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This is me and my Marlin 1895GBL 18" in 45-70 (I am on the right. Smokin 50 is in the middle). It might be overkill, but it's fun.

I think that the "other" 40 cal pistol cartridges 357Sig and 10mm get a lot more love.

New Hampshire only has a capital gains tax. I'm not sure I am going to have a NH tx return since all of my stock holdings are IRAs and 401Ks. I guess my accountant will let me know.

Registering my wife's car, a 2013 Honda Pilot, was around $750. They are taking into account the fact that you don't pay sales tax when you purchase a car in New Hampshire. Except that I DID pay sales tax when I bought the car in New Jersey.

No state income tax and no sales tax is a tough combo to beat.

That's a heck of a first post. The folks are coming out of the woodwork here to bash the OP. Shill #2?

I was a New Jerseyan my entire life until two months ago. I was lucky enough to have my job agree to a transfer to our New Hampshire office, and away we (I and my family) went. Freed from idiotic firearms (and other) laws, here is my rifle of choice. This is an Arsenal SGL-31, based on a Saiga rifle in 5.45x39. It has a RS Regulate rail and Aimpoint H1 that allows for a lower 1/3 iron sight cowitness. I much prefer its position to the Ultimak, and it doesn't get subjected to the extreme heat on the gas tube. I put on a VLTOR AK conversion tube and a Bravo B5 adjustable stock to replace the stubby Warsaw length stock. The rifle shoots great. It is easy to ring 12"x24" steel at 200 yards. And it has enough evil features, not including 30 round magazines, to make Loretta Weinberg shitt herself.

This one's for Vlad.

40S&W is the only common pistol caliber on the store shelves every time we have another Obama or mass shooting related hoarding frenzy. 9mm and 45ACP are nowhere to be found. Some of the niche calibers are usually there though, like 357Sig and 380.

I had an extractor problem too. They sent me a new one for free. A bit of the edge chipped off and made extraction spotty.

The P01 is a great gun. It is one of the few that I regretted selling and eventually bought another. I bought a set of VZ grips for it to shrink the palm swell just a hair. My grip on it is rock solid now. I shoot it nearly as well as the larger CZs. The only downside is that the P01 is noticeably lighter, making follow up shots a bit slower. I like the ergos better on the P01 though. I may ditch the super curved trigger and go with the Combat one, which I prefer. The p01 has about the same amount of creep as the 75/85 guns, where the hammer cams back a little before dropping. Paying CZ Customs $100 to spruce it up is a great investment. The decocker makes it a little more expensive to get trigger work done than the manual safety. The P01 had to pass very rigorous testing to be approved as a NATO (I think) sidearm. It is reliable.

The FN has a huge grip girth. 15 rounds of 45acp takes up some room. Take another look at that "second strike" capability. To me it is a bogus selling point. IMO, anyone with a shred of common sense is going to rack their slide and chamber a new bullet, whether it's a Beretta 92, FN45, or a Glock. Wasting time pulling the trigger on a round that might not ignite the second time either is a risk I wouldn't take. If it's the gun with the problem, then getting a second chance strike probably isn't going to help anything.

I thought i was the only one to get the Dirty Harry reference.

If you buy a Glock (or any other pistol) in 40s&w, you need to consider that 9mm in a conversion barrel has a minor caveat. The extractor and ejector on a 40 are different size than those for 9mm, so 9mm is ok for plinking but questionable for reliability. People buy Glock 21 for the same multi-caliber reason, and have the same problem. The only reliable conversions I know of (there may be more) are 40s&w to 357Sig, and 10mm to 40s&w and 357Sig, since they use the same extractor and ejector. 40 and 357 fit in the same mags, and work reliably in 10mm mags.

The Beretta has a large grip. I have big hands and short fingers, and the grip always felt large to me. The Glock 17 has all the romance and aesthetic appeal of a hammer, but it works every time. If you want a gun that is purely a utilitarian tool, the Glock is a good bet. If you want some looks to go with your function, the Beretta is a good bet. I went with the Glock 34 (9mm + longer slide).

Griffin&howe does it. Expect to pay around $200 thought.

It's not the percentage off. I think they were referring to the fact that it was a Kimber. I would gladly take 30% off a gun I wanted.

The 7.62x39 does have a nice rainbow trajectory. If you want to get good at practicing "hold over", it is your round.

Don't forget SKS'. They are a blast to shoot too.

I disagree with Vlad about the practical max distance of 7.62x39 (i.e. able to hit a man-size target aiming quickly and without using a rest). I would put it more at 250-300 yards, but he is right about it not being a flat shooter at those distances. The limitations of 7.62x39 ammo aren't there with 5.45x39. I have an Arsenal SGL-31 and it compares pretty well with 223 ballistics and has less recoil.

At the time I owned it I was only using the tapco 10 rounders.

Or a gun actually built in an eastern european arms factory. No brainer for an AK fan.

Great gun. Extremely accurate even with steel cased 7.62x39. I owned one and sold it. I just thought it was way too heavy a gun (nearly 10lbs) to be shooting an intermediate caliber. If I remember right, it took standard AK mags. That gun really shines in 308.

If you consider building from the larger G20/G21 or G29/30 frames, you have even more options using conversion barrels: 10mm (my favorite) 45ACP 40S&W 357Sig 9mm The extractor (and ejector I think) is the same for 10mm, 40S&W and 357Sig. And 10mm magazines can be used to reliably feed all three since their cases are the same diameter.

Good price. I just paid a bunch more fro 1k from grafs.