Maksim

More likely answer... because they can. Many towns that do not want to deal with guns, will make you jump through hoops. Ie Jersey City that takes close to a year for some folks to get new FID. In most cases, once printed, and now electronically, they can just pull up if they need to. In my town, no additional check if he saw you in last year. I guess that is the lucky/good part of living in NJ... at least in my town. My detective who was friend of family retired a few years ago, and was replaced by a younger detective. Very by the book but... he gets out permits same day to references, etc. Turnaround time around 14 days, sometime less. The funniest part, talking to another forum member, who also happens to be a cop in my town, I find out that the detective handling the firearms stuff is personally anti gun... however during interactions, you would never seem to take that away. The least amount of permits I applied for was 6 at a time... most was 12. lol. 12 days... they were done.

If you have the 250 barrel, take it. Good guy and best way to get 357 Sig. All you will need to do is swap barrel, nothing else. =)

Hey there. Moved the topic to appropriate section. So... 357 sig vs 40 cal. In reality, all you need is a 357 sig barrel. You do not need to get a new slide or anything else. .357 Sig is in reality, a 40 S&W, necked down to shoot a 9mm bullet. The rest of the case is 40 SW. It is the same magazines, etc. So if you want, I would just skip the kit, and find a 357 sig barrel for the P250. Now, as far as caliber... it is not bad. I have it in my Sig P229. I have never shot it in a 250. It is a bit snappier than the 40 S&W. Ballistics wise, it is a very fine caliber... and the P229 in 357 sig will likely be the home defense gun. Otherwise... unless you reload, ammo is more expensive, and resale value, not as good as 40 S&W, and far behind 9mm. People don't like oddball calibers... ask me about my Glock 37 in 45 GAP.

Will take my block out.

Who cares... Assault rifles are awesome. =P Besides, Walmart actually carries gun stuff. woot woot, when Target... who started out as gun friendly left. In any case, I would also look at this deal on Aim Surplus. http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?groupid=851&name=BLACKHAWK+42"+Sportster+Tactical+Rifle+Case

would love to be there, but unless Russia invades Ukraine... will be on the plane to Moscow. Surprised only 1 republican candidate.

Bought a complete upper from them that they built to my specs. Amazing accuracy. At 100 yards was .42 moa with hand loads. carried it out to 200 yards. This was out of a 16 inch bull barrel. Had no regrets buying it.

... if you were on your own property. However when you are at someone's range... they don't have to let you shoot there. I never had any issues anywhere else... except range 14.

+1 for range 14. I had 2 or 3 mags checked... granted the guy came up politely asked if they were pinned and asked to see them. It hit me later he was checking them out for compliance... instead of interest on buying for himself.

Howard, OGAM is designed to prevent you from Straw purchasing 100 guns and then selling them to law abiding gang bangers. This way, Only one gun a month. =P They do nics on the corners of Newark, didn't you know?

... and some nj stores double up the price of your mags. =)

the problem with the poster people for nj gun rights... aitken, Keith... all screwed up at one point or not, however the vocal gun rights people choose to ignore a lot of things. I am sure it was over blown... but I highly doubt the NJ State Police would go out of their way to arrest James if something was not 100% kosher. This also goes to a greater debate, but there is a difference between being right and being effective. A nail that sticks out gets hammered. Why is it that guys like Frank F and Scott Bach do not get arrested? Because they are effective in how they go about it. Putting "out of order" as part of your facebook profile page name.... well, you have to have the expectation something would be amiss. I still highly doubt there was absolutely nothing wrong that he did... however the precedents have proven otherwise. I hope I am wrong on it this time.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-History-669/2011/1/Arisaka-bayonet-WW2.htm Looks like cut down bayo.

Actually, I am 99% positive it is an Arisaka Bayonet, based on the proof marks and the sliding hole, which would fit perfectly on my Arisaka.

Was just going to say, the bottom circular mark, is a japanese proof mark. Most likely a bring back with Arisaka from WW2.

Thanks. Did he really move or "move" and that was the issue? I am sure it had to be something really crazy to piss off the NJSP to go that far.

So I missed this. What happened?

This actually brings up a very valid point about taxes. All else being equal, and if you are honest, you are supposed to claim untaxed out of state purchases on your nj tax returns... so in theory, taxes should not be an issue. I am not telling anyone not to. If the internet taxation bill comes to fruition, it will greatly bring more shopping to brick and mortar, and now local. Even Amazon, Staples and Best Buy match their prices, and often times, Wally and others will have it for less. I don't think I ever, in over 6 years actually bought anything from buds, simply because the local vendors were able to beat it or match it if need be. Now would I expect a main line brand name shop in NJ match buds? No... but I know the vendors here will do whatever is necessary to get close, nor have I had to bicker about a price of a new gun. Used guns... different story. =P Also as Mikka pointed out, Amazon and Google breed new consumers. While it was "ok" and expected to haggle for a lower price, most people today, outside of shopping for a car or house, expect to pay the asking price and expect the best price up front. Just a different way of doing business.

