Everything posted by raz-0
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Lightest non-magnified optics for AR-15: Anything even close to Aimpoint H1?
leupold deltapoint, It's light, and lots of folks seem to be impressed with it. But yeah in terms of "the right thing ", the aimpoint micros are probably the sweet spot.
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930 SPX + 1 Mag Extension Question. And M2
Take a stock 4+1 930 and add This, selecting +2 and 930 http://shop.nordiccomp.com/NC-Shotgun-Extension-Complete-Assemblies-for-12ga-12GA-EXT.htm Plus one of these http://sjhardware.com/store/modules.php?name=catalog&file=product_info&cPath=107_123&products_id=347&osCsid=7b808b27ce554c64d522365d46a00564 plus one of these in 3/4" XL http://shop.nordiccomp.com/NC-Shotgun-Extension-Tube-End-Cap-12GA-CAP.htm Results in a shotgun that hold 6 rounds of everything I tired, and almost fits a 7th round of really short european shells, but misses by about 1/4" also added one of these http://shop.nordiccomp.com/NC-Shotgun-Tube-Clamp-BCL-XX-12-00.htm It's not the cheap way to go about it though. The cheap way to go about it is this http://www.midwayusa.com/product/172175/choate-magazine-tube-extension-with-sling-swivel-clamp-mossberg-930-12-gauge-2-round-parkerized The cheap way requires a lot more TLC with regards to getting things feeding right. The nordic setup has tapers and bevels in all the right places, and the end cap is not plastic. Also if you ever leave NJ, you can jsut buy the middle part of the tube and a new spring for more capacity.
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CJRPC USPSA 3-11-12
Dang, I got speeding tickets all over the place, only one clean stage.
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930 SPX + 1 Mag Extension Question. And M2
I'm not seeing a lot of regret in the 930 world. It runs and it costs WAY less than the benellis. Lots of benellis smiths are moving to 930s. Hell, I got mine cut down, recut for chokes, put several hundred dollars of accessories on it and it was STILL cheaper than a benelli. And I don't have to spend an extra $1000 on top of the cost of the benelli to get it to cycle heavy and light loads reliably.
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CJRPC USPSA 3-11-12
We start building at 8am. New shooter walk-through is usually going around 9:30. Signup usually starts in between there, but not guarantees this time as our signup guy blew out his knee before the last match, dunno if he's back yet. Round count is approximately 140 rounds if you don't miss.
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930 SPX + 1 Mag Extension Question. And M2
Standard 930s are 4+1. You add a +2 extension and you are at the legal limit of 6 in the magazine. I have a Nordic +2 on mine with there extended cap because I added an extended no-tilt follower.
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AR R&D Heavy Buffers
Keep an eye on your upper receiver for damage from return to bettery. The lmt enhanced carrier is modified to delay unlocking. Is the buffer actually touching the bcg when it is in battery? If not, I don't think more mass would delay unlocking.
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Henry Repeating Arms Co.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't think tubular magazines and rimless cartridges mix very well. Also, you want a bullet profile where the meplat is wider than the primer of the bullet in front of it. The only exception to this are the honady leverrevolution ammo because the polymer tip is squishy and deforms to a shape wider than the primer or provides sufficient buffer to impact.
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Too many guns????
If you buy a lot of guns on a regular ongoing basis, you can also get a visit from the batfe to see if you are an unlicensed dealer.
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Home invasions up?
Heck, sometimes the fudging isn't even deliberate. UCr guidelines often vary form local guidelines, and accurate pass through of data can depend on impossibly perfect paperwork skills. Then you get institutionalized drift. We've always had break ins that occurred with a member of household present. But we didn't have home invasion statutes until after we got a big wave of them and home invasion specific legislation was passed. Then you have the issue of if that statute/regulation/administrative policy discriminates between two types of crimes the same as you would.
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hi from Edison
Wow, back when I lived in edison, I got FPID (first time) in like 60-70 days. 3-4 months now.. ow.
