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    Steve Tracy

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  1. I have fired Winchester hollow point factory 9x23 ammo through my unmodified standard Witness .38 Super. I was just shooting it to see how it was for combat accuracy and function. I fired 100 rounds flawlessly. They all hit right in the middle, just like my .38 Super ammo did. There was a bit more kick and bang, but I expected that. You can sure tell that it's a hot round.
  2. http://www.czforumsite.info/index.php?topic=25806.0 Joe posted his ad over on the CZ sight and he said he makes stainless steel base plates (polished or matte) for the Witness as well. Neato! I bought three in the matte finish for my Witness Match and they look great. My pistol has birdseye maple grips from www.czgrips.us and the black plastic factory base plate looked horrible to my eye. These matte finished base plates look much, much better! Here is a link to Joes' ad: http://www.czforumsite.info/index.php?topic=25806.0
  3. Along with Henning's thinner front sight with red fiber optic: I love my Witness Match!
  4. Henning's Blade Tech holster for a railed .40 Witness Match.
  5. It's always fun to have a package waiting in the mailbox! I am very impressed with Henning's Blade Tech holster for the new Witness with the Picatinny rail. The gun slides right in for a perfect fit. It's secure, but a very easy draw. I will use this holster with my new Witness Match .40 in Combat matches. I like how the holster sticks out to the side for so my thumb can be ready to sweep off the manual safety. I was going to get the concealment version of this holster, but Henning was out of them. This one can be converted over to the concealment version but I'm going to wait until next season to see how I like it in this configuration. I may shoot my Witness in Combat and Off-Duty matches that require the gun to be covered by a jacket or vest prior to the draw. I was thinking that the concealment version of this Blade Tech holster would be good for both. But maybe this version will work for both. I'll see next fall. I also bought the red fiber optic front sight from Henning. I like a skinnier front sight and this one seems just about perfect to my eyes. It's a bit taller so I'll have to raise my rear sight but I think that will work out okay. I was having an impossible time seeing my black factory front sight against black targets at 25 yards at the indoor range I compete at. I just couldn't see my front sight. The white dot sights on my standard Witness were fine. But the Match's all black sights were really difficult to use. I think this red fiber optic sight will work out really well. Many thanks to Henning for getting Blade Tech to fit their holsters to the new Witness pistols with the Picatinny rail. And thanks for all of your excellent products that make the Witness an even finer pistol than it already is right from the Tanfoglio factory! -Steve
  6. I'd like to request lots of photographs of the Tanfoglio factory. Those of us who love their guns would really like to see a nice photojournalism piece depicting what everything looks like. Outside of the factory, employees, gunsmiths, everything!
  7. I have a standard full size, steel Witness I bought in .38 Super. I then purchased conversion kits in .22, 9mm, and .40 caliber. Then all worked wonderfully, with only the .22 being a bit picky about ammo (but most .22 semi-autos are). I was amazed that the 9mm, .38, and .40 "uppers" all shot directly to point of aim and never jammed in any way. I purchased a Witness Match a few weeks ago. It was in .40 and I've shot it as it came out of the box and with my 9mm conversion. Both are terrific! If I were you, I would buy the Match and the conversion kit you want and never look back! Good luck!
  8. I've been shooting my standard Witness with a 9mm conversion for two seasons in my local pistol league (my Witness started out as a full size, steel frame .38 Super. I shoot it in "combat" matches which includes kneeling, left and right hand barricade, and 25 yard shooting. I also shoot it in "off-duty" because the 4 1/4" barrel meets the requirements. This includes drawing and shooting from a covered holster (jacket) at distances up to 15 yards, including headshots. My Witness has run flawlessly. I just bought a Match and intend to shoot 9mm with it in these competitions. I found I never used the double action trigger as I carry the gun cocked and locked. The Match I bought has a picatiny rail. In .40 with my Streamlight TLR-1 attached, it's a fantastic home defense pistol. If I were you, I'd guy the Witness. I'd even get a 9mm Match gun. Here's one on GunBroker for $529 with $20 shipping: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem....?Item=151900605 Here's a railed standard Witness 9mm for $400 with $20 shipping: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem....?Item=151950691
  9. Well, I cleaned my Witness Match (both the .40 and 9mm slides, etc) and made it spotless again. I put the 9mm slide on and placed a dummy 9mm round in my first magazine. I inserted the magazine and then retracted the slide forcefully. The slide locked back and would not chamber the round. This happened with each of my three magazines. I inspected the red plastic followers closely and compared them to my .40 mags and I tested inserting them into my standard Witness and then into my Match. The magazines are a bit loose in my standard Witness. They wiggle in the Witness when moved up and down, even though they are secured by the magazine catch. They fit tightly up to the bottom of the frame in my Match. They do not wiggle at all. They lock in firmly in the Match gun but if gently inserted, they don't easily lock into the magazine catch. They're no problem when inserted normally with a bit of power and the base pads are pushed hard like a normal reload. It seemed that the follower was sitting just a bit high with these 9mm mags. So I got out my Dremel. I carefully applied the sandpaper Dremel rotating at a slow speed to the little corner area of the follower where it pushs the slide catch up. I just touched it a little bit. Then I put the dummy round back in and tried the mag again. PERFECT! The round chambered every time. The magazine also held the slide back when empty every time. I touched the spinning Dremel to the other two mags followers and now all three magazines are working perfectly. At least at my basement workbench. I will feel much better when I actually shoot them and the slide doesn't lock back with the last round still in the magazine. But it would appear I fixed the problem. It is pretty cool that the Match with its factory .40 caliber slide makes no noise when shaken. When I grasp the slide, the super tight fit to the frame is readily apparent by the fact that there is zero lateral movement. When I put the 9mm conversion kit slide on the Match frame, it wiggles like crazy and rattles like a jar of rocks. But it shoots great! Night sights and a holster. Night sights and a holster. Night sights and holster. Darn, I clicked my heels when saying that but nights sights and a holster didn't appear like when Dorothy did it in the Wizard of Oz....
