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I guess we shall see.

Be careful what you ask for. If they define reasonable deviation by statute, those and only those reasonable deviations will be recognized. I don't think anyone is going to tell you you have to crap your pants or let your car run out of gas. Say you get a call on your way home from the range one of your parents had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. If you go to the hospital instead of directly home that's not a reasonable deviation unless it's listed in the statute.

A prosecutor knows better than to lie to a judge. Thats perjury. That would be grounds for the prosecutor to be dismissed and at the least have his license suspended. Read HE's post #59 where he quotes the statute and raises the questions if an airsoft is a firearm under NJ statutes. Whether or not an airsoft is a firearm and if it was being used as an imitation firearm is one the judge if he picks hearing or jury if he picks trial will answer. As I said previously, this guy's past record influenced the charges he's facing. Prior convictions cannot be brought up in this trial. They do have influence in what someone is charged with and sentencing. Subsequent hearings and the grand jury will determine if sufficient probable cause exists to proceed to trial. He may be offered another deal right up to the time it goes to trial.

This is a guy who's been convicted 6 times in criminal court. Not for "stealing a pen". Burglary is not "stealing a pen". His past record dictates what kind of deal he was offered. He has had 6 times to "turn his life around". If he had no criminal record there is no doubt he would have had charges reduced and no jail time. You can support who you want. Send him Ramen noodles when he's in prison if you want. I heard somewhere that's the new prison currency since they don't allow cigarettes in prison. There are many more worthy causes to support.

You can lube with just about anything to get it to work...for awhile. I forgot to mention something that is a superior lube for ARs. Dri Slide came out in the 1960s. IIRC, it is molybdenum disulfide suspended in mineral spirits. If you squirt it on the bolt and bolt carrier and within seconds the mineral spirits evaporate and anything touched by the molybdenum disulfide is covered in a black powdery film. This film is extremely durable. The best part of it is nothing, I mean nothing, will stick to the metal after that. You can drop the bolt and bolt carrier in sand and at worst you have to shake off a a few grains of sand. Try that with just about any other lube. You get minimal carbon building up on the bolt. Makes cleaning easy. The down side to Dri Slide is the dry film it leaves. Gets anything black that comes in contact with it. Also expensive. These are the two reasons the military never adopted it. How well did I test this? I used Dri Slide during my "extended range trip" to Vietnam in 1968-69. I never had any lube issues. LSA was the issued lube at the time and could cause problems when the weapon would start to get dirty. Dri Slide is still made but rarely carried in gun shops to my experience. It also is good chain lube for motorcycles. As I side note I get a laugh when people make the "discovery" you should run an AR bolt wet. We knew that in 1968.

As long as you have the fixed magazine you can put whatever you want on your SKS. You have to pay attention to 922r though.

This guy is not squeaky clean. Maybe if he had broken into your house, stole your stuff, and used your credit cards you would feel different. I posted earlier that the prosecutor would offer this guy a deal and he did. Deals are based on your past record. This guy is not Shaneen, struggling single mom who's never been in trobule. Christie will go no where near this guy with a pardon and I don't blame him. He's 48 years old and an aspiring actor and comedian. If he got caught several times you can be assured there were many more times he didn't get caught.

With a record including theft, credit card theft, and burglary this guy is not a guy all should rally around. There are much better people to support.

In addition to being illegal in NJ, I never saw a SKS that fed reliably with detachable magazines. Check out sksboards.com. Being a semiauto with a fixed magazine opens a lot of possibilities to customize a SKS. You can use a folding stock with a pistol grip, flash surpressor, etc and still be legal in NJ because it doesn't have a detachable magazine. Find stripper clips that work for fast reloads.

I got my Mosin a few years ago. Traded about $200 worth of ammo for the rifle and several hundred rounds of ammo. Most of the ammo was non-corrosive Privi. The ammo was worth more than the rifle. Current prices are only indicative of supply and demand.

I use old Breakfree with PTFE as a lubricant and protectorant. I've cleaned guns a couple of years ago, the vehicle evaporated but the Teflon was still there. The guns ran 100% even though they were lubed a couple of years ago. I bought a couple of gallons of Breakfree 10-15 years ago for like $35 a gallon. Doesn't work well as a cleaner IMO but Ls and Ps well. I use Hoppes #9 or old GI borecleaner. Still have a gallon of the GI stuff. Either will work cleaning up after corrosive ammo. Still start with water when I shoot that. I use Mobil One grease on Garands. I like the fact it's red so I know if I'm looking at grease or other gunk. It also doesn't harden over time. Grease up that Garand and it's ready to go a year or two later. Although it's old technology and doesn't clean as well and thin as a lubricant, G96 is also a good CLP for a quick clean.

I've had one for about 10 years now. Ugly, yes. Its also 100% reliable and shoots 4-6" groups at 100 yd with just about any ammo. If it works, don't try to fix it. Good to see the Pro Mags are fixed now.

Brass, when available, is about $4 a piece. I think you can make the brass from something else but involves special dies and fireforming IIRC. It takes an oddball 44 cal mold so you'll have to special order the mold and sizing die. A friend is into making ammo for obselete cartridges. Not worth the effort AFAIC. If you want to spend several hundred dollars for equipment and lots of time reloading instead of shooting go for it if that's what floats your boat.

Why are you going to a lighter hammer spring?

Zeke, no one should but the firearms laws in NJ are in many cases clear as mud.

