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Big_Rob | 04-04-2008 10:04 PM
An odd duck of a pistol I was looking at a 2008 gun price magazine and found this oddity. http://eaacorp.com/witness-fcp-description.html http://www.eaacorp.com/witness-fcp-TP.html http://www.eaacorp.com/images/WitnessFCP.jpg Is it just me or have EAA designed a firearm that doesnt even come close to any kind of known action on the market (IE: truly unique?)??? Has anyone seen one of these up close and personal? Theres not too much information out there but heres some excerpts Quote:
This pistol gets my 'bleeding edge technology' award. This is a mid-size semi-auto, polymer pistol that has a very unique barrel/action system. The round that feed fire is inserted into a 'shotgun-like' shroud. This 'round' is then inserted into a magazine and the action looks like it fires from an open bolt condition. I state from the brochure, "The Patent pending fast cycle tube chambers eliminate the need for expensive magazines. Simple inexpensive, reusable tubes that encase each round and act like self-contained chambers." BUT check this out - The brochure says that you can fire .38 Spl! Just what I always wanted...a .38 special auto! What nirvana! http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3500.html Quote: Anyone got anymore info on this bizarre firearm? Supposedly EAA introduced it at the recent SHOT show, and it is listed on their web site and in a downloadable brochure. Instead of a traditional magazine it uses "chamber tubes" that you place each round in separately, resembling something like a shotgun shell. The gun (different models I assume) supports 380ACP, 38 Special, 38 Super, 9mm, 40S&W and 45ACP. Once you have individually loaded one round into each of them, I assume you load these "tubes" in from the bottom of the grip where it looks like a magazine is inserted? What's the deal with the crazy looking ejection port? Or is it an ejection port? It looks like the barrel and slide might separate just forward of the "port". The only advantage I can think of to this is that possibly all of the .38/9mm calibers could theoretically be shot from the same gun/barrel if the tubes actually act as the chambers. Otherwise I don't see any advantage to this at all, and a big disadvantage in reloading. Maximum capacity on all calibers is six and it is DAO. Congratulations EAA, you just made a semiautomatic pistol equal in trigger pull and capacity to a revolver, and much slower to reload. What are they thinking? http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=655024
EDIT _ BTW_THE_SLIDE_DOES_NOT_MOVE!!!

JJ_ | 04-06-2008 01:13 AM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol soooo.... someone got paid ta come up w/ this?

Iptuous | 04-06-2008 01:24 AM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol Website linked says the motivation was to make a pistol that was "simple, reliable and very reasonably priced". Says this pistol has only 4 moving parts. Multi caliber, simple mechanics, reliability on par with revolver, cheap....i might see a niche in the CCW market, i guess.

Infidel | 04-06-2008 01:37 AM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol Quote:
Originally Posted by Iptuous (Post 1048275) very reasonably priced".
How about $219

Iptuous | 04-06-2008 01:46 AM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol Quote:
Originally Posted by Infidel (Post 1048284) How about $219
I wonder if they plan on getting cost down with production or if that is their target price? Doesn't seem low enough for what it seems they're after...

elroy | 04-06-2008 06:00 PM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol It eliminates the need for expensive magazines but now you have to keep track of lots of little tubes. Are the tubes ejected ? Then you would need to try and collect all of the ejected tubes. Not for me.

Quixote2 | 04-06-2008 06:10 PM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol Plus the brass cases in the tubes are probably expanded making them not reloadable or very short case life. Do not put a +P load in that plastic chamber.

Big_Rob | 04-07-2008 09:35 AM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol This is what Eaa replied back to me via an email after I sent to them asking if anyone down here had one for sale. Quote:
these have not been imported as of yet and right now I do not have an ETA Thank you
Id really like to see one of these Just to see how the action wirks

Big_Rob | 04-07-2008 09:36 AM
Re: An odd duck of a pistol Quote:
Originally Posted by BW3 (Post 1049087) Plus the brass cases in the tubes are probably expanded making them not reloadable or very short case life. Do not put a +P load in that plastic chamber.
Can u say KABOOOOOM!!!?

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