Pizza Bob

Looks like prime fodder for the next Gun Buyback

If you decide to go with a speed-type holster, Double Alpha makes one call the Racer that runs about $60 less than the Race Master. The difference being that the Race Master has interchangeable innards to adapt it o a bunch of different guns. The Racer is made for a specific model - in your case the N-frame S&W and it will fit any N-frame regardless of barrel length. Alec also competes with some L and K frame guns, so the Race Mater makes more sense for him. Adios, Pizza Bob

That is sarcasm isn't it Chris? The one failure of the written word - you can't tell nuances.

Hey Ray Ray is that speed loader a Matich or one of the new Ripcord loaders?

There is an exemption specifically for this set of circumstances and it's not "collection" - here is how the exemption reads: Purchase of multiple handguns from a person who obtained the handguns through inheritance or intestacy. The fact that they are being given to you is immaterial - purchase them for a penny a piece if it makes you feel better, but that is the exemption you use. You need two forms to file for the exemptions - they are attached below. If there are not enough spaces there are second pages available - same form number followed by an "A". You still need a P2P for each handgun and an FPID if they are long guns. You will need the make, model and serial number for each firearm and the dealer info (including FFL and SFL) who will be doing the transfer. Adios, Pizza Bob sp-015.pdf sp-016.pdf

Thank you. KSD Grips out of Turkey IIRC. They are Nills knock-offs. Perfect fit, really great grips.

That is one of my IDPA guns. Big Butts are prohibited in IDPA and the six shot revolvers aren't competitive in USPSA. For USPSA, with the relatively light recoil of the .38 Super, I supplanted my Big Butts with these... I got your e-mail about holsters - was there another, or did I miss something? Adios, Pizza Bob

I like the Hogue Tamer grips... https://www.hogueinc.com/s-w-k-l-n-x-z-frame-round-butt-rubber-conversion-monogrip-black They will fit on any K, L, N or X round butt frame. Softer, energy absorbing rubber where they interface with the web of the hand. Here are mine on a 625-8 PC (no longer available in yellow). Also, if you look carefully, that is a Bowen rear sight. Uses the stock front hole as well as the D&T'd hole in the frame. Windage is adjusted by loosening one screw and tightening the opposite one. As the name says - Rugged - I do recommend a tiny bit of purple Loc-Tite on the windage screws, once the sight is properly adjusted. Adios, Pizza Bob

To complement that FO front sight, you may want to consider replacing the rear sight with a target blade. Either an LPA or Bowen Rough Country give you a great sight picture. Adios, Pizza Bob

You know, if we start the rumor that illegal immigrants are smuggling plastic straws across the border, we could get the liberals to fund the wall.

While I've been to a number of the Oaks shows, I guess I never encountered the "Large " variety. The previous shows that I attended were always in the same two halls as the current show. I don't think that I could physically make it through a show larger than this (old age and infirmity) - gun shows are not known for the many areas where you can rest and recoup. LOL. I took two Aleve and my cane today, and managed the two halls. Comparing the Eagle Arms Oaks show and the Forks of the Delaware show in Allentown is an apples and oranges thing. Even the larger Allentown show at Ag Hall on the fairgrounds doesn't compare to Oaks. The admission fee is commensurate with the size and quality of the show. I could have easily spent $15K on S&W revolvers alone, today. Many more there this time the my last trip to Oaks. I do intend to follow-up on at least one of the gems I found. I didn't find what I was looking for - which as I said previously was some specialized ammo. Specifically some Winchester Silver Tip 200 grain .44 Spl. and some of the new Federal AE SynTech in .40 S&W with the 205 grain coated bullet. What does need to be improved at this show is parking. After the half-mile hike into the show from the car, I was already tuckered out. I know that it's tough to keep a facility this large always engaged, but to have a large gun show and golf show on the same weekend just makes the parking situation that much worse. Going to have to get one of those little blue tags that hang from your mirror - they had a whole section of the parking lot roped off for them. Adios, Pizza Bob

Golf Battery, Sgt Toadette and I will be leaving shortly. Not looking for anything specific, other than some specialty ammo, but you can never tell what you might find. Last time I went (which was a number of months ago) I stumbled upon a S&W Model 25-14 - a Lew Horton special of which only 250 blued versions were made. I'll be wearing a tan hat with a S&W logo (naturally) on the front. Stop me, introduce yourself and say hello. Adios, Pizza Bob

Just because it hasn't happened, doesn't mean that it couldn't happen. Possession / Transport of hollow points outside the exemptions can be/and is a stand alone crime. It may be most often used as an add-on, but it isn't stipulated that way in the law. With the Aitken decision it also put us back into a grey area once again as to what exactly constitutes hollow point ammo. Pre-Aitken we had the letter from the AFTE to the NJSP (attached) that gave a pretty good idea what is and isn't a hollow point. In the Aitken decision the judge defined prohibited ammo (i.e. hollow points, dum-dums) as any expanding projectile ammunition - which brings just about all ammo into question. What is needed to be known is: Was that decision precedent setting? Adios, Pizza Bob njsp_hollowpoint.pdf

I think what he means is the man had reloaded is own ammunition and then had a catastrophic failure at the range - sounds like a squib and a subsequent full power shot leading to a blown barrel. Just guessing. His syntax could have been better - but this is a gun forum, not an English forum. LOL Adios, Pizza Bob

