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I'm shooting cheap bulk 55gr JSP rounds out of a 16" 1:7 twist chrome lined barrel without a problem. I'm getting a bit over 1 MOA vertically and about 1.5 MOA horizontally with it. The limiting factor being my 3 MOA dot and aiming at a target with a 2 MOA bullseye as well s getting a consistent charge of varget compressed consistently. Barrels like what they like and don't like what they don't like, but in general, 1:7 is fine with 55gr ammo. Under that, and you may have issues. My dream barrel is an 18" medium contour, but 0.75" from the gas block forward with a rifle legnth gas system, MP and HP tested and chrome lined with a 1:8 twist. Nobody appears to make it.

I have a cheap barska 20-60x80. You can definitely see .223 out to 100 pretty easily. THe konus 20-60x100 with angled eyepiece is one of the best deals out there in a scope IMO though.

SO lets see. Multiple cases of.. well I tried to look up what the NJ statute for it would be, but trying to check out other kids genitals throguh force is, I'm suspecting, a crime. It definitely would be if the problem kid whipped it out in front of others. As a rational human being, I'm having a hard time believing forciong another kid to show you theirs isn't a crime, but I'm not finding a statute that covers it clearly. The closest might be criminal restraint, but does that apply to something of short duration. Then you have peeping under the stall. That's a no-no under 2C:14-9. In general, assuming your profile of the problem kid is correct, he's a high risk child. Probably the quickest, most effective thing you could do is get a restraining order, and perhaps have a lawyer contact the school about a potential lawsuit over the kid. Make it clear that keeping the problem kid around is not going to be the most cost effective thing. Private schools understand budget, and most of them have a clause in their contracts regarding behavior. If your kids school does not have language that basically says kids who can't behave forfeit tuition, they should probably be made to consider such language as terms of not suing them.

you might try caling cabelas customer service. It is very good. I ran into a problem where I could order an 10/22 magazine in a one pack to NJ, but not the discounted three pack because they had the capacity in the database as 30 rounds. I actually got them to fix it.

your criticism would be spot on if it weren;t for the fact the damn thing is like a cockroach and out-survives a lot of other knives. It gets 4.5 gifanims form knifetests.com http://knifetests.com/KnifeTestsPage2.html The becker bk9, the closest thing to the TAC tool, gets two. The guy is highly abusive to the knives.

I dunno, can;t hurt to ask, he HAS been sitting on them forever. However he put some significant cash into them during the hording craze in 2009. Then the craze died down, and then sig lowered the price and screwed over a LOT of sig stocking dealers. so dunno... i don't think "cut your losses" is a phrase they understand well there.

Well, it's the administrative code, and it reflected the wording of the statutes plus the addendum about the colt match and m1a when it went into effect. However, it expires in 2012. EXCEPT, the state statute has been magically morphing itself on the state legislature home page since that version of the administrative code went into effect. i witnessed at least three revisions of it in that time. One where the removed the conflicting definition of an assault weapon for shotguns, and one where they removed the assault weapon definition for pistols, and one where they removed the evil features bullet points for rifles. So.... I have no idea WTF they are doing, or who they are. it'll be interesting to see what gets put in the administrative code on the expiration date. But as of right now, it exceeds the language of the statute in restrictions.

Well, you can bring immediate family as guests as much as you want. However, I don't believe they get the member discount at organized matches. THe pricing for non-members is deliberately done so that showing up to stuff regularly without being a member becomes more expensive than being a member. The cost of living in NJ is high, even for a club. We have to pay the bills somehow.

Well talking about the NJ assault weapons restrictions, rather than the former federal AWB, if they receive an assault weapon, it has to be signed into a special assault weapon book for the state. Transfers out of that book have to be compliant with the law. Which means not to you and me, average law abiding citizens.

It soudns like you aren't planning anything stupid. Only thing I would add to above is make sure you leave at least one car parked out on the range where anyone showing up can see that there is a car, and now person on pit 6 or pit 7 and might be able to figure out the pistol pits are in uses and subsequently not try shooting form 100 yards in pit 6 (which is now against the rules but didn't used ot be), and trap you back there in an unsafe manner.

OK, I'll bite. Baby Eagle. About the best I could do with a cheap 2 megapixel point and shoot. M&P. Same boots many miles later, moved onto my first DSLR. TRP Operator. (also done with the cheapie P&S.) CZ-550 varmint laminate.

