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All my AR-15 uppers have one, My ar-10 will be getting one in the near future.

Did you contact S&W by phone or by email. When I had to send my gun in, they just had me print out the call tag myself.

Or heck, just make the badges and RFID one piece. Regardless, with the run off 1100 before checking the appearance thing, as well as wanting to spend 60k on "smartphone technology" whatever they actually mean by that, our board is made up of people who don't know what the hell they are doing.

Tactical pens seem to fall into two categories. 1) pens designed to strike with the tip of the writing instrument. (ex: CRKT TAo pen, benchmade 1210) 2) pens designed to strike with the pointed butt of the pen (mil-tac, benchmade 1100 series). Lots of things that fall into category 2. Plenty of antique stilettos are nothing but a hunk of metal, triangular in cross section, with no sharp edges and a point meant for stabbing someone. Just because it also writes doesn't make it not a stiletto. Also a lot of the marketing material for these items would make it ahrd to convince anyone that the ability to stab someone with that pointy bit was not a critical factor in the sale and purchase of said item. The zebra m-01 mechanical pencil on the other hand has a pretty solid background of being a mechanical pencil. And a really small point of machined metal.

BTW, thanks to everyone who stepped up and helped out in the morning as well as to Maksim for designing a stage. Given the turnout everything ran pretty smoothly. As far as advice for the poppers, don't rush your makeup shots. Use appropriate speed. So for example, if you missed or had crap hits on a target because you came into a port quickly and your first shots were with bad footing, you can probably burn down a makeup shot at the end because you have already settled to a solid stance. If you missed on a target because it requires accuracy that taxes your skill level a bit, you need to slow down and get a good sight picture and use good trigger technique. Very often, you'll see something along the lines of miss, miss faster, miss faster, miss again, have a puzzled look of throught wondering how many rounds you have left cross your face, slow down, miss because you have psyched yourself out about your entire game plan, hit, hit. In many cases, especially when new, if you KNOW it requires accuracy, and you miss at the speed you think is appropriate, you need to slow down and get disciplined with good fundamentals for accurate shots. Some quick math. If you are having a 3 second reload shot to shot, and missing at an accuracy target makes for an extra reload, spending 2.5 seconds on accuracy would shave .5 seconds off a stage. Also to the comments that you guys need ot work on faster draw times. Don't sweat it. Watching your vids, I see plenty of 2-3 second draws, which ARE slow, but half the time you are STILL all done drawing well before you have reached your first target. Faster draws are all sexy and stuff, but faster reloads have a better return on investment. In the videos, I see a lot of 2+ second draws. I also see a LOT of 2+ second reloads. Except for each slow draw, there are probably 4 slow reloads. Shave half a second off your reloads, and you'll shave 4 seconds off your stage times. Shave half a second off your draw, and you'll save half a second on the stage. The other thing to work on to have better scores is stage breakdown and planning. That's a long conversation, but you can pick up HUGE amounts of time there. You have a 3 second shot to shot reload? If you can make sure you are doing it at the same time you are going to spend 3 seconds getting to the next place to shoot, you shaved 3 seconds on your stage time compared to a flat footed slide lock reload. HOW to break down a stage is a long detailed discussion, but there are LOTS of gains to be made there.

A little soapy water and all is good.

I'm also going to throw in a plea for folks to come out early to help set things up. We are way short of help this month as we are down 4 regulars who usually design and build stages. We get there at 8am to get things going, getting there by 8:30am is usually sufficient to help out. If anyone is interested in doing stage design, PM me with contact info and I'll add you to the list. We don't care if you are new to doing stage design, we'll do some hand holding to get you up to speed. Thanks.

For CJ. the short answer is at least 150, preferably 200. My general forumla. Take the number of stages (for CJ it's usually 5 unless we get a huge crowd then we toss in a 6th) and multiply by 32 (max round count per stage under USPSA rules), then add 32 (in case you have to reshoot a stage). Very few matches ever run the max round count for each stage, so you have some buffer for missing in that formula.

It isn't the grips, it isn't the gun, it isn't the load, and it isn't the gloves. It's you. you just have to stop doing it. Pretty much the only way to do that is to practice without doing it. Unless you are shooting with grips that are very smooth and you are sweating a lot, it's not really about your gear. You could also have a very weak grip on the gun. But based on experience, 90% of the time when people are doing this, it's purely psychological. As for competing, show up anyway. You are a new shooter, there will be guys there who have been competing and practicing for 5, 10, 20 years plus. There's no realistic way you will show up and start kicking a** and taking names, and nobody is expecting you to. Just relax and have fun. Plus if you come on out, it's a hell of a lot easier to SHOW someone good technique than to try and describe it via text in a forum.

