Everything posted by raz-0
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Need some test bullets
I've got some 185 moly coated iirc.
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What Will SCOTUS Do
Given the arguments, slightly more is on the table than that. But yeah it will be centered there.
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Freedom Munitions - Reman .223 55gr
Pics, but my advice is don't shoot it. It could effectively act as a wedge to the bullet and spike pressure from your description.
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How many FFLs are in NJ?
I'm assuming anyone who holds an 07 ffl. You don't have to be a manufacturer with a defined product line to be an 07.
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What Will SCOTUS Do
As I've said before, they might destroy nj law, but not directly, and probably not deliberately. If they want to avoid hearing 2a cases forever, they will likely have to specify some sort of judicial test. Given how nj laws are structured, they simply may not pass such a test. Not that the test will forbid large portions of the laws effects, but that the fact a right is presumptively illegal, and the citizen exercising the right has to mount an affirmative defense to justify exercising said right might not pass the test.
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Shortest length NJ compliant muzzle brake
They do supervised release, which is just parole under specific rules. By the chart, possession of an NFA weapon is a 10 year felony with maximum of 3 years of suprevised release, to 70% must be served.
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Shortest length NJ compliant muzzle brake
Really? We didn't know that. What we are saying is the folks with the pound you in the a$$ prison stick they use to make the call has not put the effort nor the care for tolerances in that you are. Don't go OCDing your way into a federal felony that you will have to serve 80% of.
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Interesting hearing protection factoid...
Djg. Has it right. Doesn't double, but that doesn't mean it isn't a significant increase in protection.
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Alternative fuel for generators
We did this in science class in high school. It's not like it is catalytic, you have to put energy in. Any systems I have seen needs an energy source that could do the job as well as the output of this process.
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What Will SCOTUS Do
OK here is my opinion and reasoning. I think they will take it. Why? Because you have the 3rd and the 9th disagreeing 100%, AND the 9th stayed WELL within their intermediate scrutiny advice while the 3rd did not and applied what would be a weak rational basis test and basically followed the advice of the dissenting opinion of the court rather than the ruling majority decision. I think they have to hear it at least to clarify appropriate judicial reasoning on the matter. I think good or bad for RKBA, the NJ AG is going to get a spanking for their crappy job of making an argument. Based on statements made outside the court, and previous reasoning form the 5 people who we can reasonably expect a possibility of voting with us, I expect the ruling will involve the following: 1) it will permit the government to constrain concealed and open carry, and endorse without question the authority of the state to prohibit the act in general without permission in the form of a permitting process and the ability to declare certain public facilities off limits, and to not extend protections generally afforded to the citizenry by a private entity being a place of public accommodation to the issue of carry. 2) it will require general, non-arbitrary access to permission to open or concealed carry by any citizen that is not an exceptional hazard to themselves or the public (i.e. mentally unwell, mentally impaired, felons, etc.), and for that definition to be objectively defined and not subject to the whims of any individual judge (regardless of them leaving the case, I suspect the fact that multiple judges found no justifiable need until there was a serious court challenge and then suddenly found it to come up, as well as what situations were found to not indicate a justifiable need) 3) it will include language about what is an acceptable test for judicial review of laws regarding the 2nd amendment because they want the state supreme courts and circuit courts to be the firewall preventing them from hearing every detail of gun laws. 4) it will include advice as to the fact that laws that are a defacto ban and strain credibility to pretend otherwise are equally unacceptable and subject to the same level of scrutiny despite ostensibly being about other subject matter. 5) it may effectively force NJ to rapidly rewrite all of it's statutes regarding firearms due to how it is structured. 6) I do not think that it will clearly put to rest magazine bans or feature bans like the AWB, but we will have a more clear idea about how challengeable those issues will be when we are done. As for Kennedy and Roberts, conflating this case with the obamacare case is stupid. I don't like the result, but Roberts findings were consistent with precedent. He basically called BS on it not being a tax, and found that they can indeed tax you for medical care. Like he said, his job isn't to invalidate a law because it wont effectively do anything politicians claimed it will do or because it is unpopular, he is there to determine if the law is legitimate. I personally think Roberts will be deeply offended by the AG's argument in terms of judicial merit. Kennedy is less certain, but I'm generally optimistic. That being said, I think it is entirely possible that we get a ruling where NJ can comply by making open carry legal, and then arresting everyone that does, and we get zero help from the NJ supreme court and form the 3rd, and SCOTUS doesn't want ot hear it again. I also think it is totally possible that the "exceptionall dangerous" language could come up again in the form that what might be considered in common use for possession and recreation may be considered exceptionally dangerous for general use in the public. Would you consider it a win if the state had to grant a permit but could restrict you to calibers no larger than .32" and no more than 6 rounds in capacity and make it a felony to carry additional magazines or loading devices on your person? A win isn't necessarily a huge win.
