I was really excited to shoot my first 2015 USPSA action pistol match, but quickly got frustrated when my gun (EAA/Tanfoglio Witness Match) was having some frequent failure to feed issues and I had to keep racking the slide. This gun has been very reliable in the past, but I recently installed a new slide and barrel and had not shot it at a match yet. After dealing with this through the first two stages, I switched to my alternate Limited Division gun (EAA/Tanfoglio Witness Limited) to finish out the rest of the stages, but the damage to my potential score was already done (placed 4th out of 13 total). :-( Once I got the gun home and took it apart, I noticed that the feed ramp on the brand new .40 S&W barrel was very coarsely machined. Maybe the Italian machinist was day-dreaming about eating pizza for lunch while working on this particular barrel? Who knows, but I feel stupid for not noticing it before taking it to a match. I spent a couple of hours smoothing everything out by hand with some various needle files and sand paper, and then polished it up smoother than my other two Tanfoglio pistols. Hopefully, this will resolve the issue.
Update 01/24/2015: The gun functioned flawlessly through 100 rounds at the indoor range today, so it looks like I will have to come up with a new excuse for not winning matches. :-)
Update 01/24/2015: The gun functioned flawlessly through 100 rounds at the indoor range today, so it looks like I will have to come up with a new excuse for not winning matches. :-)
EAA/Tanfoglio Witness Elite Match
EAA/Tanfoglio Witness Elite Limited
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