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  1. Posted

    I'd say the question is whether a black powder pistol counts as a handgun or not (and if not, what are they considered?). If so, you're a NJ resident buying a pistol out of state without a handgun purchase permit, which isn't legal.

     

    This isn't statute, however it looks like the State Police consider a black powder handgun to be "a handgun":

     

    http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/faq.html#firearms

     

    Q4: How do you buy handguns, including bb, pellet, and black powder handguns.

     

     

    A4: A Permit to Purchase a Handgun must be completed on each handgun transferred in this state. It is the responsibility of the seller of the handgun to ascertain that the buyer has a valid Permit to Purchase a Handgun and one additional form of identification. The permit must be completed by the seller and buyer. It is the responsibility of the seller to forward the copies to the appropriate authority. Instructions are printed on the permit.

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    I have 4 vehicles, only 2 have a "trunk" (actually, under seat storage. They're motorcycles).

     

    I've never tried to transport to the range via a motorcycle. That probably deserves its own thread.

     

    Anyway, when I transport to the range in a car, all firearms go in a lockable hard rifle case completely unloaded, without magazines, slides or bolt locked open and trigger locks on. Case gets locked.

     

    Ammo goes in an ammo can.

  3. Posted

    That first bit is from Karl Denninger. He's a bit mercurial, but a real sharp guy when it comes to the financial markets. He called FNMA (Fannie Mae) going insolvent at least 6 months before the government bailed them out. He also saved me from taking a 50% hit last year when the markets crashed, because I got the eff out (and actually made money by going short).

     

    I highly recommend reading his stuff if you're involved in investing at *all*. It's worth your while to go back through the archives on his site. He also mostly leaves politics out of it, which is refreshing. (he bashed both Bush and Obama).

     

    http://market-ticker.org/

  5. Posted

    1. How many magazines do you keep loaded, just incase?

     

    All of them. ;)

     

    I have 4 mags for my glock, all are kept loaded with HP ammo while at home. When I go to the range, they all get unloaded, then loaded back up after the gun comes back home.

     

    2. How many rounds do you keep in the magazines?

     

    10 in the stock mags, 12 in the mags with extensions. Oh, and one in the chamber.

     

    I was advised not keep keep 15 rds in my 15 rd magazine so i don't ruin the spring. Is this true or just specualtion?

     

    As long as the springs are good quality, it doesn't matter if you keep them loaded or unloaded.

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    I emailed the local officer who processed applications about twice a month during my 6 month wait.

     

    I was very courteous and polite in each email.

     

    If I had not done the emailing, I would not have found out that my application was stuck waiting for additional funds ($#$* retroactive application fee increase by the state) or that my FID/permit had been "waiting" for me for over 2 weeks.

     

    If they would let me, I would volunteer to help the police department process applications...

  11. Posted

    What the heck is this stuff?

     

    http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 00_425-4-2

     

     

    I just ordered 10 boxes of it in FMJ because the bass pro site does not have it marked as being in low inventory and it is the same price per box that I pay for my American Eagle 9mm. Weird looking stuff but I will give it a shot.

     

    Whatever it is, it's 9mm and it's FMJ and it will work in my Glock.

     

    Ordered 15 boxes. That works out to about $.28/round delivered which is pretty darn good in the current ammo shortage.

     

    Thanks for sharing remthewanderer!

  22. Posted

    Tangent to this:

     

    Went to the Gander Mountain store in upstate New York last October.

     

    They would *not* sell me hollow point handgun ammunition, claiming it was illegal in NJ, but they *would* sell me a semi-auto shotgun with a pistol grip (illegal in NJ).

     

    Thought it was interesting that they were (wrongly) restrictive on the ammunition, but would freely sell a NJ illegal firearm if I had decided to go through with the purchase.

  23. Posted

    I started my FID and Handgun Purchase Permit application in late '07, finally get it in 2Q '08, a little over 6 months if I recall correctly.

     

    I'm a volunteer EMT in my town, so I had a bit of an 'in' with the police department.

     

    Two main holdups were:

     

    Several weeks *AFTER* the Police Department submitted my paperwork/fingerprints/money order, the State Police raised the fee and apparently made the increase retroactive to my applications. Even worse than that, they DID NOT NOTIFY the police department that this was the case. It took me calling the PD and them finally calling the SP to find out what was going on. 3 months wasted over a $6 fee increase, if I recall correctly.

     

    It then took another 2 months for processing, and then it sat at the local PD for another month before I called again to find out the status and got the "Oh, we notified you X weeks ago that it was ready". Uh, no you didn't.

     

    Anyway, when I went to pick up the FID and permit, they just handed them to me via the dispatcher "bank teller" window. Therefore my FID card does *NOT* have my thumbprint on it. Anyone else have a "blank" print block on their FID?

  24. Posted

    Hey All, I found this forum after receiving an invitation from Maksim via the glocktalk forums.

     

    I'm relatively new to firearms, bought a glock 26 in 08 (after waiting 6 months for a FID/Handgun permit :evil: ). Also into shotguns, have a Benelli M2 tactical and considering getting a pump gun as well. Would also like to get a revolver and some kind of semi-auto rifle when Obamamania dies down.

     

    I'm interested in taking some training for both handgun and shotgun in the near future; been considering a trip out to gunsite to train with Ayoob but would also like to know what options are available around here.

     

    I frequent the Bullet Hole range in Belleville but haven't been going as much since ammo got so scarce/expensive.

     

    See ya on the forums.

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