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So, has ammo ever been available? (In the past decade)
And the reason I was unloading stuff at that was because I was stocking up on .223 components and upgrading parts of my kit to be more efficient.
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Shortest length NJ compliant muzzle brake
Uhh nope. They have a magic rod of measuring, and if it doesn't poke out right, you get to argue about reality. Which is why a lot of manufacturers have 14.7" barrels, and THEN add 1.5" of comp past the crown. Its also why when I had my smith cut down my shotgun barrel, he wouldn't go past 18.25" Most manufacturers do 18.5"
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Marine Combat Shooting Course in Afghanistan
On a scale of 0-10 with 0 being perfection, 10 being WTF that's stupid, and 5 being the inflection point where you cross over form learning mostly good stuff to mostly bad stuff, I can't give it too bad a score. I'm going to go with 3.5. That, however, is based on not knowing what the goals of the training actually are, nor how well these particular students score, or if what is seen is remotely comprehensive of what went on. There is the dude at about 40-43 second in where the guy crosses a major artery with the finger on the trigger on re-holster. Yeah, they ALL cross on the draw to some extent, but I'd 100% be more picky about the re-holster. On the draw, you actively have your mind set on shooting something and maximizing the gun being dangerous. The mechanical motion is also less likely to result in an accidental press of the triger until extending the gun away from you. On the re-holster, you are in the mind set of it becoming safer and not actively engaging something in particular, while nearly the entire range of motion has the ability to result in an unintentional trigger press. With that in mind though, you see one guy do it badly, and the others jsut sweep themselves with finger off the trigger. It may be he is the slow learner, and concessions to not choosing ideal circumstances covers the sweeping. I.e. In real life I'd rather sweep the dash/firewall rather than my legs, but in training that's be the back of the dude in front of me. I'd rather be responsible for my mistakes just hurting me in that situation. Beyond that, drawing the mags and reloads need some TLC. If they are being graded as awesome for what we saw there close up, I'd be disappointed in how well developed the course material was. There are multiple techniques and arguments for them, but in the military, you aren't getting away from dealing with the closed flap, and what they did there was a sloppy mix of techniques that aren't the best fit for each other. Then there's target presentation and shooter positions. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that more shooter positions were used than shown. The target positions might be an administrative requirement, but the materials available could be put to better use.
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another "question 26" question
Why? if it says psychiatrist, that is an MD who can write scripts. Lots of tehrapists are folks with social work degrees and some certs, masters in psychology, PhDs in psychology, or PsyD in psychology. None of which is a psychiatrist who is an MD in psychiatry.
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So, has ammo ever been available? (In the past decade)
No, it has not always been like this. I've been shooting seriously since about 2000, owned my own firearms since 1997, and I've never seen it even close to this bad. From people who have been doing it longer, they say 1995 was close in terms of demand.
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Your wish list, my rules
Well I'd like osme silencers, but that's outside of the rule. So pretty simple. Non pinned muzzle devices for my ARs, an 8 round tube form my 930, and a S&W 610 along with some full capacity magazines. I've hit that point where I'm preferring the collection be terse but well utilized, but the addition of the 610 would give me a reovlver to practice with without complicating my reloading scheme too much.
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Exploding Guns...VERY graphic
I've seen a few kabooms. None came even close to injuring someone beyond a small laceration form a chunk of brass. Haven't seen a rifle kaboom in person. You pull the trigger, and hear something other than a bang, clear your malfunction properly and be aware if something is in the barrel.
