Hawkalot

Yes I will watch videos. Finally off work tomorrow. No, I only did the field strip. Not further than that. Tomorrow I will load snap cap rounds and cycle them thru each magazine multiple times and watch and rewatch videos. I'm new to this type of correspondance method but can see if I can move thread as suggested. Stay tuned and thanks so much! Chuck

AND I know there is still extreme caution to be exercised with this firearm until I am 100% confident the problem has resolved. I will use a small frame with the spent shell casing displayed over my reloading station to remind me that hindsight is a POOR safety plan!! It would br a boring world if we were all perfect.

Mr Murphy! So I once again sprayed gun scrubber after the single errant round fired, then upon cleaning, oil and reassembly the slide wouldn't move but 1cm!?! I don't force things mechanically so I repeated the field strip several times and shazamm! Now everything seems to function! The safety now works PERFECTLY, and now the hammer has a half cocked position that is the TRUE double action position. I feel both elated and embarrassed as clearly SOMETHING mechanical and foreign blocked something. After my next test fire AT THE RANGE I will do a sterile clean on the entire gun. Must have been some small shave of brass wedged somewhere. I still welcome any comments. Crazy day!!

Yes THANK YOU..hindsight is always 20/20. I will review videos. I had considered loading dummy rounds and should have. I wrote the following last night, but never hit submit: Mr Murphy! So I once again sprayed gun scrubber after the single errant round fired, then upon cleaning, oil and reassembly the slide wouldn't move but 1cm!?! I don't force things mechanically so I repeated the field strip several times and shazamm! Now everything seems to function! The safety now works PERFECTLY, and now the hammer has a half cocked position that is the TRUE double action position. I feel both elated and embarrassed as clearly SOMETHING mechanical and foreign blocked something. After my next test fire AT THE RANGE I will do a sterile clean on the entire gun. Must have been some small shave of brass wedged somewhere. I still welcome any comments. Crazy day!!

Mr Murphy! So I once again sprayed gun scrubber after the single errant round fired, then upon cleaning, oil and reassembly the slide wouldn't move but 1cm!?! I don't force things mechanically so I repeated the field strip several times and shazamm! Now everything seems to function! The safety now works PERFECTLY, and now the hammer has a half cocked position that is the TRUE double action position. I feel both elated and embarrassed as clearly SOMETHING mechanical and foreign blocked something. After my next test fire AT THE RANGE I will do a sterile clean on the entire gun. Must have been some small shave of brass wedged somewhere. I still welcome any comments. Crazy day!!

A couple more notes: 1) I only performed a full field strip clean. I did not completely disassemble every single part. 2) I did check the model number on the EAA website and mine was not included in the safety lever recall. Was it a mistake to cycle live rounds thru this gun to test feeding? I have done this dozens of times on my other semi autos with no issues. Thanks so much for any replies. Chuck

Footnote: on the initial 3 tests with the original magazine the first 7 rounds ejected fine and the hammer returned to fully cocked. Only at the 8th round did the hammer problem show up. Upon reflection, I noticed the same at the range.

Hello! I need some help with an issue I have with an EAA Witness 45acp full size. So I just had a rather hair raising experience. I just purchased this used gun. I cleaned it thoroughly. I notice that the safety will not engage unless the slide is all the way back. At that time , once the slide is released it will move to fire fine, but will not move back fully to safe when I use my thumb to move it. I took it to the range and noticed that several times after firing and clambering the next round the hammer would not cock. Instead it was in double action position. I load my own ammo and ran at 97% max so I do not think that is the problem. Now the scary part: today I decided to test function of the slide. I used the original magazine and on each of the 3 tests I did manually pulling and releasing the slide, the rounds ejected fine, but the hammer was once again in the double action position against the firing pin. I decided to try a different magazine that was factory new. As I loaded it I noticed the magazine spring stronger than the used one. I was in my bedroom now with the gun ALWAYS pointed at the floor ( I am a fanatic about firearm safety). To my absolute horror, when I got to the 7th cycle...the gun FIRED!! Scared the begeesus out of me! Now I'm realizing its not the ammo, or the magazine...but an issue with the gun. I would appreciate any input and advice on how to remedy this problem. Thanks, Chuck