Question about the EEA Witness Match in 45 acp

[usmcdadx2]

I'm looking at adding a .45 to my collection, one of the guns I'm considering is the EAA Witness Match.
Can anyone tell me how the size of the current Match compares to the CZ pistols. I like the things I've read about this pistol but no dealer in my area stocks one. They tell me that it has the same feel and ergonomics as the CZ SP01 but "just a tad bigger". Nobody seems to be able/willing to quantify "a tad".

[tombogan03884]

 My personal opinion is that if you say you have a .45 it means 1911.

[usmcdadx2]

Been there, done that and yes I like 1911 types but I want to try something different. Sorry to all the Glock fans but I just don't like them. I like Ruger but none of their .45 offerings fit my hand the way I like. In the price range I'm willing to spend: the guns still on the table are the Witness Match and combat/SD oriented pistols like the S&W M&P, Springfield's XD and the FNP45-USG. Of the later three the FNP fit my hand and shooting style best. For some reason I keep coming back to the SAO Witness wanting to know more about it. The gun I choose won't be a CC gun, rather it will be for range use, some informal high power 3 gun with friends and "just because I want it".

[Timothy]

They do use cute models in their TV commercials.....much better looking than Todd Jarrett!

 

Jesse Abbate does make me want to go out and buy a Block though...

[shooter32]

Jesse Abbate does make me want to go out and buy a Block though...

She is easy on the eyes even with a Block. 

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[twyacht]

I have the EAA Witness Match in .40. grip is fantastic, can be carried cocked and locked, very, very accurate and reliable. Ported barrel makes it a real "ripper" on the steel plates. Wonderfinish cleans to new looking.

Rear sight is very high on mine, but it's a little older version.
 Seems the new version has improved the factory sight profile. Price is good also. Here's one I found:

http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=108476



You got to post gun porn whenever you can, we just kinda crave it around here...
This one is mine, had a flyer in the string, but it was the ammo. Trying to find an un-ported barrel, to have also.

In 45 it would be a nice get, although I read good things about the M+P 45 also..and I'm partial to those also.

Welcome to DRTV.

[1911 Junkie]

I was speaking with a rep for S&W.

He said to get the midsize S&W M&P .45 over the full size. He said it was more accurate and the recoil was easier to control. I don't have any reason to doubt him but I haven't shot the M&P in .45 yet.

[jaybet]

The EAA is a nice gun. It's a bit out of the price range you talked about but another big .45 you should look at is the CZ97b. Big beautiful 45.

[Badgersmilk]

I've had a Witness .45 for about 16 years now.  It's fired well over a thousand rounds, never a single misfire even with cheap crap plinking ammo.  It was once dropped out of a giant truck (about 10 feet!) down onto the pavement and it scuffed the blueing a little in one very small spot.  Not a single other problem!  Picked it up, it was fine.  That was probably 400 rounds ago.  

Perfect ergonomics, built like a German Tiger tank.  Reliability that makes a Timex look like a Chinese tinker toy.  Mec-gar makes the magazines for them (GREAT quality!).

[tombogan03884]

 BM, You DO know, don't you, that the Tigers Maybach engine was crap  ?