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Picked up the barrel today. Smith did a great job, and it was only $65 to cut, finish, and add a bead to the barrel. New life for an old gun, and a fun project!

And white I recommend professional advisors (especially fee only), I still recommend everyone learn as much as possible about your investments and goals, understand your investment, risk, personal risk tolerance, and do your own research. Even if you hire a professional, you will always be your own best advocate.

Beater FM Model 90... add FN frame assembly complete.... dehorn M90 frame... all duracoated... beater pistol...totally accurate.. But added a stipple job this morning...grippy !

Ever heard of Dale Carnegie? You may want to look him up.

You mean like getting National Reciprocity, in2017, when the Republicans held both houses of Congress, and the House passed it, but the Senate wouldn't even bring it up for a vote? That hope?

That's totally fair. I appreciate that. I didn't bring up the post to put you In a weird spot. I just thought we could continue to add to the thread, and if a great point was made I wouldn't add the rest come 2022. Thank you all for your input!

No worries. I just wanted to use this as a thread for investing ideas. All ideas can be on the table and ultimately researched before making any decisions. It's totally cool, I just wanted to use this as a thread to discuss different possible investment ideas. Seeking the advice from a professional is a fair response as is your explanation. Thank you for your opinion regardless. I only brought it up because I thought maybe it could be added to a list of possible ideas. I'm content with my choice as it does exactly what I need it to do. It protects my principle while keeping up with inflation. I hope you all have a great new years!

Yes I would hope that's the case but didn't want to be responsible for separating someone from the hard earned cash!

This probably goes for most of us. I've read many of his posts and I think the Chef is smart enough to know that he shouldn't make critical investment ( or any life decisions) based solely on feedback from an internet gun forum. This is just a place to get ideas and experience of others. Standard disclaimers apply. YMMV

I am glad you got professional advice. I am not a a professional advisor but I have make my living as a quantitative modeler for complex financial instruments and now data scientist for more than 30 years. I shared some thoughts but came to the conclusion that why I have a lot experience investing, I shouldn't be giving financial advice because I don't know many things about you and your wife's circumstance. For example, income, risk tolerance, other assets and liabilities that you may have, your short and longer term goals. I only know that you have about 40 grand that you may need to do something with in 2 years. Thus, as someone who understand the inherent risks in any type of investing I found that the only valuable thing I could actually say was to seek the help of someone who is a licensed professional and has all the appropriate information to give you the best advice possible.

Don't forget 10 % For the big guy.

I am not an accountant, but I think the IRS is just going look at your net profit. As always, one must keep good records and save the receipts, but any valid business expense should be deductible, including mileage to drive to/from the "job site."

So you can steal $900 without being arrested, so I wonder if there's a limit to what you need to claim. Questions Is it net amount per looting or gross? is it the value of price tag or what you hocked it for? Can you itemize? Can you deduct Masks, Hammer, getaway car, fuel. Can you file jointly if you loot together ? Is there a hotline number to help eith questions.

Location: Millville, NJ 08332 Thought I was done but looking to clear out some ammo as well. This is what I've got: -Remington Golden Saber 124grain +P JHP (250 rounds) -Magtech First Defense 124 grain bonded JHP (200 rounds) Not looking to sell these piece meal, it's all or nothing. EDIT: Ok, we all have a different idea of what a reasonable offer is, so I'll make this easy. $150 FIRM for all of it. Thanks. First to post "I'll take it" wins the sale.

I stared at the wts ad from the moment it was posted, hoping, praying someone would snatch it up quickly because I as about to take it. For someone who already has a Ruger or Glock, it's a perfect pairing. My problem is, I have neither Glock or Ruger and it would have been a slippery slope leading me to a LGS to buy even more mouths to feed. @1LtCAP I owe you a beer for saving me a lot of money bro.

