Col. Mortimer

Pros: - longer sight radius - easier to make power factor - less muzzle rise and less recoil Cons: - harder to find holsters - can't use them in IDPA - choices for after market barrels may be limited I shoot a Springfield Armory Longslide (L10) and a Glock 24 (L).

You poor NJ bastards. I applied online for a pistol permit on Thursday (12/12). No bank check, no finger prints, no visit to the local PD and I paid with my credit card. I sheriff's office called and emailed me at 8:45AM today (Monday, 12/16) my permits are ready. I have to get them soon as they are only good for five years. Of course, once my CCW comes in I won't need them. The terrible thing is it takes about 100 days to get a CCW permit. How terrible.

FYI - The meet up is Monday 11-11 at 1:00PM.

i have to change the date. My brother-in-law has to work. Let's make it Monday at 1:00PM.

I think the best time will be Friday, November 8th at 1:00PM at Brick Armory. If you can make it, I will see you there.

I am adjusting after living in NJ all my life. We live in southern Charlotte near the Arboritum. It's a nice neighborhood and the people are friendly. The thing that strikes me the most is how affordable housing is. You can make $40,000 and buy a nice townhouse in an good complex in a nice area.

I will be staying in Bradley Beach so I am thinking Brick Armory or Shore Shot.

I am flying in and I am not checking baggage so I will rent something. My brother-in-law is coming and is a total novice. Have to pick a place and a date that works for those interested. Anyone interested?

Agreed. The weedend is out. It will have to be Friday, Monday or Tuesday.

I will be flying back to NJ and won't be bringing any guns or ammo. I want to take my brother-in-law shooting. How is Brick Armory for a beginner like him? I will be there with him but I want him to have a good experience. Also, how are they on ammo? I know it will be expensive but I will pay as long as they have it.

I got mine. Recently, I was able to buy 3,250 9mm, 124gr., CMJ from MG and 3,000 40S&W,180gr. FMJ from Roze. Maybe the shortage is getting loosening up.

I have a USPc in .45ACP. The pros are it is reliable, handles recoil nicely for a compact and fits my hand nicely. The con is magazines are expensive and you cannot shoot lead bullets. The only caveat would be the price. If the price is right, I say buy.

I have had similar problems with lead bullets and Federal brass. Federal brass is thicker than most brands which causes the case to bulge at the base of the bullet. I do not have this problem with FMJ bullets. The Lee Factory Crimp (LFC) die solved the problem. Some will say the LFC die is the worst thing ever invented and will cause leading, inaccurate ammo and ED. I have used it with good results. If you use it, adjust it so it just irons out the bulge enough to pass the case guage. I use the ammo for USPSA so 100% function is required but perfect accuracy is not. However, the rounds I tested had good accuracy. Hope this helps.

Just to be clear, you have a powder bar for each load? This may be better than adjusting the powder bar for each caliber / load. PS: I would reconsider putting a bullet on top of the primer tube rod. If you get a primer KB that bullet will become a speeding bullet. I used an empty .45ACP case but the primers feed okay once the press broke in and it was adjusted. I adjusted the strip of metal that is a spring for the plastic primer stop.

I have a Ruger Mk II, a Buckmark Contour and a Bersa Thunder. All are fun to shoot but the Buckmark shoots all ammo with very few problems. The only downside is it is harder to take apart than the other two. Don't listen to anyone that says the Ruger is hard to put back together. It is hard if you do no have and follow the proper instructions. Good instructions and videos are all over the web.

Contact Ron. He will know or he will find the answer.

A USPSA Level 1 Range Officer Class will be held at Riverdale Police Pistol Range, Riverdale NJ. The dates are Saturday June 29 and Sunday June 30, 2013. To sign up or for more information contact Ron at [email protected]

Last time I purchased from Montanna Gold about a year and a half ago, I paid around $78 for 1,000 for FMJ 124 gr. I estimate loaded ammo costs me about $7.50 per box of 50 with picked-up brass.

Damn! I looked but did not see it.

The one with the semi-auto is the best.

You have a friend in Charlotte, NC (or will have soon). I think I will start ''Colonel Mortimer's Micro Storage" for all your 10-round plus magazine storage needs. I will lease you a storage bin in my garage until you join me in NC.

We are using “Shoot’N Score It” (SSI), an online pre-registration tool. In addition to speeding things up the morning of the match to allow us to start shooting (and finish shooting) earlier, pre-registration via SSI provides for self-squadding. Shooters can sign-up/log-in to the SSI site, enter their basic shooter information, and click “Register.” Once registered, squadding can be set up. Round count is shown on the Shoot’N Score It website. (Link provided below.) We reserve the ability to move folks around to assure we have adequate RO coverage in each squad and balance squad size. Registration will close by around 9:30 am, please arrive early. New Shooter briefing will be at 8:45am, not 9am. We can still accommodate walk-ons the morning of the match through the traditional sign-in process, but the less we have to rely on this, the quicker we can be at getting the match started. ** Shooter information stored in SSI is not indexed/returned by search engines, so shooter names will not come up in Google searches. ** To pre-register for the March Shongum match via SSI: · Go to http://shootnscoreit...ipsc/match/994/ If it’s your first time using SSI, create a user name/password, etc., and click “Sign Me Up”, otherwise login to sign up. · On the match registration page, enter your USPSA/shooter information, and click “Register” Ø We ask that ROs select “Military” in the Category field so that we can easily identify them and ensure that each squad has enough ROs · Click on the link to “squads” on the left of the page, choose a squad from the list, and click “join this squad” If you do not want to use SSI, please send an email to Ron at [email protected] with the following info to register. Reply back with: Name: USPSA number: Division: Power Factor: AS ALWAYS: Help with setting up and packing up is always needed and appreciated. TIME PERMITTING, there will be a shotgun side stage after the pistol match of 16 rounds of 7.5 shot or smaller. If the match is cancelled for weather, Ron will send out an email notification Friday around 5pm and it will be posted here.

The lesson here is be sure to keep the lot number information on all ammunition you buy.

You may be on to something with the bullet seating. It appeared the case separated right at the heel of the bullet. The slight, extra bulge there may cause the less ductile aluminum to weaken in this area and cause the separation. Additionally, the hot gas hitting the base of the bullet and fanning out may be the final factor in causing the separation. BTW – I doubt it was an out of battery problem. I was the RO and right next to him and nothing unusual occurred during the discharge. The only reason the separation was noticed was the upper section of the case went over the round coming off the magazine and caused a jam.

We had a shooter using a Ruger carbine in 40S&W and CCI aluminum case ammo. He had a jam and it turned out the case broke in two parts leaving the base and part of the case (sort of a 40S&W Short) and the upper section of the case making it a short tube. The break was clean and looked like the case had been cleanly cut in half. Has any had a similar experience? Could it have been the carbine creating a slightly higher pressure for a longer period of time? I recomended to him that he contact CCI and keep the box for the lot number. It was purchased that day at Dicks so it was not an old run.