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I did my first ever few gun "stuffs" (disassemblies, modifications, upgrades, minor 'gunsmithing' etc. etc.) by watching YouTube videos and they were humongous help. Now I make videos on guns, gun modifications and upgrades and such, and have overwhelmingly positive reviews, and i still watch other peoples videos when I need a hand or have a question or am stumped/having a problem etc. Congrats, you'll be your own armorer in no time! And p. p.s, while i am a Remington 597 guy rather than 10/22, I did some upgrades to my 597 which made the gun a lot "better" and were very satisfying to me gunsmith-wise, and now the rifle is a tremendous asset and tons of fun for the whole family.. I'm sure you'll have the similar experiences, congrats and good luck!

Just want to throw this in for those who are following this thread .. I had the chance to take out the M&P 22 Compact twice this week... First, on Tuesday, my younger sister was visiting down here from Jersey and I took her to my property and the newly created berm (I have a sweet, sweet shooting setup now) for some fun... In addition to a few other things, we really let her concentrate on shooting the M&P22C and it was not only a lot of fun for her, her fundamentals and grip/stance/posture/positioning and certainly end result aka accuracy improved dramatically. Some of this I will admit is not *exactly* the M&P22C's credit *per se* but I have to tell you, it's the perfect size, perfect grip and texture etc. and certainly functions perfectly. I then cleaned it up and took it out myself today at my local indoor range/club. I shot it fantastically and it really puts the rounds where it's supposed to. Granted I am no competition shooter nor was I shooting like it but the gun really does its part. It has really broken into a fine gun which rarely if ever malfunctions, and when it does it's clearly ammo-related. Speaking of which, it shoots HPs fine but really loves 40gr RN bullets... I had some amazing results with both Blazer and particularly CCI Standard Velocity 40 gr round nose bullets. This is in addition to plenty of accuracy and nary a malfunction with Federal AutoMatch, shot the bulk of a 550 rd Federal Value Pack 36 gr HPs, and plenty of CCI Mini Mags 36 gr HPs. I also have worked through a 100rd box of Winchester SUPER X 37 gr HPs.. it seems Winchester and Smith and Wesson agreed to a marketing deal with this gun and their ammo so I would surmise you would get results from Winchester, they had to test it extensively. I wouldn't tell anyone NOT to buy another gun if they wanted but I can tell you I have a fair amount of shooting experience, a moderate collection of firearms and ammo , and plenty of internet forum hours, and this gun is a winner, the vast majority of its owners have agreed, and the price is outstanding... So if this is the type of gun you're looking for, I highly recommend this.

If you are really interested in one , I would just go ahead and buy the Smith and Wesson M&P Shield 9mm ... I did, and couldn't be happier.... And I am a big Glock fan, would own a Glock if I could only one one gun or if I was in a Walking Dead type situation etc. Glock all the way. But at this point, you have to sort of look at it like, how long do you wait, for a company to PERHAPS , One Day, give you what you want to spend your money on, and what a large segment of people have been basically begging for - for years now. Forget it. I needed a dedicated every-day-carry gun when I moved down here to FL, and while I planned on carrying my (beloved) Glock 23, I just don't have the body to conceal it consistently and effectively day in and day out, etc. So I got a Shield... always have been a big Smith and Wesson fan, have products, my Dad carried Smith and Wesson revolvers on the job before Glock came to America in the 80s, and they made basically the exact thing everyone wanted in a Glock , perhaps better actually. I am not 100% sure a Glock single-stack 9mm would be even equal to a Shield, if not behind the 8-ball for being superior. Would I be excited if it was announced today or tomorrow, probably. But would I actually sell my Shield and buy one? I really doubt it. Plus, you can get them for like $350. How can you beat that with a stick?

Thanks for the education.

