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I would want more ventilation that a shop vac would provide. That will only pick up a fraction of what winds up in the air if anything.

220 is good for big critters (moose,brown bear, etc). 150 is fine for deer. Many will use 180 for black bear. I think 150 is a good weight for most uses. 168 or so will be better for long range (400 yd plus). I think a 150 will do most things out to 400 yd or so and give you a flatter trajectory. Thats what my 30-06s are sighted for. Others will have different opinions. Good deal on the rifle BTW.

Why are you sighting in with 220 gr?

Not familiar with the powder you're using but unburned powder can be the result of loads too light. You need to size new brass. What was your accuracy like?

Guns are possessions. They are not sacred relics. If you wind up selling something you regret later you can buy another or learn to live without it.

Did this guy go to the "close cover before striking school of kicking ass". All legitimate forms of martial arts include situational awareness training. You learn tbe best way of surviving a fight is to not get in one to begin with. If you go pick the fight you are not a victim. This guy you know is an idiot.

Please elaborate. IIRC police in NJ have jurisdiction in fish and game laws as they do in alcoholic beverage control, legalized games of chance, and a lot of other things not often discussed. What advantage is there to having a Conservation Officer on a raid?

Its important to let whatever solvent you're using soak in for a bit to work well. Let tbe chemistry do most of the work rather than try to remove the deposits mechanically. I have been firearms instructor since 1976 and have been shooting for over 45 years. I have shot, handled , and inspected thousands of revolvers over that time. I have never seen so much crud under the extractor star that you had to take it apart to clean it. Toothbrush, solvent, gunscrubber, qtips, and compressed air will do all the cleaning without taking anything apart. The lead remover cloth works well but you can use just about any metal polish on stainless guns to clean tbe face of the cylinder.

Most of those rifles you see are not owned by the vets. There is a DoD program that lends rifles lpng term to veteran's organizations for use in parades, for firing salutes, and other ceremonies. Many of these rifles have been on loan for 50 years or more. A few years ago they standardized on the Garand for this purpose and recalled all the 03s that were out there and replacing them with Garands. These were turned over to and offered for sale by the CMP. These rifles were in pretty good external condition. However, many of these rifles had the bores destroyed from shooting corrosive primed blanks through them for years. Some of these rifles had unauthorized finishes applied but were sold through the CMP. A friend of mine bought one of these and its kind of the ultimate range bling, a nickle plated 1903A3. ryan j hit the exemption. VFW, American Legion, and others are legally recognized military organizations. No FID required for a member to carry the rifle in a parade.

I like the metal 15/20s PK90 sells for about the same price. Don't care for the extra length of the 15/30s. You can find mag pouches that will hold both the 20 and 30 length.

I use the facilities at Dix all time and have never seen mags for sale but then again I never looked for them. I guess you're talking about those shops in the mall between the PX and the Food Court and Commissary. Federal facilities are not subject to state law anywhere. Thats why they can sell normal capacity mags. Th.ey most likely have the magazines shipped to them at Dix so they can circumvent NJ law. Nothing illegal going on here.

It's a sad state of affairs in today's military when a soldier has to buy extra magazines. I've always been able to get just about as many magazines I wanted when deployed somewhere. IANAL but if you were to get caught with those magazines off post you can get arrested. You can use being in the military as a defense whether you're AD or Reserves. The easiest way to avoid problems is to modify them on Ft Dix (where NJ law only applies if they want to). The other option is to mail them from Ft Dix, where you legally possess them, to a NJ FFL to be modified. I can't see any way you can get in trobule that way.

The upper has a bayonet stud and flash suppressor. It is worth more as it is.

Looks like you already started discussing them. I went into the military in 1967 and retired in 2009. I also spent over 30 years as a LEO. Almost all of it was as an investigator for a Federal agency. There are two ways you can legally possess, say 30 rd AR mags, in NJ. One is they belong to the government and you're possessing them where they say its okay. State law has no impact on what the military does. The other way is you were authorized to buy them from your own funds and you have a letter from your commander stating this. No other options I can think of. I know you're smart enough to know modifying government mags is misappropriation of government property. Punishable under state law if you're National Guard or under Federal law or the UCMJ if Reserves. Not trying to rain on your parade just trying to help you stay out of trobule.

The problem is you have to acquire and pin the mags before you bring them into NJ. Easier to order them already done from a vendor like PK90.

They told the police when asked for one.

Russell is correct. Getting some formal training will save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars in ammo you would have wasted trying to teach yourself.

Even if the gun is registered its illegal. Without looking at the statute the heir would have 90 or 180 days (can't remember which) to bring it to a FFL to sell out of state, sell it to a out of state FFL, remove it from NJ, or turn it in. There is no way you can register it in NJ. Can't make it compliant as it's banned by name.

You are correct but that all depends on the gun. Shoot +P in a k frame size gun and the effect is going to take a lot longer than a j frame gun. Most of the +P I shoot is in a k frame. I don't use +P in any semiautomatic. If you look at testing +P really doesn't give you that much more, more so in a short barrel. My idea of a +P 380 is called a 9mm parabellum , +P 9mm is a 357 Sig, and so on.

Loading by hand is not that slow if you know how. It might add less than an extra 2 minutes to the string if a dozen guys are behind you. Thats saying they know how to load by hand. What about those you see fumbling with a speed loader? 22s are harder due to their size.

True but becoming adept at loading by hand is not a bad thing.

They are not. Where did you hear that? I have no use for a 40. I carry a 9mm or 45. The 40 is the bastard child of the 10mm that was invented more to sell new guns than bridge the gap between 9 and 45.

I carried a Taurus PT 99 for 5-6 years concealed in plain clothes. Not hard if you use the right holster. The only time to take any gun completely apart is when its broken. More so for anyone new to guns. You can easily do damage. Gunshots make regular money from people walking in with a bag of parts they can't get back together.

IIRC all the arrests at JFK were people who flew into NYC with their gun , stayed in NYC, and were leaving with their gun. It wasn't legal for them to have the gun in NYC so there's no FOPA protection .

If you use 90 or 100 gr data, start low and work up to where your firearm functions reliably you should have no issues.