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I read post 8. If it's clearly a good shoot it's not going to a criminal and most likely a civil court. A lot of people say NJ is tougher on SD shootings. There is little to back this up. Yes, the police will investigate and the prosecutors will scrutinize any shooting by LEO or civilian. That's what they're supposed to do. If you wind up in front of a jury there is some question about what you did. A prosecutor would bring up anything that might help a guilty verdict. That's their job.

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I wound up in US Customs. Customs was a great agency. I saw people from every Federal agency come to Customs. FBI, INS. DEA. ATF, IRS, etc. Once in very few people left Customs. They merged with Immigration when DHS was formed. Good idea but bad execution IMO. They took the patrol and inspection functions of both agencies and formed CBP. My job with US Customs Office of Investigations merged with Immigration Investigations to go to ICE and now HSI. The end result was two different agencies in DHS. It turned out like taking a police department and making the patrol and detective division and making two agencies. It created a lot of issues. Many are still being worked out. Immigration and Customs law are probably the most complex law there is. Now there is one agency that handles both. The merger had a lot of obstacles thrown into it with the Obamanocchio Administration. Catch and release, mostly stopping deportations, and other policies hurt morale. Agents became agents because they wanted to lock up bad guys. Under Obamanocchio the duties became more administrative. I have a lot of insight into what INS used to do. My brother worked in INS Investigations. They used to do Area Control in the old days. They would hit a factory, farm, or other place that hired a lot of illegals and round them up. Now it's called "Workplace Enforcement". They hit someplace and don't lock up the illegals. They just write up the employer for a fine for hiring them. I know this will change under Trump.

You can be 37 at time of appointment for Federal jobs. Nearly all Federal jobs require a bachelor's degree. The best bet is the Border Patrol. Easier to get in but there are some down sides. They have a big turnover for several reasons. Some are: 1. Basic Training is pretty much like the military. Formations, inspections, and the like. Many are not prepared for this. If you're a vet it will be no problem. They like to hire vets. 2. You will learn enough Spanish to do your job. You will be tested when you start the academy. If you don't meet the proficiency requirement you will attend (I think) a 40 day Spanish course. If you fail this course you lose your job. However this course is really designed to get you to meet the requirements. If you work at it you will pass. 3. Starting pay is about 40K a year that includes your overtime. 90% plus of new BP agents are assigned to CA, AZ, NM, or TX. You can get assigned to San Diego (where you'll probably wind up living in your car) or get assigned to some dismal middle of the desert post. You don't know where you're going until you finish school if the policy hadn't changed. This move will be on you. Pay scale is dependent on where you are assigned. You will make more than 40k if you ate assigned to San Diego. Like 50k. 4. Bright side is if you get through 4 years of this you will be making 90 to over 100k after 4 years. 5. Many leave the USBP because they can't get out of where they're assigned. Once you're in the Federal system it's easier to get a job with another agency than it is from the outside. Switching agencies is not fronded upon. A friend of mine went from AD Coast Guard to Border Patrol in TX to CBP Agent in Miami to Marine Enforcement Officer in CBP in Puerto Rico to HSI Agent in Newark in 5 years. Moves after your first are usually paid by the agency. Your pension in the Federal system is based on 3 sources under the FERS system. Your pension which is only about 1.5% a year, your contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (basically a 401K), and Social Security. If you retire and keep your earnings under the max allowed you will get a "Social Security Supplement" no matter what age you retire. This doesn't affect your SS when you turn retirement age. I left a local PD to go to the Federal government. I'm glad I did and it worked for me. I never looked at retirement in any job I took. However, it all worked out extremely well for me. Looking back on it I could have been happy if I went to NJSP. I really wanted to go to NYPD but laying off 5000 cops in the 70s changed that. I'm no expert. Just a guy who's been there, done that.

First of all, if you find yourself in a post shooting situation where your trigger pull is in question you're already in some kind of trobule. Way too many shooters confuse smooth and light when it comes to triggers as 45Doll pointed out. Smooth is way more important. You can build your muscles in your fingers, hand, and arm to contend with any reasonably heavy trigger pull. SD shooting is not a "game". The 9mm Glocks I have all have the NY 1 8lb trigger that was required by the agency I worked for. I shoot them as well as a Glock with a 5lb trigger. I really dont find tye 12lb NY2 trigger as a seriuos detriment to my shooting. If I was using one for a game gun I'd go to a lighter trigger. Not stupidly light. If a couple of pounds in trigger pull drastically changes your performance you're doing something else wrong. I have no problem shooting DA revolvers. Mine have mostly been smoothed out by use. I agree with Ayoob. Smooth out all you want but keep that trigger stock weight.

Shall issue states issue permits which identify you as a responsible person. Shouldn't be that way but at least shall issue states give you an option. I'm not pooling "someone who makes a mistake" with gangbangers. Lesniak is doing that. Passage of his proposal will let hundreds if not thousands of gangbangers walk with no jail time vs a few "people who made a mistake". It's still a felony level conviction in either case. The "someone who made a mistake" will still lose their gun rights. Lesniak is no friend of the gun owner. If he was he would introduce a progun bill. Don't let him fool you by throwing a bone.

