Maksim

Video from today, of all the stages, and listed by whom. Mike, you can see your stage here.

List it here first. What does not sell, list on gunbroker, what does not sell, go to a dealer. Selling on gunbroker sucks because..... 1. you are dealing with fees. 2. you have to get the thing shipped (time and money) 3. you have to potentially deal with people not being happy with the purchase. If you meet someone in person, they will look at it and either buy it or not. Sell it to a dealer, and the dealer will not be trying to off load it back to you.

Was an awesome time at CJ. Quite a few new folks, quite a few regulars, both forum and match wise. HeaterBob, Tony357, Alec and Frank, thank you for the help building out the stage. Much appreciated. Mike, awesome job. Got to hand it to you folks, Mike is a fairly new USPSA shooter, 2 matches correct me if I am wrong, but after the call to action, has designed 2 stages, both of where built and shot, and he did not even make it to todays match. Was a great stage, will post videos as I can. Jon, thank you for doing the scores this month. =P Vlad, Matt, thank you guys as always. Frank, Marlon, Tony and the rest of Team Pinoy + the token white guy, great shooting with you all. We have some pretty damn good stages at CJ.

The other option, take them to a dealer and put them on consignment. Dealer gets 20% cut of whatever they sell for.

If you are in central jersey, depending on where, tj sporting arms, Bullseye tactical, East Brunswick Sportsmans, all good places, they will show you the book value, and give you an offer, expect 50% that is what it is. For common guns, make a list of what you think you have, post pics of what you do not know, look up gunbroker completed auctions, and list them here in the marketplace. They will sell quick. If you want to sell the entire collection, there are people here with deep enough pockets to do it. This will take a bit more time, however how you will get the most money. Obviously, make sure the guns are yours legally, etc. (left to you by will, etc.)

Which bike is that Dan? Will be there tomorrow bring and early. come help out guys.

My favorite range in Vegas for shooting indoors is American Shooters, they are a big USPSA sponsor. Really nice range, friendly staff.

I will have to check this out. It is located right behind Monte Carlo casino, on the other side of 15, so right in the tourist zone. Wonder what the prices are.

Reliability wise, I would go with a Gen 3 Glock 17. Ergonomics wise, the Gen 4 are a bit better. M&P are better than that. I had at one point, both a M&P 9 L and an M&P 9 Pro, and sold them, the 9L I did not even take possession of. My only issue with the m&p's is the sometimes dead trigger if you do not reset the trigger out all the way. Especially if you are used to a 1911 trigger. If you let your finger out a bit more, was not an issue. This issue was more apparent if you switch out the m&p trigger for the apex kit. Otherwise, both are good guns, but should not be the only choices. Do you need a plastic fantastic gun? If so, you have Hk, you have the Sig SP2009/2022, some polymer CZ's, EAA Witness, FNH FNS/FNP/FNX, Walther PPQ (which gets great reviews), and or even the new Caracal which is cheap. Ooh, forgot the other big one, Springfield XD's. If you want a metal gun, look at 1911's, entry level models start cheap, CZ's, Browning Hi Powers, Baby Eagle/Tanfoglio/EAA Witness steel guns, (which all have superior ergonomics) All comes down to how you are planning to use the gun, as someone else mentioned, home defense, range, matches, etc. What I will say, are you a reloader? If so, look at the Glock 22 and 35. They are 40 cal, however you can load 40 cal very light and will be a terrific all around gun. If not, look at the 34. Longer slide, lower recoil, made for matches. The only issue with pinned mags, you cannot take off the basepad to clean the magazine. So shooting matches, that would be a deal breaker for me if I cannot take off the basepad to clean the mags. Hence why the 40 cal glocks are good because they are 15 rounders. This is also why the M&P is a better choice as you can get 15 round factory 9mm mags and still have ability to clean out mags as needed. Other choices, HK P30L, CZ75, Browning High Power, all have 9mm capacities of 15 avail standard, either as factory mags or aftermarket. HK 15, CZ and clones are now up to 19, however they started at 15, so those factory 15 round mags can still be found.

