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1911 2011 Fusion Firearms Prodigy DS Springfield Armory XP Pro

A Few Things About the XP Pro…

I was able to detail strip the gun. The only things I didn’t remove were the frame from the grip (couldn’t determine how to get them apart).

I was also not able to remove the firing pin stop from the slide, so I couldn’t remove the extractor or firing pin.

I detail stripped the gun because I wanted to see the internals and verify the parts were bar stock.

I found no MIM in the gun…that was no surprise but some folks think Fusion Firearms is lying when they say the gun has no MIM. Nah, they’re not lying. A video of the internals is below.

I also attempted to mount the Viridian RFX45 to the XP Pro. I was unable to. That optic is not compatible with the adapter plates that Fusion Firearms provides. The RFX45 also uses the Acro footprint, which means that I’d have to stack the Viridian Acro-to-RMR adapter onto the XP Pro adapter…I’m not wanting to stack adapters (and both of them are thick adapters).

This means that I’ve to find a compatible optic. I was initially contemplating buying the 507C, 507 Comp, or 508T, but was thinking I could just settle for the 407C. I then watched TheHumbleMarksman’s XP Pro video and saw that he’d mounted a Cyelee Wolf X Pro to his XP Pro. I think I’m going to buy either that optic or the Wolf EDG. A sub of my YT channel also recommended the Cyelee Chameleon, which has a WIDE viewport — I like that a lot and it’s cheaper than the above-mentioned optics. I’m still not sure on which, but I’m actually leaning toward the Wolf EDG, but I’m just not looking forward to spending close to $300 for another optic. UPDATE (4/15/2025): I went ahead and bought the Cyelee Chameleon. A viewer of my channel left a comment sharing some optics that fit on his XP Pro. He recommended quite a few (the Cyelee Wolf EDG (for duty) & Chameleon (for the range); the Swampfox Justice II (for competition). I ended up pinning his comment so that it could better help other viewers. The Chameleon should arrive in 2 days. I’ll mount it Thursday night and let the thread locker set for a visit to the range this weekend (maybe).

I’ll visit the range tomorrow after work so I can get some rounds through either the Prodigy DS or the XP Pro, although I should probably focus more on shooting the Prodigy since I eventually plan to EDC it. I do have the Cyelee CAT mounted onto the Prodigy, as well, so shooting it should be a bit less of a chore – we’ll see.

I also have ordered more ammo…I blew through 1000 rounds of Magtech pretty quickly. I bought 1000 more from Bereli again, although they raised their prices by $25-30 (the gun community is getting spooked again by politics and folks are predicting shortages soon). I bought more Magtech, although I bought 124-gr this go-around.

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9mm range ammo

One Thousand Rounds of 115-gr 9mm

I’d been lacking 9mm ammunition a while now and had been buying it from either Cabelas or the range when I needed it.

I just received a batch of 1000 rounds from Bereli Inc. I’ve never bought from them before but saw a posting at r/InStockAmmo for 1000 rounds of ammo for $239, SHIPPED. Bereli adds the shipping to the cost of the ammo. I ordered it on a Monday and received it by Friday (it was during the holiday season, so shipping companies were probably overwhelmed).

Now, what’s cool is not only that shipping costs weren’t all that bad, but that you’re given a choice of 5 different ammo manufacturers to choose from – Remington, Magtech, Winchester, Browning, and Blazer. I chose Magtech this go around.

They even included a free metal ammo can.

This is the URL to the online deal: https://www.bereli.com/ammo-mdp-m19a1-1/. Note that this is 115-gr ammo.

The only negative I experienced was that I never got an invoice from Bereli…no emails whatsoever, so I couldn’t check on the order. I’d created an account too, but the website never registered me as having an account after creating it. Odd.

I will order my bulk range ammo from them from now on.