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A flash hider will do nothing to make it quieter. The flash from a 9mm in a 16" barrel is very small and just about non-existent from most 9mm loads. Almost none from a subsonic round. Most comps make it louder IMO.

Not sure yet may be travelling.

Don't know about that. If Russia doesn't want to play ball with Trump those sanctions will probably stay in place. I still have a 308 and a 5.56 Saiga. 308 is unaltered and I only put a thumbhole type stock on the 5.56.

Navy recruiters could afford to be lazy then. They were still riding the surge of people who wanted to enlist after seeing Top Gun a couple of years earlier. The Navy increased its active duty commitment to 8 years for those that qualified for flight school. They had no problem filling enlisted jobs in Naval Aviation. If they couldn't be pilots or NFOs there were plenty of guys who wanted any job where they were associated with Naval Aviation. Even if it was just checking the air in the tires. Recruiters filled other jobs with people hoping they could get assigned to a carrier. "Top Gun" turned out to be the greatest recruiting advertisement the Navy ever had. The producers of the movie tried to get a million dollars or so off the bill from the Navy for helping in the production by putting a Navy recruiting commercial at the beginning of the movie. They pay for whatever it costs the service to do what they producers want. IIRC they were paying $15,000 an hour for F14 flight time. Stuff like this provides free to the service additional training. In response to the producers offer an Admiral responded thanks but no thanks. The entire movie was a commercial for the Navy.

This is kind of what I did. Being a LEO my kids were going to have guns around the house all the time. My oldest daughter was 4 when she made her first trio to the range. My younger daughter showed no interest in guns until recently. They both knew they could handle my guns whenever they asked. What age you let your kid do whatever with guns depends on the kid. There are plenty of people in their 50s that never should have been given a driver's license.

Also keep in mind something I've said before. The ultimate purpose of the military is to kill people and break things or support those that do. Delta, Special Forces, and Rangers all need support elements consisting of cooks, supply types, and clerks that take care of things. Don't dismiss what many refer to as the "ash and trash". They are the ones making sure the Special Operator gets fed, supplied, and paid. They make a significant contribution. The SEALS who killed Osama Bin Laden would never have gotten there if it wasn't for some fuel truck driver filling the tanks on the helicopters.

Yes but the physical fitness standards are much higher today than they used to be in the Army.

Correction. FBI was issuing a 3" Model 13.

The 3" 65 is a great revolver. We had some of them issued back in the 90s. They had a bobbed hammer but you could still cock it. Not much bigger than a J frame but the extra weight and 3" made it so much easier to shoot. The FBI was issuing a 3" Model 65 at the time. You are correct the Ladysmith was the only fixed sight 357 made by S&W with a 3" with an ejector rod housing.

I have always been of the opinion you can't have too many Model 10s.

@dajonga he will still need a bachelor's degree to get into the FBI or any other criminal investigator job. He could knock out most, of not all of that, while he's on active duty. There are jobs he will be well qualified for with overseas assignments a good possibility. It's been some time since I took the DLAB but speaking a language does not help you. If it's still what it was the DLAB uses a made up language. The higher score you get the more difficult the language they will train you. This is the reason for the 6 year commitment. https://www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/language-guide/language-difficulty This shows the the difficulty levels. Score at the lower end of the DLAB and you'll be trained in a Category I language (Spanish, French, etc). That school is about 6 months. While the needs of the service are paramount if you score at the top end you'll wind up training in a Category V language (Chinese. Arabic, etc.). Those schools are over 18 months. DLI is actually located farther up the coast in Monterey, CA. That's by Carmel by the Sea where Clint Eastwood was mayor. I've been there and had people who went there work for me. The whole aura of DLI is like a college campus...with mandatory PT. They really don't want military BS interfere with learning your language. Tell him not to worry about language school. The military has been doing this for years. If the DLAB says he is capable of learning Chinese, he's capable of learning Chinese. The military does not like to waste money. @Mrs. Peel immersion in a language is a good thing. Speaking from my personal experience after 6 months in Germany I could hold a basic conversation in German. A friend of mind that spoke Catonese at a college grad level spoke it at a professional level (doctor, lawyer, doctorate level scientist) after 5 years in Hong Kong. After 5 years in Beijing he spoke Mandarin at the same level. I wouldn't waste money doing language training now. The only exception is if he qualified for a Category I language like Spanish and he took one of those 6 months living with a family in Guatemala deals. Worked for a friend of mine. Also remember DLI will teach you "proper" language. Different countries who speak the same language will have different words for the same thing.