Well here's the funny thing. Go look the statue up online on the NJ legislature pages. 2C:39-1 has been changed there multiple times. It used to have the contradictory shotgun stuff up there because shotgun rules were specified in two places in the same section differently. They apparently cleaned that up around 2 years ago so it was only defined once without the evil features wording that mimicked the federal AWB. The real interesting thing was discussing that very edit, I went to show it to someone, and lo and behold the definition for RIFLES had changed to. 2C:39-1 Definitions. USED to have the evil features wording for rifles. now it says (right after the named list HERE) "(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." No evil features wording. Now if you go back to the ORIGINAL wording of the statute, it was basically this (excluding named list which seems ot have remained consistent). (taken from http://www.state.nj.us/lps/rules/njsp/rp010702a.htm you will note this version expires in 2002, so it's pretty old.) Now if you look at the most current versions it expires 11-13-2012. At least the most current I can find (http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/info/pdf/firearms/062408_title13ch54.pdf) The interesting part is that as far as I can tell, that version dropped in 2008, and in 2008, that document reflected exactly what 2C:39-1 said, ambiguities and all, plus the clarifying statement on the colt match rifle and M1A rifle. I wonder what it will say come 2012? It's all clear as mud IMO.

It's all about how it's built. My 2011 eats factory length .40 out to 1.175" OAL ammo. Eats factory power loads, hollow points, powder puff loads down to 118pf. About the only thing it doesn't like is montana gold 155gr hollow points loaded to 1.120. Btu that's a bullet profile issue, NONE of my .40s like it, even my M&P. I doubt glocks would like it any better. Most of the STI problems come about due to competitors running it at the edge of tolerances, or due to 140mm magzines they are trying to stuff maximum capacity in. I've had a remarkable amount of "luck" with arbitrary 126mm magazines with factory springs and followers. Even after stepping on them. Imagine that. As for the glocks not failing.. well, I get to repeat a phrase a LOT at matches. Which is "That's not possible, glocks never break." Even with regards to the 19 I have gotten to say it multiple times (along with ow.. that looks like it hurts when the guy shooting one has reloaded part of their palm along with the magazine). I'd get to say it more, but not a lot of 19s get shot as it isn't that popular for competition. I can tell you that of the kabooms I have seen, the #1 cause is the ammo. Mostly the fault of a new/careless/lazy reloader. The #2 cause is bad DIY gunsmithing causing an out of battery firing. Invariably this is a polymer gun, and to the best of my recollection they have all been glocks and XDs. I suspect that is mostly because you can create an OOB problem by not knowing what you are doing while trying to get a really light trigger on them. An OOB round in a metal gun might screw up the grip panels, but in a polymer framed gun can total the gun. #3 would be simple case head separations. Likely due to questionable brass.

This is one of the odd things I find going on reflexively in the mind of most left leaning types. They can't fathom that gun owners would speak up for their rights without being prompted by some nefarious force. They also can't fathom that gun control laws actually harm honest law abiding gun owners. They also can't imagine a lobbying group that is made up of people actually concerned about their own situation. What I find really odd is I see this through process in folks who lived through a nice chunk of the civil rights movement.

Round about when resident evil and 28 days later hit in 2002, we got a huge zombie Renaissance. Even in just movies, IMDB has 656 titles under the zombie key word. 2002's first listed zombie movie is resident evil, and it is on the list at 338 of 656. The first zombie movie on the list if from 1942 and most of the heavy lifting on the first 336 movies is done by the late 70s and mid 80s, at least in the US. We've also got tons of zombie video games since then, zombie tvv shows, zombie books, etc that we didn't get with the last tow waves of zombie flicks in the US.

With a group buy, one of the biggest savings is if you get enough for them to ship by freight rather than the usual common carrier. I don't know if any of them care to drop ship to the end recipient. Somehow I doubt it as shipping a single pallet by freight also has labor savings on their end and is part of the reason for the discount at that point. In the past, we've found that group buys are generally more of a hassle and not worth it as much if your total is under 50,000 bullets. The main problem with that is dealing with the money can get to be a PITA.

They are definitely in there, don't kid yourself. Short of buying a custom SVI, I don't think ANY manufacturer has zero MIM parts anymore. Yes, MIM parts have definitely failed. MIM parts have failed specifically due to issues caused by them being MIM parts even. MIM is cheap and makes putting more detail into a mold worthwhile becuase molds last longer. Delicate molds last a LOT longer than traditional casting. MIM CAN be good, but inherent to the process is a greater chance of flaws in the metal. MIM without good QC can be a real problem because of that. I've got plenty of mim parts in guns I shoot a lot. I also have an M&P that is on striker revision 4 of at least 5 so far that is due to S&W trying to figure out how to use a MIM part where it is not appropriate. I've stopped keeping track, and just keep spares around. MIM parts are not why Kimbers suck these days. Their series 80 safeties are just wrong. Their quality of fit and finish, and QC have gone down hill a lot. AS for whose gun to buy? I dunno. Myt ake on it is aby a decent frame/slide kit and send it to a decent gunsmith if your budget is in the near $2000 range (i.e. wilson nighthawk terrtory). I've done it with some more complicated slide cuts, and gunsmithing was about $900. The box of parts for a 2011 was about $1500. My box of parts for a 1911 kit I built myself was about $900.

