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There is no doubt that the Internet has changed the lives of collectors of anything, by placing at their fingertips items that they may have otherwise never encountered. The sheer volume of available objects allows collectors to be more selective and have more focused collections. I know that some people are wary of purchasing firearms via the Internet, but they are denying themselves the benefits listed above. You do have to be careful and not let your enthusiasm override your good judgement - I let that happen once and it was an $800 lesson in being more circumspect - but it has only happened once out of many, many Internet transactions. How many? I started to look at my spread sheet to determine the origin of my total collection - both handguns and longarms. I divided sources into three categories: 1) Inherited 2) Purchased Face-to-Face 3) Purchased over the Internet. It was interesting to see that Internet purchases barely eeked out a win over FTF. Here are the stats... 18.3% of my collection was inherited (my father was a shooter, but not quite as prolific a collector - he never owned a computer and he was disabled for the last 20 years of his life) 40.4% of my collection was purchased FTF 41.3% of my collection was purchased via the Internet I hope to widen that gap a little further this weekend. Where did the majority of your guns come from? Adios, Pizza Bob

I should know better than to post a serious question on this board. My point was that there are multiple sources for the acquisition of firearms and to let the plethora of new gun owners/shooters know that just because their LGS has no inventory it doesn't have to mean the end of your new Firearm adventure. Instead all I get is a bunch of tired cliches that we've all heard a thousand times before. I purposely couched my question so that nobody has to give-up how many or what type of firearms they have. What a waste of bandwidth. Moderators, please lock this thread. Adios, Pizza Bob

Sold pending funds (SPF) to Bully!

What's your definition of inexpensive? That would be helpful for everyone to know what the budget is.

Just get the sandwich maker to vacuum.

I would NEVER put that stock on my AR-15 (if I owned one!).

When you remove it that way, it's not called friction, it's called fuction.

Honestly the way I think they are going to try to do it first is that they will allow Gun manufacturers to be sued and thus making them close business. Then second they are going to ban gun/ammo imports from overseas. Then they will hit the ammunition supply in the US by buying the whole .223/5.56 stock like they did during Obama and having to go through a background check. I think they specifically target the AR15 because there are many sources for parts and they can be fairly cheap to build. Nowadays not only we have to deal with XBOX Series X,S and PS5 scalpers but also with Ammo scalpers.

Another thing to remember (in NJ) - If you are hunting with slugs, your shotgun MUST have rifle-type sights installed. Just a bead at the muzzle (standard shotgun configuration) is not legal for slug hunting. You can just go with the bead at the muzzle for buckshot. It sounds like you're coming in with hunting experience from another state. New Jersey hunting is a little different. You REALLY need to read the 2020 Hunting and Trapping digest - it covers all of these topics. You can find it in most places that sell hunting licenses, or read it on-line here: https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2020/dighnt20.pdf

This.... #4 includes both a FS or threaded barrel, having both still only counts as one feature. I'm surprised this conversation was concluded in one response.

You have ONE evil feature, #4. You are 100% legal. A semi-automatic rifle that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least two of the following: (1) A folding or telescoping stock; (2) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon; (3) A bayonet mount; (4) A flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor; and (5) A grenade launcher