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Andy, I just built one myself this week, haven’t tried it yet, but seems sturdy. 3 10’ lengths of 1” conduit from Home Depot all cut in half. bought 2 of these from McMaster Carr https://www.mcmaster.com/4936T179 if the set screws don’t hold well I was going to drill the pipe and use shear pins, we’ll see. I had to ream out the fittings a bit so the pipe slid on easily, dremel took care of that. Bought these hooks from Amazon, High Caliber Targets Est. 2012 V Shape Hooks, few reviews I read, people complained about the target popping off the half hooks. Once set up the targets hang about 30” off the ground.

I have been on the notify list for the combo handle/safety package for what seems to be forever.

Looks awesome, I liked the description of a “get off me gun”

The Larue 2 stage trigger arrived Thursday, installed Saturday, took it to the range today. Ran 200 rounds not a single hiccup with 3 different brands of ammo, grouping’s tightened up to 1 moa. The wife shot 150 of those rounds, even got a thank you from her. The new trigger totally transformed the shooting experience with the rifle to a, pleasure to shoot. At $100 it is exactly what I was looking for, installation took a few minutes. Thanks for the recommendation SRT392.

And that is what he did, never bought a handgun.

Spend what you can and feel comfortable with, compact and subcompact polymer hand guns take some training and time invested to shoot with confidence. My two HD hand guns are, a full size Walther PDP with a light and Leopold Delta Point Pro mounted, that is in the bedroom, in the living room is a Colt 1911, both in the $1400-$1600 range, my wife and I shoot both well and manipulate them well. Try to rent what you think you want to buy, it can save you money and disappointment later if you buy a gun before trying it to find out you don’t shoot it well and hate the feeling of it when shooting.

Some great advise right here. Smaller polymer hand guns take a bit more practice to shoot effectively due to their size and weight, there will be more kick since the weight is lighter. A larger steel hand gun with a larger sight radius will shoot easier since it has some heft to it. I told my brother-in-law this when he got his FID and PTP, if you are going to shoot the handgun once every other year and leave it in a safe, buy a Glock.

Ordered the pins and Larue trigger, the trigger had no bad reviews. The rifle is a great little gun! Except for that awful trigger, the wife likes my Wilson trigger so she should be very happy with this upgrade. And all in for $120 I’m happy. Thanks

That trigger hits all my purchasing points, Thank You Question, with the 901 pins, anti walk pins are not needed?

Correct, the issue is light primer strikes, rimfire takes a stronger strike to ignite than center fire.

Has anyone upgraded their trigger on the 15-22? If you have, what trigger did you go with? What is the pull weight of the trigger? It’s for the wife’s rifle, she wouldn’t know the difference from a $90 to a $300 trigger, from what I’m reading, Rise Armament gets some high praise and it seems 3.5lbs-4lbs seems to be the sweet spot to avoid ignition issues. She likes the trigger on my Wilson AR but that would run me $190 plus shipping, looking to be in the $100 range. Drop in with anti walk pins would be preferred. Thanks

I have a delta point pro on a Walther PDP with a light, the DPP dot is clear and visible for me in the pitch dark when I turn the light on. My eyes are also bad, the DPP cleans up the dot very well for me, my primary arms red dot on my wife's rifle looks like two exploding dots when I use it.

.22's totally slipped my mind, sheesh, that's at least 3 more permits. Keep in mind we are just playing with you here, buy as many or as few as you feel you would like. Going by past experience though, one permit is never enough. Example, my wife wanted a hand gun, she applied for two permits at my request, said I don't need two hand guns, but i talked her into it anyway, saying it can't hurt. I purchased a .22 pistol, she shot it, loved it and request to purchase one of her own, ohh, don't need a second permit huh? Now she has an M&P 380 EZ, a Ruger SR22 an M&P 15-22 rifle and a 9mm Bullpup rifle. Slippery Slope. Odd thing though about the wives that shoot, they never buy ammo! All I hear is, did you bring ammo for me...

My first round of handgun permits I applied for three, and used all three. One is not enough... LOL First you will want a 9mm, then hmm maybe I want a .45, then you handle a 1911 and want one of those, then maybe a micro pistol, then maybe a red dot on a pistol, then you see Springfield armory release a new model 1911 and it feels so good in your hand you want that also. It's a vicious cycle, but enjoyable. Oops, don't forget you may want a Beretta or two. Jeez, I also forgot Kimbers....

“I want it so quiet in this space I can hear a fish fart at five fathoms, I can hear a flea beating off with boxing gloves on. Hah” Priceless!

One pistol purchase, I showed up at the FFL on day 30 to fill out my NICS, the FFL stopped me and said, 30 days need to be in the bank before submitting my NICS. True or false IDK, I just wait for the 31st day now.

Serial numbers on receiver and barrel then you can look it up.

What year is the barrel and receiver? I love the fact I’m shooting a barrel produced in 1944.

As an Xmas present to myself, I picked up a Garand from Dave (15636215), the purchase was great, Dave is a pleasure to sit and chat with. Picked up a spam can of Greek surplus 30-06 Garand ammo and the gun and ammo sat for 2 1/2 months, hate when life gets in the way, but today we all went to the range, by the third shot I was on target. I have shot 30-30 deer hunting, 5.56 in my AR, semiauto 12 gauge, but this was my first 30-06, my grin was from ear to ear for 20 minutes while shooting. A couple things that I wasn’t expecting were, the rifle is lighter than I had imagined, the sights are a pleasure to use, the kick is no where near what I was expecting, and man is it loud, not that sharp clap from an AR, more like a throaty ST Bernard bark. If you have been lusting for some nostalgia and have said, I would like a Garand, buy one, you will not regret it. Thanks Dave

Back a bunch of months I put up a WTB on a Springfield Ronin. this was the PM I received. Hello Buddy, if you still in the market for the Springfield Ronin 9mm, 4.25 BarrelHK69 Launcher, i have a uncle who is looking to downsize his shooting. Kindly got in touch with [email protected] to make inquiry if he still have it with him. And this one. Contact Jack in Arizona he has Springfield Ronin 9mm 4.25 Barrel for sell [email protected]

What town are you applying in? Possibly if someone in your town recently applied they could let you know if the employer was called. If you are in Brick township the answer would be, no, they did not call.

One here, great guy to do business with to boot.

Hit the range this morning, 200 rounds of CCI CPRN went through, no lead, no gunk throughout the gun, a couple of pulls with a bore snake and it’s ready for another range trip. Think I have to chalk it up to Scorpio64 suggesting hard bullets and Andy suggesting Thunderbolts are dirty and crappy, and everyone else who said to themselves, you idiot, Thunderbolts suck. Anyway, live and learn. Thanks all for chiming in. Plenty of Thunderbolts to trade… lol

Yep, that is the plan for this clean out. And as for the Thunderbolts, I will not be buying any in the future. What's odd, in the 10-22 they are perfectly fine, 200-300 rounds in a range session and all that is needed is a couple of passes with a bore snake and I'm done, no lead.

Only did it once, the sludge was brown, one and done with the mixture. The barrel is still shiny chrome. When I used it the barrel was new at the time and leaded right up after 200 rounds. Bore tech rime fire blend and chor boy is the plan going forward.