Maksim

How many do you have? =P Bob, outstanding post. Btw, if anyone ever needs gear, most people will be glad to lend you what you need, just cover the ammo. there is NO REASON to go buy gear for your first match, especially if you do not know what your game of choice will be.

Don't get into the mindset of just having one caliber. Unless you are one of those incase zombies come, hoard one caliber. Its like eating MRE's only buying MRE's... because that is what you will have in case it happens. If you have smaller hands, large frame blocks Glocks suck. Why are you looking at 45 only? Yes yes, more stopping power but.... it is a shit ton more expensive, less capacity, more recoil, less options. If you want a 1911, get a 1911.... er, if you want a 45, get a 1911. If you must have a 45 in a plastic fantastic.... HK 45, FN FNX 45 and M&P 45 are better choices I feel. If you want a glock, get a Glock 17 or a Glock 19 and be happy. (9mm). Cheap ammo, and if you decide you do not like blocks, you can always sell it. TRY selling a 45 acp or a 40 s&w glock, you will lose a ton more money. If you want more power, you can always pick up an aftermarket, or a second glock slide/barrel, in 40, 357 sig, or 22 lr. Glocks are the Toyota Corolla's of the gun world... I will leave it at that. (and yes, I do have 2 Glocks, a Gen 3 and a Gen 4 Glock 22), and have shot all the rest of them, and owned others in the past. It's a Glock.

I flew El Al a few times, quite familiar with the procedure. It is actually pretty comforting, and did not really feel invasive. Far better than getting felt up and xrayed.

As per one tsa gun guy in Philadelphia airport, it is not the tsa but the baggage handlers. Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 4

That would only give the anti's more ideas. I would embed something in the case though. Walther for instance in Europe, puts a gps or rfid chip in the grip.

depends on the size of target you are looking at. I have a Monarch 6-24x and it is more than enough. get as much scope as you can afford. 3-9x will be versatile enough.

food for thought, think of it the other way... What can they have access to put IN your bag during transit? http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/08/30/authorities-kennedy-airport-workers-busted-in-alleged-baggage-theft-ring/ Leave it to Israeli's to put a camera into a 747 cargo hold.

I ran across this story on a frequent flyer forum, and thought it was quite pertinent to serve as a reminder of best practice here, especially since I know a ton of us love flying to free america with guns. http://www.king5.com/news/get-jesse/Guns-stolen-from-checked-luggage-223226471.html Now, out of the Army, Shannon has been victimized on American soil. Two of Shannon's weapons, a Glock 19 and a Rugger SR 22P, were stolen from his duffle bag that he checked before boarding his Delta Airlines flight. Shannon said he did everything by the book. “I had my weapons in a lockbox, checked them, cleared through TSA, and then put my lock box back in my luggage. And when I got to my destination they were both gone,” explained Shannon. Shannon was returning from a trip visiting family in Flint, Michigan and had a lay-over in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He said when he reported the problem to Delta staff, they were less than helpful. Seems he had his guns locked in a box, and then just put into a regular suitcase, with no lock. Even though this is typically not an issue, I do make sure to make sure the gun case is locked, and then the suitcase, or gun bag is locked as well. I know many that run a steel cable through the gun case inside the luggage to the bag itself, so the entire bag would need to be stolen. Fortunately, with Delta, the entire bag is tracked, so would be far easier to locate the entire checked bag, however if your suitcase is unlocked, nothing stopping someone from stealing stuff out of it. Just recently, in JFK, a few lowlifes were arrested from stealing jewelry, cash, watches and other valuables from suitcases, from INSIDE the El Al 747's while they were being unloaded from the plane. This is not the first gun theft, but... serves as a reminder.

Well, there is the thing about knowing the law. =) For matches, I see plenty of people from NY bringing guns to NJ, but they go straight to range. If you stick to letter of the law... yes, there may be issues.

I would contact AS350driver and njpilot here on the forum.

I don't know, can you Brian?

Thing is... an intern at NTSB confirmed the story. lol. still... if I was working there and someone called to confirm those names... I would of too. Ah.... the downfall of society. =)

This was uber awesome. The guys on an airline forum I was on and where I saw this.... did not find it funny. I mean seriously, this is a representation of stupidity of people. How it passed 8 people or so before it got to the teleprompter, beyond me.

Some people are purists and want as little branding as possible. It does not bother me one bit.

Glad we got this figured out. I thought I was going blind. But yes, Frontier, Delta, Spirit, no issues. Frontier even lets you travel with ammo in loaded magazines, as long as the magazines are covered up with tape. Every other airline I know of, only in factory boxes or reloaded boxes.

Heh, I jsut read my copy and did not see it. I guess buyer beware. =P I flew 3 times on Spirit with 2 guns, and did not have issues. http://www.spirit.com/content/documents/en-us/Contract_of_Carriage.pdf#page=15 Check it there. 6.4.1.16.... nothing about number of firearms.

I have NEVER had issues with Spirit with more than 1 gun. Read their policies. Nothing says you can only bring one. I regularly fly to matches with more than 1 gun, never once an issue.... The only restriction you have is the amount of ammo, which is set by airlines, 11 lbs. Btw, make sure you have a FEW locks on the case. So that no one can open it up or force stuff out.

It is a great entry level gun, but seriously, save $200 and get an STI Spartan or Taurus 1911. Much better guns with far better creature comforts. Better safeties, better sights, better trigger.

Are those reloads? They look like military brass, if so, it was crimped before, someone when reloading, removed the crimp and likely went a little too much. Primer pocket was loose, crimp tight. It goes bang, primer flew out.

I have a hard enough time running with a water bottle, cant imagine a G26. Why not get a pocket pistol? But... a holster that is closer to your body, and on the side of your hip would likely be most comfortable.

Thank you Vlad. I know it sucks to do scores and not even shoot the match. =)

I have reloaded plenty of ak'ed brass no issues. If there are any issues, you should find them after you resize deprive or have the fully reloaded round.

I don't understand.... Why or how did it all start? Why were police called over a tshirt? Is there more to the story? I damn hope so. If I had kids... They would be wearing NJGF tshirt to school.

Ok. In that case... the mags would be permanently modified, HOWEVER they were not meant to be taken apart.

Anyone have a picture of the two side by side?