1ov 7 ай бұрын

If you are running the factory mags then that could very well be. I had the same issue until I started using Atlas mags. There is also an upgrade kit for the Duramags from Wheaton. Made a significant difference.

@brianb3628 7 ай бұрын

Cool video (pun intended)! Although I don’t have a Prodigy, I also think it’s a good value. If you’re a Veteran or LEO, the Firstline guns come with 3 mags at a very reasonable price (under $1,300).

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Even better!

@edtrasmontanez2792 7 ай бұрын

Just got one is amazing now is my work gun....

@JPFB-yp6pw 7 ай бұрын

Y’all should do the hellcat pro next!

@KeithBender1 7 ай бұрын

Dan Wesson DWX would be interesting for y’all to do

@wcw2793 7 ай бұрын

Could you guys do an episode on the Dan Wesson DWX?

@pointythangs6842 7 ай бұрын

I really need a axis elite with a tlr1hl option.......for my 2 prodigys......

@watchyoutube9553 7 ай бұрын

2011 is trademarked but slide fram and grip fitment is the main difference but I done forgot the order

@Osprey1994 7 ай бұрын

Yes, Staccato owns the term 2011, but the community doesn't care. We have been using 2011 in place of the term DS1911 for years.

@johncrawford1439 2 ай бұрын

I have a prodigy 5" and an Atlas Chaos 2.0 and Athena, so I've shot "budget" 1911DS and "high end" 1911DS, neither are without faults. However I can say that I have a lot more fun shooting the Prodigy than both Atlas's as they are just to predictable and no real challenge to shoot.

@True_Patriotx 7 ай бұрын

Maybe you where pressing the safety up a little on your reloads? If you ride the safety the whole time you can prevent issues with accidentally engaging it.

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

That would've easily contributed to it!

@leftyo9589 3 ай бұрын

"it shows how dumb i am, i just talked about it" well, maybe but just talking about it put it in your mind. because you mentioned it, that is how your mind handled it moments later. positive reinforcement only.

@0228mustang 7 ай бұрын

How about more of the Aaron Sizzle...

@blinded2 7 ай бұрын

2011 is trademarked by Stoccato and so everyone else has to call theirs a double stack 1911

@davidpyle7333 7 ай бұрын

Great review, ejection looked a bit limp though (or just the camera angle ?)

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Yeah we think because the slide was moving so slowly due to the cold it wasn't ejecting as strongly.

@seanguerrero6558 7 ай бұрын

Can we get a T1C “Stay Safe, Stay Strapped” shirt?

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea!

@Frog_man007 7 ай бұрын

Would you guys recommend buying more stock duramags? Or something along the lines of getting staccato/atlas works mags for it? Thanks

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

That's a great question, I don't have any experience with them, sorry!! I've heard great things about Atlas mags though

@Frog_man007 7 ай бұрын

@@Tier1Concealed no worries l, I ended up going that route anyway lol just hurts the pockets with 5 premium mags!

@rhinosauserous 7 ай бұрын

My EDC is still number dos.....so I'm happy.

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Which is your EDC?

@rhinosauserous 7 ай бұрын

@@Tier1Concealed p10c

@RJM1319 7 ай бұрын

what is the enclosed dot in the B roll?

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Lead & Steel PB-3

@JustinV911 7 ай бұрын

Next: PDP steel frame PDP F M&P 10mm Zev Hypercomp Glock 45 with Ramjet Afterburner

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

A few of those are on our list!

@peterreily1490 7 ай бұрын

2011 is a trademark of staccato. There’s no torn on it, staccato formerly STI owns the rights. Everything non staccato has to be called a double stack 1911 or go the Turkish way of calling it a 2311.

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

A lot of people don't know that. There's much debate amongst the forums these days

@Yourgirlshouse577 7 ай бұрын

2011 consists of three separate pieces a slide, frame, and grip. Double stack 1911 are two pieces a slide with the frame and grip being one piece.

@Osprey1994 7 ай бұрын

Not always. PS. There are DS1911's that are 3 separate pieces.

@locoflahute8916 7 ай бұрын

got 26rnd mag 4 my Staccato P 4.15 😂

@clartro 7 ай бұрын

The difference is Staccato had rights to the 2011 name and the rest don't

@odin1511 6 ай бұрын

M9 please

@JustinV911 7 ай бұрын

I’m one of those people that say well if I’m already going to spend $1400 I might as well just another $1000 and get a staccato My wife hates that part 😅

@evnrayash 7 ай бұрын

Street price is sub $1000 these days

@jackripper6033 5 ай бұрын

My friend and I rented the stacatto xc and the 5” prodigy at the range last weekend. We were both unimpressed with the XC and both agreed that the prodigy shot better.

@wearetotallyrad 7 ай бұрын

Sluggage

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

hahahaha

@OPPEN45ER 7 ай бұрын

Y’all have a canik on top over every other gun? Glock? Sig? Staccato? Echelon? Prodigy? CZ? PDP Pro SD? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 never watching a review on this channel again. Turkish Tupperware should not outrank some of the most prolific and reliable pistols to ever exist.

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

Yeah but have you ever shot the SFX Rival??????? lol

@eddiepereira9628 7 ай бұрын

I like your format on testing guns except some of the guns tested had only irons and some with red dots. They are not the same and your scoring reflected that. Example the Walther PDP was tested without a red dot and it is gun specifically developed for red dot use. Guns should be ranked with irons vs red dots. Just my opinion which doesn't matter because its your channel. I just wish the testing of the guns would have been done comparing shooting each gun comparing them with iron sights versus red dots.

@Tier1Concealed 7 ай бұрын

We totally agree! The Prodigy was an exception because it came with the optic from the factory. We had a few others in there with optics that we wanted to review but didn't want to remove the dot. We tried to account for those situations in the scoring. At the end of the day, these scores are all very subjective unfortunately. We appreciate you watching anyways!!