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I just bought a Tanfoglio Witness 9mm polymer over the weekend at the local gun show. I put about 50 rounds through it yesterday and was very, very impressed. Accurate right out of the box, hardly any recoil whatsoever. Fit and finish on it are outstanding. I paid 269.99 for mine brand new and I kind of feel like I robbed the guy. Highly recommend it.
I have the bigger brother, the EAA Witness, Poly C. It is a Compact Poly in 45acp. I have had it for 4+ years and it has been a stellar firearm. I have many handguns, but that Witness always seems to get a little trip out whenever I go to the range, no matter what others I drag along.
These guns are manufactured by Tanfoglio out of Italy. They are not new to the firearms industry.
The Pavona is a GREAT handgun. Don't get all blown away by the next statement, but it is true:
The Pavona is a nice 9mm, and is geared for ease of ability when racking the slide. This makes it very appealing to many woman, and older folks with hand strength issues. I know guys that shoot them as well. Women seem to be very surprised when they find how easy the slide is to rack. There is nothing worse than trying to have your Wife, Significant other, or even Daughter manipulate the slide on quite a few of the "other" semi's out there.
I would say, do not let the low price point scare you, the reputation is there. This firearm is more than a serviceable pistol.
Besides, a handgun that can't be manipulated just becomes a real problem for the person holding it when needed.
The above post is dead on. I've since fired about 200 more rounds through mine and it's flawless. It's damn near perfect accurate, and smooth as can be. In regards to the recoil, well...there is hardly any. Funny thing, as I said above, I bought this gun at a gun show earlier this year, I had promised my better half a handgun of her own for her birthday later this year, but she actually wants the Witness, told me to forget about getting her a new one lol. Make no mistake though, this gun means business, it just does it with a very comfortable efficiency.
Last edited by wvtraveler; 02-26-2016 at 09:07 PM..
wvtraveler,
I'm glad to hear of your experience with your Witness. I was at my LGS a month or so ago and they had a full size Poly Witness in 9mm. I kept handling that handgun, and was just wishing someone would come in and buy before each trip I was there. I certainly didn't need another gun, but the price was right, and I know of the experience I had with my other Witness, but I certainly didn't need another 9mm as I have a couple already. Well I went back in there a little while later and it was gone. I was joking with the guys in there and they said no problem, it was always a different one I was looking at as they were selling that particular handgun quite easily, AND that they would get me one if I wanted it!! Oh, GREAT... just what I need even more temptation.
I just bought a Tanfoglio Witness 9mm polymer over the weekend at the local gun show. I put about 50 rounds through it yesterday and was very, very impressed. Accurate right out of the box, hardly any recoil whatsoever. Fit and finish on it are outstanding. I paid 269.99 for mine brand new and I kind of feel like I robbed the guy. Highly recommend it.
I have never shot one but I have always been fans of bang for the buck. My biggest pet peeve is the Rohrbough pistol that Rem just bought and is selling now for 350. It was I think around 1k and I I said it was so over priced it was ridiculous. You had to change the recoil spring every 200 rounds and it barked in the hand like a wild cat because it was so small. If you gave me one I would have sold it and bought a Walther. That said I can remember a gun shop owner telling me when I bought a Walther PPK Interamrs at Wally world with my wifes 10 percent discount back in thhe 80s for 389, to by the Tanfogilo 380 for 119 at the time. I went for the Walther PPK. Do a look up on line and keep in mind if there was a gun made of pure gold for 2 bucks someone would talk crap about it. I have argued to no avail of how good the Taurus PT92 is and the Smith SD9ve and some will call them garbage. I own both a Beretta 92 and Taurus 92 and many 9s including a glock, M&P and others along with the SD9. For the money they are very hard to beat.
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