DougB
November 4, 2003, 05:28 AM
I've been thinking of buying an EAA Witness .45 full-sized, steel frame, blued (the only variation that's tested, approved, and legal here in California). I think I would prefer the Wonderfinish, but according to the CA DOJ, that would make it a different gun - and no longer legal here. I called EAA today to ask if they planned to submit any Wonderfinish pistols for CA approval - they said they might submit some additonal handguns next year, but wouldn't elaborate on when or what. I then asked if a customer could send a blued gun to them to have it "wonderfinished" and he acted like that was a really stupid question "there are lots of places you can get a gun refinished..." (I knew that, but my main reason for wanting the .45 is to get the 10mm conversion for it - which I could order in Wonderfinish, so I was hoping to have the frame match it). Anyway, when I then asked exactly what Wonderfinish is (hard chrome?) he said that it isn't a coating, plating, or applied finish - just a heat treatment done to the base steel to give it a hard surface. Can this really make a durable finish? Anyway, sorry to take the long way around to this, but what has been your experience with EAA's Wonderfinished pistols?
PS - CA sure is a pain. I want an EAA Compact 10mm in Wonderfinish. My closest option is to buy a full-sized .45, order a 10mm conversion kit, and have the whole thing hard chromed. Winds up being a pretty expensive EAA Witness.
Doug
PS - CA sure is a pain. I want an EAA Compact 10mm in Wonderfinish. My closest option is to buy a full-sized .45, order a 10mm conversion kit, and have the whole thing hard chromed. Winds up being a pretty expensive EAA Witness.
Doug