Just wanted to point out the fact that the M&P 22 is basically on the downswing if not discontinued .... Walther/Umarex (most people do not realize Umarex acquired Walther some time ago, so Walther is not Walther anymore, it's been Umarex for a long time now, it's NOT the same...) had a strategic partnership with Smith and Wesson for also some time. Therefore, the M&P22 was a Umarex produced firearm sent to Smith and Wesson as a S&W M&P labeled firearm... however, Smith and Wesson dissolved their partnership with Walther/Umarex a year or two back, ( I forget when) ... and the M&P22 is going to stop being produced if it has not been already. The M&P 22 Compact is a totally in-house product of Smith and Wesson and designed to mirror the M&P lineup. (Although it is single-action hammer fired rather than striker fired operation). Also it's not exactly a mini pistol, it is precisely 87.5% the size of the full-size M&P lineup. .... it's not a baby gun by any stretch of the imagination. Anyway I just wanted to point this out... it's not like it's a CCW-sized gun for pockets or purses. It's a great gun.

I think they are a lot closer to going to the .40 than many of you and the rest of the internet firearms community realizes. Not only do several branches of the gov't already use it, certain aspects of our military have been using .40 for a lot longer than people realize and have .40 S&W guns in bad men's holsters across the world as we speak. You know those 1 bazillion-round-purchases of .40 S&W JHPs by the Post Office and such? Reason for that. Plus those same attributes that people use to bash it to all hell ("It's only stronger than 9mm but weaker than .45 and only holds more than .45 but not 9mm) do make it the definition of a compromise for a military looking for compromises in all things these days. We are not in the middle of free-spending Cold War-era military economics ... it's going to be a battle of bullets and boom per dollar spent etc. However, I also think the .45 ACP stands an outstanding chance of acceptance. I think it has things going against it (like .40 does of course, no doubt about it) ... people will say things like, "So we used .45 ACP for nearly 100 years, switched away from it, but now switch back???? Why did we switch and waste time/money/lives at all???" and if we were to dare go to a 1911 with it, man, while some people would rejoice, some voices could not be silenced in there vitriol . Plus out of 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP , .45 ACP is the most expensive so there is that consideration. (Again it's not really a governmental problem as a consideration, but consideration that some dissenting general or congressman will raise that point and beat it to death.) If they select a Glock, S&W M&P, or Sig P226/229 in .40 S&W I will be satisfied , just like I would if they selected those three in .45 ACP. If they went back to the 1911 in .45, I also would be pretty satisfied. I really doubt it's anything other than those two, I cannot see they selecting the niche .357 SIG unless they get some sort of sweeeeeeetheart deal (which is entirely possible) and I really cannot see them retaining 9mm when they make so many points against it.

They rejected the new Beretta, which I believe says two things: they do NOT plan on retaining 9mm; they DO have a favorite if not have already chosen " the winner " it I was laying money at this, I would bet S&W and a hedge bet on Sig .

I have carried the Shield everyday all day,with few exceptions, since the first of August. And while I would not dare say that I could have had any pistol I wanted, I could have had any on your list . the Shield is superb, perhaps the perfect combination of a Service Caliber and duty-pistol and a concealed carry firearm. Its a joy to shoot and operate / maintain / etc. but you also forget you're carrying it several times a day. It would be nice to carry a show piece, but I love my shield.

I got the S&W M&P 22 Compact a week before release this August - it has been superb. In addition to being perhaps the perfect compliment and trainer/utility/fun gun juxtaposed with my M&P Shield, it has been amazingly reliable, accurate, durable, and fun. . I would HIGHLY recommend the M&P 22 Compact , which is made in house by S&W and features nearly identical styling and features as the M&P lineup

I hadn't seen that Glock revolver, that is hilarious. still, the Glock 1911 is just so much win , pure 100% unadultered, win anhydrous.

Glock 23 ... no question about it. I could go on and on why, but a few arguers would argue on and on. But to me, it's pretty much the quintessential "one gun" and perfect defensive/general use/ carry-home defense-personal protection-fun at the range sometimes/ survival/ et. al pistol.

I highly agree with the gentleman above me, my esteemed colleague with the single-stack Zastava PAP 7.62x39mm rifle. Awesome rifle, pretty much the definition of a survival rifle, zombie rifle, ranch or truck rifle, etc. As an all-around defensive rifle, it is superb. I got mine in early summer 2010 i believe, right after they arrived with the polymer thumbhole furniture. I was expecting the beautiful teak wood thumbhole and forend, but I got polymer and CMO sort of shrugged their shoulders, like, this is what was in the box when we opened them, this is what you're getting. Anyway I gave one to my Dad for his 60th bday in 2010 and he really likes it, while he isn't much of a gun guy admittedly (he was a cop who considered his gun merely a tool, he had gun guys working for him but he was never much of a gun guy nor certainly not an enthusiast like me) but he really likes it. Further if you look on classicfirearms.com you can get them (the single stack PAPs with either polymer or wood and pistol-grip etc.) with 12 free mags for like $500-600 bucks... that is huge huge huge.

