Tanfoglio Witness 1911

[Rayee]

ooh, ooh! Is that the original trigger, but mucked with?

[magicniner]

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
Regards,
Nick

[magicniner]

Alan's Air Rifles in Rotherham now have the Witness in stock at £99.99
ATB,
Nick

[billiethekid]

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 ,,

[hawkeye]

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 ?

[blooregard]

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.

[gingernut]

You need a Clear English Award for that bloo

[magicniner]

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!
ATB,
Nick

[gingernut]

Careful Nick you are abandoning your principles.
Can I remind you that this a cheap BB gun made in Taiwan that will not last 10 minutes.
Thats why I have 3 to last 30 minutes.
Regards
Gnut

[BobSki]

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

[whitevanman574]

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 ....

[billiethekid]

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

[Robert Davies]

Some evil chap on the UBC forum put an idea in my head that wouldn't go away, so instead of relaxing I did a little more Witness Tampering -

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/PICT0580.jpg

- Nick

I do remember mentioning something about a skeleton trigger...

It does look rather nice though...

How long before you go completely SVI and there's nothing left of the original KWC/Cybergun??!!!

-Rob

[billiethekid]

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

[magicniner]

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!
ATB,
Nick