It's called a special classifier match. OB usually holds one with 4 stages the second Friday of December during the usual time their indoor match is scheduled. CJ usually holds one or two a year with at least 5 stages. We usually schedule a low attendance month as it means we don't have to track people down to design stages and setup is easier. We are considering doing one in August due to match director vacation and the fact that it is usually beastly hot at CJ that time of year.

You guys are talking about two different things I think. One of you is talking about the plastic cylinder inside the spring that sort of acts like a guide rod or dampener. This comes in two flavors, white and black. jstang is correct that black denotes a higher tension spring. Devsadvocate is talking about an o-ring. This is not the same thing as above. In order to increase the spring tension, soe folks add an o-ring or d-ring to the outside of the spring which prevents it form compressing as much as it would without it. less compression = more tension. This was often done to white insert setups to prevent extractor malfunctions. Some people put them on springs with black inserts. In theory, black insert springs should have enough tension to not need it, but I've yet to see a rifle have problems due to running ablack insert and an o-ring/d-ring. Although it can in theory be an issue.

Heck, you should be doing that regardless of where you shop.

Big +1. It will still be a PITA more then likely though.

It's by appointment AFAIK. Usually during non-work hours.

Re-read what I posted. None of it talks about teh value of teh warranty as I don't really want to argue with anyone about it's value. It's about how to go about or not go about purchasing one with a vehicle to cover your a** from deceptive sales teams and to give you teh most advantage when purchasing.

Heller and Mc Donald will yeild results in time. It doesn't mean those results will cater to what you want. In general, how NJ goes about the process of regulating guns is contrary to how a protected right is usually permitted to be handled by law as it outlaws it and then carves out specific situations that are exempt form the ban. Generally, the accepted method is that unless stated otherwise, it's legal. To state otherwise with regards to a protected right usually requires the state establish a case for having a compelling interest in the limitation. NJ law is not constructed this way, and I can imagine a circuit court getting tired of watching it be disassembled bit by bit after a few cases where the ruling comes down and the state acts in bad fiat to "fix" the problem. At that point I can see blanket order to fix it all, fix it right, and either get to the USSC or stop messing with their court. That would still take years. One thing I doubt it will get rid of is the permit to purchase or background checks. If they are performed consistently, honestly, in a timely manner, and are only denied to a segment of the population that they can make a good case for having a compelling interest in denying them (i.e. convicted felons, etc.), it'll likely pass muster even if they have to effectively reinvent the underlying law to produce a similar result. Carry permits also likely won't go away, but I don't see why there won't be a case for making them rules based, and possibly another for making sure those rules are fair and apply reasonably to the general populace. The USSC pretty much invited something like that as the next case. As for the assault weapon ban, well thats a much muddier piece of law. A rational person would expect that the state would have to make a case for their compelling interest. Reality states that you would have to find a court willing to demand that as long as they don't reach too far or too broadly. A named list could probably stand without explanation provided the list is basically ineffective (i.e. there's plenty of equivalent arms out there that fill the same role that you can buy), although a rational person would demand that they explain why anything is on it. As a theoretical example, I could see something like a state banning any AR pattern gun with a low shelf receiver if for example a home made DIAS were installed in one and used in a crime. The compelling argument could be we don't want non machine guns that can be converted that easily into a fully automatic weapon given that they HAVE been. That could likely stand in the face of a court demanding a state make a case for a compelling interest. On the flip side, things that are banned in NJ are becoming increasingly in common use, which was referenced in heller. So who knows long term. We may have to wait for the long tail on that one. Magazine capacity limitations are probably anyone's bet as there are so many ways to make the case for and against based on extending the logic of previous case law. It'll be a mess, that's for sure, and I don't suspect NJ, CA, NY, or HI will be interested in walking away form the issue to avoid a messy case or a public argument over the subject.

I'll give my advice about extended warranties. 1) If you are going to get one, get one from the maqnufacturer. 2) Do NOT buy it from the dealership at the time of sale. Period. Why? Because if you are dealing with a shady high volume dealer, they may "sell" you an extended warranty, put it on the invoice as something ambiguous, and never actually file the paperwork. In short they lied to you and marked the price of your car back up $1200+. Even if they are honest, the actual manufacturer will spam you until the day your default warranty runs out trying to sell you the product honestly. For most people, this gives you a couple of years to determine if the car seems more or less problem prone. Additionally, buying later puts you at an advantage with how prorated refunds work when you start arguing with them when they eventually don't cover something.

Those sigs have been there FOREVER. So unless he has been turning over stock, I believe he got screwed on them badly with sigs pricing change. Handgun prices are bad, USED handgun prices are insane. Used long guns however, he seems to fairly regularly have reasonable prices with the occasional awesome deal.

