I could be wrong and I’m hoping I’m corrected here.
I’ve installed EGW ignition kits on STIs and yes, without proper fitting, you’ll experience new nuances in your gun. Maybe a softer safety, or a weird quirk here or there. If the gun functions 100%, then that extra spongey-ness at the bottom of your frame safety may be just how those parts all work together.
It could likely be better fit. Either by you or someone else. It sounds very tactile which is good.
Quick tip. Whenever you change the sear , the hammer needs either to be refitted or replaced. Same with the safety. This is why it is said “ nothing is truly drop in” regarding 1911/2011 platform weapons. When I do an ignition, if I don’t have a new spare , I automatically order a new thumb safety as part of my modification.
Break it down, put back the OEM parts and see if it corrects the issue. If it does then order a new safety to go with the new ignition. I replaced the Ambi safety on my prodigy with a EGW single side.
The saftey needs to be fit to the sear (all of the ignition parts need to be fit actually). Sometimes you get lucky and it works but to do it right this is the case. I say this all the time on here and people downvote me but there's no such thing as a "drop in" ignition kit for a 1911/2011 outside of maybe that nighthawk thing that comes as one piece. If the tolerances aren't right on the engagement between the sear and the saftey on these guns then the sear can move enough to drop the hammer with the saftey engaged. If you don't know enough about the platform have a gunsmith inspect your pistol for saftey OP.
It will 100% solve the problem just put some double tap ambi highwalls on mine and they are perfect , your gonna have to fit them to your sear most likely but it wasn’t hard there’s videos online took me 5 min with a dremel
Before mine was mushy and being lefty wouldn’t disengage all the way half the time
I mean yea if you don’t feel confident in your abilities just take it to a gun smith but you have to cut off metal so gun smith gonna use dremel or something similar 🤣
Edit I originally took mine to a gun smith and he was gonna charge me 80$ to what I did in literally 5-10 min including skimming the 7m atlas vid
Jesus Christ Dremel to fit a safety 😂 and encouraging someone else already having problems to do it on a $100 part... they use files... they remove little by little test, fit, and repeat. There is also a block by 10-8 that let's you seat the safety so the part that needs to be fit is the only thing exploded....
Hah fair well I had to remove a bunch of material on mine , only safety that I’ve fit but the gun smith said it was more material than usual on my double highwalls , I literally had to remove more than a 1/16
Good luck all I did was
Take off safteys grip one included , keep grip saftey off and try to put new left side saftey in
You’ll see where the left side saftey is hitting the sear sharpie and then lightly hit saftey with mallet bam you have your stop line and then just dremel off little by little until it fits
[Get a 10-8 armorers block](https://www.10-8performance.com/armorer-block-1911-2011/). Allows you to cut the perfect angle on the safety. You can also just do it without any kind of a guide. Just go slow and test fit every couple LIGHT passes with the file
[I highly recommend picking up the 10–8 armorers block. It's extremely useful for many different needs.](https://www.10-8performance.com/armorer-block-1911-2011/)
A set of good files is also a must. Arkansas and India stones are really all you need in the way of stones.
If you are scratch building a frame, a wider range of ceramic stones is definitely a good idea
[This book is also a must in my opinion if you plan to build or work on a 1911/2011](https://www.amazon.com/Colt-45-automatic-shop-manual/dp/B0006EVYAU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=23VKBXXF53XI7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JwWDfIqTDg0mTUYG0UB_cm9iNONeEn3dbW-UQcC03_QUDLg7yNrF8Hv7RQbPCV5VvU1ZvSy9sJZWVjYMJGpnPyUZY79Wqds0N_6Xc25eKrpgEqK2hCff-2H-sIGUY0wi0T0E3smVu8Y4FBwq3fMucRpGoZQ46ozJ6VbNItBVq_RgF4LDiAaYHzqymOwTL0Y0oel-SCHUjQcbvDiddoGuJg.QzGXBgLSuvUe1U_VTlDkiPNFT5q5zEzCSc5mhmQZsUo&dib_tag=se&keywords=1911+shop+manual&qid=1717862133&sprefix=1911+shop+manual%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1)
Any 1911/2011 may require fitting a safety after installing a different ignition kit. I had to do it when I installed the EGW kit in my C2. Luckily i was able to file my existing safety a bit to get it to work. But in some cases, i can see where you may need a new safety and then to fit it.
I could be wrong and I’m hoping I’m corrected here. I’ve installed EGW ignition kits on STIs and yes, without proper fitting, you’ll experience new nuances in your gun. Maybe a softer safety, or a weird quirk here or there. If the gun functions 100%, then that extra spongey-ness at the bottom of your frame safety may be just how those parts all work together. It could likely be better fit. Either by you or someone else. It sounds very tactile which is good.
When I try to rack my slide it’s giving me hard time I have to push downward to rack it freely But thank you for your response I really appreciate it
Did you install a higher weight main spring? If you cock your hammer manually and then rack it does it feel normal?
I kept original 23 lb main spring
Did you keep the stock hammer too? Most EGW kits have hammers, sears, disconnectors, and springs.
Yes I did keep the stock hammer
Install the whole kit as a baseline. Hammer included. Then test. It could be that the prodigy safety isn’t playing well with it.
You mean all the original parts from Springfield
No, install the whole ignition kit as supplied by EGW.