Chris is a totally awesome dude with an awesome store! And he actually shoots. hehe.

awesome deal.

Dont know in PA, but in NJ, the lower has to be registered as a pistol. But yes.

This.

You coming Ray ray?

My understanding, is employer has to offer. Employee will have option of opting out and getting individual insurance. It would not have an effect. will see after the election about implementation.... but trust me, employers for the most part will not drop coverage. Will some? Sure, they will to make a case, however a serious company is not going to lose good employees because of crappy benefits or not offering them in the first place. This is why employers offer health insurance in the first place. To keep and attract good employees, not because they have to. It is all very fluid at this point, we shall see.

And how it is now.... You wake up and have a serious condition. You go to the hospital, you contribute nothing, and owe thousands of dollars. Its not any different. Is Obamacare the solution? Absolutely not. However, if everyone had insurance, rates would go down. Once again, compare the premiums paid in NJ vs outside, and compare to the premiums paid in canada.

Drew, Did not understand the last statement. cost for businesses to comply? Have it be put on the employee, after all, it is a tax. Surprisingly, in Canada, the cost of healthcare insurance premiums, are quite low... only $50 a month or so, which covers emergency care and such, the rest is on the individuals to buy separate policies. Yes, a number of companies can and I am sure will make employees part time, or better yet 1099. The thing is, in NJ, we have had Obamacare light for a number of years. will see. But since I know there is interest on the topic, will update with info from the front lines.

We do have cap costs, the insurance companies already do that with doctors, hence why there is the medical billing industry. Medicare has had cap costs. The only time the cost of health care went down, ever, was for 3 years under Bill Clinton. Trust me, the costs of health care would go down, from what we are paying in NJ, if everyone was required to pay into it. (like Medicare). The cost of insurance in NJ is almost twice the national average. The only State higher is NY. The two reasons why the costs are so high in NJ and NY is because of Guaranteed Insurability, which results in Adverse Risk Selection. In NJ, you can be an overweight by 500 lbs, be a 5 pack a day smoker, with cancer, diabetes, herpes, aids, whatever.... and still be able to buy health insurance and pay the SAME RATE as anyone your own age in your zip code who is a health nut. There is absolutely no reason for healthy people to have to buy insurance.... when they will be able to buy it at any time. The only caveat, 6 months pre-existing condition coverage. So what you have here is adverse selection. Why should I buy it now, when I can buy it later. As a result, you have more people who are using insurance, paying for it, and more claims spread among less people. In Pa, rates are about half. Why, there is actual underwriting, and they can either raise your premium up to 100% if you are in bad health. As such, you have people who truly want insurance, healthy people, buying into it, and thus spreading the total costs among a larger pool. A large amount of clients I have, I have them get PA insurance if they are healthy, because the rates are literally 50% lower. So for us, in NJ.... if we dropped the guaranteed insurability, our rates would plummet. The alternative.... have everyone in NJ buy health insurance, and it would have more healthy people in the pool, and spread the cost, and lower it. Anyone in the health insurance industry knows this, and we deal with this topic every day. If you don't believe me, go run an individual quote in NJ, then in PA. then run a business quote in NJ vs individual.

Ok, lets keep this strictly on the topic before going over to the politics section. In theory, if everyone has insurance, the rates would be lower as the risk is distributed across the entire risk pool. What we have here is adverse selection. Right now, it is mostly the cost to comply with the laws. We shall see.

nice!

Group or Individual? What percentage increase was it? On average I have been seeing 15% here. Anything under that is lucky.

Please don't give the state any ideas.

It is for press and dealers. You can fairly easily get media/internet blogger credentials and attend, or ask your favorite gun dealer to get you a ticket in, only $20 or so.

Right now, airfare is cheap out of Philly. Do not know EWR or JFK. $240 round trip. Add in hotel, which depending on your priorities, can be as cheap as $30 a night up to $200 a night. Figure $60 to $100.

Anyone planning on going? If so, shoot me a pm or post here, have setup a las vegas section for planning. Bringing the wife this time. A few others are too.