Determining the Age of an EAA Witness

Year	Event
1980s	Anecdotal time that the AE prefix started on the serial numbers.
1994	Earliest time for AE/EA prefix change. All before this are AE.
1995	Latest time for AE/EA prefix change. All after this are EA.
2004	Mag release changed to wider model.

According to czfirearms.us's user jwc007, EAA Witness serial numbers changed from an AE prefix to an EA prefix during their '94/'95 production run.
According to a thread on czfirearms.us, the AE prefix frames can't accept the various caliber conversion kits available for the EAA Witness.
According to http://www.henningshootsguns.com/tech/tech.tanfoglio.magrelease.html, you can tell whether you have a new or old mag release by seeing whether the magazine has enough play to move up and down. The old mag release grips into the notch on the mag with a much smaller protrusion than the new, wider one.

-- SeanNewton - 05 Dec 2011

Topic revision: r2 - 06 Dec 2011 - SeanNewton

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