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Any reason you didn't include the HK P30 in your list? An HK striker gun and two DA/SA Sigs. The P30 can go either way. LEM has a consistent trigger pull, like striker fired guns. Or DA/SA. Personally I am not a fan of HK DA/SA triggers. That HK $200 rebate really helped. Made an $850 gun into a $650 gun. I really do enjoy my P30 V1 in 9mm (light LEM). Sometimes I consider picking up the VP9 as well, but my Glock 34 currently servers that role. If they had offered the rebate for the VP9, I would have one right now.

Marlin lever in 357. I bought a Remington built Marlin. The action was horrible. The wood was poorly fit. I was happy to sell it. I got a Rossi 92 lever in 357 to replace it and it is a much better rifle. I took a chance last year on a Remington Marlin 1895 in 45-70. That is a much better built gun. Supposedly quality control has finally gotten up to par for Marlins. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do you mean 5-stand? Or has CJ set up a Sporting Clays course? I enjoy shooting 5-stand more than skeet or trap, but found a fair number of douche-ey folks shooting 5-stand there on weekend mornings. I stopped and went back to shooting at the trap field with John and those guys just because I liked the crowd better. Of course it's been over a year since I've been, so things may be different.

I liked the new Sig. I live 5 miles from their pro shop in Epping, and handled it a few times. More recently I got the chance to shoot it. It was nice, but not anything to get hyped up about. You can't believe the Sig flavored koolaid everyone up here drinks. To Sig's credit though, they do host a lot of shooting events at their academy. I tried the HK VP9 too, and liked it more than the Sig, but the difference between it and my Glock 34 wasn't enough to warrant the change (imagine me not jumping on the next new thing

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If you have anything that looks like questionable NJ legality, be prepared to politely explain yourself to the RO's (yes, this 30 round mag is pinned. Let me show you. Or no, this is comp/muzzle break, not a flash hider. etc). I have seen them bust balls.

Geez, I hope not too. I hope somebody has an easy answer for you. I have a 550B and use the Super Swage. It is much more manually intensive, but has not skipped a beat. Good luck!

I don't mean to sidetrack this thread too much, but does a brown 8lb NY1 trigger spring for a Gen 3 Glock work on a Gen 4? I shoot so much revolver these days that I am intrigued.

I have never had a problem with Glock triggers. They do start out pretty bad, but smooth out fairly quickly with lots of shooting. A light buff on some of the contact points (which is really just simulating the effect of multiple trigger pulls anyway) and a drop of oil on the cruciform go a long way too. I used to buy Ghost connectors and the like, but always came back to the stock arrangement for the positive trigger reset and return. Glock stock sights... another matter entirely.

It depends on how much the brass gets "worked" each time it is fired. A looser military chamber means the brass is enlarged more each time and the neck elongated. How hot the loads are is also a contributing factor. On a precision bolt-action rifle, the chamber is nice and tight. A lot of people don't even size the brass more than once, since it gets fire-formed to the chamber dimensions. So the answer is... it depends. In your example, a piece of 223 brass run through a 5.56 AR-15 chamber and run at moderate velocity might get 4 or 5 reloadings. Perhaps more. For handgun brass, I don't think I ever through out a piece of 45 brass because it was too weak or cracked. For my nuclear 10mm loads though, I would only use new Starline Brass. They would show serious signs of wear after the second loading.

I won't disagree with DeerSlayer about the Browning, but Berettas and Brownings generally have different handling characteristics in their over-unders, but i am not as sure about semi-autos. If you are interested in the Beretta you should also try the Browning. Lou's in Raritan has a lot of nice shotguns. I would bet they have both. Give them a call. Nice folks.

Great gun. Like almost all Beretta shotguns, it is very ergonomic and quick handling. It has a very reliable gas system and is favored by a lot of clay shooting enthusiasts who don't care for or can't afford over/unders. I have handled Remington 11-87's but never shot them. The 11-87 is basically a product-improved Model 1100, which is the best selling autoloader ever. It shouldered well, but that is not a surprise since Remington shotguns seem to fit me well. Their reputation (especially in the current environment of shit quality control at Big Green) falls short of the Beretta. The level of refinement between the two is pretty evident. If you ware looking for a field gun that you won't feel bad about dropping in muck, the 11-87 might be an OK choice. I would personally still take the Beretta.

Look at the NRA website. I am up in New Hampshire, but found a reloading class nearby through it. I had been reloading for a long time, but never felt as comfortable with bottleneck cartridges and case preparation as I wanted to. The class was a nice refresher, and made me feel better about reloading rifle.

+1. Beretta Cougars were awesome guns. I owned the 9mm and 45ACP, but the 9mm was my favorite. Another gun I let get away. I hear the Steoger Cougar clones are pretty nice.

I get that from cardholder services on my cell phone several times a week. It is a recorded message. If you press '1' to speak with a representative, the person hangs up on you when you tell them to remove you from their list. The number they call from is spoofed and cannot be called back. It is a different area code and number every time. When I was still in Jersey, i would take the phone, get a representative, walk into my garage, shut to door, then scream at the top of my lungs into the phone. I wanted them to know whoever got me that day pulled the short fucking straw. Now in New Hampshire, my garage is not attached. I just ask for a rep and say "hold on a minute" and just leave the phone in to tv room. I figure wasting their time costs them money and hits where it hurts the most.

