EAA Witness Hunter

mr.revolverguy · December 24 2016 03:13:45 PM MST

Anyone here have one or have completed a review of one?
EAA
Hunter 6"
48.0
22.0
4.7
14.7
Unk
Intercooler

Intercooler · December 24 2016 08:08:25 PM MST

We have a few running around here now. Excellent shooter and a tank! What kind of things would you like to know?

mr.revolverguy · December 24 2016 09:34:01 PM MST

Trying to decide if it is worthy of space in the safe next to these ${$default_smiley_smiley}$

I had the chance to get one for $450 from a local vendor brand new many years ago and didn't because I read of issues with magazines. What a lost on my part I do not think they knew what they had. Also back then I could not tell the difference in the slides and if they were part of the slide cracking issue. I know this has all been corrected and I am much more educated on the topic now. Though the magazine issue is still up in the air on myth or legend.

Intercooler · December 25 2016 02:52:15 AM MST

Absolutely! The Hunter never had any frame issues and the magazines are excellent these days. I love mine!

ottoman · December 25 2016 03:04:45 PM MST

Love mine... hands down my favorite 10mm to shoot
The only thing I have done to it is replace the recoil spring with a heavier Wolf spring
Has been totally reliable with any load.

mr.revolverguy · December 26 2016 06:55:53 AM MST

Thanks for the feedback. In doing my research it seems the rear sight can come loose. Is this still a problem?

Intercooler · December 26 2016 12:27:36 PM MST

You mean break? I would say yes, but then again they changed to a new MFG. I wouldn't let that be the deciding factor. I have a Henning fixed on mine now and it will never break.

TonyRumore · December 27 2016 04:25:12 PM MST

I was playing around with my 45 ACP Witness Hunter today and dropped in a 10mm barrel and extractor. It runs fine on the 45 ACP slide. Extraction and ejection were flawless.

Leaving the 10mm extractor in place, I switched the barrel back to 45 ACP and found that it runs 45 just fine with the 10mm extractor. So now, I can simply change the barrel to go between 45 ACP, 40 Super, and 10mm.

I would normally just buy the correct caliber slide, but EAA doesn't sell the Hunter slides by themselves.

Tony

The_Shadow · December 27 2016 09:24:59 PM MST

Thanks for the info Tony! Glad to hear of the performance.

Captain O · December 31 2016 03:25:28 PM MST

Wil the slide/barrel arrangement fit on my "Wonderfinished" Standard Witness frame?

Intercooler · January 01 2017 06:04:18 PM MST

The Hunter slide won't, but the barrel will.

TonyRumore · March 04 2017 03:15:14 PM MST

Actually, the slide will fit your frame, but the recoil spring will be exposed. The Hunter slide can even be run on a Compact frame. However, the tolerances for all the frames and slides isn't really good enough to say they will interchange 100%, because they won't. Some will need some fitting, but that is regardless of the type or length of the slide and/or frame.

Tony

Here's the Hunter slide on a compact frame.

Here's a Compact slide on a Hunter frame.

Here's a 4.75" slide on the Hunter frame.

Intercooler · March 04 2017 07:50:10 PM MST

Did you try firing both compact versions?