aerod1
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Do the barrels of an EAA Witness compact steel 40 caliber pistol have standard or polygonal rifling ? The gun is made by Tanfoglio . It appears to be standard but wanted to make sure .
Thanks for your help .
Thanks for your help .
EAA Witness barrels (polygonal or standard)
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Walt Sherrill
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All of the EAA/Tanfoglio pistols based on the CZ pattern typically have standard rifled barrels. There may be exceptions. Why not call EAA or email them and get the correct answer rather than a maybe-correct answer? The website info on various guns doesn't seem to address the issue.
Do a google search on eaacorp.com and check their contact us page. (This site won't let me post a link to that location.)
Do a google search on eaacorp.com and check their contact us page. (This site won't let me post a link to that location.)
Many of the higher end ones have polygonal rifling. My understanding/recollection is that the lower end ones, which would include the Compact Steel, do not.
aerod1
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I got a response back from EAA and you are correct , the barrels are standard rifling .
Thanks for your comments !
Thanks for your comments !
greyling22
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I wouldn't trust what eaa says. My older witness match claims to have poly rifling, but does not. It's fine with me as I shoot lead, but I don't think the folks writing copy or answering the phones for eaa know what they are talking about.
Walt Sherrill
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The Match and Limited are more top-end guns than the one the original poster was asking about.
When I first replied I was thinking about the less expensive models -- like the one he was asking about. I doubt you'll find polygonal rifling in those guns. When he talked with EAA, he may have asked about the specific gun he owned (I would have done that) and not a more general question, so the answer he got could've been absolutely correct (and not someone speaking out of ignorance.)
I've owned a number of Witness handguns, including their older Long Slides (one in .40 with a small frame, and one in .45 with the larger frame); the Long Slides were the predecessors of the newer, higher-end guns. I've also had several .45 larger framed plain-jane models, one 10mm and a bunch of 9mm and .40s models with the smaller frames. They all had the conventionally rifled barrels. The polygonal barrels must be a newer enhancement (maybe the last 10-years or so?)
When I first replied I was thinking about the less expensive models -- like the one he was asking about. I doubt you'll find polygonal rifling in those guns. When he talked with EAA, he may have asked about the specific gun he owned (I would have done that) and not a more general question, so the answer he got could've been absolutely correct (and not someone speaking out of ignorance.)
I've owned a number of Witness handguns, including their older Long Slides (one in .40 with a small frame, and one in .45 with the larger frame); the Long Slides were the predecessors of the newer, higher-end guns. I've also had several .45 larger framed plain-jane models, one 10mm and a bunch of 9mm and .40s models with the smaller frames. They all had the conventionally rifled barrels. The polygonal barrels must be a newer enhancement (maybe the last 10-years or so?)
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Tallball
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My lower-echelon ones have regular rifling. Last night I won an auction for one of the fancier ones. I am not sure of the exact model, but it has adjustable sights and is two-tone. When I get it in a few days I will be very curious to see what kind of rifling it has.
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