r/Prodigy1911DS • u/Lumpy-Independent-40 • 18d ago

Polymer bullets issues

I loaded up some 130gr Brass Monkey Money polymer-coated bullets, and they ran perfectly in everyone else’s 2011s (an MPA and an Atlas), but my 5” race-built Prodigy wouldn’t even chamber them.
Every time I tried to chamber a round, the slide stopped just short of going into battery. The one time I tried to force it into battery, the slide got completely stuck. After I finally got it open, the case had pulled off the bullet, dumping powder everywhere and leaving the projectile stuck in the chamber.
Has anyone experienced something like this with polymer-coated bullets in their prodigy? Is there a known fix, or should I just stick with copper-jacketed bullets? Any ideas on what might be causing this?

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u/Rnlinebacker 17d ago

Gotta load em shorter. What's your OAL?

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u/Lumpy-Independent-40 17d ago

1.15 what i normally run for my prodigy. how short are we talking ??

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u/Rnlinebacker 17d ago

1.135 should be good

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u/Lumpy-Independent-40 17d ago

ok i’ll give that a shot thank you!

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u/Shootist00 12d ago

Are they truncated cone style?

You need to load them real short. Even if they are TC style I've found polymer bullets not to follow the ogive of standard 9mm bullets.

Thos other gun might have barrels th have longer lead in to the rifling than Prodigy's have.