He'd bought the gun, run a few (very few) rounds through it, then tried to "modify" it by steel wooling the blue off in preparation to have it chromed or something, I never did figure out what he wanted to do. Overall, it's not bad for how much I paid for it, namely only $125.00, from a customer at the hardware store that my parents used to own when he needed cash. I've had to restake the plunger tube once already and it's starting to get a little loose again. The trigger pull on mine was decent (not great, but OK), a little heavy but not bad. The hammer is peening a little where it strikes the firing pin and the sear is peening/deforming a little on the hook where it interacts with the hammer hooks. The sear and hammer, while not the worst I've ever seen, aren't too great, either. The rear of the firing pin, where the hammer strikes it, is peening badly and it won't be long at all till it is peened to the point that it won't fit through the hole in the firing pin retainer. With mine, the frame, barrel and slide seem OK, but the small parts leave a lot to be desired. I have less then 1000 rds through it all together, so it's not like it's a high mileage gun. While I don't have a 10mm, I do have an older West Hurley manufactured Auto Ordnance 1911 in. Has anyone else owned one of these and what did you think of them? If the price had not been so cheap I would have never bought it and still less than $450 into it so far. I have read some opinions on this type of gun and to say the gun was well thought would be a lie. So here is the question should I spend the time and money to finish it or just stop where I am? This is my first 10mm and I found recoil not too much more than my other 1911s in 45acp. I don't have much into this gun and would like to do a refinish and other things.
Now the gun feels good in my hand the trigger is so much better. I went ahead and fitted a used beaver tail grip safety also.
The trigger is now at 4.8 pounds on my scale. The grip bushings were stuck in the factory rubber grips so new bushings and a set of alumi grips I also had lying around.
AUTO ORDNANCE 10MM FULL
Next I found a full length guide rod in my spare parts and a decent extended thumb safety. I had a new C&S kit sitting on my bench so I installed it with a new STI trigger with a new Wolff 18.5 pound recoil spring.
AUTO ORDNANCE 10MM UPGRADE
I figured I didn't have that much into it so why not upgrade it a bit. I shook my head and wondered what mess I had gotten myself into.
It seemed to be about a 16 pound trigger. The absolute worst trigger that I have ever felt. After tear down and inspection and re lube I took it to the range. More of a problem when admiring it on the sofa.Last weekend I picked a used but not abused Auto Ordnance 10mm for less than $300. It's the lateral play in the trigger that drives me nuts, and near as I can tell that has little or no impact on my confidence when actually shooting the gun. The Hunter isn't an action shooting pistol though, so maybe I'd like a little more cosmetics.
AUTO ORDNANCE 10MM FREE
Getting the gun out of the holster would rate far higher, getting a magazine to drop free would rate far higher, and ability to recover to target would rate far higher. For the kind of shooting I do and am interested in, trigger feel is about #28 on the list of things that have any impact on shooting. I'm just not a weirdly fussy person and I've fire Les Baer and Wilson Combat customs and would have no preference between any of them. So, in a blind 'feel' test I guess I'd have to say the EAA Witness Hunter trigger is 'very good', at least by my standards. Yes you're correct-it's a single action and I guess I should try harder to separate the actual feel and performance of the trigger from it's appearance and non-performance aspects.
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