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USPSA Magazine Says Del-Ton High Quality Uppers and Parts
The parts in that particular rifle are good. The barrel is still a mystery though, and it's not clear what trigger is in it. For a similar price, the stag 3g definitely has a good barrel, and a standard trigger. For $200 more, it comes with a geissele super 3 gun trigger, which is a nice trigger. For a limited time, loki weapon systems has their 3 gun build at a competitie price ( http://www.lokiweaponsystems.com/products/ar-15-rifles/lws-m4-forged-rifles?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=59&category_id=8 ) with a worked stock trigger and good barrel. All the above will require you getting them pinned and welded, etc.
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M193 55gr vs XM855 62gr?
The 55 gr projectile is more accurate due to how it is manufactured compared to the 62 gr penetrator rounds. The 62gr round was put into action for the ar platform in shorter barrels, but primarily to improve wound ballistics with a lower muzzle velocity and improved barrier penetration.
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NJ Officers find 330 weapons in mans home
Sucks more than that if I am reading it right. The collection wasn't taken form the guy with the TRO, it was taken from the owner who was a relative unfortunate enough to be cohabitating with the person with the TRO. The owner didn't even do anything and got all his stuff stolen by the cops. Major suckage.
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Home invasions up?
Well the uniform crime reporting stats are only preliminary for 2011, and there's nothing for 2012 yet. It's the kind of thing you are never going to get stats for the current conditions. However, for 2011, we seem to be trending towards the bottom of a decline in crime across the board. Given the long slide by small percentages, it wouldn't take much of an uptick to look like a spike in any given category. As for rank and file LE saying differently, I think that is a matter of perception. The rate of injury and death amongst police officers in the line of duty is up. That could be because you are looking at a gang fight between the gang in blue and the drug gangs that doesn't necessarily spill over into large areas of the general populace. It could be due to police officer headcount reductions resulting in any individual police officer having an increased likelihood of a violent encounter on duty because even if the rate of crime is falling, police forces around the country have recently seen budget related attrition resulting in a higher rate of decreased headcount than the rate of reduction of crime. Also, for a police officer, more types of crime equate to the possibility of observed violence. My house gets broken into or my car gets stolen while I'm not there, no violence. An officer winds up having to deal with that perpetrator either after the fact or caught in the act, it will likely result in persuit and at least a little bit of struggle during arrest, if not worse. Thus there may be a tendency for police to see many crimes considered non-violent as violent. Can the stats be trusted? They will never be perfect, but some things are verifiable to a degree. For example, the UCR stats show a downward trend in auto thefts. If you look at insurance institute numbers, they report detailed stats mostly form the UCR, but they also report decreasing premiums for coverage of thefts. Which means the actuaries say theft is costing them less, and the actuaries DEFINITELY take into account actual payouts made on policies under that category. Since cars aren't getting cheaper, that leaves two possibilities: 1) there are less thefts, and 2) everyone but the folks living in nice safe neighborhoods are dropping theft coverage. Are home invasions up? No idea. I would suggest that daytime break ins have always been a popular method of reducing risk when burgling. Given the economy, likely more people are at home during the day being unemployed or underemployed. That would say to me that it is plausible that what would be a break-in could be converted to a home invasion stats wise even if there was no intention to do violence, and none occurred.
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CJRPC USPSA 3-11-12
Remember everyone, DST kicks in at 2am of the 11th. So if you want to make it on time, adjust your clocks properly. If you want to get all your sleep in, go to bed an hour early.
- how to "pin" a 26 round magazine to make it legal
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CJRPC USPSA 3-11-12
Don't be too sure. it depends on turnout as the weather warms and issues like people actually obeying the parking instructions as well as parking capacity and help tearing down. In the 90s all the above become issues, and we don't want to be tearing down until 7pm, and if we can't fit all the vehicles someplace other than the access road that the OB board doesn't have an issue with, then we may see a cap come back. IIRC they even said an abridged version of that when they introduced the cap. Don't park on the access road, don't park people in. If you can't find a place to park, ask for help form match staff. That and stay to tear down and put away. OB has pre-reg, and has for a while. What we won't be having unless things get ugly is a cap on attendance.
