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  2. Posted · Edited by planenut
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    Up for sale on this one is a set of Meprolight Flip Up Tritium Night Sights. This was another auction find that I never got to use. Sights are for AR rifles and the night sight functions work. Looking for $80 or best offer. Willing to meet up within a one hour drive from Woodbridge Twsp. Any shipping that's required is on the buyer. Since the listing is for parts No FID is required for this one.  First to post I'll take it wins the listing.

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  3. Posted · Edited by planenut
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    Up for sale today is NcSTAR Visim Rear Sight Adjustment Tool for Pistols. It was part of an auction find of mine last year and I never got around to using it or trying it out. Item looks new and has all the parts, but I'm treating it as used for obvious reasons. Looking for $25 or best offer. Willing to meet up within an hour's drive from Woodbridge Twsp. Any shipping that's required is on the buyer. Since it's tooling no FID is required. First to post I'll take it wins.

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  12. Posted · Edited by planenut
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    Hello everyone. I have about 650 rounds of 38 Special of a brand called Zero for sale. They're factory reloads and are cast bullets (unjacketed). I'm selling for $10 a box (13 boxes total), $130 takes the whole batch. I'm located in Woodbridge NJ. FID and DL required since it's pistol ammo. First to post "I'll take it" wins the sale.

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    Up for sale today are the parts need to make a Sig Sauer P-320 Compact with the 3.9" barrel. It's the standard style Sig grips with the M18 style slide, so it has the cutout for an optic. Has night sights which are still functioning. Pictures are in link below. Asking price is $200 for the set. I'm located in Woodbridge Twsp NJ. First to post "I'll take it" wins the sale.

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    Thanks for the trip report. I didn't know the Super Guppy was still flying around. Stupid me had the opportunity to take advantage of a home that was rented by a coworker out there, but I volunteered to help my GF's sister move, who ended up just sending all of her meager belongings via UPS:angry:. I usually head out to Reno for the Air Races in September and I'm trying to get a trip organized since this will be the last year for it (gone most of the years since 2002). I'll be honest I never liked those arrival procedures where you're landing 2 planes on the same runway at once. There's been quite a few accidents with that procedure over the years. I've only been there once, but I'm looking to get back out there at some point.

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    2 hours ago, brucin said:

    My problem with LED bulbs is they don't dim near as well as incandescent. I have mostly dimers throughout my house. I have a few LED G 10 bulbs in a fixture that dim barely acceptable. The halogens are far superior.

    I received a freebee pack from JCP&L a few months ago that had a few standard Edison LED bulbs that said on the packaging dimmable. They didn't dim at all. Once I dropped the voltage they would blink rapidly or shut off. I'm running Cync dimmers and changed the settings to use LED bulbs and once that failed I tried both incandescent and halogen and nothing worked.

    I want to try top of the line LED but if they don't dim to my standards I will return them. I guess Amazon will be the way to go.

    Anyone out there have experience with dimmable LED's?

    Anything that's a variable voltage device is probably going to have issues with LED's. I have ceiling fan lights in my bedroom, office, and living room. On my office and bedroom ones if I put all LED's in the lights don't always turn on when the should. Sometimes it's a noticeable delay, other times they don't come on at all and these are the ones that are advertised as "dimmable" (which is what I've been told to use). I found if I use one incandescent bulb in conjunction with LED's the lights on my fans function just fine. It's just a sick irony that in order to properly use these energy efficient light bulb I have to rip out energy efficient ceiling fans that I use to keep cool when an air conditioner would be over kill.

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    OK so I received an update from the Army regarding my pistol and it wasn't much. Here's what it reads:

    The following Information was found in the DoD Small Arms/Light Weapons Registry for an M1911A1, Pistol Caliber .45, Automatic, NSN: 1005-00-726-5655, Serial Number: 160XXXX.
    1. July 20, 2010 – The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Distribution - Anniston, Alabama received the weapon from the Crane Division Naval Surface Warfare Center - Crane, Indiana.
    2. March 06, 2011, December 03, 2011, January 19, 2013, March 07, 2015, May 01, 2016, March 05, 2017, June 04, 2017, March 31, 2019, April 26, 2020, and April 25, 2021 – The DLA Distribution - Anniston, Alabama conducted annual weapon serial number reconciliations on the weapon.
    3. March 22, 2022 – The DLA Distribution - Anniston, Alabama shipped the weapon to the Tank Automotive and Armaments Command Civilian Marksmanship Program - Anniston, Alabama.