  10. I put 100 rounds of Remington (50) and Speer (50) full metal jacket ammo through my new Witness Match today. The pistol functioned 100%. Accuracy was great! The trigger pull weight on my Lyman gauge went down to 4 pounds, 15 ounces. I swapped over my 9mm slide/barrel/spring/guide conversion and put 50 rounds of Fiochi fmj through the Match. It was accurate as well, shooting to point of aim just like the .40 caliber did. The only problem I had was the slide locking back with one round still left in the magazine. This happened with all three 9mm magazines. My .40 mags were flawless. It looks like maybe the red plastic follower is hitting the slide release upward and locking the slide back, even though there is one round still left in the mag. Before I get my Dremel and start whilttling down the follower a little bit, I wonder if anyone else has had a similar problem and if they did, is a Dremel the fix? Thanks in advance! -Steve
  11. I purchased my .22 conversion kit from www.reedsammo.com I hope this helps....
  12. Thanks Henning! I'm looking forward to the holsters! I'll keep a sharp eye here and on your website for them! Joe4D: Don't assume manufacturers are loading to .38 ACP specs. For the past few decades, the major manufacturers have loaded +P .38 Super ammo with full metal jacket bullets. I have a whole bunch of Cor-Bon +P .38 Super 125 grain hollowpoint ammo I bought. Comparing as apples to apples as possible, Cor-Bon fired their rounds in 5" barrels for both calibers (and here are their stats on the 9x23 and .357 Sig as well): 9mm +P 125 grain hollowpoint has a muzzle velocity of 1250 with muzzle energy of 434. .38 Super +P 125 grain hollowpoint has a muzzle velocity of 1350 fps with muzzle energy of 487. 9x23 +P 125 grain hollowpoint has a muzzle velocity of 1450 with muzzle energy of 584. .357 Sig +P 125 grain hollowpoint has a muzzle velocity of 1425 with muzzle energy of 564. My Witness fires the Cor-Bon 9x23 rounds perfectly. 17 + 1 rounds of 9x23 +P 125 grain hollowpoints on my hip works for me! The .38 Supers are great too.
  13. Back when the first "Wondernines" started hitting the gunstore shelves in the 1980's, my dad said, "You know, if they can make a 15 shot 9mm, there's really no reason they couldn't make a 15 shot .38 Super. Now THAT would be a sweet setup! The power of hollowpoint .38 Supers with the combination of 15 or more rounds would be a superb self defense handgun." The only two pistols chambered for 15 or more rounds in .38 Super were the Astra A80 and the Tanfoglio (TA-90 or TZ75 back then). I don't think the Astra was really made in .38 Super or at least it wasn't imported into the US. I could never find one. About the time I was thinking about getting a Witness in .38 Super, it was during the Assault Weapons ban and magazines were limited to just 10 rounds. I'd rather have a 1911 in .38 Super if I couldn't have a high capacity magazine. Witness hi-cap mags were very expensive if you could find them. But then the AWB sunsetted. I bought a standard, steel frame, full size Witness in .38 Super. I know they say the mags are 18 rounders, but I've never been able to fit more than 17 rounds in them. But that's still an awful lot of powerful ammo. My Witness never failed and was amazingly accurate in my hands. Recoil was almost nothing with the heavy steel frame. I bought a .40 caliber conversion and was very happy with its performance. No problems and it hit center of mass just like the .38 Super setup did. I bought a .22 conversion too. It's a bit finickly with ammo and prefers very high velocity quality ammo. I bought the 9mm conversion and I currently shoot that cartridge in a pistol league I compete in. 9mm is the least expensive ammo I can buy so it made sense to invest in the 9mm conversion kit. I wrote a review of my Witness in the September 2006 issue of Tactical Response magazine: http://www.hendonpub.com/resources/article...ils.aspx?ID=799 I really like a picatiny rail on a handgun for home defense or duty carry. I was looking at maybe getting a polymer framed Witness with a rail and then I saw a Witness Match single action with a rail on GunBroker. I didn't know Tanfoglio was making them this way. The price was $530 and I decided that was reasonable for the quality and options on the Witness Match. I bought it. I picked it up on Christmas Eve. The trigger pull is virtually perfect for a combat gun. There is zero overtravel with the set screw just as it came from the factory. It weighs in a bit over 5 pounds on my Lyman digital trigger scale. I'm hoping it will lighten up a bit with use. I'm excited to shoot it as soon as possible. I had a set of Sam's fabulous birdseye maple stocks on my original Witness that I switched over to my new Match. I really like the way they look on the silver frame. They feel great too and are thinner than the factory rubber stocks. www.czgrips.us for Sam's artwork. I like the case this Match comes in. Very sharp looking. I'll be interested to see how the sights work for me. They seem a bit small, but then I'm used to the big three dot fixed sights on my standard Witness. I would seriously consider carrying this pistol on duty if I could get a good set of night sights and a duty holster that will hold it with my Streamlight TLR-1. I've seen the frame of this Witness Match referred to as the Wonder finish but it doesn't look like the standard Witness pistols I've seen with the Wonder finish. This looks like matte stainless steel with polished flat sides. Does anyone know exactly what the frame is? Here's pics of my new Match! -Steve
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