Veteran preference in NJ is absolute. The way they make up the hiring lists is first all Disabled Vets who pass the test get hired, then all Vets who pass the test, and lastly all non-vets who pass the test. The Federal government is not that good. 10 extra points for a Disabled Vet and 5 points for a Vet on the test last I looked. The Federal government also has programs at times where only Vets can apply for a certain job. The Army has a program for crypto linguists and other MOSs where you can apply and get accepted by a defense contractor before you get out for jobs such as this.

BTW I think any service will promote him to E3 after basic due to his college credits. I'm sure he'll have more when he graduates high school.

I have some experience working with people in that MOS. Keep in mind that's a very cerebral job. Not for him if he's more action oriented. The most exciting thing about these jobs are that some of them are aircrew jobs so you get to do some flying and collect flight pay. You're pretty much glued to a console while in the air though. He will have to learn a foreign language. I don't know the USAF requirement but the Army requires an ASVAB of 91. The reason the USAF wants him for 6 years is the length of training. It might take 2 years to get him trained up to put him to work. If he stays in USAF this is one of the jobs you can make rank quickly if you're good. An advantage to pursuing this type of job in the Army is you could eventually qualify and get commissioned as a warrant officer. A warrant officer in intelligence is more of a manager than a worker. Much better pay and more prestige than being enlisted. Not that there's anything wrong with being enlisted. No warrant officers in the USAF. There's plenty of job possibilities with defense contractors and the Federal government if he gets out after 6 or even 25 years.

The firearm would probably be in a shoulder holster. Not that. Never been an exhibitionist.

No offense taken. I'm also not enthralled with the Python.

Carry gun.

I have several Taurus revolvers. J, K, and N frame size. The only problems I've had were: 1. 669 (66 with full underlug)- after a bazillion 357s the rear sight loosened and fell off. Mostly my fault as I should have noticed when the screw was loosening. BTW there is no flame cutting on the top strap. A K frame S&W 357 would have had flame cutting long ago. 2. 327 (J frame size 327 magnum)- bought new and timing was off right out of the box. I figured something like that had to happen to me sometime. I've seen several brand new S&Ws and...OMG...Pythons come from the factory with similar issues. I sent the guns to Taurus and had them back in 2 weeks. The major downside to Taurus revolvers is the DA trigger is not as good as a S&W. Neither is a Ruger. The trigger is something you can work with. I have no issue with Taurus' fit, finish, or reliability. I have carried them for social work with no reservations.

Now that's fear mongering.

I've never had a problem with middle name or an initial on a PPP.

Mine too.

Food was great Ray.

Getting the boat license requires attending a boating safety course at your own expense. Not difficult but not sure if the OP wants to be bothered with that. I see your point. Getting a NJ PPP involves like twenty something dollars plus NICS so we're talking over $40 to have the gun transferred in NJ. Then there's the wait for the PD to issue the permit. That can be weeks or months. Having the gun shipped to a FFL in PA and paying a transfer fee and PICS may cost the same but you'd have the gun in a few days vs the waiting time and hassle of acquiring a NJ PPP. Depends on what you find more convenient for you.

I don't know about the boat license thing. They put my boat license as an endorsement on my drivers license. Someone with a NJ FID with an out of state could buy long guns at a FFL unless that changed. Being that all transfers have to be at a FFL it's no different for long guns as if he still lived in NJ. The only thing that would change with guns is he couldn't take delivery of a handgun in NJ. Why would anyone want to go through the NJ permit process if they didn't have to. If he changes everything and wanted to buy a handgun in NJ he would have to pay shipping and transfer fee at a FFL in PA.

And you're guaranteed a hangover.