I remember when I read that Glock 1911 post the first time ever, saw that pic when it was a rumor like, "Inside info, is THIS the new Glock 1911 ???!!!" [Ed note: I know it was quickly debunked but there was a good couple of hours or even a day where it was yet to be proven it was a photoshop, so at least it was fun to look at and think about] .... I was thinking, if THIS THING *really* is real, I am getting one the day it comes out like people do with the new iPhones etc. Alas, it was not to be. But oh, how cool it could have been. What a tangled web we weave when we choose to deceive!!

At this point I could probably care a little less about the mythical single-stack 9mm but perhaps not much less... I am a Glock fan and probably could be a fanboi on some occasions, I will admit that if I only had one gun it would be my Glock and my personal G23 is the one gun I would sell last (I'd never say never because you just never know...) But I went ahead and bought an M&P Shield 9mm this summer when I realized I needed a dedicated every-day-carry piece (having moved to FL). The Shield is perhaps the absolutely PERFECT piece for carrying every day. I cannot say enough, I have been so happy and frankly it's a blessing... not that it's so expensive but I will say to you, it would be worth the price at $700 the same as it's $350-or-so-internet-cheap-price (I paid a bit more to buy from the LGS over the counter on a walk-in...Knew what I was doing, no problems there.) At first I thought, well maybe I'll just carry it until Glock releases their supposedly-coming-soon yet mythically mythical single-stack CCW/EDC 9mm. .. but now I realize ,*I LOVE* The Shield, and honestly Glock has been so negligent in not giving people what they want for so long, if it comes out soon, while initially I might get a bit excited, I frankly will be more like, meh, hmm, nice, about time? Next question. As far as the other new pistols. meh.

And let me say I have a 930, I got the M930SPX in early 2010, it has been absolutely and completely FLAWLESS while remaining awesome to shoot and totally fun/functional. *AWESOME* Gun that I consider to be my absolute last line of personal protection. If the world was ending and I had one gun in my hands or better yet, a bad guy was banging down my door and I had my dog in one hand and a gun to shoot whatever was on the other side of that door in the other hand, it would be the M930SPX. I paid a lot more than $399 at the height of their popularity... so I would be very interested at $399 if I wanted one.

outstanding deal in my humble opinion.

The real difference between the Nova and the SuperNova is the fact that the Nova has an integral stock , permanently attached to the receiver. The SuperNova has a detachable and of course changeable stock that allows you to put a pistol-grip stock or their ComfortTech stock onto the receiver. Otherwise they're very very similar, sight options, barrel lengths and configurations, paint colors, etc. are extremely close if not the same thing. I happened to go into Tanners around mid March of this year, right before I moved to FL, as my Dad and I took a nice drive into New Hope so I could see it before I left, and hit Tanners looking for .22LR ammo. They had about 6-8 Nova Tacticals, and then the guy said, "Oh yeah, we have a SuperNova Tactical we got "used" that is like new and unfired ... the guy bought it and sold it right back to us a few weeks after, needed money right away....." so I was able to get a $550 SuperNova Tactical SteadyGrip w/ ghost ring sights for $329 .... unfired, shiny new, but "used" ... we couldn't say no. As I recall, I posted on here, they also had another SuperNova Tactical ComfortTech which was also in very great shape for $279, and a fellow NJGF member went the next day and bought it and said it was an awesome buy. If I was at all interested in a new shotgun, I would TOTALLY snap up this Tanners sale - they are great people and it's a great gun for a great price.

