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Check out the Taurus clone. It has a frame mounted safety. If you are hung up on Beretta, look for the Steel I or Billenium. They both have frame mounted safeties. Both are 1k guns though since they aren't produced any more.

That's why I like slower powders. A double charge causes an overflow.

Give me some advance notice and maybe I can take a sporting clays road trip.

What was his user name?

Tiny did not suffer fools gladly. Whenever he got a new toy, he wanted to show it off and let people try it. It probably cost me a few dollars. I am not sure how I managed to avoid buying one of those Coonan 1911's in 357 mag.

I know that a fair number of folks in the Central Jersey range have frequented Shore Shot, so I figured I would pass along some sad news. James, aka "Tiny", passed away a few days ago. He was a one of a kind guy. Usually gruff, occasionally a jerk, but (IMO) at heart a real good guy. He was a fixture at Shore Shot. Somebody told me he was a fixture at the range that was there before Shore Shot too. I can attribute my appreciation for 10mm to him. It will seem a different place going there and not seeing him.

Putting rails on AK makes them feel unbalanced to me. The only one I ever really liked was the Ultimak gas tube. Sent from my QMV7A using Tapatalk

The kvar black plastic handguards have metal heat shields if it gets to be too much. Sent from my QMV7A using Tapatalk

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In my opinion, quality has finally come back on the upswing at Marlin/Remington. I think that is the general consensus over at the Marlin forum. Quality control was terrible when Remington took over. I took a chance on an 1895GBL a few months ago and have been happy with it.

I am now a resident of the Granite State. Live free or die, bitches. I worked for the same company in Manhattan and Jersey City for the last 15 years. Thankfully they have an office in Salem, NH and made the transition fairly painless for me. I can emphatically say "moving sucks" though. So now, my wife, daughter and I are living in the Seacoast region in a town called Exeter. The move happened a few weeks ago, and we are still living amongst the boxes since I can only unpack evenings and weekends. Which brings me to my next question. My reloading equipment is still in boxes and most likely will be for a few weeks. What online sources are people using for pistol ammo these days? I am so used to loading my own, I have lost track. I would like a half dozen boxes of 9mm to tide me over when I visit the local ranges. Oh, and as for places to shoot, there is an embarrassment of riches here. There are about 20 public and private ranges within an hour drive. I am trying to narrow down the field by eliminating clubs that don't have a rifle range longer than 100 yards. I have a bunch to check out. Anyway, thanks in advance. I still check NJ Gun Forums often and am hoping that Drake gets picked up and decided in your favor. I'd love to see New Jersey dragged into compliance with the Bill of Rights, and have Bloomberg and those NY/NJ hoplophobes eat a great big shit sandwich.

Won't last long

M&m is top notch. Nicest I've ever been to. Cedar creek is cool and really low key.

Ammo manufacturers never had a reason to jump on the 5.45 bandwagon since their competition was high quality milsurp ammo that sells for less than they can make it for at a profit. I predict we see new sources of 5.45, the way we saw new sources of 7.62 in the 90's.

thankfully it is not hollow point* and won't be subject to travel restrictions. * i put an asterisk because the Russian surplus does actually have a cavity in the nose, causing it to wildly tumble after impact and cause devastating internal damage (why Afghans named it the "poison bullet"). But the cavity is internal and does not have exposed "petals", so to the best of my knowledge this does not qualify it as hollow point ammunition.

Paul,I believe that this ammo is simply not importable any more. 7n6 ammo in the US remains legal to own and use. To the best of my knowledge (which may be the problem), NJ does not have restrictions on other ammo piercing ammo like 30 '06.

To anyone that likes AK-74s, it has been painfully obvious that the supply of cheap surplus 7N6 ammo would either dry up or get banned (like 7.62x39 did in the 90's) because some fool will make or import a handgun that shoots this caliber. Hopefully, they have been stacking it deep while it was available. It just means one day i will be buying Wolf or Golden Tiger 5.45, the way I do with 7.62x39. The days of ultra-cheap surplus ak-74 ammo are over. But now there is an incentive for the commercial manufacturers to make more since they don't have to compete with 12 cents per round surplus ammo. In the end it may be a good thing for the viability and survival of the caliber in the U.S. It really is a great round.

Blood Meridian was the most difficult book I have ever read. It took me a few months of daily ferry commutes to finish. It is dense prose, no quotation marks, and stomach churning, disturbing violence. The Road and No Country were both much easier reads.

This does suck, but it's not a reason to avoid a 5.45 ak. After this panic ends, it will be around the same price as Wolf ammo. The days of ten cents a round are done (unless you stockpiled) but it is still a great round.

My fraternity dog in college was Ruger.

There are plenty of deals on used S&W revolvers. While the 686 seems to draw a bit of a premium, the Model 19 and Model 28 are both great pistols that can be had inexpensively (especially the Model 19).

That almost makes up for their high pricing.

I will take an AK built in a Second World AK factory over an American built AK. They know how to build them better than we do. It is one of the very few instances where "American Made" doesn't have much appeal to me.