have you checked for any dings or burrs on the pin and stop? also what model witness and what springs are you using?

Just got home from a really great day at the range. I had a hot streak with my .22's Tried shooting pistol on the 50 yard line for the first time. Met a cool old guy that brought his m1 garand to the range for the first time and he let me run a couple of enblocs through it. I also met another cool guy with a 10-22 charger with a fresh out of jail sparrow supressor and after talking with him a bit I got to run a few rounds through it as well. Today is the best day I have had in a very long time and I just had to share 

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on buying a witness 10mm. I hope you enjoy your stay here and continue to love all things 10mm 

hey Patriot, how painful is that bond arms 10mm to shoot? I have been curious about them ever since I saw the ads in a gun rag some time ago.

Had a great time. Cut and split a pile about the size of a small trailer house. The only wild life encountered was my buddies new dog. I was tempted on more than one occasion to do very bad things to it as it is a little yappy ankle biter that decided my boots were its new favorite chew toy. but I guess bears and or other wildlife are scared of either the sound of chainsaws or 3 lbs of yappy ankle biting chihuahua.

Once again a big thank you to all that provided good information and I hope I have been able to amuse a few good souls along the way 

Thank you Rojo. I am looking forward to getting out of town for sure

thanks for the good info and a chuckle or two. So my plan at this point is to use the ammo I have and trust for my 10. I will go check out the local options for slugs and see what I find. I am intrigued by the xp3 you mentioned.

I really appreciate your time and knowledge.

Thank you for the information DM. Since it appears you have some first hand experience in dealing with bears i have a couple of questions. what would the best area to target to stop an angry bear? and would there be any preference between an 1 1/8 oz lead slug or a 7/8 oz copper slug from a 12 ga?

I realize that I am probably making much ado about nothing but I believe in the 7 P's so I am hoping to learn all that I can just in case the worst happens

As a side note I am comfortable with the reliability of the underwood ammo in my witness. I have run close to 500 rds through it with this load in practice and the only malfunction I ever had is the first time i shot it after my elbow got tore up last year and I limp wristed the gun due to not being fully rehabbed from the injury. Thankfully since I have healed it has been back to flawless function 

Thanks for the replies. I in in whatcom county, washington. so I do not believe this is grizzly country. I apologize for failing to specify that the likely species is black bear.

I personally have never had a close encounter with a bear. I have be face to face with other angry critters of the feline and canine persuasions but I admit I know nothing about bears.

It is good to hear that black bears are not normally inclined to rampage about a couple of guys running chainsaws cutting downed trees for firewood.

I will do some checking around my LGS's and see if any of them happen to have some 200+ gr ammo in stock. In the rather likely case that they don't have anything available I will keep the witness on my hip with the underwood 180 solids as plan B and make sure I keep my 870 within as easy reach as practical as plan A.

I honestly hope I am just being over concerned about nothing and my weekend does not go pear shaped on me.

Thanks again for the responses gentleman.

First I don't know if this is the best section to post this question as it does not directly involve hunting.

I am going to visit a friend this weekend to help cut and split a number of trees down on his property and he called today to let me know that his neighbor spotted a bear today. I am wondering what 10mm load would make for good bear medicine should a critter decide that I look tasty while cutting and splitting firewood.

My normal carry load is underwood 180gr gold dots. I also have on hand some underwood 180gr FMJ loads.

Would either of these be appropriate or should I:

1) Scour the local shops hoping to find a different load.

2) Be resigned to keep my 12ga close by with 3 inch slugs

Thanks in advance for any and all replies.

thank you all for the feedback. I appreciate all of the suggestions. hopefully I can make a final selection in a paycheck or two.

I hear you on install making a difference. I learned the importance of using blue loctite on scope mounts with my mosin nagant when I was about 19. First and only time I had a scope hit me in the face.

Thanks for the tip SQL. I will check them out.

As a side not I was able to identify the rings that failed. They were UTG.

Long story short I have been having accuracy problems with my new to me Remington 740. I Started checking the scope mount and rings out and found the previous owner buggered up the threads on the rings.

So now I need some recommendations on affordable but durable rings to mount a 1 inch diameter scope to my 30.06. The rifle has a weaver type base that thankfully was properly installed.

Finally had a chance to get my witness back on the firing line. I ran a box of target load through it with no issues and and even better was a couple of mags of underwood without fail. I attribute my issues last time to me and not the gun.

The best part was a gentleman about 6 lanes over who narrowly missed getting tagged by flying brass was wondering what the hell I was shooting that was so loud and throwing brass so far. I showed him my witness and he just about started drooling on it. I let him run a mag through it and he started grumbling about how I just cost him a bunch of money because he needs one now. I smiled and recommended he check this forum out.