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Pretty sure Keyport sporting goods does compliance work. I’m in Monmouth County as well and they are helping me out with a transfer right now and have been aces. Howell Gun Works has a good reputation as well.

I’m going to guess, nostalgia. He’s looking for HIS exact old gun, not a similar one.

Tier One Defense (was a standalone gunsmith shop) just merged with RTSP. You’re getting boutique custom gunsmith prices instead of gun plumber/armorer prices. He does do beautiful work. You're just going to pay for it.

I rarely clean. I will routinely disassemble, wipe down, and lube. I will do a cleaning when I do a Preventative Maintenance Inspection which is about once a year for the guns I shoot often, unless I put a ridiculous round count on something.

As fate would have it, this popped up on the forum today. It’s a great price for a complete OEM Glock slide:

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That’s a nice rig @EngineerJet!! I have a 43x slide I got milled for a dot. I’m planning on comping it (waiting for the Radian setup for the 43x to get released. I like the PMM but I don’t like the installation) and using it on a G48 MOS frame. I swap between my G19 and G48 for daily carry now. I definitely shoot my G19 better (more accurately and faster) than my G48 at 20-25 yards. It’s a wash inside 20. @Mrs. Peel saw it first hand Thursday night. Couldn’t keep the 48 in the black of a B8 past 15. With the 19 I had no issues.

Normal carbon buildup like @Mr.Stu said. You can leave it alone. It does not impact the function of the gun. The bolt will fail/need to be replaced before it builds up enough carbon to effect function. If it bothers you, the CAT Tool linked above works well, but it also adds unnecessary wear to the bolt tail. Make sure the gas rings and extractor are in spec. Then wipe down the firing pin, clean the lugs and bolt face, wipe down and lube the rest of the bolt. That is about all that is needed.

I assure you, if it’s not a steel door, it’s a yes. For a padlock, it’s faster to use a soda can.

The Sig drama is still going on. The slide is the easy part of concealment if you are carrying IWB. If your an OWB fan, it’s a little harder, but at the end of the day, it’s only 0.8” more to hide, but - to me - the effect it has on controllability is pretty significant.

I prefer the 48 to the 43x. They both have the full size grip, you may as well have the benefit of the full length slide. I shot both the 43x and the 48 before choosing and I see no benefit to the shorter slide on the 43X unless you are going to put a comp on it. The shorter slide does not help you conceal the gun and - to me - it is noticeably snappier when shooting. Whichever one you decide on, get the MOS version so you have the light rail and the option to add a RDS if you ever want to go that way in the future.

JM Custom Kydex

Today, on the 115th anniversary of his passing, we shall put our differences aside to remember and give thanks for the greatest man that ever lived - John Taylor. Whether we call it Pork Roll or Taylor Ham, on this day we can all agree it was a gift for all mankind!

Also, the locking blocks would be different and the location of the rails on the frame.

What kind of belt are you using? That makes a huge difference - maybe more important that the actual holster sometimes.

And they were all posted at about the same time….

Got a new phone yesterday. The T-Mobile store in Middletown on Rt 35 had a “no guns” sticker on the window. It looked pretty old, like it was there before Bruen.

“That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. It doesn't show up on your airport X-ray machines here and it costs more than what you make in a month!”

It is not legal in CT. They have outlawed “Others” by type.

Nicely done! The MM Wartime is awesome. You will be very happy with it! It’s a great gun, backed by a great company based right here in NJ. I can’t wait to see it all decked out! My Wartime got a custom paint job from Pete and I swapped a couple parts to my preference (a different brace, an ambi-selector, an oversized mag catch, a SF muzzle device, and a Unity vert grip)

Tell me about it…

Years ago I investigated the accidental discharge of a revolver that went off in a dry cleaners front lobby. It was in a holster (holster looked like a leather wallet that completetly covered the trigger of a hammerless DAO revolver) in the back pocket of a pair of jeans of a RPO. Video footage showed there were no hands or other badly parts anywhere near the gun when it went off. The guy was just standing there in line and the gun went bang. You could see the bottom of his pocket blow out and the tile floor chip. Never could figure out how it happened.

Thanks guys. That makes sense. I feel stupid for not making that leap on my own… I have seen nothing that indicates an official change on this and I know there has been ZERO training on how to interpret NJ’s previous self defense prohibiting laws in our post-Bruen world.

I gave you a specific example of my 1911 that would fire without any input on the trigger. I don’t have specific examples re: Sig 320 recorded. I do have memory of quite a few instances where it occurred over the last 18 months or so (as well as an alarming number of self destructing Sigs). I don’t own a 320, nor will I ever - so I have no need or desire to research or catalogue these events. I just know that every month or so there is another story of a gun going off without the user touching the trigger in the spotlight. I also noted that they are almost always Sig 320s and rarely/never Glocks, HK, CZ, etc…. (Although - If it was not a mechanical issue with a specific make/model and a matter of improper handling/storage by a human you would think it would be a fairly general cross section of brands having this issue) The point I was making was the fact that there is such a thing as an accidental discharge vs negligent discharge. That guns are manufactured by the hands of man and are in fact apt to malfunction at times at no fault to the shooter/owners negligence.

The crazy part to me is the “outlawing” of slingshots in NJ stems from a typo. When the law was crafted, it was supposed to be “Slung Shot” - similar to a blackjack or sap. Someone didn’t know what that was and assumed it was a typo for slingshot, the children’s toy. They made the correction and it became part of the law. Interesting - I was always taught that “self defense” was not an explainable lawful purpose to possess.