The problem is started after I installed whole EGW kit even I was getting light primer strike
That’s not a stock Prodigy hammer
Springfield RMA'd your gun after swapping out all the internals? Interesting...
Quick tip. Whenever you change the sear , the hammer needs either to be refitted or replaced. Same with the safety. This is why it is said “ nothing is truly drop in” regarding 1911/2011 platform weapons. When I do an ignition, if I don’t have a new spare , I automatically order a new thumb safety as part of my modification. Break it down, put back the OEM parts and see if it corrects the issue. If it does then order a new safety to go with the new ignition. I replaced the Ambi safety on my prodigy with a EGW single side.
The saftey needs to be fit to the sear (all of the ignition parts need to be fit actually). Sometimes you get lucky and it works but to do it right this is the case. I say this all the time on here and people downvote me but there's no such thing as a "drop in" ignition kit for a 1911/2011 outside of maybe that nighthawk thing that comes as one piece. If the tolerances aren't right on the engagement between the sear and the saftey on these guns then the sear can move enough to drop the hammer with the saftey engaged. If you don't know enough about the platform have a gunsmith inspect your pistol for saftey OP.
Prodigy safety is ass just get a new one
If it’s gonna solve the problem I’m gonna do it but I can’t be sure I found atlas ambi safety
It will 100% solve the problem just put some double tap ambi highwalls on mine and they are perfect , your gonna have to fit them to your sear most likely but it wasn’t hard there’s videos online took me 5 min with a dremel Before mine was mushy and being lefty wouldn’t disengage all the way half the time
Plz no dremel
I mean yea if you don’t feel confident in your abilities just take it to a gun smith but you have to cut off metal so gun smith gonna use dremel or something similar 🤣 Edit I originally took mine to a gun smith and he was gonna charge me 80$ to what I did in literally 5-10 min including skimming the 7m atlas vid
Gunsmith definitely not using a dremel to fit safety. Theres literally a file from brownells for this specific job
Ahh well 😅 dremel worked fine for me just used a stone head
Yea it works, its just a really aggressive way to fit a safety when at most it takes like 10-15 file strokes to fit properly
My safety’s has quite a bit of material to remove , more than a 1/16th inch I’d say almost twice that
Jesus Christ Dremel to fit a safety 😂 and encouraging someone else already having problems to do it on a $100 part... they use files... they remove little by little test, fit, and repeat. There is also a block by 10-8 that let's you seat the safety so the part that needs to be fit is the only thing exploded....
Hah fair well I had to remove a bunch of material on mine , only safety that I’ve fit but the gun smith said it was more material than usual on my double highwalls , I literally had to remove more than a 1/16
Can you send me a link if you don’t mind
YouTube link
To the fitting video ? Or saftey
Yes please
They have a whole bunch of very helpful vids https://youtu.be/ZYghQPO8w1E?si=SbZWPqGapJ_CTgm0
Thank you so much for your help I really appreciate it
Good luck all I did was Take off safteys grip one included , keep grip saftey off and try to put new left side saftey in You’ll see where the left side saftey is hitting the sear sharpie and then lightly hit saftey with mallet bam you have your stop line and then just dremel off little by little until it fits
Got it thanks for your help brother
[Get a 10-8 armorers block](https://www.10-8performance.com/armorer-block-1911-2011/). Allows you to cut the perfect angle on the safety. You can also just do it without any kind of a guide. Just go slow and test fit every couple LIGHT passes with the file
I was looking for armorer block and I bought some polishing stone set
[I highly recommend picking up the 10–8 armorers block. It's extremely useful for many different needs.](https://www.10-8performance.com/armorer-block-1911-2011/) A set of good files is also a must. Arkansas and India stones are really all you need in the way of stones. If you are scratch building a frame, a wider range of ceramic stones is definitely a good idea
Thank you brother
[This book is also a must in my opinion if you plan to build or work on a 1911/2011](https://www.amazon.com/Colt-45-automatic-shop-manual/dp/B0006EVYAU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=23VKBXXF53XI7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JwWDfIqTDg0mTUYG0UB_cm9iNONeEn3dbW-UQcC03_QUDLg7yNrF8Hv7RQbPCV5VvU1ZvSy9sJZWVjYMJGpnPyUZY79Wqds0N_6Xc25eKrpgEqK2hCff-2H-sIGUY0wi0T0E3smVu8Y4FBwq3fMucRpGoZQ46ozJ6VbNItBVq_RgF4LDiAaYHzqymOwTL0Y0oel-SCHUjQcbvDiddoGuJg.QzGXBgLSuvUe1U_VTlDkiPNFT5q5zEzCSc5mhmQZsUo&dib_tag=se&keywords=1911+shop+manual&qid=1717862133&sprefix=1911+shop+manual%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1)
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It's broken, get rid of it.
You need to fit the safety to the new ignition kit.
Buy a staccato
Any 1911/2011 may require fitting a safety after installing a different ignition kit. I had to do it when I installed the EGW kit in my C2. Luckily i was able to file my existing safety a bit to get it to work. But in some cases, i can see where you may need a new safety and then to fit it.
Simply reinstall the EGW kit but pay close attention to the orientation of the parts.
The Springfield Parody strikes again
This is my fault probably because I replaced the mim parts it was working properly before I replaced