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And only slightly moe expensive than a calibration weight.

Why? There are less distinct motions using just your hands than using the tool, so I'm not seeing why it would be more efficient. Especially when there isn't a table or other hard surface convenient. messed around with my par timer and random start. Using .40, 9 rounds in my single stack mags about 11 seconds with a random handful of bullets. 9 and change with the best case, which is the 9 bullets freshly unloaded into my hand so they are mostly pointing in a sort of correct-ish direction. For 15 in my M&P mags that desperately need to be cleaned of sand and grit apparently, was between 18 and 19 for a random handful, and was between 16 and 17 for an unloaded handful. 15 rounds of .40 is getting to the point that it is hard to hold it in one hand and still be able to manipulate the ammo. The slow part is actually orienting the ammo in the correct direction, which doesn't change, loader or no.

That's not so. Even with factory ammo that is sealed with an adhesive, you can get bullet setback form administrative reloads. Yes, properly constructed ammo won't set back under recoil, but if you are a cop who is unloading for whatever reason (usually mandated administrative unload/reload for certain locations), then rechambering the same round when you reload over and over and over, you can have severe bullet setback that is dangerous. If you mimic the same pattern of behavior with your HD weapon by clearing it an putting it in the safe each morning, and loading it and making it handy each evening, you have to watch out for the same thing.

got mine today too.

If you like the Benelli, and your budget is several kilobucks, you can get one from salient that has been worked over to run with a wide variety of ammo.

They don't sell full length segments. There rail segments for that foreend are here: http://www.samson-mfg.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SM&Category_Code=Rail_Accessories

Or you are making assumptions about how fast I load mags based on your abilities.

How much does it cost to nag you with the DVDs? They probably get paid to provide your info to a third party. That third party probably bears all the cost for soliciting you.

I have tried it. I don't like it. I can load my mags faster using my hands. Like I said previously, unless you have said to yourself "self, I could really use something to make loading magazines easier," then you don't need one. If you do need a magazine loader, the uplula is decent with a lower cost than getting magazine specific HKS loaders.

THe nordic tubes are nice.

It's largely a bogus argument regarding lead bullets. Lead birdshot is different because waterfowl will pick up the lead shot along with other grit to fill their gizzard. With a bullet, you are basically dealing only with random chance on scavengers. Heck, even with their poster bird form the article, and their claims of 10% of the eagle population lost due to lead (which probably comes right out of someone's kiester with little in the way of research behind it), you have a species population in recovery. The whole lead scare thing I put in the category of eco-idiots instead of rational ecological concern. Much like a lot of "environmental" issues, it is based on a completely irrational notion that there is some natural utopia where nasty stuff like lead wouldn't exist except for us evil humans. I put it right up there with the idiots who think that nature is static, and every critter would walk around happy and in perfect unchanging balance with their environment if it just weren't for us people. Then you have legitimate issues like nitrogen compound runoff form agriculture and waste reprocessing, and you barely hear a peep from these idiots because they can't pass moral judgment on you over these issues.

Certain vendors' are getting pressed for inventory. I just bought the majority of an ar in parts, all good quality stuff, but I wasn't shopping all bcm, dd, and spikes.

My 5.56 chrome lined bushy barrel on my franken upper never had issues with wolf.

The answer is you do something stupid like sell assault weapons in NJ without entering them in yoru assault weapon registry, and eventually NJ yanks your FFL or does that AND files charges. No idea what happens with the purchasers.

Pepsi caved first, which is probably why coke caved. so...

The plan is to also give all/most of the disciplines their own "home", and to try and make the stats trailer useful and other stuff. It's a capital expenditure though, and the partial pit actually needs a fair amount of work and materials to finish in a useful manner.

