Wreck-n-Crew
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It was the rounded slide models, put out briefly a few years ago.
No such thing as a small framed 10mm, and there was no metallurgical issue that I'm aware of. The Witness is, was and always has been cast carbon steel, way back to when it was imported as the TA-90 by FIE/Excam. There was no 10mm model back then, though. All TA-90s are the smaller framed 9mm guns and use CZ-75 magazines. The Jericho/Baby Eagle is also made by Tanfoglio, finished by IWI, then imported by MRI.
Anyway, the complaint was cracking between the mag release and mag well, a superficial crack in a thin area. Tanfoglio "fixed" it by making a relief cut where the cracks developed. It was never actually a problem, though.
Yes. Small frame 10mm Typo. Missed that.
As far as the cracks on the frames The claim by Tanfoglio was the supplier and bad metal. But who knows if it was the slides and not the frames they were covering in that claim. At least by the way i read the claim it was in response to cracking frames too. Maybe i need to go back and find that and do a reread to see if there are any clues or follow ups.
But the relief cuts are not where the cracks were being reported on the frame that i was aware of too. They were most often between the safety and hammer. The reliefs would have done nothing for those. http://thegunwiki.com/Gunwiki
If i recall we had a discussion not to long ago about the relief cuts that someone thought was a crack on a 10mm frame. Then a report by eaa that it was a relief cut.
If i find anything ill post it. Its no fun getting info from EAA or Tanfoglio that is very clear.
It was the rounded slide models, put out briefly a few years ago.
No such thing as a small framed 10mm, and there was no metallurgical issue that I'm aware of. The Witness is, was and always has been cast carbon steel, way back to when it was imported as the TA-90 by FIE/Excam. There was no 10mm model back then, though. All TA-90s are the smaller framed 9mm guns and use CZ-75 magazines. The Jericho/Baby Eagle is also made by Tanfoglio, finished by IWI, then imported by MRI.
Anyway, the complaint was cracking between the mag release and mag well, a superficial crack in a thin area. Tanfoglio "fixed" it by making a relief cut where the cracks developed. It was never actually a problem, though.