Aitken? He said he was moving and also said his room mate wanted him to get the guns out of the apartment because he was having a party. The second statement was corroborated by Aitken's room mate at the trial. No cigar on that one. "How I never heard about it" is not a dumb argument. The past 10 years or so with the Internet and a 2A awareness throughout the country (including NJ) word gets around pretty fast. Recently there was a story about some guy who dropped his uncle off that was arrested. Didn't happen but it was posted on this forum within hours of it supposedly happening. You claim you responded to my question about being arrested only for hollowpoints. IIRC your response said some EMT that stopped at an accident wound up being arrested by NJSP for hollowpoints only. You were unable to provide any news article backing up your claim. Aitken? He was also charged with the handgun and "high capacity" magazines. No cigar for either of those. Even if I give you that one there must be hundreds of people not involved in any other criminal activity arrested for hollowpoints. Surely several of them would have made the news. I did find one guy arrested for hollowpoints about 12 to 13 years ago. IIRC he also had a handgun but was not charged for that. Don't know the details on why he wasn't. I suppose you have a plethora of cases on people being arrested for stopping at the bathroom, getting something to eat, or for gas to or from the range. That's the question I asked not about hollowpoints. I'm sure you can also provide many cases of people taking a handgun to their shore house. You are confusing possession and transport. If you have your handgun at home you are legally possessing it. If you are taking it somewhere you are possessing it and transporting it. Hope Fever? Hardly. You seem to like to label people who don't agree 100% with you and drink your Kool-aid. That includes many times you make judgements or statements with out all the information.

All of what you list would be legal by NJ Statutes. Proof of this? Aitken is the only "moving" case I can remember in NJ. If you tell your mother something that would worry her enough to call the police your results would be different. Once again I ask anybody to show me a case where someone was arrested because they stopped to use the bathroom, for gas, or for something to eat. Before any one brings up the guy moving from Maine to Texas, he wasn't moving his guns IAW FOPA. Yes transport laws in NJ are stupid but too many exaggerate.

One of these does not make a semi auto a machine gun even under NJ law. However shooting a rifle with this attached will attract the attention of police. Hearing one being fired would at least create probable cause for police to examine the weapon being fired. It would probably result in you being at least detained.

No. Read the last paragraph in HE's post #49. This may be a case of being better off asking for a hearing before a judge instead of a jury to decide if he possessed it for an unlawful purpose. A judge would be more likely to determine making a movie without a permit doesn't constitute an unlawful purpose in the scope of the statute. I don't think having a law or ordinance requiring you to get a permit to make a movie is unreasonable. You need to get a permit to have a large family picnic or party at a county park. Or should it be first come, first serve? Most permit requirements are not unreasonable IMO. He will undoubtedly be offered a plea deal. If it is the to a misdemeanor offense which carries no life time repercussions I'd advise him to take it.

I'll start with saying I agree NJ gun laws suck and do nothing except screw the legal gun owner. However, even in NJ the prosecution must prove you don't fit into any exemption. There are exemptions for all kinds of laws. Aitken, IMO, did a few things where he set himself up for trobule. I've listed them before but some are: 1. He said something to worry his mother (suicidal?) which caused her to call police. Aitken started it all with this. Who doesn't know what will worry their mother? 2. He returned to his mother's house knowing the police were there and knowing he had the guns in the car. 3. He talked with the police for some time and gave them consent to search. 4. After he was arrested he claimed he was moving and also said his room mate didn't want the guns in the house because he was having a party The second excuse was corroborated with testimony. Should he have been arrested? No. He shouldn't have been arrested if he were carrying the gun as long as he was not a prohibited person IMO. Opinions are not the law however. Aitken trying to put blame on NJSP for not telling him something is also a bs defense. If you're 25 and have consensual sex with a 17 year old see how far you claiming she didn't tell you she was under 18 will get you. Aitken is a whiner and has tried to project blame on everyone else. I haven't read his book but remember it's his story from his perspective. He's using the incident to make money on his stupidity. He insisted on going to trial. Nappen only did what his client insisted. I can't see much of a defense. We have to rely on what Aitken tells us but I guarantee Nappen tried to convince Aitken to cut a deal. If he didn't he's not much of a lawyer. Aitken is no 2A hero in my book.

Aitken was not "proven not guilty" of amything. Firstly, it is the prosecution's job to prove guilt. One doesn't need to prove yourself not guilty unless you are being tried someplace that uses a Napoleanic legal code. Secondly, the gun possession conviction was vacated because the judge failed to instruct the jury regarding the moving exemption. The fact is he was not apparently moving according to his room mate at the time. He was driving around with them. The magazine possession conviction was vacated because they were not tested for function as the statute says. Aitken was a actually guilty of all 3 charges. He got off on two of them because of a "technicality". Just like gangbangers get off on technicalities. Aitken is not a poster boy for anything positive IMO.

I'm really not sure either. However I wouldn't wear just about any ornament with lead components. I wouldn't put one on my dog either. You say there's 1/4" inch of leather. Well leather is skin and lead can be absorbed into it. As you said. May not be an issue. Not trying to ruin your idea but lacking any evidence saying it wouldn't hurt you, I would pass on the idea.

I would be concerned about all that lead hanging around my dog's neck. Remember 22 rf is only plated not jacketed.

Sold as the BMF Activator at Cabelas. Been around since the 80s AFAIK.

I never gave it much thought. I shot a lot of wet ammo through M16s, M14s, 1911s, 38s, and M60s in my time and never had any problem. This was ammo that was wet due to rain, river crossing, or both. I also shot 9mm and 12 gauge in heavy rain more than once that were wet. No problem then either. This was all centerfire. Never tried it with rimfire.