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    magicniner is offline The Posh Knocking Shop Artist Formerly Known as Nocturnal Nick
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rayee View Post
    ooh, ooh! Is that the original trigger, but mucked with?
    Nope,
    Totally original part manually machined with love from billet alloy,
    Source - the depths of the Magic 9 Design Skunkworks

    It was a bugger to make because of the way it fits to the trigger bar, but I had some inspiration in the night that may make it a viable part to produce & sell

    I had to bung some Hogue Wraparounds on it

    http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/PICT0583.jpg

    I'll be doing a full length spring guide for it soon as in the Witness Special & Gold Cup
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    magicniner is offline The Posh Knocking Shop Artist Formerly Known as Nocturnal Nick
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    Alan's Air Rifles in Rotherham now have the Witness in stock at £99.99
    ATB,
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    Quote Originally Posted by magicniner View Post
    Alan's Air Rifles in Rotherham now have the Witness in stock at £99.99
    ATB,
    Nick

    cheers for the info dude,,,i'll have to pay them a visit ,,

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    Couple of questions please ,why are these so much better than other colt 1911 co2 pistols that are available , I have seen somewhere that some of these co2 pistols are available in .177 bb or 6mm steel - is this so In the Tangfolio case .
    And are any available with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy ?
    a gun is just a tool how its used is dependant on the person behind the trigger .
    This is why constant restrictions on legal users will have no effect on the unlawfull use of guns or knives !

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    The witness is a BB gun, no rifling. Its not that they are better than the Umarex Colt, they are very different.

    The Witness works in almost exactly the same way as the real 1911, the browning action is there, it field strips in exactly the same way and cycles correctly with each shot (Obviously without brass). The Pellet shooting 1911s that have a rifled barrel are basically a revolver dressed as an automatic.

    They are tin can accurate, bb's are not for precision paper punching, but neither are most CO2 pellet guns.

    If you want match accuracy looks elsewhere, but if you want a very nice representation of a 1911 that you can shoot informally in your own garden the Witness is excellent. And for the price it has to be one of the best value airguns available.

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    You need a Clear English Award for that bloo

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    magicniner is offline The Posh Knocking Shop Artist Formerly Known as Nocturnal Nick
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    At 6 yards in a timed shoot I was getting results like this -

    http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...r/PICT0585.jpg

    The wayward shot is one I pulled when I was getting lazy, not the gun's fault
    I can also hit an 8" x 12" every time at 20 yards too, it's way better than I thought it could be!
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    Quote Originally Posted by magicniner View Post
    Alan's Air Rifles in Rotherham now have the Witness in stock at £99.99
    ATB,
    Nick
    Kibworth Gunshop will do them for you at £80 to £85
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobSki View Post
    Kibworth Gunshop will do them for you at £80 to £85
    i usually hate pistol shooting but had loads of fun with this witness


    they really do strip well,shoot well

    with great blowback

    in all fairness i love it

    im getting new grips on it soon ....

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    think im gonna have to nip and get one of these sometime this week,,,,,

    ill see if ive got time after i finish work tomorrow

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    well i went and got one today ,,,lovely jubbly

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    magicniner is offline The Posh Knocking Shop Artist Formerly Known as Nocturnal Nick
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    Quote Originally Posted by billiethekid View Post
    well i went and got one today ,,,lovely jubbly
    Now get some of the UBC Pistol Marksmanship Programme shot with it, it's the most fun I've had in weeks!
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    It certainly looks better with the nasty plastic grips designated to the bin and replaced by Hogue wrap around rosewood ones.

    Direct replacement, no messing about, $34 from Outdoor World.

    http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...DSC_0002-4.jpg



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    Thumbs up

    they look the business
    looked for outdoor world but did not find one selling grips
    whats the website
    cheers joe

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    Sad News

    My first ever BB Pistol has just died

    Totally worn out it was, sadly my Walther CP 99 is now a paper weight,

    My Tanfoglio 1911 should arrive at Kibby this week

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