Springfield Armory Shrinks the Prodigy With a New 3.5-Inch Compact AOS
Springfield Armory's new 1911 DS Prodigy 3.5" Compact AOS brings the popular 2011-style platform to a shorter barrel with the AOS optics system at $1,582.
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