NEW 10mm EAA

[will965]

Well Gang,

I finally got one. I've had my LGS looking for a Witness Steel Compact for a while now and almost forgot about it. Well he called up and said he had one of 12 on hold that his distributor just got in and do i still want it?? Hell yes.....Picked her up yesterday and already had a set of lava grips(FDE) waiting by the time i got her. Put the grips on, wow what a sharp looking pistol! So, off to the range i went today. I figured i would see what ammo she liked and what she didnt, after hearing all the stories about some issues with reliability, i figured i could try to fix about anything. First 3 mag3 were Remington RNFP to warm her up, shot great, no issues. i progressed through some other ammo like Fed 190g JHP, Sig rnfp, couple mags of silver tips, 3 mags of Corbon 155 copper hps(warm) and a mag of Underwood 180 HP(hot).....well, she ran like a sewing machine, not one hiccup!!!!I,m thrilled, she ate everything and asked for more, i didn't stretch her out any but 7 yards was one ragged hole! what a great gun. Really makes me want a full size witness even more. And weird thing but it kicks less than my XDM-10! weight i guess. only thing that made me mad as hell is it only shipped with 1, yes ONE, mag...wtf. so now i gotta hunt for a couple mags and get a holster because she is now definitely on the compact carry list! Now i got to look harder at the Stock III or the Match...

[REDLINE]

Congrats, good to hear!  Can't go wrong with EAA in 10mm.  Been considering getting one myself.

[blaster]

congratulations! I have a full sized steel Witness and love it. I had another one that was bought as few years ago and it had some problems. both mechanically & reliability. the frame cracked and EAA replaced it. the new one they sent me is a MUCH better pistol! its a better shooter and reliable. I think Tanfoligio must have had some poor quality control in the past but got it straightened out.

[will965]

My edc is an XDM-10, with silvertips and an extra mag with Fed trophy match(for critters)..hearing bad things about silvertips lately i may try more 180g bonded JHP(i love bonded rounds) or 200g XTP underwood in this new guy. REDLINE, stop considering-get one...I think im going to start saving for a Stock III now as this little witness outshot my XDM..

Blaster, i think i read somewhere that they changed the witness a bit, some with rounded slides or squared off ones...one is newer version, maybe one of the others will step in and give the correct info. Supposed to be a much better slide now.

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will965;
The Stock II has my attention. As for Silvertips, I lost faith in them a long time ago because too often they don't expand. XTP and Gold Dot bullets I've found to be far more reliable.

[will965]

underwood has a 180g bonded gold dot i think I'm going to order, give them a try. seems like the best of all worlds. may be all i carry instead of two mags, one for rural critters(deer on the road, skunks and yotes) and one for lets say urban critters. I think the bonded 180 gold dots may cover all bases

[will965]

ALSO,

anyone know if the full size witness mags(14 or 15rd) will fit the compact? im sure it will stick out of the bottom, but would be nice as a backup mag...like a glock 1 mag in a glock 19 or 26???

[TonyRumore]

Yes, the longer mags will work fine.

Tony

[astrocreep]

No pics?!? 

[will965]

Astrocreep, I got pics but not good at loading them..photobucket is junk but I will try! it does look great with the lava grips! and thanks Tony, gonna  order a couple full size!

[will965]

http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/willmiami/media/Mobile%20Uploads/eaa%20xdm.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2

http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/willmiami/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20190425_013644_1556172863093.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1


ok gang i think that is bout the best i can do, if i try to put the picture its 500% too big.......also, the second pic EAA was lonely so i threw in my edc XDM-10 and some tasty cigars..didnt have anything else cool like a good bottle or knife here at work, so the stogies will have to do.!

thanks