I think there is a very valid point there... but also a bit difference. Most car dealerships right now make zero to lose money on new cars, all in effort to make money on the service. $150 for an oil change on a late model BMW. Most gun dealers do not expect you to come back to buy ammo from them...? at least most avid shooters. So they make money on the gun... not much else. Most of the money really is on used guns, if they bought right. B&M will typically have higher prices in order to cover overhead. Ultimately, for most main production guns, I shop on service. For collectible guns or unique items that dealers can't get... I will find it, and transfer it. However... if you still with the forum vendors... you can seldom go wrong.

Wow, I missed this stuff. I really don't think anyone is losing sleep over this. =)

For once... there is no gun I really NEEED to have... Always on the lookout for a nice... 1. Colt Python, Blued or stainless, probably blued. for under $1400. 2. Desert Eagle in 44 or 50... but only if REALLy good deal. 3. Glock 41 or 42... whichever the 380 is. Shot it at Shot Show... loved it. If I move out of NJ... cans, cans, cans, sbr's, a few more. ... and PS90... with a can. Having a 50 round designed for magazine... capped to 10 rounds is just stupid. Other longer "reach" guns... if a deal comes for... 1. NDM-86 or... real SVD.. 2. Tiger (if I can't have either of the two above).

... and no, $120 difference on an AR is what I would expect. In all honesty... if he asked the local dealer, he would likely match the price anyway.... to the After buds shipped price, +2% credit card, unless cash + nics + transfer + tax.

Jack,.... bucket 3. No control, no influence. Let it be. =) Can lead a horse to water...

Ok, being me, I am also going to give the flip side to it... also AS a business owner. People cannot keep expecting that they can have the same business model and always make money. Unless you are charging close to full sticker, YOU CANNOT make survive long term in the gun business. and make good money. Look, big stores (Solo, non corporate), take Cheyenne Mountain or effingers, will make money because they spend quite a bit on a good location. Enough people will come and pay any price. That is who they are after. Most forum vendors, ala TJ, Jack, etc... have to have a different model. Their costs have to be lower as they are left to compete on service and price. Fortunately, they provide both... however they cannot expect to have the same volume and markups as the bigger b&m stores. I would venture to guess that the forum makes a LARGE chunk of the total sales volume for the vendors, and they have their niche., for the large B&M, it is a drop in the bucket, if that. To the other point, the business owners have no right to complain about people coming in to touch the guns.... why? Because let's be honest, if you did not have them on display... people would not come to your store anyway. The people who would come to you because of who you are... would buy from you anyway. You have to look at it as the cost of doing business and part of your cost to acquire a client/customer. Times change... just look at how many vendors got a great business going straight from the forum? No one here complains about the fair pricing and great service they get from vendors... except the big brick and mortar stores who have higher overheads... but... they are counting on a way different market. With the forum, with the internet, people fortunately have a choice, and Bud's is a necessary evil that keeps prices in check. If there were no forum vendors or online shops, who wants to bet that prices on AR's and ammo would not go a lot higher? Every business owner knows... innovate or die. Must be awesome to have a television repair business, vacuum repair, fax machine or typewriter business. Eventually, they will die off... much like shops who expect higher prices but bring nothing to the table.... and that is a good thing. Like it or not, there are people who are price sensitive first... and that is ok, there is an outlet for that. If your business model is not built to serve them, there is NOTHING you can do.

Jack nailed it on a few big parts. I do have a very big problem with this statement.... particularly when you say EVERY gun shop. Well, what type of shops have you visited? Also, what is a considerable amount of money? so I have bought a LOT of guns over the 6 years I have been around guns and particularly since starting the forum. Granted the last year I have slowed down quite a bit, but I think in 2012, I went through 70 or so guns. lol. I got nothing on a few other members though. With used guns, which is mostly what I buy, it really depends on inventory, and in 95% of cases, buying used guns, I found CHEAPER dealers in stores than online. I got awesome deals on used guns from Tony and others. I found great deals in Brick and Mortar stores at Cabelas in NH and TX, and other stores in Maine. New Guns, the forum vendors were able to get me lower in all costs than buying online and shipping it here, in all cases but one or two. Want to talk awesome deals I got? $550 or so for a Colt Diamondback at cheyenne. $xxx for an amazing condition 1975 Browning Higher Power from Tony. $??? for a brand new Desert Eagle 1911 from Paul during his screw NJ sale. I have had seen other great deals that people got at forum vendors, etc. Bottom line though... if you want to save money, you buy used. =)