Maksim

Can't believe i missed it at shot show. Just so much stuff there. This is not the israeli tavor in the full military sense, but rather a civilian version. Will be interesting to see.

talking about zombies? ooooooook. more sex, less zombies dave. =)

What he said. the NJSP requires approval of your local town.

How bad did you get hit Mark?

Eric, highly untrue. CCW was the first thing they tackled, as it was being worked together with the SAF. They are also working, and have had some wins with local towns on FID/Extra paperwork.

Contact NJ2AS, and volunteer to start organizing such an event. They have the contacts to make it happen.

Having a magazine rebuild kit is the same thing as having an uncompliant magazine in nj. It works in CA, not in NJ. the law defined it as having a magazine, or parts to make it. I would venture the vast majority of the gun owners in NJ, are just content with their shotgun to go hunting, or shoot some clays, so to them, the magazine limits are moot. As far as competing, well, this one is a two way thing.... on one hand we can say we are at a disadvantage, then on the other hand, there are divisions where our mag limits are fine, such as Limited 10, Production, Single Stack, and Revolver. The only two divisions in USPSA where law abiding people are at a disadvantage are Open and Limited. IDPA is all 8 or 10 rounds. Steel is all 5 to 10 rounds. Now you can say that nj mag limits make us less competitive in the big matches, say in PA, or at a nationals, for anyone who wants to compete in Open, and there is no Open Compliant division, nor does NJ recognize pre-ban magazines. Where they are missing the boat, is hosting big matches here. We have the facilities too, but not many people out of state want to tempt faith coming here.

The overall fit and finish, did not seem "Sig" to me, felt more like you would expect out of Taurus/RIA, ok, even Taurus fit and finish is getting alot better.

Quite understandable for this Cx. Would be extremely tough to even put the match on the ground. Very few come out to help set up the match in good weather, this would be even worse.

Ah, now I am rested. Slept 2 hours on the red eye. Took anastasia 2 hours to get to the airport, and an hour 45 back. Saw 8 accidents on the way back, 2 that happened right in front of our eyes. Roads were horrible. AWD + good tires for the win.

And the winner is harry. 5:48 touchdown , 12 mins early.

Except in October. =P

Great to hear. Aircraft is at the gate right now, 30 mins from boarding. US 431. I take it they will not be too likely to divert?

Did the glock fire by itself? No. The guy is a moron for having his finger in the trigger guard and on the trigger before being ready to shoot. End of story. The weapon being unsafe (I am assuming a very very very light trigger, worn out sear) is a secondary issue.

My flight is due to arrive at 6 am in philly. Any takers on how delayed it will be, if any?

Shoot what you are comfortable with and know how to clear malfunctions on.

Dont think about it. Tell you a little story. Someone I know got a new shiny race gun. Was worrying too much about finger/reloads, that he put one into the berm (dq) while reloading. The next match he shot.... he was soooo worried to not let it happen again... that he did it again. Just practice being comfortable. The number one priority for a match is to stay safe. number two is to have fun. End of the day, the draw, being a second slower, for a new shooter is not going to make a difference in the standings.

Correct, it is all about the zoning. In NJ, since you can't get an FFL for shits and giggles, you need to get it to run a business. In order to run a business, the question is will your town let you run a business out of your house, where people come to your house to conduct the transaction. You might even have to go re-zone your place. In alot of instances, just easier to go rent an office for $500 a month and do it from there.

The media will provide whatever people crave. Right now, it is Zombie stuff and end of the world, 2012 stuff. I watch that stuff, pretty interesting/entertaining.

So last day at Shot Show. Wanted to go over a few things and make sure I got them all. XD-S 45 is without a doubt, the gun of the show for me. Someone asked the question, is it a pocket carry gun, or a small regular carry gun.... it is both. It will fit into the pocket, but depending on your pants, might be a little tight. If you are wearing shorts, no issues with those. Weight, figure a cell phone and keys weigh as much. Some USPSA stuff, ran into Michael Voight, twice, the outgoing USPSA president, and asked him the question about the recently enacted, future rule changes. Point blank, does not know if they will stand. Another really cool thing, met Mr. Tanfoglio himself, Massimo Tanfoglio. Chatted with him about his guns, USPSA, IPSC, next world shoot. Really cool dude.

Thinking more and more, I am quite certain by now that the XD 45 Slim is the best new gun introduced this year at shot show, and with out a doubt, the best bang for the buck. It will be my go to choice once the gun is out. Quite honestly, comparing this back to back against the other ones in the class, Sig 938, Sig P238, Sig P224, Ruger LCP, Ruger LC9, the XDS is the best shooting and feeling out of all of them. As long as they don't screw up the price point, Springfield can't mess this one up.

fns, 40 is same mags, 9 is not. 10 rnd will be avail, not 15.

Congrats.

Pretty much any store will have the 19, be it the old gen 3 or the new gen 4.

Thanks Alex. I have 3 bags worth of stuff from media day at the range and the show itself. The lighting was not conducive to photography indoors, nor did I drag a camera out with me. Will be relying on the better produced photographs from the manufacturers themselves. Next year may do more stuff with it. We shall see. I will say though, over the past week, have seen and met with most of the folks from TopShot, even played craps with the dude, forgot his name that was the shotgun champ, the younger guy. Little bit of the Hk vibe from him (better than you and we know it), maybe it was just him loosing money at the table. Was quite weird to see people wait in line to take a picture with the Gunny, and cast of Sons of Guns.... although there was no line to get a pic with Paige Wyatt of GunSmoke. lol. Who else, Rob Pincus, and all the other normal people.