Discussed ad nauseum true. If you're a responsible driver you know the driving laws. If you're a responsible hunter you know the hunting laws. A responsible gun owner knows the transport laws. The Internet allows you to check on transport laws wherever you're going. Lesniak pulls the party line. He's no different than Weinberg or any of the other NJ Democrats. If you dig back in the archives of this forum you will see how many championed Sweeney as being for gun rights and being a "regular" guy because he was a union guy. This proposal allows liberal judges who live in more affluent neighborhoods to let thugs from Newark, Camden, Elizabeth, and the other Democrat strongholds back on the street. That helps keep the Democrat constituency. The otherwise law abiding gun owner who gets caught on that judge's neighborhood transporting illegally will still get prison time. If you don't think liberal judges do this research verdicts and sentences.

No Jersey Lens here. If Lesniak wants to make possession of firearm legal make it legal. Not a no minimum time crime. I know more so than most on this forum if a criminal pleas guilty the firearms charge is usually dropped. The criminal still goes away for the robbery, assault, or whatever else they did. There are many more career criminals that get caught with possession of a firearm as the only charge. If that's the only charge there is nothing left to plea with. Lesniak is one of the go to guys in the Democratic Party in NJ if you want to run for office and need money. When he was the victim of an armed robbery about 10 years ago he used the occasion to comment how having a gun does you no good if you are victimized. If you think he's proposing this as something good for legal gun owners you've already sipped his Kool Aid. Yes a firearm is a tool. A hammer is designed to drive nails. A firearm is designed as a weapon. Firearms were not invented for 3 gun, USPSA, or other games (not that there's anything wrong with games). Firearms are weapons that belong in the hands of law abiding citizens. Lesniak's bs proposal does nothing for gun rights. It's designed to let the criminals walk not save gun owners from jail.

Lesniak is a bleeding heart liberal. This proposal will only allow all those gangbangers "packing heat" to walk when that's all their doing. He's playing with gun owners to let criminals off. I see no step in the right direction here.

Have you looked at camopedia.org to see if you can determine who, if anyone, uses that pattern?

Who uses the pattern?

So you look online in stores in the countries you're interested in.

No need to smuggle camo from Canada. It would be classified as wearing apparel. Google Canadian military camouflage and you get lots of hits.

If they make the fabric someone must make the clothes. This would seem a much less expensive way to expand your collection. Google is your friend in this. A friend of mine has collection of camo uniforms from various countries. Most were acquired dealing with surplus stores in other countries. If you insist on custom made there are a lot of considerations. Pleated pockets, pocket flaps with buttons, drawstrings, double stitching, and other features make the tailoring job much more expensive. You can find a tailor easily (Google). What it's going to cost you is another thing.

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What pattern is it?

Is there a reason you couldn't buy one off the rack?

FWIW, I remember Skeeter Skelton trying to do a destructive test on a LE Colt Commander. IIRC, he found the gun more accurate after about 10,000 rounds. I have a Combat Commander (steel frame) with probably 20,000+ rounds thru it. I must note that probably 80-90% of that has been lead bullets at 900-1000 fps. At 15k rounds or there about had the innards redone as the hammer was falling to half cock (only new part was a sear). Replaced the springs. Not because the gun was malfunctioning. Figured it made sense after 25+ years. So much for "needing" to replace springs after so many rounds. I bought that gun used in 1975 and still shoot it. It was my duty gun for about 20vyears. Each gun is unique and what happens to one gun is no indication what may happen to another.

I have never seen a worn out barrel in a handgun in nearly 50 years of shooting. If your gun shoots well don't worry about it.

I have seen it happen more than once. 380 will feed from a 9mm magazine. The extractor will hold the case so the firing pin hits the primer. Gun will fire but not enough pressure to cycle the slide. SAAMI pressure for 380 is about 21,000 psi vs 35,000 for 9mm parabellum. If you hand cycle the slide it will eject and feed the next round. I've seen it done for 4 or 5 rounds hand cycling the slide. As long as the extractor hooks on to the round I imagine you could fire it all day like that. I've also arrested more than one bad guy who had his 9mm loaded with 380 ACP.

Adjust length of pull and comb height for comfort first and then position scope. When you're shooting slow fire you might want to hold your position for a bit while a gust of wind dies down. Thats why comfort is important. I like to have my scope set up so when I cheek the rifle I have a proper view through the scope. Ideally you should adjust stock in position you will be shooting it. I'd start out shooting from bench ad it's less tiring. You may require a stock adjustment when you change positions. You can spend several hundred dollars or more for a "sniper" class. What are your intentions? Competition? Hunting? General long range shooting? It's not sexy but CJRPC offers a High Power Clinic in the spring every year. It costs $25 and is taught by guys and women that have proven themselves in competition. It's not sexy, doesn't turn you into a "sniper" but is cheap and you'll learn a lot.

How about a 357 revolver like a L frame or GP100. You'll still have change to spend on other stuff. A S&W 500 is might be impressive but shooting it is expensive even if you reload. Ask anyone who has one. They don't get shot much. If you need protection from polar bears and you can't carry a rifle it might be a good idea.

Sounds like a rookie suggestion. Between the 2 I'd get a Glock 26. Okay hear me out. The 26 is only a few millimeters bigger in each direction. No difference in carrying concealed. If you put a +2 extension on the magazine, you have 13 rds in the gun. You can carry a 17 or 19 magazine for a reload for up to a 19 rd reload (with a +2). The Shield is about the same size as the 26 but gives you fewer rounds and no option to carry higher capacity magazines. I actually think the G19 is a better all around gun and not much bigger than a 26. If you have to have a smaller gun get a 26. I've only carried a gun for almost 45 years and I'm still learning.

I agree.

Okay.