No, that is not what I am saying. A bunch of club members get together and practice, as long as you are safe, there are no issues. Being a member has certain benefits, among them is the ability to use the facilities (when available) 24-7 for the indoor and 9am to dusk for the outdoor. Getting the definition of what the board offically considers safe and sane is the hard part. I've been trying to get a good set up current range rules posted. I think the only way it is going to happen is for me to volunteer for a giant hunk of work and still browbeat the board into discussing it more than a few times till they agree that they agree. The MAJOR issue on the outdoor range is any behavior that can have a bullet leave the range, either as a directly fired projectile or as a ricochet. So for example that dumbass who takes his rifle to the 100 yard range, and then decides to shoot pistol targets that are 2 feet high 21 feet from the firing line? Don't be that dumbass. Those rounds skip off the floor and leave the range. You go out with a couple non club member buddies and shoot a few times a year, no there's no real problem as long as you are safe. The rules/charter are written to permit that. But those rule limit the number of guests you can have at a time, and how many times a particular guest can visit the club as a guest. You set up targets twice a week every week and provide access to a stream of non-dues paying people? You are undermining the ability of the club to drum up members by providing a free alternative. Don't expect that to not cause a problem. If you want to have lots of non members show up and use club facilities regularly, you set up a regular event with the board and charge people showing up so that participating in that generates funds for the club rather than robs them of casual members that are an important element of keeping the club financially viable. On top of that, when I checked into doing such a thing several months ago, the board was looking into details of their insurance because it was unclear if they had been conducting business in a manner for some events that negatively affected our coverage with regards to those types of events. Not that it couldn't cover it, but there was probably a right way and a wrong way to go about it and they were looking at what the answer was to make sure we are doing it the right way. This was in theory something that they were looking at for Mike D's classes, CCW qualification classes, and 3rd party instruction and practice stuff not presented by a club member (i.e. Mike D and the guy doing the CCW classes are members and are likely to be easier to sort out by just declaring them events, event chairpersons, and then the details are in money handling). I was told we don't know if it could be done at the time. Seeing that Mike D is back on the schedule, they may have come to a conclusion. I didn't get time to ask over the weekend as i had to build a stage and scoot to do family stuff. Additionally, if the guest policy says max 2 guests per member at a time, and you have 4, if those other 2 are considered trespassers, I could foresee that causing some issues legally if someone got hurt. Remember, when you go breaking some of the basic club rules, you may be taking additional liability on yourself. No matter how much research we do ahead of time, it will probably take dueling lawyers to figure out how much. By adhering to the rules, you likely dig yourself the shallowest hole if things go badly. The more regular your "event" the more likely you are to be expected to know what you are doing.

Hmm the newsletter just dropped, and there is a one pit one day special event, which is usually a training thing. So the board might actually have an answer. I'll have to ask at this weekends match.