    So at some point the US Navy had this gun. I posted a question on how to do a FOIA request to the Navy on the CMP Forum and they gave me the info to send the request. Here's the verbiage the letter should read 

    I request that you provide me with all information found in the Department of the Navy / Marine Corps for the following:

    • Model 1911A1 pistol, .45 ACP caliber
    • NSN 1005-00-726-5655
    • Serial number xxxxxxx

    I am willing to pay a fee of up to $50 for this information.

    Please reply by email to this address or by sending a letter to my physical address below.
    Here's the link to use in case anyone has to send a FOIA request to the Navy: https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/request

    Thanks for everyone's help so far.

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    Quick update for you @kc17 it's now $25 instead of $5. They actually emailed me and stated what the email should read and that was the one mistake in question. I don't think I'm going to get much out of them as their records only go back to 1975. Thanks for the help so far. I'll let you know what happens.

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    7 hours ago, kc17 said:

    I sent the request to an email address, not via website. I did not have to pay anything, you have to offer your willingness to pay though. 

    I sent to this email: [email protected]

    With this in the body: (my Serial # and contact info redacted)

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    I am requesting any and all information found in the Army File of the Department Of Defense (DOD) Small Arms/Light Weapons Registry for 1911a1 Pistol serial number xxxxxxx. I am willing to pay up to $5 for this information, if required.

    Thank you for your time,

    Thank you kc17. I'll give that a try and see what pops up.

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    3 hours ago, kc17 said:

    My FOIA request came back quickly. There's specific verbiage you must use, including how much you would be willing to pay. I found it online someplace.

     

    Just out of curiosity what was it on the same web site you used to make the FOIA request or was it on another web site? Also how much did you end up paying for your request?

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    So my number came up for a Service Grade 1911. Managed to get it in before the CMP put their temporary halt on sales to NJ (which has since been reinstated). I'm slowly looking into the history of the gun. It's a Remington Rand frame that's a 1944 build. The slide is where it gets funky, it's a replacement slide from the 80's made by some company called Numax Electronics. Haven't been able to find much info about the company or it's history other than they made aircraft electronics. The website Coolgunsite.com has been very helpful so far with my research, but there are still some gaps. I put in a FOIA request to the US Army in Mid-June for any info about the pistol, but I still haven't received a response from them yet. I was wondering if that's normal for them to take this long? Should a send another FOIA request to them or any other branch? I was also wondering where else I can go for self service research. The CMP Forum is absolute garbage right now because after two months I still haven't had my account approved yet. Thanks in advance. Will post more pics if anyone requests it.

     

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    On 7/10/2023 at 2:17 PM, Grima Squeakersen said:

    I'm pretty sure you could legally carry while airborne, flying a private plane, subject to any restrictions in the rental agreement (and nobody is going to do a fly-by to check), but I suspect that even a lot of smaller airports may be regulated out the kazoo on such matters, especially given that even in civil aviation there is frequently quite an overlap between local, state and federal authorities. Before takeoff and after touchdown, I'm not sure I'd want to try to definitively analyze what is and is not legal transport. If you subscribe to one of the legal expense insurance companies (I have US LawShield) it might be a good test to try to get them to do the analysis for you :-)

    You would probably be good to go with regards to a privately owned, public or private use airport. A publicly owned airport that's run by some sort of airport authority may be where the problem is, especially if they require badging to be out on the ramp (i.e. Morristown, Teterboro, Trenton). Places like that are typically the ones that have prohibitions on carrying weapons and heavy restrictions on transporting them. I have Law Shield but I'm not sure I have faith in them to find the right answer (I've gotten incorrect information from the lawyers before regarding states other than NJ), I do wonder if someone like Yodice and Associates (they run the AOPA legal services plan) may know what the airport regulations are regarding firearms.

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    If you have a local locksmith in the area, check out what they offer. As someone mentioned before, used safes can be a good deal and locksmiths will sometimes have what you're looking for. Bought my last couple of safes from a local locksmith. They may be a little more expensive but sometimes the extra service is worth it. I'm also a recent convert to the concept of decentralization, ie keeping safes in multiple locations, plus it allows you to use smaller safes. There's also things like Snap Safe and Secure It locking cabinets, which can be delivered to you, assemble it yourself, and if necessary disassembly for if you decide to move out.

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