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These are issues I kind of foresaw regarding SERPA holsters when they first hit the market. When I brought it up to people i was told I was a dinosaur and a Luddite. Thanks for sharing this High Exposure.

Judges in Superior Court in NJ are appointed initially for a 7 year term. They can be reappointed at any time during that term and if they are they can stay until they are 70. If you apply for a carry permit in NJ it will be heard in the county you reside. If you want to "work with" judges you need a pro-2A judge as the Assignment Judge, who is appointed by the NJ Supreme Court, to steer your hearing toward a pro-2A judge as he or she is the one who decides which judge will hear your case. A judge doing so can be charged with some type of misconduct as a judge is supposed to be impartial in all decisions. Steering carry permit hearings to a judge that will approve them is not impartial. "Working with a judge" is, as it should be, illegal. It would be the same as jury tampering. You mention defining "justifiable need" more clearly and I most certainly agree. However, the law as it is leaves that up to the judge. I agree that CCW has not been any kind of problem in any state. Constitutional carry hasn't been a problem either. The only way the CCW issue will be corrected in NJ is if its forced into it by a Federal court as has happened in IL. That is a fact. You're not going to get the state legislature replaced with pro-2A people. BTW, Hawaii has a justifiable need, may issue, CCW law. It is actually worse than NJ's as I've heard there were only 2 carry permits issued for the entire state (don't know if that's true).

You said in your original post " could counties pass their own CC legislation". The answer to that is no. Do counties pass their own laws? Yes, whatever is required to regulate their facilities and operations. Firearms is not one of them. We have many liberal antixgun politicians in NJ so we get judges like them. I'm sure their is some recourse for politicians to take if a pro-2A judge started issuing a lot of permits.

A permit issued in NYC is valid throughout NY. A permit issued anywhere else in NY is not good in NYC except if are a retired LEO. I'm not well versed regarding NY law and if the NYC carry permit is written in state law. Another point IIRC is judges in NY are elected. They are appointed in NJ. You can live in Bergen County and be a judge in Sussex in NJ.

No. Counties cannt pre-empt state law.

She saved you the anguish of making the decision on what to do. I've experienced it both ways. I understand how you feel having been there.

Powder manufacturer from their website gives a powder range of 3.8 to 4.1 gr with an OAL of 1.142 with similar bullets. That's a pretty narrow range AFAIC. You're controlling velocity and pressure with a balance of powder charge, OAL, and crimp. Whatever you decide to experiment with only change one at a time.

Although I diagnosed the velocity issue JackDaWack hit it on the head with OAL apparently the issue. The solution if you have a bunch of rounds loaded this way is to reseat to proper OAL and crimp. If you want to keep this OAL (I can't see why you would) you need to increase the powder charge.

Tumbling at close range is usually the result of low pressure/low velocity. The bullet doesn't get spinning fast enough to stabilize. 40 years ago when I started shooting PPC I tried every crutch available to help my scores before I knew better. The lightest trigger pulls and the lightest loads were two of them. I had a light load of Bullseye that was like shooting a 22. At 7 yds it worked fine but started to keyhole ar 15. Only 100fps or so from a factory wadcutter but it made a big difference on target. I abandoned all these crutches such as light loads and turning a revolver into more of a toy with light springs when I learned how to shoot better and developed the finger and hand muscles. 50-100 fps can make a lot of difference when it come to stabilizing a bullet. Shoot a factory wadcutter at a 50 yd target from a 2" and at least half your bullets will be tumbling or keyhole. Do the same thing with a 4" and the problem goes away. I don't use N320 but your load seems to be on the light end. Try increasing the charge and try the new load on paper at 25 yds.

I've heard this but somehow it must have been someone with dyslexia as there is no train that ever took that route. Another I've heard is it came from the days before credit cards were in common use (late 60s early 70s) and tourists would carry $100 bills ("Benjamins" in later slang). It was a PITA to break a $100 for merchants when you could fill the tank of your Buick dozen times at 35 cents a gallon for a $100.

Wearing body armor is not a crime in most jurisdictions. Possession by a felon convicted of a violent crime under 18 USC 931 is. States may also have some of their own laws. Found a Salim Shabazz arrested in 2009 for a string of hold ups in PA outside of Philly in2009 but don't know if this is the same guy. He is a big Obama supporter in any case. Must have missed the last gun buyback.

Did he really sing or lip synch as he's been known to do?

You can call them bennies, webs, or whatever. I don't care as long as they behave. They bring a lot of dollars to leave in shore communities.

This is just one of the many articles you can find touting Glock's reliability. Don't you think if SIG, H&K, S&W, and the other manufacturers could match Glock in this aspect they'd be shouting about it too? not saying those are bad guns but Glock's legenary reliability is..well...legendary. Peter Kokalis did an article where he took a Glock 17 out of the box. He submitted it to all kinds of abuse including leaving it underwater in the ocean for a year. He never cleaned it. A lot of the ammo he used was dirty steel case stuff. He put 170,000 rds through it, no cleaning and no malfunctions. That's hard to beat.

