agtman, what's your personal experience with EAA handguns?
Several Witness 10mms I handled and shot; none I've bought, though one of them was being offered "used, excellent condition" when I test-fired it. The others were owned by fellow 10mm acquaintances.
I've personally witnessed (no pun meant
) three of those guns have magazine problems, which included not feeding reliably as well as two mags, in different two Witnesses, that
didn't fit the magazine well without pounding them up in there. Then they wouldn't eject.
When not having magazine-related infarctions, the Witnesses I shot were acceptably accurate and I've always liked CZ ergonomics - which is why I was blissfully awaiting Vltor's revival of the Fortis/Bren Ten pistol (just so I
wouldn't have to devolve to a Witness if I wanted a CZ-style 10mm in my collection
).
I have extensive experience with S&W's 3rd Generation 10XX-series, to include my own 1006 & 1076 models, and have handled and shot 1086s and 1026s.
NONE of those guns ever had a magazine issue, including those that were still using the 1st Gen mags with the yellow followers (the later, upgraded ones were white).
Also, I've never heard of even
one "frame-cracking" report regarding S&W 10XX-series guns. Not so with the 10mm Witness line, there've been multiple reports of such - here's a link to one of several floating around the boards (with images):
http://www.ar15armory.com/forums/10mm-Witness-Wonderfinish-t81791.html
By the way, one of those 10mm acquaintances had to deal with EAA on his pistol and his "customer-service" experience was as reported by the above posters ...
Hope this satisfies your curiosity ...
EDITED to add this recent link on Witness magazine problems:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=547195