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Just One More Reason To Leave This State
It's valid. Having been to both, I wouldn't want to live either place. Along with Alabama, they are on the short list of places that not only do I not want to ever live there, but I would really rather never visit again either. Most states I have visited, there has been a list of things I liked even if the math totals up to say I'd rather not or shouldn't. Alabama could be the nicest palce ever (it's not, not even close), but having visited in summer... just no.. no no no.
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What Size Inner Diameter for A Muzzle Device on an AR308
I'm really trying to figure out what typo got auto corrected to shout. IT was supposed to be just.
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What Size Inner Diameter for A Muzzle Device on an AR308
No, you shout brought a cheaply made brake. They made the end opening rather large so that they can not worry that much about keeping the threads concentric with the bore.
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How can I opt for less mail from NRA?
Q: How can I reduce the amount of mail I receive from the NRA? A: Simply email us at [email protected] or dial 800-NRA-3888 and request to be placed on the "Do Not Promote" list. This will significantly reduce the amount of mail you receive without affecting important mailings, magazine service, or your membership renewal. Jeez people, this is neither a new nor difficult problem. The reason they send out the mailing for all sorts of crap is that they can't uses membership dollars for a lot of what you want them to use it for, like anything political. Other revenue streams, to an extent, can be. https://www.nramemberservices.org/members/faq/faq.aspx
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Ammo shortage to worsen?
It's not permanent. You have one of two extremes to choose from. Either buying will ease to "normal" levels and supply will keep up, or demand will persist long term, and manufacturers will feel comfortable expanding production capabilities. Reality is that demand will settle someplace, either where it is at or less. Especially given that we are leaving behind market pressures from china over their commodity lending schemes, cost should drop on raw materials. This means that production costs should drop. Unless demand is dropping along with it, this adds pressure to expand production capabilities or to add smaller manufacturers to the market as margins can be maintained even if you increase supply, and for new companies, margins are fatter so it is more attractive. The real issue is going to be .22lr. For centerfire stuff, there are offline facilities that bringing them online would be significantly cheaper than building new. For rimfire, it's looking at building new for a low margin item.
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Ammo shortage to worsen?
Well lets look. 60 day copper looks like a mesa and the price fell off a cliff. Why? Because china is having problems with how it was gaming loans and financing that operated on having a pile of some viable commodity in storage and "buying" and "selling" it to essentially loan out cash in a leveraged manner. Because of recent failures, this is a MUCH more risky money press right now, so no big purchases to get richer and richer. Lead 60 day. Big drop and a bounce back halfway up likely due to too hard a buy trying to get in on fallout from the lead smelter closing. Global supply is a non issue. Nickel... rising back to prices from a year ago, but that's still less than half the peak price of 2011. 60 day chart, took a giant poop about 30 days ago just like most of the other base metals still elevated over prices form a year ago. Still way cheaper than in 2011. I think the primary factors are that inflation is inflation. Prices will only go up. You can readily resell, and it keeps. That and we are shifting form gun owners being hunters who buy a few boxes a year to self-defense oriented who went from buying a box or two a month to a lot more and won't back down to the one or two boxes a month level even if they don't stay near peak.
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New NJ gun bills stalled?
They might be in a way. I don't think there is any other state with a large disconnect between what they believe is real simply by them stating it and what actually winds up happening. Back when they passed the AWB, compliance was near zero. Their view of it was that they won and those evil assault rifles went away. Kind of like all the non-registered NFA items from WWII bring back went away, which is why we see news stories about a pile of machine guns from WWII showing up dumped someplace or a widow bringing them into a police station. Now, the story is look at the level of non compliance, the crazy gun nuts want to start a war. At least post mainstream news outlet spin. The last thing NJ politicians want to acknowledge is that they are powerless morons and that their brilliant ideas don't work. I'm not saying it is a primary motivator, but when they have to think about push coming to shove, they do ask themselves how they will look when the dust settles.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/444346015676257/
Facebook is nothing but liability these days, sorry.