I think we're being to see the tail end of the really nice Mosins unless someone finds another million stashed somewhere which is possible. When importation of milsurps opened up in 1986 you were able to get some really nice rifles at very affordable prices. The nicer ones are the first to be bought up and sold. I got an Israeli Mauser, virtually new, for $150 back then. I always regret not buying a new Polish M44 for $75 at Navy Arms back in the 90s. My understanding is these were a cancelled order for some Arab nation at some time and were just put away. 7.62x54r was very hard to get at the time.

http://forums.thecmp.org/archive/index.php/t-76740.html Here is a link to the CMP forum discussing the same issue. Pay attention to the responses from "lapriester". He is one of the guys there that know what he's talking about.

Lucky you lived in Pierce Manor. If you lived in Pioneer Homes they would have made it disappear for you even if you weren't throwing it away.

287 to hook up to the Parkway is great if you're coming from Clinton but if he's coming from JFK he's sure to be faster taking Outerbridge to the other end of 287. Sunday morning on the Parkway shouldn't be bad now. Next month with the kids out of school daytrippers will make it down congested. Saturdays will always be the worst as you have daytrippers and weekly summer rentals coming down at the same time.

If it were about class and style maybe we should be using Colt SAA, nickel plated with gold inlays and ivory grips. A 1911 can be reliable. However, I've seen documented tests where Glocks have gone well over 100,000 rds with zero malfunctions and no breakdowns. If there were a 1911 that could do this I'm sure someone would have publicized it. This and the fact I've been around hundreds of Glocks (probably over a thousand) for nearly 30 years and sold me on Glock reliability and durability. I'm not talking "Joe at the gun shop told me.." or "Bubba and Jim Bob down at the gravel pit..." stories. When the "first gun" question comes up I always look at it as what will be able to cover all bases.That's in case it turns out to be the only gun. The second consideration is what you can learn the most from mastering . My stock answer is a 4" 357. If the person is insistent on a semi auto my answer is a Glock 19. You're not going to learn a lot mastering the 19 but it certainly will cover most bases. I don't care for a .40 and don't own one but that's another argument. I own and sometimes carry 1911s sometimes but you have to face the fact it's 100 year old technology with a lot of updates vs the Glock as 30 year technology with few updates. Using your Shelby/Honda analogy would you be relying on an updated Model T to get you there?

Open or concealed carry with or without hollowpoints by out of state LEOS on official business has nothing to do with the Patriot Act or LEOSA. Every state I know of, including NJ, has provisions in their laws for out of state LEOs to carry in their state no matter how restrictive their gun laws are. LEOSA covers only concealed carry off duty or retired. kman is correct about the NJ AG issuing an opinion saying off duty out of state LEOs and retired LEOs can't carry hollowpoints in NJ. It went one further and said that retired LEOs living in NJ weren't covered under LEOSA and had to get a NJ RPO carry permit. This is an example of the AG making "feel good" laws that really are illegal. That's why its an AG "opinion" and not a law. LEOSA, in its original form, actually covered hollowpoints and normal capacity magazines. LEOSA starts out saying, " Notwithstanding any other provision of the law of any State or any political subdivision..." Notwithstanding, in legal terms, means despite, regardless, in other words disregard. LEOSA goes on to say that the only state laws that apply are those restricting the carry of firearms on private property and in government owned buildings and land (schools, courthouses, parks, etc). In short, hollowpoints and normal capacity magazines were permitted. In 2013, Congress specifically addressed the hollowpoint issue but declined to clarify the magazine issue in the wake of the school shootings. State laws can be more restrictive. You meet Federal and State requirements when you buy a firearm from a dealer. A state law cannot contradict a federal law. What the AG does by forbidding hollowpoints to active and retired LEOs and requiring retired NJ LEOs to get a NJ RPO Carry Permit is illegal. You won't see any prosecutions for either under NJ law because the AG knows that.

SKS project? If so you need to meet 922r compliance.

Correct. As long as that state permits out of state sales of long guns.

I disagree with this to a point. If you use speed strips that hold the rounds tightly enough so the rounds don't fall off in your pocket it will slow you down. If you carry a speed strip that has just enough tension to hold the rounds firmly buy releases them easily you need to carry that speed strip in a dump pouch. Even a good strip is not much faster than a 2x2 pouch.

Correct. If the OP went to MI to pick up the rifle it could go through a FFL there. All out of state purchases must go through a FFL.

I agree that some guns "feel" better than others. You can change grips with a revolver to change the "feel". All that aside you can adapt to shoot any gun well.