Buying a used Witness Compact today

[hAkron]

Its a fairly recent looking Wonder Finish, but the guy who's selling it cracked the slide and replaced it (apparently) with a new slide and barrel (with adjustable LPA rear sight).  I'm getting a decent price -- about $140 under the best out the door new price I can find around here with the box and 2 mags. hopefully this thing checks out, and the previous owner has worked out any of the bugs.  I'll post some pictures after I get it. 

[sqlbullet]

Sounds like a good deal, especially if the slide has already been replaced.  Looking forward to pictures.

[hAkron]

It's still the 'rounded' slide, and I'm not sure if it required any fitting...the guy claimed it was a new slide and barrel...so when the old slide cracked, he probably bought a conversion kit.  He was honest about the slide needing to be replaced from too many full house 10mm loads, so I mean either way it's not going to break the bank.  I'm a big CZ and CZ clone fan. I've been looking for a Witness to play around with for a while.

[Intercooler]

I thought you had a 1006?

[hAkron]

I do, I'm adding another 10mm to the lineup.

[Intercooler]

10 crazy 

I'm selling off some ammo on Broker. If all goes well I may add another 

[gandog56]

And here I was about to worry if those were the guns that had all the cracked slides. I guess Witness fixed the problem. I know I would never buy a used one if the slide was never replaced.

But the buyer knew it was, should be good to go.

Still haven't been to the range yet to fire my new Fusion Firearms 10mm!   

[hAkron]

So the buyer wasn't the original owner, but the gun was passed to him by his dad, so when the slide cracked, he ordered a caliber conversion kit, and this gun also has a 2nd spring around the first spring, and there were one of those Wilson Combat shock buffs on the guide rod, but you couldn't lock the action with that installed so I removed that.  I don't think anybody did any fitting of the slide to the frame, but I hope EAA (or at least Tanfoglio) fits the barrel to the slide.  Everything seemed good with the action.  No drag or anything.  Barrel lockup seemed about how you would expect.   I'm not planning on shooting this gun until I get it properly spung though, so what power springs does everybody recommend for a 10mm Witness Compact?

[Intercooler]

Sad part is I don't think their is one. I have wondered if you can use a G29 spring/set in it? That's about the closest in length I have seen.

Supposedly people with them run the stock spring. If Henning offers the Cone guide-rod you should get it. Their is also a formula out there for buying a spring and cutting coils. You would have to mic it all out... etc...

[hAkron]

Can't I just buy a 20 or 22lbs wolff spring?

[Intercooler]

Last I heard they didn't carry a compact size spring. The original was a dual to boot.

[hAkron]

I just put an 18lbs recoil spring from a CZ 75D PCR (which is a compact model).  I don't think I would want anything heavier.  It was difficult to operate the slide.  Perhaps the CZ compact springs are longer than the Witness compact springs though.  I'm going to get the calibration pack and go from there:

http://www.gunsprings.com/index.cfm?page=items&cID=1&mID=19#844

[hAkron]

10 crazy 

I'm selling off some ammo on Broker. If all goes well I may add another 

What are you going to get?  If this Witness works out, I might buy one of the Polymer compact Witnesses...they are crazy cheap.

[Intercooler]

   A Limited. I always wanted one even though I have two EAA's and four total 

[hAkron]

   A Limited. I always wanted one even though I have two EAA's and four total 

You can never have too much of a good thing!!