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I've used brake cleaner for years. CRC Brake Kleen in the red can is the same stuff as Gunscrubber at about 1/3 the price. I use solvent like Hoppes to clean and brake cleaner to flush out the dirty solvent in slides and actions. It is not as good a solvent as say Hoppes. You need to exercise caution when using it on plastics and wood. As far as plastics the only one I can say its safe to use on is Glocks by personal experience. I have seen it melt an AUG magazine. It will strip some finishes from wood. You also have to remember brake cleaner will strip all lubricant and the metal will be as dry as it can get. You will need to lube well after using it.

I did a bit of reaearch and in the gun was registered operable you can keep it if it is made inoperable according to NJAC 13:54-5.3. Otherwise you have 90 days to dispose of it and turn it in. i guess if its already inoperable you need to transfer the registration to the heir. I found conflicting data regarding how many were registered. One source says 355 as operable, another says 985 operable and 905 inoperable. None were registered in Union County. 4 were turned in to NJSP. This is out of the 100-300,000 estimated SA weapons in nj at the time (1990). Well no...and yes KpdPipes. The application procedure is outlined in NJAC 13;54-5.2 and anyone can apply. However, the applicant needs to supply information sufficient for "issuance requires the court find public safety and welfare so required". I can't see anyone meeting this criteria unless they are a lEO with a letter from the chief.

You don't have to spend money on those little grease tubes that fit in the stock. A Garand will run on just about any grease. The white grease in the tubes is lithium grease and you can get a big tube of it for a couple of bucks at an auto parts store. The military liked lithium grease as it does wash off in wet weather. I use Mobil 1 grease. I like it because being red you can see it better. Its what I use on my cars and I just pack some in a large syringe to grease my Garands.

I don't have a Ruger 22 now but from looking at some photos what you guys are calling the barrel is actually the receiver or frame. The serial number appears on that round part with the ejection port, that the bolt rides in, and the barrel is screwed into is the receiver for the Ruger 22. There is no rifling in that part. Its the same as on bolt action or even SA rifles. I guess it works out that way because the Ruger 22 pistol is based on a rifle design IIRC. You got me thinkiing as Federal law is very clear that the serial number has to appear on the receiver or frame. I imagine the Feds at one point had to designate or approve what a manufacturer said is the receiver.

If I tell people my real age they say I look it. If I tell them I'm 108 they always say I look good for my age.

The permit process for an AW in NJ is the same as a machine gun so we all know how that's going to go. If the carbine isn't one of the 300 or so AW that were registered when the ban was instituted it is already contraband. If it was registered the executor of this estate has 90 days (I believe that's the time period) to dispose of the rifle out of state. That's it.

Jack, what kind of Ruger is this with the sn on the barrel you have?

I have twice. But I'm 108 years old and must have spent several hundred dollars doing it.

I'm not claiming it will work for everyone. If you're trained in martial arts or have some other expertise in groundfighting it might be a viable option. One of the points in doing this is the attacker is most likely going to have to use both hands to get a good effect grabbing a leg. Legs are a lot stronger than arms. It also makes your attacker have to come up with a plan b. When I was younger (about 100 years ago) and actively training in martial arts I did use groundfighting to fend off multiple assailants (no weapons only physical force) a few times and was able to get away okay. I. Am also personally aware of circumstances where the bad guy was going for a gun and the good guy hit the bad guy with good effect rather than go for.his gun because hitting him was faster. This is a good time to bring up alternate training in self defense if you are serious about it. Every situation is not a lethal force encounter and even if you are armed you may wind up without a weapon. I noticed the last few years before I retired that in this touchy feely society today there are a lot of people (not only new LEOs) that have never been in a fight of any kind. The agency I worked for developed a continuing program of defensive tactics to address this.

The 21' is not an original idea of Tueller. I believe the FBI arrived at this distance back in the 60s as the range something like 90% of gunfights occur within. The distance was standardized in the FBI PPC course in the late 60s or early 70s. This was the qual course used by most LE agencies up to the early 80s. This course was 60 rds fired DA at 7, 15, and 25 yds and SA at 50 yds. This was the course I fired in both the police academy and when I started working for the Federal government. Most agencies went to a 25 or even a 15 yd max range in the 80s and 90s. If you are attacked in a hallway or other area by someone with a knife or blunt instrument and can't move in any direction to buy time to get your gun out there is one tactic that hasn't been discussed. Its also something have done usually not intentionally. That tactic is to fall on your a**. You can kick to repel your attacker and you may take defensive cuts or blows to your legs that can be serious but your vitals are out of reach of your opponent. You also might physchologically throw your opponent off as they wouldn't be expecting you to hit the floor before they get there. Yes there are disadvantages to doing this but its something to consider. Its really just based on groundfighting techniques from martial arts.

