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  6. Posted

    2 hours ago, njviper91 said:

    I have one more dumb question, Do they only email updates on the permits at 6AM in the morning?  I see all the past milestone emails have been sent at 6am.  Then i can stop checking email throughout the day and if it doesn't come in overnight its not coming in.

    I just took a look at the old emails. It seems most were in early morning 0500-0800 more recently. Older ones came through at other times during the day or late night. These are the ones that came from the NJ Portal address.

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  8. Posted

    On 1/19/2022 at 11:29 AM, njviper91 said:

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    Im at step 3 right now but have yet to receive the update email that the background check was completed. (does this email still happen with handgun permits?)

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    To answer one of your questions, they don't do the email about passing the background check anymore. I have not gotten them the last two rounds of permits. 

    Side note, NJSP approved mine in 9 calendar days this last time. Also, they give a link for the E-FID each time now as well. 

  12. Posted

    I went down this rabbit hole because I was wondering when the last "popular" or "mainstream" cartridge was created. 

    If I go by number of manufacturers as a judge of the popularity and filter out fewer than four, then sort by year, it seems the answer would be 1994 when the .357 SIG came out. 

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  14. Posted

    Reddit for the win. I was able to import the table from wiki into excel. I then filtered out rifles and non-US and sorted by the year. 

    The way I read the "Factory Loadings" column, is that is the number of manufacturers producing that cartridge when the table was created. One could assume the more factories producing it, the higher the demand. 

    This first image is sorted by date. 

    Edit: I removed the filter for Nationality when I realized 9mm was missing. So this now includes all Nations, still handgun only, sorted by year. 

    Obviously, I have not validated any of this data for accuracy. 

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  18. Posted

    I didn't even think about the headaches it would cause sorting brass. I'm thinking more of the 30 SC and 9mm brasses getting stuck together like 9mm & .45 cases do now. 

    Anyone have a source for timeline of when cartridges were introduced? A quick google search is failing me. When/what was the last new cartridge that became somewhat mainstream, .380 maybe?

     

  19. Posted

    I did a search, didn't see any posts about it. 

    It seems Federal has created a new cartridge they've named 30 Super Carry. It's sized in between a .380 and 9mm. I found out about it via a marketing email from S&W announcing they've got two guns chambered in that caliber now.

    I did some (very) quick reading online about it. My initial reactions are 1: it solves a problem that didn't exist and 2: a mixture of anger and bewilderment. The anger and bewilderment over Federal spending time and resources when we're in an ammo shortage. Those feelings subsided a little bit when I realized they probably started the R&D on this years before the current shortages. But still, for every press making 30 SC, that's one press not making 9mm. For every pallet of primers used to manufacture 30 SC, that's one less pallet available for 9mm or reloaders.

    One article I read,  includes a graphic (from Federal) which to me, shows the 30 SC hollow point would perform worse in a Self Defense use than .380 or 9mm. It has increased penetration over .380 and 9mm as well as the smallest diameter expansion of the three. 

    I know I have zero interest in making a switch. Anyone willing to consider it? Anyone think this cartridge is needed?

    Link to the one article I referenced: https://gununiversity.com/30-super-carry/#handguns 

     

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    Preliminary estimate came in from the body shop. I'd be shocked if the insurance company doesn't total it. 

    Stopped in at a few dealers today. Only asked one guy about pricing, he said the price on the sticker is the price, that was for used, he had nothing new that we were interested in. Guy at Dayton Toyota asked if I knew about the "premium pricing"; they're tacking on an extra $3-4k on top of everything. I told him I understood that was the dealer's business decision, and I'd be willing to pay sticker but not over. I don't get paid a premium salary. He still wanted my info so he could add me to his spam list and harass me. I declined. 

    We sat in a CX-5. Pretty nice, it's a possibility, I think the CX-9 will be beyond budget. Didn't drive anything today. Outback & Forester are nice also, RAV4 decent. I think Nissan is out due to bad taste from their CVTs. Ford and GM probably a no-go due to their stupid shifter setups. Didn't get to a Honda dealer today. 

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