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They still have their own names but officially they're called Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakewood. Creating joint bases was a smart move. Consolidation of finance and personnel facilities. Many jobs in the military are really the same. Each service used to have its own school for a common job. Now they all share training facilities. There's really very little Army at Fort Dix since they stopped basic training there. USAF started their base defense school at Dix maybe 20 years ago. USMC, USNR, USCG, and USMCR all have facilities at Dix.

First you need to determine if your Model 31 is an I or a J frame. I'm pretty sure it's a J frame. There are videos on You Tube that show you how to tell the difference. If it's an I frame forget it. The 38 spl cylinder is too long to fit in the frame. If it's a J frame you have to consider the issue of fitting the parts. If all the Model 36 parts came from the same gun it might make it easier. All the internals that rotate the cylinder 72 degrees instead of 60 degrees need to be properly fitted to do so. Then the cylinder, cylinder stop, and other parts need to be fitted. You may find you need a different hand, cylinder stop, or other new part to make it work. I've seen them assemble new revolvers at S&W. Even with MIM parts (which make it easier) the people at S&W have big boxes of all the different parts and often have to go through several of each part to make the revolver work. BTW most of the people that assemble guns at S&W are women. This is one of the jobs women do better than men as they pay more attention to detail. While such a conversion is possible it isn't easy. It's really a job for an experienced revolversmith to make it work. One who has any parts needed to swap out at hand. A lot of the work I did I had a number of parts available to swap out. Many times I could bring a revolver back in time just by trying out several different hands I had in stock. I am much more an armorer than a revolversmith. I wouldn't try this conversion. You know I have an interest in your Model 31 but I think you'd be better served by selling it and buying a Model 36. Easier and it will probably be cheaper in the long run. When you take into account what you can get for your 31 and how much you'd pay for the parts kit it really makes sense. JMO.

Having met them I'm in for a Mrs Zeke for Mod campaign. If she takes care of Zeke she can easily take care of a forum.

Also need to mention Buster. When I pulled in the driveway with a different car from work (driveway couldn't be seen from backyard) I knew Buster was in the yard because he'd start barking. I would yell "Buster, it's me" and he would quiet down. Rescued Buster before he was sent to a shelter.

My last 3 dogs were rescues. Lady was devoted to my wife. She played off whatever my wife was feeling about a situation. If left alone she was agressive if she didn't know you. Tramp was the dumbest dog I ever knew but he always wanted to be with me. He would play like a puppy until exhaustion. He greeted everyone with a bark and a charge that would result with him jumping on you. That's because he thought everyone came to play with him. Lacy was all business. Minimal requirement for attention. She concerned herself with protecting her turf 110%. Just ask the dead opossums she would deliver to the porch when I let her out at night. Three different dogs. Three different styles. All were great watchdogs.

Hefty price. Good reason to load my own. Plenty of recipes for original spec 38 200 available.

I should have said in my last response two things most burglars don't want to deal with is alarms and dogs. That's an easy answer but not easy to do. Getting a dog includes caring for it and can be a radical lifestyle change for many. Dogs have to be let out, fed, and cleaned up after on a daily basis. There's no spur of the moment getaways as you have to make arrangements for the dog if you can't take it with you. Getting a dog is similar to having a kid but you can't stick your kid in a crate or lock them in a room if you're going out for a few hours. All dogs can't have the run of the house when no one's home. Now I know some that call themselves "dog people" that can just go out and get another when their dog dies. I'm not one of them. My last dog died at age 13 almost two years ago. She was a great defender of her turf. When she got sick I spent several thousand dollars on a rescue dog to find out she couldn't be saved. There are plenty of dogs in shelters that are there because someone suggested to their former owners "get a dog" for some reason. A gun or an alarm is easier to take care of and won't give you the same amount of emotional distress if it dies. If you get a dog get a rescue.

I shoot Prvi 38 S&W in mine. I found using the top edge of the sight (like a buckhorn sight) it's pretty much on. I've been thinking of getting some 200 rnl to reload for the Web let and experiment with in 38 spl and 357 mag.

I saw that show. Saco and Numrich are two companies that have tons of stuff not cataloged. I've known people who have given both a call for a part for an obscure gun and they had it.

You do toss your hair like Diana Rigg.

capt14k and I both have Webleys. Unfortunately in 38 not the 32 you're used to carrying Mrs Peel

And I wouldn't have your scope!!!!