Yup, Although I can still fit 8 in my 590a1.

A 1911 in .40 I built for myself using a fusion kit. A 2011 I had built for me (since the pick went with a medium length flat insert and a tungsten guide rod). I have others, but those are the two I still have yet to beat the snot out of. The others are all somewhere between pretty and new and obviously well worn. So mostly they jsut look like I ahven't taken care of them rather than have shot them a lot.

No, because the board is made up of a majority of idiots. This is somehow logical to them. No, you can't take handguns over ..45 caliber. Taking your contender with a rifle cartridge will probably get you trouble too depending on who sees you. You have never met the board. The requirement to get someone who is competent to sign off that you aren't an idiot is probably one of their better requirements, even if it wasn't well thought out. Not that it will stop idiots from being idiots, but they will then be performing stupid actions they were warned not to. If you had ever tried to deal with the board, the phrase "just let me train with an approved instructor" would either make you break down into laughter or cry. I imagine the only reason league chairman are permitted to vouch for someone not being incompetent is because at some time in the murky past either 1) they were mostly board members or 2) the board was confronted with the notion that doing otherwise would lead to the question of why you permitted them to run matches and supervise shooters in large numbers performing an act that they are incompetent to even judge if someone is capable of doing it safely. I mean seriously, try to explain why only lead rifle ammo? It's what cowboy asked for is the reason why there's an exception. But ask the board about anything else, and you will get some non-explanation based on some certainty that there is some life threatening hazard to a jacketed projectile moving at over 1000fps out of a rifle, but not out of a handgun. Previously, there WAS some basis for concern for ricochet as our pits had swamp iron in them. Since the lead clean up, they are free of large chunks and nice and safe. But, they think they know everything and are competent and you can't convince them otherwise. It would not surprise me if they manage to get us shut down by the EPA or pinelands comission in the process of showing everyone how competent they are.

*shrug* Probably not. I didn't notice they were mid-length last time I was there. I stopped checking into the world of 14.5" barrels a while ago because they don't really interest me given that you have to get them over 16" anyway. Doing the math, a 14.5" with a midlength has more dwell than a 17" barrel with a rifle system and still has the higher impulse pressure due to slightly shorter lock time a midlength has. So it shouldn't be as big a deal. If a reputable dealer says it will work and offers exchange or refund on the upper, they know what they are doing. For a DIY, most gas problems can be sorted out with drilling and buffer swaps. But that costs money and requires tools, patience, and skill. So I tend to recommend safe combinations to a DIY build. In general, the longest gas system you can get to work reliably is the most desirable. The fact that 14.5" guns come with pinned muzzle devices wherever you buy them would make them more attractive to NJ buyers I guess.

+1. You seriously risk running afoul of the ATF while not having an FFL.

The administration might be hostile to the business of energy, but they have to keep populace happy. They can only push so far. The main reason you are going to see fighting about releasing oil reserves is because we ALREADY WERE due to structural problems in some of the storage cave. They don't want to let more go given the political unrest in the mid-east. As for the revolutions, one thing is for sure, unless you are going for total anarchy, after the fact someone will want to make a buck to keep the new order running. Since they aren't out laying waste to their oil producing infrastructure as a whole, I suspect they will still want that money form someone. It's a global market, and regardless of who they sell to, it affects prices for everyone. Beyond that, oil is trading at $100-105. We hit $140+ for oil previously when $140 was worth more compared to other currencies that buy oil. We got gas prices pretty close to what we are already at. RBOB is overvalued due to speculation. Last year it was too, and that collapsed due to the consumer being frugal. I don't suspect that is going to change much this year. IF the summer is even remotely hot, and travel is still down, money will flock to natural gas and coal by the warm months, and some schmuck will be sitting holding RBOB futures they over paid for come june or july. AS for that being known by June? Probably. Memorial day weekend is the big kickoff of summer travel season. If the numbers are bad, and the stations didn't sell as much gasoline as they ordered, the speculators start running.

OK, lets see. Boiling = application of heat. Blow dryer = application of heat. Boiling however keeps that heat restricted to 212 degrees. Which is why I suggest it as it is a controllable method of heating easily available to most everyone. It also allows you to heat the plastic all the way through without melting the surface like a heat gun can. You have to leave the gun in to let it cool to an expanded state. If that STILL doesn't work, wrap the parts it is grabbing onto in masking tape (in a form fitting manner) and repeat. As for trashing the holster, it arrived new in box trashed. It's a fobus. How is unusable because it wore out sooner rather than later more unusable than "it never worked form new". Their mold for the cz-75 is too small. the only way to fix it is to stretch the plastic. Due to their construction, the place it will stretch is around the rivets or plastic welds. That means it won't last as long. It doesn't matter how you apply the heat.