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It hit us in Union County between maybe 2:30 and 4:30 (i'm a light sleeper). Thunder wasn't the worst we've had, some on and off monsoon rains. Must've been the tail end of the system. Good luck panteramatt & stay safe

forsalebyowner.com doesn't require you use a broker. Not sure if they do international and you definitely WILL get solicited by local brokers saying how much they'll be able to help you. I think you can pay a little more and actually get an MLS listing for 6months so it shows up on all the other realtor sites. I tried this with my condo and i got a few nibbles but ended up going with an agent when I really wanted to move it. Maybe its because my condo really wasn't appealing, or it was overpriced, or maybe because realtors only bring clients to see properties other realtors sell. I tried to entice buying agents by setting their commission @ 4% but still didn't get anywhere. That's the extent of my experience, hopefully it helps a little.

TheWombat is to PPQ owners as...

Is he hanging a holster off that belt too?

A guy in Maine (a free state) who had an encounter with LEO for legally carrying a gun because it was a "public safety concern" but respectfully and knowledgeably acted within his rights. Don't get much better than that... http://www.upworthy.com/yelling-at-cops-not-cool-getting-away-because-you-knew-your-rights-very-cool?c=bl3

I've got 5 of MidwestPX's stubby 15 rounder PMAGs (http://midwestpx.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_69&products_id=451) and I'm trying to find a reasonable kydex pouch I can use for training classes. To this point I've only found BladeTech and Kaluban Cloak. Both are priced the same but the BladeTech ones seem to get somewhat sketchy reviews on Brownells as far as PMAG compatibility. I emailed Kaluban Cloak directly to ask if they think their stuff would work. I have holsters from them already and love the product. Anybody have anything else they actually use with these mags?

www.neighborhoodscout.com is a neat tool to help you find nice areas if you're not wholly familiar with where you're looking past that what everybody else said is a good intro it'll change your life man...congrats & good luck!

depending on where you are just drive to Heritage Guild in Easton. It's 40 min for me to get to BH and 45 min for me to get to Easton...much nicer range and if you're there early no problem getting in on weekends. Show up after 10 and you'll be waiting.

Check out a few of the threads posted here about the Walther PPQ. At least hold it in your hands when you visit your local store...there's a few ppl here who can give you the details if you decide you're interested.

I can also vouch for the Magnum Research mags. I have 6 with zero failures on any ammo. Re: Holster - I have a cheapo from pjholster.com and a light carrier with my Streamlight TLR-1s from Kaluban Cloak. Both excellent and serve their purposes for IDPA. I've had mine for ~8 months now. Approaching 5000 rounds, zero failures that were the gun's fault. 2 FTF with Speer Gold Dot due to some very abnormally deformed bullets.

Walther PPQ is avail in 9mm and .40 and meets your criteria IF you find a "First Edition" as it comes with factory installed night sights. Else you need to go after market with Trijicons or Meprolight or XS Big Dot sights as those are the only ones that currently manufacture something for the PPQ (most ported from the P99).

