CHA-LEE Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 My new EAA Witness Limited is all done and ready for some live fire testing. I got is all done tonight and am very pleased with how it turned out. I put a boat load of time into this gun to get it just right and a lot of the work done isn't very obvious but totally functional. For example, I rounded off all the sharp edges of the frame to make the gun fit nicer in my hand. This blaster should enjoy the competition shooting environment it will be going into. Listed below are all of the modifications I made to the gun along with some pictures. EAA Witness Limited .40 S&W Upgrades Henning iFiber Front sight Henning Smooth Aluminum Grip Panels Henning XL Firing Pin Henning ConeFit Guide Rod Henning Pins (Trigger, Hammer, Sear, Pin Pin, Slide Canyon Creek Stainless Steel Magwell (Welded on) Custom Extended mag release button Frame & Slide sand blasting and hard chrome coated EGW Hammer EGW Sear 1.75lb Trigger Job Wolff 10lb Recoil Spring Wolff 13lb Hammer Spring Wolff Extra Power Extractor Spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latech15 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 (edited) I hate you. You are going to make me go off and spend MORE money that I don't have. Seriously, that is a sweet rig. It would match my open blaster perfectly. Edited May 26, 2010 by latech15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydian Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Really nice Cha-Lee, looks world class, I reckon they look better hard chromed all over without the dressed sides!! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydiver Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Very nice! If enough attention detail went into rounding out the nut that holds in the Henning trigger pin, I bet everything else is top quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 I can almost feel that gun on my hand and I can imagine how smooth and nice how it feels without any sharp edges! that is an awesome job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chbrow10 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 what did it cost to weld the magwell? Did Canyon Creek do it or someonel else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 chbrow10> I had a friend weld on the magwell then I cleaned it up and blended it. I traded him some trigger work for the welding so it really only cost me some time. I am sure that Canyon Creek can weld it on for you but I am not sure what he charges. The welding part is pretty easy. Blending it is where a lot of elbow grease is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Spiess Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Did you have it TIG'd or MIG'd? I assume the former. The cost of the welding from Canyon Creek isn't so much the issue as is the shipping cost to and from IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 Chris Spiess> The magwell was TIG Welded on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glk21C Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord torquestick Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Who did the chrome work ? Excellent looking and a very nice choice of mods ! Hope it shoots as good as it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 lord torquestick> I got the sand blasting and hard chrome done at a local place called Denver Metal Finishing. They did a great job and it was very reasonable in price. It cost $115 to sand blast two slides, one frame and a couple of small parts. They were able to turn it around in 5 business days as well. This is way better than sending it off for IonBond or similar which costs at least three times as much without shipping and takes many weeks to get done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMuffin Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Really nice! So, did you fill in the front sight and run without a fiber or is it just not installed yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Friday Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 He likes FO sights with the FO missing... Don't ask me why, but he seems to get by with it like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 Here is the real issue with the front sight. I like black on black sights without a FO in the front. I also like a .090 wide front sight. The only person who makes a .090 front sight is Henning and he just so happened to have an early prototype of the FO front sight without the FO holes drilled through the front and back posts. Since this is the only .090 front sight option I have currently, that is what I use. Henning is suppose to come out with a dedicated single blade solid front sight that is .090 wide. When he comes out with that I will switch it over. But until then I am stuck with the limited sight options I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 I was able to get out to the range and put my new blaster through its paces. I got it sighted in at 25 yards and ran 100 rounds through it in varying shooting conditions. It ran without a single issue. The only thing that I needed to change after shooting was to smooth out the checkering of the front and back straps a little bit. From the factory this gun has a very aggressive checkering on the front and back straps of the grip. The points of the checkering were a little too sharp for my liking so I smoothed them out ever so slightly and now its perfect. I can slip my hand over them without feeling like my hand is running over a cheese grader but when I grip down on the gun the checkering digs in and creates a really nice amount of traction. I can’t wait to get this bad boy into action during the next match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Nice job buddy... I like Tanfos. JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamayne Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Very nice looking. Did you do your own extended mag release? I thought I read a while back that Henning was workin on one but I'm not really sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted May 28, 2010 Author Share Posted May 28, 2010 Bamayne> Yes, that is my own creation for an extended mag release. Henning is working on one that is going to be awesome though. His should be out shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbadoc Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Nice. Nice. Simply, exquisetely Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinnmeister Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 My new EAA Witness Limited is all done and ready for some live fire testing. I got is all done tonight and am very pleased with how it turned out. I put a boat load of time into this gun to get it just right and a lot of the work done isn't very obvious but totally functional. For example, I rounded off all the sharp edges of the frame to make the gun fit nicer in my hand. This blaster should enjoy the competition shooting environment it will be going into. Listed below are all of the modifications I made to the gun along with some pictures. EAA Witness Limited .40 S&W Upgrades Henning iFiber Front sight Henning Smooth Aluminum Grip Panels Henning XL Firing Pin Henning ConeFit Guide Rod Henning Pins (Trigger, Hammer, Sear, Pin Pin, Slide Canyon Creek Stainless Steel Magwell (Welded on) Custom Extended mag release button Frame & Slide sand blasting and hard chrome coated EGW Hammer EGW Sear 1.75lb Trigger Job Wolff 10lb Recoil Spring Wolff 13lb Hammer Spring Wolff Extra Power Extractor Spring The gun looks awesome. The hard chrome finish is a big improvement over the stock finish Did you decrease the width of the safeties? Is there anyway to fill in the square hole from the removal of the slide stop? those are the only things I don't like on my gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 zinnmeister> Yes, I cut down the width of the safeties to the same width as the "Match". The stock width would get in the way and I would end up bumping the safety back on with my support hand. It does not take much time to cut them down but you have to get them coated afterwards or they will rust pretty easy. If you like the thinner safeties but don't want to cut down your Limited ones you can use some "Match" ones. They should drop right in. As for the hole in the side of the frame for the stock slide lock lever, you can have it welded up and smoothed out. But that is a lot of work for a little bit of vanity. To me, its not worth the effort or $$$ to weld it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMuffin Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I just put a small square of grip tape over the slide lock lever hole. Not so much for looks but just so everyone would stop pointing out that I have a hole in my slide. Funny, nobody has asked why I feel the need for grip tape up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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