I agree with your reasoning but that's not the law. The law says I can let any licensed driver use my car. You have to die firsr for your wife to get your guns in NJ without paperwork.

Bob, you're correct about using faster powder to minimize the muzzle flash. However, most published data is with powders close in burn rate from about 2400 to N130. The fastest powder Lyman lists is Unique with a lead bullet that maxs out at about 1400 fps in order to stay in safe pressure limits. That will go down to maybe 1200 fps in a Blackhawk which a. 110 gr +P+ in 38 special is close to. You're never going to get max performance from a cartridge with fast powders. Don't get me wrong. If that's what MB4GRINGO wants go for it. Just trying to make him aware of options and if its really a SA he's after a 357 would offer many more options one of them being he most likely already has other guns in the same caliber. I have Tanker Garand in 7.62 NATO that is also a flamethrower. However, it is a neat gun and I like shooting it. I've found muzzle blast bothers most people more than recoil and just want to make M4BGRINGO aware of it.

I've bought washer,dryer,dishwasher, and refrigerator over the past 10 years from Home Depot. All Maytag and zero problems with sale, delivery, and one service call.

You can't buy handguns any place but your state of residence. Sarco would have to ship a handgun to a NJ FFL. The "Tanker Garand" was in reality a marketing ploy. The US experimented with shorter barrel Garands about the end of WWII and actually made a handful. The first issue they found was a tremendous muzzle blast from the shorter barrel. the end of the war came and the project was dropped. Virtually all these "tankers" were destroyed. Back in the 50s a lot of Garands were being sold surplus. Dealers invented the "Tanker Garand" by chopping the barrels, oprods and stocks and modifying the gas port. They were advertised as "designed for tankers by George Patton' which was all BS, just a way to be able to sell more. If its done right a Tanker M1 is as reliable as a standard M1. the issue is usually getting the oprods shortened correctly. I have one in 7.62 NATO and it does have a hell of a muzzle blast but is accurate and an all around neat gun.

I've fired both the AMT and Ruger in 30 carbine. The AMT worked well. The grip felt a bit long as the round is nearly 1/2" longer than a 45 ACP but you can adapt to that. My only issue with buying one now is the parts situation. Some of the internals may be shared with AMT's 1911s but I'm not sure. Parts are always an issue with a limited production gun that hasn't been made in a while. The Ruger worked as you would expect a Ruger to work, flawlessly. While slower to reload parts are a phone call away. The only other handgun I know of made in 30 carbine is a large frame S&W prototype I saw at S&W. It was tried during WWII but never went into production because of the excessive muzzle blast. You get that muzzle blast and flame from the Ruger or AMT too. I might nominate the 30 carbine in a handgun as having the most muzzle blast of anything shot in a handgun. The flame coming out of that muzzle may be scorch your target if you fail to hit it with a bullet. This may be why you see a lot of them for sale. The performance of the round is another consideration. A factory round will give you about 1400 fps from the 7 1/2" Blackhawk. That's 100-200 fps less than a 110 gr in a 357 magnum from a shorter barrel. There is also a greater variety of bullets available for a 357. I'm just trying to make you aware of all factors in purchasing a 30 carbine handgun. If you're looking for practicality you're better off getting that Blackhawk in 357. The 30 carbine Blackhawk makes a good companion to a M1 carbine. If you want that 30 carbine just because you want one that's a perfectly good reason too. Sending you a PM.

Just to add to this. NJSP maintains a data base of handgun transfers conducted by permits or voluntary registration. However, I don"t know if this is accessible by local PDs or they would have to phone in for this info. Maybe someone who is a NJ LEO can answer this.

This will work on the range but really isn't an option for other purposes. The eyepatch may help train you to exclude input from your right eye. I'm right eye, right handed and I find I keep both eyes open whether I'm shooting handguns or long guns except when shooting long guns left handed. There is something you may want to try with a right handed bolt gun being shot left handed. I learned this from a guy who's been a USMC sniper for about 15 years now. He said as right handed, right eyed shooter he prefers to use a left handed bolt gun from the right shoulder as long as the bolt clears your shooting (trigger) hand. This way your support hand works the bolt and without your trigger hand being disturbed its easier and faster to get the next shot off. I tried this with a left handed bolt gun. It did feel strange but after a few rounds I could see what he meant. This may be something you can easily try as its a lot easier to find a rh bolt gun for you to try shooting from your left shoulder.

This is the easiest answer.

