New EAA Witness P Compact

Started by Ohio10mm, March 27 2017 06:18:25 PM MDT

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StockIIBoss

Quote from: drnls on April 25 2017 07:55:12 PM MDT
How much was removed?


I measured the remaining material depth, and it's .405", so still very stout. In comparison, my Glock is .140". Now, this only works for guns with full frame dust shields, as has the Witness P Compact, but I'm sure you already figured that part out.

StockIIBoss


Intercooler

Quote from: Patriot on April 26 2017 10:24:04 AM MDT
Quote from: Intercooler on April 25 2017 05:37:04 PM MDT
   It's a weird thing really. The owner of Elite Ammunition did testing with extreme loads when he was making 10mm ammunition. He had it working just fine and I don't think he did a magic dance.

Some videos and you can ask him questions.




I asked him some questions on there long ago in the comments. Try an email and lets us know what he says.
10mm+p?

You going to email this guy or should I?

drnls

Thank you.  Your efforts make this a possible carry option. 
Nelson


Quote from: StockIIBoss on April 26 2017 02:33:33 PM MDT
Quote from: drnls on April 25 2017 07:55:12 PM MDT
How much was removed?


I measured the remaining material depth, and it's .405", so still very stout. In comparison, my Glock is .140". Now, this only works for guns with full frame dust shields, as has the Witness P Compact, but I'm sure you already figured that part out.

Ohio10mm

#34
I got the +10% Wolff springs in the mail the other day along with a k10 mec-gar magazine.  I slid the base plate off and pulled the spring and follower out and was looking at the spring plate where there is a raised rim that holds the spring centered.  It is wider than the coils of the wolff spring and ends do not fit the follower nor the spring plate without doing some bending/trimming.  Is it normal to have to do some modification to wolff's mag springs to get them to fit?  Even if I get them bent to fit will it be ok with the raised part of the spring plate being larger than the coils of the spring?  I'm a lot wet behind the ears working with this stuff but I'd much like to learn and tinkering is usually fun.  Thanks for the advice.

Ohio10mm

#35
I got the gun back today and asked if I could run a few rounds through it at the range before I took it home.  I popped the stock recoil spring out and put the 18lb wolff in.  I put 12 rounds through it just fine with the mec-gar mag without putting the wolff mag spring in it.  The poly mag spacer fits quite nice on it as well.  Have a lot rounds to run through it before I come to conclusions but it's a positive start considering I couldn't go more than 3 rounds without a jam with the wolff recoil springs using the stock magazine(red follower).

Ohio10mm

#36
After nearly 300 rounds of tinkering it will not run reliably no matter what I do to it.  I could write a book with all the things I had thrown at it.  I did get it to improve but around 20 rounds is the most it would run before a FTF.  The last day of shooting I put everything back to stock with the idea just to shoot it a few more times with the best chance of not having reliability problems while shooting with a few friends.  Fifteen rounds in the weather wasn't cooperating so I quit and stripped it down to clean it with full intent of sending it back to EAA again.  Upon doing so I saw a piece of the front insert fall out onto the table that had broken off. :o  At this point I wasn't sure if I wanted to feel happy it was dead and that it was a fitting end or feel that much more disgusted. :-\  I asked EAA if it were possible to get credit towards something else not another one of these p compacts and they owe me that much for being as patient as I have been though the whole shipping fiasco and reliability issues from the start.  It may have been lemon with a factory defect but I can also see why so many are saying they have had problems with these.  Shipping errors aside Dawn at EAA and the rest customer service reps have been very nice and polite so I will not speak poorly of their CS.  I am anxiously waiting for my call back from them tomorrow to see how they plan to resolve everything.

Ohio10mm

Have got the gun back again this time i see they did some nice work to crown the end of the barrel and added a ambidextrous safety.  The front insert is all new as well.  I asked what kind of ammo they used to test fire it and was told sellier & bellot as well as winchester silvertip.  Took it to the range and it fired the sig sauer 180fmj alright so I stripped it down and cleaned it up not to press my luck.  I haven't had enough posts to put it in the for sale section here but if any of you are looking for one of these(incl. a lot of extra mags/parts) to tinker with let me know(if not allowed to suggest that I'm selling it on this thread I apologize.  It is quite the accurate piece now after the barrel work and adding the adjustable LPA sight that is for sure.


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