You're very welcome Mrs Peel. I had a good time and it nice to connect faces with screen names and avatars. You really did well for being a first time with those guns you fired. Like I told you next time I'll bring the black powder and 44 magnum.

You can get one of those cheap vibration alarms from Harbor Freight. They come 2 in a package for something like $6. Most burglars don't like to or know how to deal with alarms of any type. If they hear an alarm go off they'll beat feet. What you do depends on how much you want to spend.

Most judges don't deal with gun related cases on a regular basis. A judge rules on their interpretation of the law. I'm not for judges legislating from the bench. It's not a judge's job to determine if it's a bad law or a good law as long as it was properly enacted and is not in violation of the Constitution. Only a handful of judges rule on constutionality. That ends at the NJSC which is packed with liberals. SCOTUS only gets to rule on cases in violation of US Constitution. The 10A gives the states the right to run themselves as long as they are not in violation of the Constitution.

My poor choice of words. The substantially identical features don't really apply to the M1 Carbine which is banned by name and type. There are only a few guns on the list banned by type.

HE, I was just about to post this but you beat me to it. I used to show it in training and ask my guys if they think they could have got this guy if they were the one holding the gun on the hit man. The rest of Miami Vice has pretty good gun handling even though I remember Tubbs firing 7 shots from his Model 49. I also chuckled at how Tubbs wound up in Miami. He was a rogue NYPD detective in Miami to avenge his brother's death. So Metro Dade invited him to come to work there? I don't think so. But it was TV not real life.

I knew they got the Winchester tools but didn't know they were trashed by that time. I have a Danish Garand with many Beretta parts. I picked it out at the North Store. It has a VAR barrel. It's my best shooting M1.

Then Democrats would have used it as proof of "gun violence".

It's not only the hunters. The trap and skeet crowd need to be included here. As long as they can have their expensive fitted shotguns they could care less if the unwashed masses have the capability of defending themselves. They have all the advice on self defense from Joe "give them both barrels" Biden. There are people on this forum who were singing praises for Sweeney and other Democrats a few years ago. They thought of him as a great guy and the fact he was a union guy made it even better. They also spoke praise for some South Jersey Democrat who introduced a concealed carry bill a few years ago. It never made it out of committee. The fact that he did this did not matter to the Democratic Party. They knew it wasn't going to get anywhere. It did let this guy go back to his constituents and say "hey, I tried" and helped his reelection. "For the children", "for the seniors", "gun safety" are all catch phrases that have worked for the Democrats in the past. How can anyone not be for these things? I just saw a thing on Fox relating how the Obama administration allowed MS13 members into the US. Fox went on to report how MS13 is responsible for 38% of the murders in Suffolk County. The average age of those arrested is 18. Their signature weapon...the machete. If they Dems ever get the guns expect them to go for "knife control" as they've done in the UK. I've drifted a bit but wanted to make my point. When it comes to individual rights of any kind you can't trust any Democrat. There may be some old time Conservative Democrats around but there's none in NJ.

Very interesting rifles. Reading about them as a kid I liked how it looked. A friend in Wyoming had one in 30-06 back in the 70s. It was in excellent shape. It was a sweet shooter. Development of the rifle started in the 30s but was stalled by WW2. FN put it in production in 1949 anticipating sales with the formation of NATO. It didn't take off as there was a glut of WW2 rifles around. The US was very willing to loan or give M1s to NATO countries. Italy had been manufacturing M1s for a few years already. I'm guessing Italian M1s were cheap (in price) compared to the FN49. They had zero development costs. I've read the Italians were given the M1 tooling that had been used by Winchester in WW2. This resulted in zero setup costs. FN wound up with limited sales for a very fine rifle.

That's the catch phrase where NJ gets you. Even if it isn't marked the "substantially identical" can get you to be Bubba's roommate.

While the M14 gas system has a lot of similarities with the Garand the gas piston is actually part of the oprod as it is on the Mini 14. The M1 carbine and M14 use a separate gas piston.

I think that's photo is Marines on Guadacanal. AFAIK the Army never issued camouflage uniforms in WW2. I read an account of how Marines would "midnight reguisition" Garands after the Army landed there. The "sniper" 1903A4 with the scope was really a stop gap measure until they came out with the M1C in the latter half of 44. There was no accurizing done on the A4s. They just adapted them for no irons and to take the scope mount.

Similar in the sense they are gas operated. The Mini 14's action is more like a M14/M1A.