OK, I'm going to put on my responsible adult hat and chime in for a moment to try and avoid problems for the club or club members. [EDITED FOR CLARITY] Ok, I'm rewriting this due to questions I got asked in PM. I'll state it as what you should make sure NOT to do first. 1) Don't violate the guest policy. The club isn't keen on people making an end run around membership dues, and you can be tossed for it. Unless you are really abusing it, you likely won't get caught, and unless you are REALLY doing something abusive, you'll probably just be read the riot act and be put on probation. Additionally, the board has been looking into the specifics of our insurance, and what it covers outside of use of the facilities within the rules of the club 2) Don't run a business out of the club. We've had this happen before involving people running classes and charging money without the club's knowledge. From an insurance standpoint, it appears that was no different than a bunch of people sneaking onto the range to shoot, except that the guy putting it on is a member, and could make an even larger mess for the club as a whole. Beyond liability for safety, there's the whole issue of the liability for how you conduct your business. Beyond even that is the issue of you tying up club facilities and interfering with paying members trying to use the club legitimately. Do NOT use the range in this manner. It will not be tolerated if caught. 3) Don't hog the facilities. Remember, no more than one pit per member, no guests using a pit unattended, don't block access to areas you aren't using, and that you are obliged to give paying members a turn if the facilities get backed up (even if you are also a paying member, there's a rule about being polite in this regard. It's something like 30 minutes and let someone else have a turn.) These are not new things. 4) When practicing for things like USPSA, keep in mind that the general membership is NOT allowed the same leeway in using the pits that matches are. Unfortunately the board keeps changing it's mind about what is acceptable. Myself and a couple other people have been trying to get them to post a complete set of current range rules on the website and to commit to keeping them current and notifying the membership of changes. All I can tell you for sure at the moment is that outside of matches, bullets impacting the pit floors is a huge no-no. This means don't do things like park yourself at the end of a 25 yard pit, and put the targets three yards in front of you. Put the targets by the back berm, and move yourself further into the pit. Those are the clear cut ones. Then we run into the issue of are we allowed to run classes at the club. There are various things the range has been rented out for. A number of issues/questions got asked by the membership due to the behavior of one (at least) of these groups renting the range. Much of this came up around the time of a carbine class offered at OB with the board's knowledge, consent, and cooperation. This made people wonder if the club was doing things appropriately with regards to things like that as well. In attempting to answer these questions, it became clear that case 2) above is a real problem with regards to how the club is set up legally and insured. Also, it was unlcear if violating the guest policy may or may not affect liability insurance in addition to it simply undermining the clubs interest in having enough paying members to support the club. It also raised a significant question regarding our ability to host training at all, and the last I heard the board was in the process of trying to figure that out. Basically as I understood it, it turned out that our insurance policy, in order to be affordable, is more complicated than everyone assumed. The board was simply in the process of figuring out what they need to do to not put the club or people using the club legitimately at peril. Additionally, the board was discussing the issue of weather or not things like renting out the range serve the interests of the membership (i.e. does the revenue justify reducing access to facilities to paying members, etc.) When I asked some board members about putting on a USPSA clinic/practice thing I was told they were unsure if the club could do something like that because of the stuff referenced above. That was many months ago. They may have an answer at this point. In addition, they were a bit iffy on dedicating resources to that purpose, but I think that was mostly due to the fact I was looking for a time slot with much more competition than a weekday during the day. For a one off thing, just use some common sense in how you present what is going on, and make certain to adhere to the guest policy. If you want to do it regularly, talk to the board. Other than being on the slow side getting some things done, the OB board mostly is decent and tries to err on the side of everyone having fun.

Just as a point, there's NO point in worrying about the copper fouling yet in terms of cleaning it. There's no point in beating on your barrel to make it shiny if it is shooting well.

Very safe with 30 yard steel? Uhm. New steel at 50 yards is pretty safe, but it will quickly become steel that isn't new and can be unsafe in fairly short order. Steel at 30 yards with rifle rounds is a recipie for trouble. It's not that high velocity splatter that comes back is going to be more common, but at 30 yards, when it DOES happen it will still be moving very fast. That and I have yet to see steel targets that will hold up well at 30 yards. If someone has them, I'd like ot know what brand and how much

We still have some folks on the injured reserve list and it's a holiday weekend. Anyone who can show up a little early to help setup or stay after teardown to help put things away will be considered awesome.

Does upper to lower fit affect accuracy? The inherent accuracy of the firearm? No. If you put a FF tube on the gun and strap it down by that solidly, the gun will put up the group that it can with the ammo you feed it. The practical accuracy? Possibly. You make your cheek weld to the lower, and the lower is half the equation in controlling where you point the gun. So slop can creep in. As for the accu wedge? I wouldn't use it. I have an AR-10 with a pretty sloppy upper/lower fit. At the time the only choices were the JP pin and the accu-wedge. I tried the accu-wedge first. Once you start cutting it down, you cna wind up with a mess, and with a high shelf lower, you can wind up with very little material left and the thing can be easily shredded over the course of disassebly and reassembly. They are cheap, but not cheap enough to be potentially disposable. Also, they always force the upper up, which can leave a gap, and a gap is more space for crud to get in the gun. The pins pull the upper down, always getting you the minimal gap between upper lower. The best fix is an upper and lower that fit properly. As for the BAD lever, I've had one on my gun that "broke" my gun. What really broke my gun was the fact that my bolt release was not to spec, and I filed and dremeled on it to make the bad fit. Which was a bad idea. Replaced it with a colt part, and the BAD fits perfect and the gun runs just fine. There's nothing about the bad that is going to cause malfunctions without the user or an object interfering with the gun's operation. What it can do is aggravate a gun that has a problem and has marginal operation. There are also guns that just shouldn't run a bad lever. A large number of billet uppers out there don't provide sufficient clearance for the thing to work properly. There are also other BAD-like levers out there that are heavier. heavier levers can indeed cause malfunctions pretty easily. But if your gun is malfunctioning with a BAD lever, and you have an upper with sufficient clearance, your gun likely needs some TLC.

it's minimal copper fouling from jacketed ammo.