There is a outfit called Springfield Research Service that has records for about 100,000 US military firearms. It used to be free to research but they charge something like $75 and up to research and provide a letter documenting it. They don't give the entire history of the firearm but just places it at a specific place at a specific time. One find was someone had a 03 Springfield that was salvaged from one of the warships sunk at Pearl Harbor. Quite a find! However, the hit rate for this service is very low considering the number of weapons used in the wars. I also read where a guy who bought a Garand from CMP reunited it with a Korean War vet who had used the rifle in combat. Bush 41 had given the S&W 38 he was carrying when he was picked up by the submarine after he was shot down to the sub's Captain. The skipper gave it back to Bush when he was president and its now on display at his library IIRC. US military small arms are very difficult to place at a certain battle. Many that were written off as combat losses really weren't and should we say "lost their way". For example when my father landed in Sicily and I asked him how he landed there he told me "my landing craft took a hit from something big (artillery or mortar) and I had to dump all my stuff and swim the last 200 yards or so". I asked him if he dumped all his stuff what did he do for a rifle. He said "there were plenty of rifles on the beach". I didn't understand what he meant until I got older. He picked up a Garand on the beach and although he was a 4.2 mortar man he spent his first few days in Sicily as a rifleman until he got hooked up with his mortars. He then acquired a M1 carbine (which was his standard weapon) probably the same way he got the Garand. It's easy to see how a unit's property book didn't reflect what the unit actually had. Once weapons were accounted for as combat losses or by turn in most records of where they were disappeared. Remember all this stuff was on paper, there were no computers. The last time I know of US troops being permitted to keep any of their weapons was WWI. There were a lot of handguns (1911s and 1917 S&Ws and Colts) as a handgun was handier in the trenches. A friend of mine's father was a WWI vet and when the transport brought him to Hoboken the troops were tol "if you want to keep your pistol that's okay if not just turn it in here". I don't know if this was done everywhere then but about 50% of the handguns that went to WWI never made it back into the inventory.

I brought up plea bargaining not specifically in regards to an out of state or retired LEO being charged with hollowpoints only but to illustrate how show how it helps prosecutors keep up their conviction rates. If you were an OOS or retired LEO charged only with possession of hollowpoints why would you take a plea to something that Federal law would get you out of? If one were charged with this it would most likely be better to ask for a hearing rather than a trial as you would want someone to follow the law (a judge) rather than let emotions get involved as you would with a jury. A worst case scenario would be the prosecutor would have to be stupid as well as the judges until it got to a Federal court where it would be overturned. Judges don't like to make decisions they know will be overturned in Federal courts. Someone mentioned that the NJ AG hasn't issued any guidelines regarding carrying of hollowpoints under LEOSA since the change. The reason for this is simple. The Federal law trumps the state law and the NJ AG is not going to issue guidelines that are contrary to Federal law or admitting defeat. There was also mention that all state laws have to be followed carrying under LEOSA. Well...yes and no. LEOSA starts out by saying "Notwithstanding any other provisions of the laws of any State...". Notwithstanding means in spite of. This really addresses the hollowpoint and magazine capacity issue. The need for amendments to LEOSA is due to states like NJ that like to write laws telling you not what's illegal but telling you what you can do. The only exception LEOSA gives is recognizing the right of restricting firearms on private property or on State or local government property. There was a case in South Dakota in the past few years. Some OOS off duty LEOs were involved in a justifiable shooting in a bar but were charged with carrying in the bar, a violation of SD law. The judge ultimately ruled that as these LEOs were carrying under LEOSA they could not be charged with carrying in the bar because the state of SD had no right to restrict firearms there because the state didn't own it. This ruling only has impact in SD but could be used in an argument anywhere.

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There surely are prosecutors that would want to chargd you. However, prosecutors make their names on their conviction rate. One of the side effects in plea bargaining is the prosecutor gets a conviction even if it may be for a lesser offense. The last thing the liberal take guns away from all the common folk prosecutor wants is a case on possession of hollowpoints by a retired LEO thrown out on the basis it is contradicting Federal law. Such a prosecutor does not want a precedent set that is contrary to what they believe. Mere involvement in a shooting is not a green light for a prosecutor to pursue criminal charges. If the shooting is obviously a good shoot a prosecutor would be stupid to pursue a prosecution. If there are some questions about the shooting a prosecutor might let their politics get involved in charging the person.

I have never seen anyone involved in a good shoot charged with a no discharge law. Most laws like that have exceptions. A prosecutor would look like a jackass charging someone involved in a good SD shooting. I wouldn't worry about it.

I once heard someone say this after hearing the remark made that shooters are nice people, "I've seen fights and arguments at baseball, hockey, football, and soccer games, NASCAR, and just about every kind of competitiion. I've never seen a fight or argument at a shooting competition".

Actually all Glocks except the 36 are double stack.