Those steel plates don't fall down with the same authority using 9mm as when I use the 357. i am looking forward to increasing my speed. I was trying the both eyes open thing and the double vision i get from focusing on the front sight is messing me up. I need to work on that, especially for clay shooting. After shooting a good number of rounds with the P30 and letting my hand get fatigued, i ditched the large backstrap because I Realized only the small insert guarantees I have the LOP, leverage and strength to reliably actuate the slide release every time with my left thumb (i am a lefty), even when tired. Should this even be a consideration? Are most people using their support hand thumb to activate the slide release on guns that have one? I always just slingshot my Glock slide since it has a slide lock and it's on the wrong side for me anyway.

My town (Exeter, NH) was a sheet of ice this morning. Thankfully things got better as the morning progressed. Glad you didn't get hurt. My kitchen stoop has an awning over it. Whenever it rains then freezes, I can count on a treacherous set of steps. I see myself going through a lot of salt this winter just so I don't bust my ass.

I never cared for the cuff sling high power shooters use. It gets great results for them, but seems so competition oriented and removed from practical application. Just my opinion or course, but I prefer a hasty sling. That is why a two point sling with quick sliding adjustment is my preference.

I know my fairly inexpensive Barska safe has 3 holes in the bottom. I always use lag bolts and feel like it is in there pretty tight.

Those guys choke every time. 0 for 5 now in Championship games.

That $200 HK rebate lured me in. I ended up picking up a P30 V1 (light LEM) in 9mm for $650 after the rebate. For those who aren't familiar, LEM is HK's version of the DAO trigger. It could be compared to a Glock trigger, but this gun is hammer fired. The version I got is the Light LEM, which is around 4.5 pounds. I am a lefty, and HK lately is really good about designing fully ambi controls, not just safety or mag release like some other brands. Another thing that is really nice about this gun is that it comes with backstrap and side grip inserts (small, medium, large and can be used in any combination). You can modify the grip so it is a perfect fit to your hand. And I thought I had... Today was the first day I took the P30 out to shoot, One of the first things I realized was that I needed to re-adjust the grip inserts. I had them set as if this was a regular full double action pull each time. Once the gun is racked, the trigger is all the way forward and there is a ton of pre-travel. Then you get to the point of resistance, which is very close to the rear. This is where your finger will be 90% of the time. Because of the poor grip setup, I had way too much finger over the trigger. Shooting the P30 was a pleasure though. The grip does make the gun fit like no other I have tried. Surprisingly (considering my porky fingers) I did not have the problem that many others do with the trough on the interior trigger guard. But that may be because I only put 150 rounds through the gun. Time wil tell. The trigger felt good and broke cleanly, although truth be told I am not a trigger snob. My stock Glock 34 trigger is fine by me. The slide on this gun is tall, at least compared to the Glock and HK P7 I was shooting alongside it. I didn't feel like the high bore axis slowed down my followup shots though. I was shooting 10 yards at a plate rack with 12 falling plates, and a dueling tree. So I was able to determine my rough accuracy and speed pretty well. The sight picture on the P30 is nice (unlike the awful one on my Glock), although my gun came with those day-glo luminova sights and not real night sights. When I aimed with deliberation, I hit my target every time. The trigger reset on it was not as pronounced or as short as my Glock 34, and I was noticeably slower with the HK P30 than either of the two other guns. When I tried to pick up speed to keep up with the Glock and P7, I started missing plates. I don't think that is anything inherently wrong or bad about the P30, just a product of me having thousands of rounds through the Glock 34 and the fact that the HK P7 points and shoots like a laser. I am looking forward to breaking this gun in. One thing to note: P30 magazines (which are also used by the VP9) are apparently designed by German Engineer sadists to slice your finger tips to ribbons when trying to load bullets on a cold day. I could shave with the feed lips on my mags. .

I love my Ithaca 37 20 gauge. It is my bad weather bird gun.

I wasn't limiting the expungement process to rich guys. I wasn't excluding them either. All should be equal under the law. Maybe there shouldn't be expungement for crime if it reaches a certain level of violence (the article does not mention the severity of the attack, by the way). I just believe that a DUI, drug arrest, fist fight and the like are things that otherwise good people can get caught up in in their youth. I don't think that they should be an albatross to hang around their necks for the rest of their lives.

I am not going to take someone's politics into account when judging them. If a person can go a certain amount of time without getting in trouble with the law, I do support expunging criminal records for certain classes of crimes. I can think of many things I did as a teenager into my early 20's that, had I been caught, would be following me around today. While none of it involved whacking someone with a stick, an unlucky break here or there could've resulted in a a criminal charge. Perhaps different classes of crimes should require different lengths of time to "work off" a criminal offense. If Mr Wahlberg has managed to go without committing a crime since 1988, it is probably a safe bet that he is not a threat to society.

As usual, Bob beat me to it. I wish that S&W could get the formula for that Colt Royal Blue. I have never seen a nicer finish on a gun.