where do they get those tshirts...awesome

fuel to the fire? from everyone's favorite Santa look-a-like

man it woulda been even more awesome if he had it sideways

Rifleman1 - nice writeup. The only other thing I consider to be different is that .223 rounds are usually jacketed to facilitate deeper penetration (giggidy) whereas most (not all) .22LR rounds are just soft metal (usually lead) because they lack the velocity to penetrate much of anything anyway. Excepting of course some of the crazy .22LR ammo that CCI makes. My understanding anyway... To the OP: I struggled with this a little too because I'm usually only shooting indoors, which means under 30 yards, which is ALMOST a waste of time & money with an AR firing .223. Its still fun and you can work/build on some skills, tighten up groups, maybe to target transitions within the one port you have access to; but you're really not taking advantage of the strengths of the round, which (and ppl will correct me) I believe is optimally at 100 - 300ish yards. I've heard some military friends say they practice out to 600 yards with iron sights...but they may have been messing with me. My only suggestion is to consider buying for what you think you might want to do down the road. If you pick up a .22LR AR and love it and say "damn i wanna go prone and shoot some long distance w/ some optics" you're kinda SOL. That being said I don't know many places in New Jersistan that even have that access so maybe it remains the best answer. Another piece to consider is the "black rifle disease" whereby most people on here with ARs will tell you that because of the damn modularity of the platform you end up spending time/money adding accessories or building out your collection once you see the range of possibilities. .22LR conversion kits are available for .223/5.56 ARs as an accessory for under $300...you just need to make sure it comes with a Jerz legal magazine, the nice one from CMMG has an EVIL 26 round magazine. This works, because to your point, the bullet is essentially the same size so all you need to do is switch out the bolt carrier group (or some other back end component) and BAM...cheap shooter. I hear accuracy suffers a bit in conversions vs built from the ground .22LR rifles, but again do you care if you're just practicing transition drills at an indoor range? OH, if you go to take a carbine class to learn some stuff I doubt they'll let you do it with a .22LR...this is an assumption by me though so you could ask around. I went with .223/5.56 (waiting on Stag for my upper still) because I dream some day of moving to America where I can do some long range and multi-target outdoor shooting. Until that time my Ruger 10/22 is likely to get as much trigger time as my AR. Apologies for the rambling, hope that helps a little.

awesome, thanks. just joined so I have a place to sight in my AR!

I read on the PA shooting forums that the public ranges run by their game & wildlife association only allow 3 rounds in a rifle mag at a time and they're REALLY stingy about enforcing it. Is this the case at a private range like EFGA (Easton Fish & Game Association) or can I actually use my whole mag there?

I know there's some PPQ folks on here so I thought I'd share the news from Walther forums in case people don't read there as well. PPQ made the production list for USPSA. Official link plus Walther Forum thread link below. http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-NROI-production-gunlist.php http://www.waltherforums.com/forum/ppq/22668-uspsa-approved.html

Review of the GFH Urban Pistol 1 class I took last weekend. Location: Cedar Grove, NJ. Indoor 14 port, 25 yrd range with an annoying, but manageable, whistling problem in the ventilation system. Rating of location: C Size: 3 students, 1 instructor. Rating of class size: A Instructor: I'm terrible with names so sorry about that. He served a tour in Afganistan and is currently a leader of a local SWAT unit in the Essex county area, serving I believe on sniper detail. I found him to be very informative & down to earth while not at all condescending when people asked questions or needed instruction. Rating of instructor: A Class Content: I'd rate this as closer to an intermediate class than a beginner class, which is what I felt I needed. We started with simple dot drills at 3,5,7 yards drawing from holster, scanning & reholstering after each string. We then went to turning & shooting, shooting on the move (forwards & backwards), running then shooting (how to carry your weapon while running, reassuming fighting stance, acquiring target, etc), and shooting from cover. The "theory" portions were focused around effective stance, how to move, and the various "ready" positions (from memory: low ready, high ready, position sul, something in close to the chest that I forget the name of, and something nautical sounding that is carrying the gun up @ 45 degrees. forgive me i'm on meds after a bout with some gross flu so my memory is off). The instructor also emphasized the importance of trying to use the method of aiming with both eyes open as an advantage for how you're actually likely to see things in a gun battle so I tried that with mixed results but will continue on the range. Because of the small class size he was also able to pick out and try to remove "bad range habits" such as expecting the mag to free-fall on release and not reloading in the "workstation". Rating of course content: A Summary: this was my second GFH class (took Urban Shotgun 1 with quite a few other forum members 2 weeks back) and I will say that I'll be back for more. While Anthony's classes are more expensive than his competitors I believe the practical experience, courtesy, and professionalism his instructors bring to the table differentiate his service. I will say that some of the more advanced classes could use an upgrade in facilities to really get the most out of them though...and I hate their website because the "courses" and "calendar" section never align, plus the "syllabus" hasn't really been covered totally in either of the classes I've attended. About me...because my words above don't mean much if you don't know where I'm coming from. I've owned firearms for a little over a year and have taken 4 total classes, 3 of them pistol classes. I use a Walther PPQ for my bedside gun. My previous pistol classes were both taken with Heritage Guild in Easton with Matt Vollers as the instructor and they were the NRA Basic Pistol and Heritage Defensive Pistol. Both classes were 8 hours long and included a lengthy (5 and 3 hours respectively) classroom portion with the remainder being range time & lunch break. The ratio at these two classes was ~8:1 students:instructor. Both Heritage classes were priced at about the same amount as what GFH charges, but the Heritage classes run for 8 hours. I would rate my Heritage Defensive Pistol class overall as a B. I currently compete in IDPA (poorly) and am expanding my firearms collection with my first AR once Stag gets their shipment of STAR C rails in from Samson and ships out my upper.