Take heart. I don't have a copy of the ANJRPC newsletter handy (they get read and thrown out - I'm a hoarder but my SO is not), but I recall always seeing ads for psychiatrists that specialize in exactly what you are looking for. You may want to join the ANJRPC (they are the state affiliate of the NRA). Maybe somebody here on the forum has a copy of a newsletter and can help you out. Adios, Pizza Bob

Thanks Jack. I already have the mail fraud claim form being sent. Tried to do it on line and my browser (Google Chrome) can't verify the security certificate of a government website, LOL. Everytime I try to go interactive it kicks me off the site. I've also filed with ic3.gov and the Idaho AG's consumer protection bureau. I truly expect to get nothing back, but I do want these agencies to take notice. Adios, Pizza Bob

Yes, a USPS MO. I've already gone to the PO and they will not "trace" a money order until a minimum of six weeks have passed. If I involved the Postmaster in Idaho, they might check sooner, but there are already two federal agencies involved. I might explore the mail fraud route, depending on what I learn next week after my detective friend calls for an update.. Adios, Pizza Bob

I purchase quite a few of my guns on-line from individuals or on auction websites or the classifieds on the various gun forums I subscribe to – all legal and above board. I’ve been doing it for years and I guess the law of averages finally caught up with me. I get a daily e-mail feed from one of the auction/For Sale websites of newly listed Smith & Wesson revolvers. Usually by the time I see them, anything desirable has already been snapped-up. But a couple weeks ago a Model 520 was listed in that feed, at a really great price. The Model 520 was an instant collectible from 1980. These revolvers were made specifically for the NYSP and were not a regularly cataloged item. The NYSP canceled the contract before they were delivered which sent the guns to the civilian market and creating the instant collectible. I wasn’t actually seeking one, but when one falls in your lap, you have to take advantage of it – which I did. I let my exuberance and enthusiasm overcome my good judgment. I didn’t buy it completely blind – there are checks I do before I send off my money to a stranger, but I did violate one tenet in that this was a brand new seller. He had registered with the website only to sell this gun. The site said he was “verified” – which in retrospect probably only meant that his address had been verified. But I did look at his house on Google earth (two dogs in the yard – how bad could he be?) and searched the name and had it come back to that address – so the newness was the only red flag. I’d say the price of the gun might have been construed as a second red flag – “if it’s too good to be true, etc...”, but he priced it low enough that it garnered immediate attention, but high enough that it was plausible – an uninitiated seller not aware of what he had. One curious thing was that he requested I send the money order with tracking. Something, that while out of the ordinary, served to protect me, more than him. So I sent off the MO with a tracking number. He received it two days later (he’s in Idaho). I don’t hear anything from him until the day after he receives the MO. Then comes the litany of excuses as to why he can’t ship the gun: The weather, he’s disabled etc. etc. Ten days later I grow tired of his excuses. I had already started to research Idaho law. I wrote to him and gave him an ultimatum: A tracking number in my hand by close of business the following day or I would file a complaint with his local PD. While this was under the monetary value that differentiated petit theft (a misdemeanor) from grand theft (a felony), because it involved a firearm, under Idaho law it automatically rises to the level of grand theft, regardless of value. I also e-mailed the chief of police asking him to intervene – I figured a visit by the local police, before a formal complaint is filed, might be enough to motivate the seller. I never received a response from the chief. Late the following day (the day of the deadline) I got one more e-mail from the seller, claiming that he’d had an (unspecified) attack and had been in the hospital and unable to ship. My reply was, “The deadline stands.” I heard nothing after that. An empty threat is just that – empty, so I followed through and wrote up a formal complaint and e-mailed it to his local PD the next day. I included two people in all the communications after the point I suspected a scam – my cousin, who is a retired FBI agent out of the Boise field office, and the detective from my local PD that processes all the firearms permits. Neither intervened at that point, but did give me guidance and encouragement. After I filed the complaint, and a few days had passed without me hearing anything, the local detective volunteered to liaise with the Idaho PD. The information his phone call to them garnered was pretty amazing. This guy was a grifter from the word go – not too smart a grifter (we had his name and physical address), but a real scam artist just the same. The investigation has grown into a multi-state, multi-country affair with both the FBI and the BATFE brought in and the scam now involves hundreds of thousands of dollars. In my particular instance, he sold the gun twice (if it ever existed), once to a guy in Texas (who had filed a complaint the same time I did) and then to me. My local detective said that there is a chance that, at some point, way down the road, I may be made whole, but it won’t be until after the guy is prosecuted and ordered to make restitution. Doubtful, at that point, if he’ll have any money so I’m not holding my breath. That's my story - take heed. Adios, Pizza Bob

You're overthinking this

Yes, but when you give bad advice, or put forth incorrect information or opinions that cost people money, it doesn't exactly engender a warm & fuzzy feeling in the community. All it would have taken on your part was a simple Internet search instead of the pushback at those who did the research and knew. Just sayin' Adios, Pizza Bob

The key words in the OP are "spring piston". If you think scopes specially rated for air guns is BS, why don't you offer to reimburse the poster if he uses a non-rated scope and it destroys itself? Adios, Pizza Bob

You're wrong Zeke,. They do require a scope rated for the double impulse imparted by a spring powered air gun. Just do a little Googling and you'll find that stated over and over again. They don't have to be expensive, just made to specifically be resistant to that double impulse. Adios, Pizza Bob

Where are the revolvers???

I got a number of my Smiths in the 70's - I'm an old fat, fart and I'm fine with that.

Are you sure that you aren't revealing more about yourself than you intended?