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That is great. Good for them. I doubt the Sheriff's will stick up for the Constitution in New Jersey.

In theory, yes. I have never heard of it being done though. It is much easier for the manufacturer to give you another gun from existing stock. They don't care about retarded NJ gun laws.

No worries. While I know that I have a tough time taking my own advice on waiting (delayed gratification is not my strong suit), I also know that holding out for the one I want is always the right move for me. I have sold far too many guns thinking I was "OK" with the one I got, and ended up thinking the grass was greener elsewhere. Sometimes it was, sometimes not. If you had another 9mm pistol already, I think my recommendation would be easier to swallow. Since you don't, I understand wanting to have something to shoot now.

I have a spare. It is 2" hex head screw. The head on it is 1/4" deep (meaning 1 3/4" of actual screw). The threads go nearly 1/2 the total length. If you want it, pm me and I'll mail it to you.

I hope what I say doesn't sound too harsh. The initial cost of a gun is probably the smallest expense in this sport. A used Beretta can be had for $100-$125 more than your current price range. A box of 9mm is nearly $20 these days unless you buy in bulk. For the cost of 5 boxes of ammo you are going to not get the gun you really want? Does your town extend permits? Can you throw $100-150 on a credit card and promise to pay it off in the next month? If you have the patience to wait as long as you did already for your town to give you permits, you can buy your dream gun and wait a little longer to afford ammo to shoot it. Settling for something else makes no sense to me when you are a nearly inconsequential amount away from what you really want. Just saying..,

You can't reason someone out of a belief they didn't use reason to arrive at.

Weak ammo, bad or.hummed up extractor, bent ejector. Need more info.on gun model, round count, ammo. Edit: All these replies came in since the original question. Check the extractor. I once had those inexplicable stovepipe problems with an old CZ, and it turned out the extractor was so full of crud that it stopped being able to grab as good a hold of the shell for extraction. 125 grains @ 1000fps does not seem like a cream puff load, so I am guessing that it is not underpowered.

You guys may want to organize by skill. I am an intermediate shooter, and the medium course was good for me. After a few more trips I will try the advanced course. I think the easy course would have been too easy, although to be fair, I have never tried it. I am basing it on the intermediate course difficulty. I got an 81 my only time there, and could've had at least five more easy shots if I focused a little more. The next time I will pay better attention to judging break points before I shoot each station. In retrospect, I was attempting some dumb shots. You need to find the point in the birds travel where it is going the slowest, or just hanging there for a moment.

Check out the P01. It turns up more often than the 75_B these days. It is essentially the CZ 75BD Compact that was redesigned to meet NATO sidearm specs. Basically the weak points in the 75B original design have been corrected, like the slide release bar. The gun now goes several thousand rounds before an expected failure (ie misfeed, bad eject, etc). Great no brainer, accurate pistol. I got mine a few months back for $525 from IRA at Legends.

Me too.

Maybe we were looking at a different thread, but I feel like LaRue just doesn't suffer fools gladly. He might be a prickly personality, but it wouldn't stop me from buying a gun from his company. That was one of the best threads this forum has ever seen. Name calling. Hissy fits. Members quitting the forum. It had it all.

Along those lines, check out the owner of Robinson Arms. "If you criticize me, I guarantee bad service". http://www.xcrforum.com/forum/8-robinson-armament/8624-changes-robinson-armament-co.html At one time I was really interested in the XCR too.

All of these. Great group of moves, and all over the map as far as genre. "No man can eat 50 eggs Luke".

Anything that was this much fun had to shut down or get sued out of existence. I remember going to the Trade Winds club in Sea Bright back when I was in college. We would buy beers and jump in the pool and listen to the band. Too much fun. Can't imagine places like that exist in Jersey any more. Now Trade Winds is the name for big ugly beach McMansions residing where the club used to stand.

I wanted to like them. But they are a bit too "blingy" for me. And they are filled with MIM parts. Those were deal killers for me. The Rossi big loop M92 is a terrific lever gun. I bought the gun for $400 from TJ Sporting Arms (NJGF Vendor) last year, and some parts and the DVD from Steve at Steve's Gunz online. Terrific guy. What's best is that he takes calls during the day and will work with you to solve your problem. I was having problems driving a pin out of mine and taking the wobble out of a rear peep sight I put on to replace the buckhorn rear, and he spent 1/2 hour on the phone with me until I got them squared away. After watching the video, I smoothed out the action (it wasn't bad to begin with) and the gun is a great shooter. It hit's a 12" x 18" steel target at 100 yards with magnum loads. No problem. The holdover is trickier with creampuff 38's.

When you watch Casablanca and think, "wow, these are some corny cliches", remember that this is the movie where they came from. When it was made, they were all brand new. and became cliches over time. It's like watching Citizen Kane. Everyone copied from it. My all time favorite Humphrey Bogart movie is "Treasure of the Sierra Madre". I think that even today's audiences would appreciate that one. Badges, we don't need to stinking badges... As for Clint Eastwood Spaghetti westerns from back then, try "For a few dollars more". Another classic old western movie to see is "The Wild Bunch".

That is too bad. $400 is a lot of money for a crap gun and crap service.

Does the town have a no discharge ordinance? I would think that is the key.

It sounds like it would be perfect. My only question would be to see if it's a field gun. Most people like 28" barrels or more for a skeet gun. My Browning is a field model, so it is 26". Since i am not good enough for it to matter, I don't care or notice the difference. The other reason I ask is that light field guns are not always the best choice for women who might be recoil averse. Heavier guns soak up recoil better. Often times, it is a delicate balance where a gun isn't too heavy for a woman to hold and use, but is heavy enough to not give her a pounding. You can always try a slipon recoil pad. The only downside to them is that they increase length of pull and can screw with inertial hammer systems (think "limp wristing" on a Glock).

Rob, You have a few things to consider. If this is a dedicated trap gun, then a 20 gauge may not be the best choice just because of the longer distances at which you will be shooting targets, particularly as you improve and move further back from the 16 yard line. For any other clay disciplines, the 20 gauge is a good choice in my opinion (especially skeet). Ammo is nearly as easy to find as 12 gauge. The only downside is that 20 gauge target ammo costs more than 12 gauge. Just by components (i.e. more powder and more shot), you would think the opposite, but it's true. I think it's just because so much more 12 gauge is produced that you get an economy of scale. My 20 Gauge Browning side-by-side and Ithaca pump come with me every time when upland bird hunting (primary and backup). I have been known to take the Browning to shoot skeet too, where the shots are all pretty close. I am considering taking my Browning to Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays, wher all the shots seem to be nice and up close. It wouldn't be as good a choice for other SC course with longer shots. If you bail on the 20 gauge, I might be interested.

+1 to all of these. And the water in that lake where the tube slide spit you out was always freezing.

I would use them as range mags. Not for self defense.

I got my part a few years back. Hopefully before SKSParts slept around.

Only one. And it is the only one I would never sell. A Soviet SKS my pop brought back from Viet Nam. It had been missing an Op Rod, so the prior owner had been using it like a bolt action. The gun looks like hammered shirt, but it shoots every time, and pretty straight.It is now back to being an autoloader thanks to sksparts.com. I take it out once a year.