I was at the same class with Sandy; actually next to her on the line & I wouldn't mess w/her b/c she's a pretty good shot. I agree with everything she & DirtyDigz said above. Generally a good class with most of the time spent on the range with the gun in your hand, for some reason ppl always seem to pay more attention to theory in that situation compared to sitting in a classroom. While I was a little bummed about the shift to an indoor location from an outdoor location, I was more annoyed that the course didn't really follow the syllabus (as Dirty highlighted in his review). Frankly I'd classify this as a worthwhile beginner course (which I'm a beginner so still learned a lot) but there wasn't any live fire building clearance nor malfunction drills; although they did say they'd cover this in level 2. What I really liked about this as my first GFH class was the student to instructor ratio (4:1), and overall the length of the class & live fire portion. I was actually able to receive a little 1-1 attention on what I could change to improve which is nice compared to other courses where the ratio is closer to 8 or 10: 1 with maybe a few extra RSO types hanging around for safety purposes. Four hours of twelve gauge with moving takes a toll so I think it was well timed & executed. I however would've added an RO or something to this class because inevitably the instructor's attention ends up being focused on one or two types of people in these courses: those who demonstrate the greatest need or those who demonstrate the greatest risk to the group. I can't argue with those priorities, but for the price we're putting forth for a 4 hour class I'd think throwing in an extra RSO to keep eyes on but not necessarily instruct would help the rest of the class get more out of the training. I only bring up the money point because "similar" classes are offered by other groups in NJ and PA that are less expensive, but I can't speak to the quality of those classes. Generally: positive experience & will attend another GFH training...but would love for Anthony to continue to improve his service.

I've got two of these with a TacticalSolutions extended mag release...makes reloading damn fast fo sho!

If I ran my life, New Hampshire, just over the border from MA, or Maine. Reason: I like the cold and fresh water and outdoors stuff Since I don't run my life, North Carolina, South Carolina or Virginia. Reason: My wife and parents don't like the cold so this is my compromise to keep myself out of Florida (too humid) or Arizona (too hot).

I don't mean to be "that guy" and introduce another gun into your 2 gun decision...but I was between those same two and then I found the Walther PPQ and that's what I have. following your pro/con model above: Pro: -better trigger than both of those -better ergos & grip than a glock -mag release (if u like the HK style mag release in the trigger guard which I love) -cheaper than the glock, don't remember beretta's price point Con: -no where near accessory/parts availability you'll get with either of the other two b/c it's a new gun and S&W are the US distributor and they SUCK at getting the stuff out for Walther products -no manual safety (its safe action nearly identical to the glock) I know the guild in Easton has some to fondle but they won't rent them. All I did was pick it up and work the trigger followed by the glock and my mind was made up. Here's a pic with a Streamlight TLR-1 on it...its my bedside gun and I also use it (without the light) for IDPA. If you want, PM me your digits and I'll text you next time I head out to Easton and you can fire a few strings with it....might not be for a few weeks though.

I'm about to drop some decent money on a holster upgrade primarily for competition (IDPA, USPSA) and the "what belt loop size" question came up on the order form and i said "F...what size belt should I really be using?" Currently I use a simple 5.11 TDU belt of 1.5" and I picked that because the width is similar to my "civilian" belts that I wear most every day so I know it's comfortable and would work with any IWB holsters I get. For competition I see 1.75" & 2" belts out there...is there any benefit of this? I'm not a big guy and I think a 2" belt on me would look like a freakin girdle and possibly inhibit my movement but that's just me stopping to think about it. Why are there 2" duty belts out there...or are they just for ppl that are bigger than me?

I've been waiting on my 2HT upper w/plus package from them for 3 weeks already...only difference from memory is the standard A2 front sight and Samson Star C quad rail...wonder which is backordered