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Dyson vacuum
They aren't like the dyson. My mom keeps on buying anything but the dyson and has been through msot of the novelty models and two orecks. I'd rather buy my hoover (which I hate) again rather than the orecks. They are light... that is ALL they have going for them.
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Dyson vacuum
I got one. Yes, they are worth the money. However some of them are stupidly designed and you do not want them. In specific, you don't want the ones with a motorized beater bar. (current new production those are the DC33 and DC28) Smartly, they ahve a clutch mechanism so obstructions don't break the thing. But the suction is so great that large area rugs and short pile wall to wall will set off the clutch making a horrendous noise. I got one of the previous iterations of this refurbed for $179, and even on my 9x11 area rug, it will start have issues. Also at issue with the motorized beater bar models is that they are THICK up front, and can have trouble reaching under toe kicks and furniture. I can say that the things have wicked suction, and will drive air-turbine accessories at a ridculous speed with some decent torque. I took the air-turbine based stair attachment form my hoover (on which it would cease spinning when it touched basically anything with a gentle touch), and I couldn't stop it spinning against any surface. It gets TONS of crud out of the carpet my hoover wouldn't, but you do have to respect the MAX line on the cannister. Fill it above that and you can clog the vortex thingy and make it fail to work right in a manner that will require a detailed disassembly of it or a trip back to the mothership for repairs. It's pre-filter and post-filter arrangement makes a hell of a lot more sense than the competitors IMO, and seems to cut down on emitted dust much better (i.e. on the other hepa filtered vacs I've used, you can see dust streaks eminating from particular areas after some use, not so with this one). When my cheapie refurb dies, I will replace it with one of the lighter air turbine models.
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Is it legal to Mill your own Ar-15 lower receiver?
More precisely, federally it is ok. In nj you have to be a licensed manufacturer.
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So if a republican becomes President do guns/ammo get cheaper?
Ammo prices are mostly due to commodity prices, commodity volatility, the fact that ammo and component makers don't buy directly off the commodities market so have to deal with markups form distributors that are trying to amortize issues with said volatility to improve their bottom line, etc. Copper has been swinging 25% quite regularly (heck, it did more than 10% in the last 60 days. since 2009 it has spanned form about $1.25lb to $4.50-ish). Lead has been up 10%, down 10% and back up 5% in the last 60 days and since 2009 has spanned form $0.50 per lb to $1.20. A big factor is that china has been trying to monitize (sort of) industrially significant base metals. So there's the giant chinese copper buying robot, which seems to buy in hard at a low of $3 or so, and eases up as it nears $4. They stockpile it to theoretically shore up their currency. Scarcity however is driven by customer demand. Political party doesn't matter much, policy does. With dems you get fear of legislation leading to hoarding. With republicans, you often get increased military spending and "tough on crime" programs that give added one time funds to municipalities. This can result in increased ammo purchasing by institutions, and thus shortage of components. This also leads to retail gouging. I would expect ammo prices to drop, but guns might not. AR stuff has actually gotten cheaper. A lot of that is due to economy of scale permitted by government fueled spending.
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VZ Grips?
Well vs. anything else of similar construction or design? They offer more variety than a lot of similarly priced competitors. They offer lower prices than some competitors with more variety. Construction is solid, price isn't outrageous, and availability is generally better than most competitors. This leads to them being stocked by more dealers. I think that explains most of the popularity. I have a set of the VZ aliens, I like them.
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Can I saw my own barrel off to 18.5" ???
The law is 18". BATFE measures with their magic rod of truth by closing the action and dropping it down the muzzle. The magic rod of truth is often not exactly 18", so people cut over. Manufacturers seem to like 18.5" Gun smiths seem to be willing to do 18.25".