Estate is not dirt level junk, but it's not the highest quality ammo on the market, but it's generally accepted as a great deal on 00 Buck. The deal with 2 3/4" vs 3" vs 3 1/2" is the amount of pellets per shell. For example, in a standard round of Winchester "Super - X" 00 Buck 2 3/4" , there are 9 00 Buck pellets (roughly equivalent to a .32 caliber round each pellet) .... the same load in 3" has 15 pellets, and the 3 1/2" has 18 pellets. Naturally there is also more powder as you go up, in order to be able to shoot all those extra pellets, which of course makes it more powerful of a shot to your shoulder. GENERALLY SPEAKING, unless you're hunting (and then very specific uses, specific rounds for specific animals/situations), 2 3/4" shells are all you'll ever need and frankly most people would not and should not go up. You MIGHT want a 3" magnum load as your first defensive round (the chambered round) for home defense or combat, so your first and probably only shot has more chance of hitting your target (because of more pellets therefore greater odds of hitting) and probably more damage to the bad guy because he got hit with more pellets. However, generally also, the extra recoil negates the benefits; that is, it's going to shock your senses much more, hurt your shoulder and surely raise the muzzle much more, causing follow up shots to take longer, reduce your accuracy because your sights require realignment and you're fighting through pain and shock to get another solid sight picture etc. I know that if someone wanted to, they could knock down a lot of what I said with things like, "It's not that bad; you can take the pain and it doesn't raise your muzzle THAT MUCH " and all sorts of stuff. The point is, a 2 3/4" 00 Buck shell has plenty of power and pellets and does the job .... Magnum shells are just not really needed FOR THE MOST PART, for the average guy in the average house hold with the average skills and shotguns etc. Now do I own some 3" magnum shells, absolutely... If they're a good sale or such I grab em because there's always a time and place and such. But I do not go out of my way to buy them and I certainly do not use them often. And 3 1/2" shells, the vast majority of shotguns aren't even chambered for super magnum (3 1/2" ) shells , and those that are are generally meant for specific hunting (turkey and or waterfowl ) usage. I have a Benelli SuperNova Tactical which is chambered for 3 1/2" shells ( and 3" and 2 3/4" also of course) but I DID NOT buy it for that reason, it's simply a tertiary benefit of owning it. I might have a box or two of 3 1/2" shells in ,my vast ammo collection, simply because it was a novelty. But again, 2 3/4" is all you're going to need in 95% of your normal-person needs.

Hey I obviously wasn't aware they were out, when I moved to FL in April I looked at Beretta's website and the only .40 I saw was black, could you link me to that? Also it had a rail , which while I am not anti-rail I am not interested per se in a railed Beretta, I would be purchasing it for the looks not the functionality and I like the looks of the conventional design. I only saw the 96 A1 in black. It's very nice, how much did that run you?

Congrats on the Glock ... I love Glock and would like to have a nice collection someday ... I always wanted a 17 as it is THE Glock, and also of course the long-slide versions as they are more rarely seen and a bit of a novel version (That might come out wrong but not as I mean it, just mean it's cool that's all). Sounds like you did good, congrats and stay safe.

Benelli makes one of the absolute best shotguns you can buy; that is, they are pound-for-pound and dollar-for-dollar among the best quality, toughest and most reliable yet sleekest and sexiest shotguns you can hope to buy. I have owned a pair of SuperNovas, currently own the SuperNova Tactical "SteadyGrip" (pistol-grip-stock), have come close to buying a few different models and in 2010 and 2011, if they had offered the conventional stock models on the M4 or even M3 I would have owned one or both of them. The Nova and SuperNova line are very good for people into Survival & Preparedness because of several reasons: One, they are chambered 3 1/2" .. which means that they accept not only standard 2 3/4" and standard-"magnum" 3" shells, but the top of the line magnum 3 1/2" shells ... if you have a 12 gauge shell, you can shoot it in your Nova or SuperNova. This is an exceptional attribute for preppers or survivalists and if the time ever comes where we're in societal collapse or simply a Hurricane Katrina type deal where you're needing to defend you and yours, and ammo is at a premium or absolutely unavailable, you can shoot whatever nearly at all you can find. Two, they are armor-coated in a very tough, weather and impact resistant polymer coating which renders the receiver nearly indestructible in any semblance of proper treatment. This is huge for regular people, combat users, hunters, and survival & preparedness enthusiasts alike. Three, the shell-stop slide release button allows you to rack the slide back, removing the chambered shell, without imputing a round from the magazine . This is huge if you want to quickly swap a load of buckshot for a slug, or vice-versa, or are hunting with birdshot-shells but suddenly are facing a dangerous animal etc. Very useful feature. I could go on and on about them... let me say this very concisely and clearly. Some people collect ARs, etc, I collect combat shotguns. I have a Mossberg 930 SPX, a Remington 870 Tactical/Magpul/Police, a Saiga-12, and a Benelli SuperNova Tactical. If I could only have one in a survival SHTF type situation, it would be the Benelli SuperNova Tactical. And ALL of my shotguns are heavily hooked up and accessorized, upgraded, etc. But the Benelli is as tough as it is silky smooth, just an amazing firearm.