Not to change the topic, but I’m waiting to see how many Canadian’s turn in their “bad” guns now that Trudeau has banned them. https://www.dailywire.com/news/hardly-any-canadians-have-turned-in-their-now-outlawed-firearms-to-the-government

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Never going to happen..... the 43 other states with normal rights would be threatened by this and would take drastic action. Like many have said if such a law passed in NJ it would be unenforceable. God forbid if a self defense encounter would occur at my residence there would be no way of proving that I DID NOT have the gun in the attic and bullets in the basement. I too like many here have multiple gun vaults to keep unauthorized people out.... Another point of this law that no one talks about is that there is NO EXCEPTION FOR ACTIVE LEOS, RETIRED LEOS AND THOSE WITH PERMITS. This would mean that active leos would have to disarm after their shifts and when not carrying their CCW weapons off duty. Hey officer just got home from the grocery store? Guess what? you have to unload your off duty CCW weapon! Even NJ cops will ignore this law if ever passed LOL sorry for the long post, this is just stupid!

All cool... the best part of these forums, no matter what the topic, is the ability to bounce around different ideas, in hopes it helps someone think of something they missed. Hopefully, no one goes out, no matter what the topic, and blindly makes a decision, without some personal reflection or due diligence. Just because "you read it on the Internet, doesn't make it true".

This is so very true.

Absolutely agree. I have four different finance guys, but I still spend every morning bouncing around all the different finance and business TV and media sites, to get varied opinions on what's going on. You can never have enough information. I even don't take the single advice of any one of my financial advisors, because, opinions are like a'holes... everybody has one. At the end of the day, the financial decisions I make are 100% my problem.

Just coming back to post that. We just use these forums as a way to spin ideas and get different opinions. At the end of the day, everyone is personally responsible for their final decision. So, why do you think the I bonds are a bad decision?

Easy, I posted what I believed best and gave some thoughts. Then realized I'm in no position to advise someone because that's not what I do, and I don't know anything about his situation. The original post also said take this advice for what you paid for it and seek the help of a professional advisor. After ruminating on it for a bit I though the only reasonable bit was to ask a pro for help. My second post explained why I retracted my thoughts.

The way I read Nappen's interpretation is that carrying the firearm is still OK, but the ammo has to be locked up as the carve out only applies to the firearm, not the ammo. At the end of the day, this is unenforceable day to day, but will be an add-on charge if you ever have to use your gun in self defense at home. As was posted earlier - have 2 safes open by the time the cops show up and they won't be able to prove you weren't in compliance.

Picked up my first revolver for Xmas, a Ruger GP-100, can’t believe what I had been missing out on, 6” barrel with the molded Hogue grip, sights are lacking but seems there are a few nice Tritium options out there. Running 38special it shoots like a .22lr pistol, .357mag, well, it’s just a pleasure. Very accurate even with the lacking sights. Another caliber of ammo I need to stock up on now… Sigh… Dave, picked it up from Chris when we did the transfer, he also had a few nice 1911’s that caught my eye.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10353749/IRS-tells-Americans-report-STOLEN-property-drug-money-income.html From IRS publication 17, under other income: "Illegal activities. Income from illegal activities, such as money from dealing illegal drugs, must be included in your income on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z, or on Schedule C (Form 1040) if from your self-employment activity."

Nice... One tip, if you put in $10K each today, you'll have to wait until after Jan. 1st to do the next $10K.

G23 mags sold to 0Jeep4

More enjoyment than I imagined, 38sp is the main round I practice with, and break out the .357 when the mood strikes. One thing I notice is, the pistol gets dirty quickly, cleaning is part of the hobby for me so it isn’t an issue. I imagine a 4” barrel in my future.

This “Home Storage” portion of the entire firearms package was what was holding the rest up. This was the one part some Ds couldn’t get behind. So they will remove it from consideration, and then we will see about the rest. IMO

I store my guns inside the house, house is always locked, so is my house a LOCKED CONTAINER? What about when one home carries? Can it be loaded?

Moot point as the Heller decision addressed this directly.

IMO this one does not have the legs to go the distance.

Sure I won't.

Yes, you can shoot rifles up to .30 caliber class - that includes .308 Win, 30/30, 30-06, etc. .223 Rem & 5.56 are less than .30 so they are GTG too. Steel spinners for .22 are allowed at 25 yards. No other steel targets are allowed.

Mipafox. He was a character. RIP.

i'm sure all the pro2a gun orgs. in NJ have their appeals to the SCOTUS already prepared should any of this pass, stop worrying.