Eaa witness compact

Started by ssgrock3, November 22 2020 08:27:06 PM MST

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ssgrock3

Anyone have one?  By price it appears the starter pistol for a 10mm, have you all good luck with them.  So some closing on Gunbroker close to 500 or so and made me curious, though I got my g20 one a veteran day blue label deal from gtdist for that.  How does it compare to g29?

sqlbullet

Witness Compact

Pro:

  • Slim slide
  • Ergonomic Grip
  • DA/SA design better for some carry options (appendix)
  • Good capacity
  • Very nice single action trigger (with some work)

Con:

  • May require work to obtain reliability
  • Poor warranty support from importer
  • Lack of aftermarket accessory options
  • DA/SA Trigger requires work to master


Glock 29

Pro:

  • Eats anything with crazy reliability
  • Excellent aftermarket support
  • Excellent warranty
  • Lightweight for size
  • Consistent Glock trigger

Con:

  • Grip is blocky
  • Slide is wide
  • Glock Safe Action less than ideal for certain carry types

In the end, I have more Witness guns in 10mm than Glock guns in 10mm, and have far more CZ pattern guns than Glocks, but my compact 10mm is a G29.

terdog

The G29 is the 800 lb gorilla in this class ... for a reason. Is it perfect? No. But as stated, the aftermarket support is quite large. Even something as simple as the multitude of affordable magazines that are available is enough to put it on top. 10 rnd, 15 rnd, heck even a 30 rnd stick is out there.
I run a 15 rnd with a sleeve in my G29. It fits nicely in my MSR chest pack when riding my dirt bike or in a generic nylon chest holster when hunting, fishing or snowmobiling.

DenStinett

The Witness is a Compact, where as, the G29 is listed as a Sup-Compact
Glock always includes more Magazines in their offerings, 2 (or 3) to 1 from EAA
Tanfoglio also has the P-Carry, Poly Framed in 10mm

I go a different direction
I like Semi Compacts
Full sized Frames, with Compact Uppers
Full sized Grip, better control and full, HiCap Mags
My Witness DuoTone Semi Compact, in 10mm:

It now has a Hogue WFG Grip (bad Cellphone Pic):
So tell me again how Trump was worse then the 8 years before .... AND what came after HIM !

sqlbullet

Everytime DenStinnett posts those pictures I end up on Gunbroker shopping Witness Compact 10mm. :))

StockIIBoss

#5
Mine, with modded slide spring pocket to accept a flat wound spring. It's a beautiful thing.  ;D



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PCFlorida

Quote from: sqlbullet on November 25 2020 08:24:50 AM MST
Everytime DenStinnett posts those pictures I end up on Gunbroker shopping Witness Compact 10mm. :))
So what is the downside? :)
NRA Life Member

sqlbullet

Quote from: PCFlorida on January 01 2021 06:12:56 AM MST
So what is the downside? :)

Cost with no real advantage over my Glock 29.

And that is not a dig on the Witness.  If I had purchased a Witness P compact then I would be saying the same things on a Glock 29 thread.

gnappi

I carried mine for years, not a single reliability issue.
Regards,

    Gary


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