I also have a slight crush on the Beretta 92, always looked very sleek and Italian-sexy-smooth to me... I personally love the Inox. If the straight up 92F/FS etc came in Inox and also in .40 cal, I would own one. (i don't care for the rail on the sleek 92 myself but understand the military need) However, this new one is awesome, I think it looks great, I would totally rock this!

The funny thing is, nobody is even talking about it down here. This is about an hour and a half or so from me... about the same as Orlando proper - I have been to Orlando a few times, most recently for a gun show in the fall. Guns in Florida are much more respected, normal, and not such an evil, all-encompassing-terror like they are in NJ. Down here, people seem to think like, "What is it about those people (like the NJ antis and the like across the nation) that make this such a big deal? It's not like they're having a range for shooting Mickey Mouse with bazookas and armed gunman guarding Space Mountain and target practice shooting @ the Epcot Center .... " I have taken two trips to Las Vegas where I spent considerable time and money (and fun!!!) getting in lots of fun and down and dirty with various machine guns etc. @ The Gun Store. So I am not rushing to this new Machine gun place in Orlando but, for those that do, good for them! Let them have their fun and perhaps the place profit for their owners and give workers jobs.

DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING other than putting the gun in the holster and perhaps wearing it if you can, and drawing/re-holstering/drawing/re-holstering etc. I made a huge huge mistake in summer 2011 - long story short, I took a Cabelas trip with my old man and wound up buying a Galco Sto-N-Go tuckable IWB holster for my Glock 23 - it wasn't very expensive, looked high quality, and I thought it was perfecr for carrying around the house etc. Since we can't carry every day / out and about in NJ. It was extremely stiff leather and very tight with the G23 - and I thought it NEEDED to be conditioned or oiled etc. The paperwork says not to, absolutely not, but I knew better than anyone else of course. I applied it at night, some sort of leather conditioner product my old man had lying around for expensive Harley Davidson leather. By the morning, the holster was so soft the gun would slide out easily and borderline worthless it was so soft and supple. I have since bought several other Galco holsters, (and other holsters of course), in Florida I carry every day, just about all day everyday everywhere, and Galco is a quality and faultless brand with a reasonable price compared to others. But I will say, having had to break in about 5 different holsters in the last year or two, you do NOT want to do anything other than use it and wait. Put the gun in, take it out, repeat etc. and wear it when you can, the body heat will hasten the process by warming up the leather oils and the drawing/reholstering will etch the leather and help mold to the features of your gun.

is it the same battery?- - , shoot, shows what I know ... didn't realize that. Aimpoint as a whole, I love. Absolutely love. If I was a Special Forces type operator with the ability to choose my gear and weapons and possibly have a couple different of each, I would definitely and I mean definitely have at least one patrolling rifle set up with an Aimpoint, possibly two, a CQB-patrol rifle with just an Aimpoint (Micro maybe) and a more general-purpose rifle with an Aimpoint and perhaps their 3X. I love them, I have two Micros, they have been awesome. But they do seem to have a lot of overlap and models, but then again so does everyone else I guess. As far as this goes, who knows. I think Aimpoint had initially hit a homerun with the PRO because it was affordable and came with a serviceable mount and was all ready to go for $400 bucks. Now I think if they were selling it for $200 bucks, it would become the best selling general-purpose optic in the AR market. But if this is $400 and the PRO $400 , I don't get it either.