Now that I am offering an Enhancement Package specifically for the Springfield Prodigy 1911DS at RFV Tactical, I thought it would a good idea to buy used Prodigys and resell them on Gunbroker one at a time with my Enhancement Package already done to them to make a little bit of extra money as well as to indirectly advertise my services. So, I bought a used one to work on for around $900, which was still in really good condition.
I did everything to it that I include in my Enhancement Package and just went back with Graphite Black Cerakote on this first one, but was planning to do the next ones in a different color of Cerakote each time. Before I could list it back on Gunbroker to sell, I got kind of busy with orders and forgot about it for over month. During that time, I did several Prodigy Enhancement Packages to customer guns and decided that I didn't want to go through the hassle of putting work into a gun just turn around and sell it (and hopefully gain a profit) when people were already sending me their guns to get worked on. So I decided to just keep it as a shop gun.
I went ahead and did a step cut grip chop on it and installed a Holosun 509T optic and a Surefire X300 light, so that I could carry it and shoot it occasionally, as I was really starting to get annoyed with how dirty all of my ported guns got after each practice session of only 100 to 150 rounds. So, out of sheer laziness, I have been carrying and training with this "shop" gun exclusively for several weeks as I can shoot it just as fast and effectively as any of my ported 2011-style guns without having to clean it so frequently and I don't have to deal with the loud concussion of a ported gun at my indoor range.
It seems kind of silly to own all these customized 2011-style guns only to end up carrying and training with a Prodigy 1911DS that doesn't look much different than a completely stock one, but it is definitely more refined, reliable, and performance oriented than a stock 1911DS. In addition to the normal Enhancement Package, I also shaved down the thumb safety levers (personal preference), did a relief cut on the underside of the slide stop lever pad to make it easier to lock the slide back manually, and installed an STI trigger shoe/bow to gain some pre-travel adjustment and to get rid of that classic 3-hole trigger that I am not particularly fond of.
This gun will also allow me to compete in the popular Limited Optics division at USPSA matches since it is not ported instead of in the Open division, which is typically ruled by full blown race guns.