Link for the details. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-30/business/chi-mastercard-looks-into-possible-data-breach-20120330_1_data-breach-data-security-breach-mastercard They are claiming a window between January and February. I just got whacked on a card with a new number activated around mid march, so it might be unrelated to the leak, or the leak window is larger than initially reported. Operating under the assumption that it is outside the leak window, pretty much the only charges on the card were AR parts from various online vendors and gas from wawa. Got a call from (302)731-1166, didn't pick up. Lots of people report an BoA robot ont he other end, other people report getting asked questions BoA or other card companies won't ask you on a cold call. Could be real, could be the bad guys spoofing caller ID. If you get a call from that number, call the number on the back of your card, if the call was legit, you'll be routed right to fraud after identifying the account in the usual manner. There were multiple <$20 charges to skype using my card number.

cheaper is relative. My lower has about $400 worth of non mil-spec stuff in/on it. Replicating that on one of the plastic 22lr ar lookalikes is hard if not impossible, and pricey. You also have to replicate any optics. The cheapest thing is a CMMG insert on your gun. Gets you the same upper configuration, optics, trigger, etc for about $200. However, although they have gotten better, they still have issues, and they aren't the most accurate things. A good dedicated upper isn't cheap, but it saves you having to replicate the lower. My nordic NC-22 has been flawless so far.

At one point it had definitions like the administrative code does, then at some point they dropped the confusing shotgun definition that appeared under the rifle definition. Now it is this.

I'm aware of the substantially identical ruling. However I can tell you that language above was NOT what used to be there, andy reference point is post ruling.

Trigger is mediocre. Rest of it is ok. I know one person who got a compliant config from them, and it wasn't a cataloged model, so it was possible at some point.

And it comes with a tactical dildo for a sheath.

Let's see glock is more like 30 years old at this point, and the key innovative technology was ripped off from h&k. That innovation is closing in on being 40 years ago. Benelli inertia drive. So reliable that if you want one that works with almost all ammo, you only need another thousand bucks work on your thousand dollar purchase. The fs2000 is flop that ripped off parts of the Stryker aug, another previous flop. It's not like the US or Europe are moving at breakneck speeds in innovation. One could argue the robinson xcr is about as innovative as the scar, both are derivative of other platforms. If you wouldn't count the m&p, I wouldn't count either of them. But for the us list, you have things like the boberg that's an way different, and kel tec has cranked out a lot of new and different in the last 15-20. I think the main thing is that if a European company has a flop for police and military, the product is gone, and they have to come up with something that looks more different next opportunity because the customer is the same. In the domestic market, we have civilian buyers that can make a product successful, and can keep a good design lingering for decades on end even if the government moves on.

Ok, I was wondering about this when I noticed it a bit over a year ago, and a thread reminded me. Figured someone here who is more directly keeping track of our state representatives might have a clue what is up with this. If you look up the permanent statutes, the assault wepaon definition has changed multiple times. Several years back on my umpteenth read of the thing I remember it matching the administrative guidelines with the redundant and inconsistent definition of an assault shotgun. I then remember they changed it so there was only one definition left for shotgun. I figured there was some minor thing nobody made any noise about to fix it legislatively or something. As of about a year ago, well.... it looks a mite different. Here's a cut and paste from the end of the explicit list to the definition of pistol grip. Steyr A.U.G. semi-automatic firearms USAS 12 semi-automatic type shotgun Uzi type semi-automatic firearms Valmet M62, M71S, M76, or M78 type semi-automatic firearms Weaver Arm Nighthawk. (2)Any firearm manufactured under any designation which is substantially identical to any of the firearms listed above. (3)A semi-automatic shotgun with either a magazine capacity exceeding six rounds, a pistol grip, or a folding stock. (4)A semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding 15 rounds. (5)A part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a firearm into an assault firearm, or any combination of parts from which an assault firearm may be readily assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person. x."Semi-automatic" means a firearm which fires a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger and is self-reloading or automatically chambers a round, cartridge, or bullet. y."Large capacity ammunition magazine" means a box, drum, tube or other container which is capable of holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition to be fed continuously and directly therefrom into a semi-automatic firearm. z."Pistol grip" means a well-defined handle, similar to that found on a handgun, that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon, and which permits the shotgun to be held and fired with one hand. Is it just me or does that look SIGNIFICANTLY different there. No pistol definition AT ALL, and for rifle it's just magazines over 15 rounds. WTF? Note, I noticed this change after the last time NJAC was updated, it is due to be updated again this year. di they jsut move something someplace else? Filling the online statutes with inaccurate text? I dunno. Here's a screen cap too, just in case you think the cut and paste isn't sufficient.

Also, it's at the point to finish it it needs money. Right now, the trailer situation is getting worked on.