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My cell earpiece stopped working for a day. I got your call but couldn't hear you. A reboot seems to have cured it for now.

Thanks Phil. I hope to make it in sometime soon. No worries. When I saw your text I was already headed home. I hope it was a good day.

Hammer to the head. Quick and painless. Don't do it too hard though or you can add gross to that list.

+1. I hate huge rollmarks.

I didn't have the HK45. Quite a few years back I had the P2000 in 9mm. You will enjoy the Mossberg.

Maybe it's only with the full size HK45. I was comparing the HK 45C against a full size 1911 which weighs a good deal more. That weight soaks up a lot of recoil.

I was in a bit of a quandary. I got a new pistol and a new shotgun, and didn't want to write one post in the handgun section and another in shotgun, so here I am. First is my Mossberg 930 Home Defense. It is not the tactical version with AR sights. It just has a standard receiver and front bead. I know how to shoot a regular shotgun fairly well (i.e. pointing, not aiming) and wanted to keep the manual of arms the same. I have never been a huge fan of Mossbergs. They are sort of the Glock of the shotgun world. Ugly and gets it done would be the best description of them. For some reason that it OK with my rifles, but I like more refinement in my handguns and scatterguns. For quite a while I had a Remington 870 Police as my home defense gun. But the quality autoloaders kept calling my name. The difference in speed is really substantial between a good autoloader and a pump. So I sold the Remmy (beautiful gun, nice wood, a Wingmaster in matte black). If the FN SLP Police or Mark I had regular sights, or were a little more reasonably priced, I would've bought one. And the Benelli's were stupid expensive. But I kept reading good things about the Mossberg 930's reliability and recoil management. So I bit the bullet. I added a Nordic Components extension to put the gun at its Jersey legal max capacity. Today I took the gun out to Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol and ran 100 mixed 00 buck and slugs through it, to break it in. The gun runs like a champ. I then proceeded to put twenty rounds of 7 1/2 birdshot target loads through it. Again, not a hiccup. As fast as I could pull the trigger, the rounds would come out, and the hulls were deposited in a nice pile a few feet to my right. A few times I thought that I was miscounting because I knew I loaded five rounds and only counted four shots because I was hammering them so quickly. And my shoulder isn't even in pain. I would not be able to say that after shooting 100 through my 870 Police. In fact I might not have even been able to get through 100 full power loads. So I broke the Mossberg down after I got home. Not too dirty. I wouldn't mind a nicer stock, and the forearm is just a rough hunk of plastic, but the gun is too good a shooter for me to care much. The Mossberg 930 is a winner and it is not that expensive (~$600 new). Now my other acquisition,. I just picked up a HK 45 Compact. After having winnowed my handgun collection down to four, I was trying to keep the manual of arms the same with my two 45s. I have a Dan Wesson Valor, and now the HK 45C. A big reason I bought it was that the folks that had a hand in the design and testing were big 1911 guys who were able to incorporate modern manufacturing techniques into a reliable self defense gun. The best part of the gun is that there are nine configurations that it can be changed to, including various combinations of SA/DA, DAO, LEM (like a Glock pull), light LEM, and lefty or right controls. And this is by simply swapping detente plates and control levers. Right now the gun is in variant 1, which is the control lever is set for a righty shooter (i.e. it is on the left side) and it can act as a safety and decocker. My personal bugaboo about 1911's i that they are a righty gun. Most of the lefty thumb safeties are not very robust, and do get loose if used enough. For you rightys with ambi safeties on your 1911's who are saying "He's full of shit. My right side safety isn't loose." try shooting weak hand a lot, ride the safety, and see what happens. The closest I have seen to a really good solution is the Caspian or Wilson Combat ambi safety setups, both over $100. I love that I can turn this gun into a true lefty pistol. Not ambi. LEFTY, hell yes! Today I was in the Central Jersey pit with the knock down steel. At a dozen yards I couldn't knock them down as quickly as with the 1911, and the recoil was definitely more than the 1911, but it was less than the Glock 21 I once owned. Not bad for a compact gun. My only real complaint is that this gun has one of the worst double action trigger pulls I have ever felt on a pistol. What is surprising is that the single action pull is so crisp and without creep. And the HK 45C feels good in my hand. Some of the earlier USP guns felt even more blocky than a Glock. I just wish that HK put the silly looking spider man grippy material on the compact's grip. The gun only has front and rear checkering, not enough to keep a great grip in bad conditions IMO.One thing I had been planning on was switching to a right side control, since I am a lefty pistol shooter. And now after today, I am also planning on removing the decocking feature. It is a little too easy to push the safety lever past the horizontal if you ride the safety (I practice shooting righty too). I never actually accidentally decocked the gun, but the extra range of motion threw me off a bit. And removing the decock allows me to shoot the gun like a 1911. I won't have to put up with that awful DA trigger. The gun ate 75 rounds of hot handloaded 45ACP without a problem. I would've shot more through it, but I was trying to shoot the Valor side-by-side with it to have a good comparison. Next time out I will try some mousefart loads. The gun does have a stiff recoil spring, so I wonder how they will feed and eject. All in all, a nice, well made gun. I am happy with this purchase too.

Great starter 1911. Well made. Functions well. For not too much more money, check out the STI Spartan. It has some modern features that make the gun more pleasant to shoot (i.e. full size sights), and it is a very well made gun with a good company that stands behind their products.

Your wife has great taste. The Superposed is a classic. Yet another great design from John Moses Browning.

This thread makes me think of a Family Guy episode.

Good luck. Enjoy the freedom and warm weather. A great combo.

I have owned the Marlin (Remlin) 1894C and Rossi 92 in 357. I will take the Rossi in a heartbeat (sold the Marlin, still have the Rossi), and I have never been a fan of Taurus. They got this one right though. Steve's Gunz sells all the accessories you could want and has a video on giving it an action job. My big loop carbine lever is smooth as butter and with peep sights and a fiber optic front sight is very accurate. I hit steel at 100 yards no problem with magnum loads. Cowboy loads require a bit of hold over.

I haven't seen where the OP dismissed other people's complaints. He simply corrected some misconceptions about the bill. On balance, to me there is more to dislike than like. Some may feel otherwise. Enough with the accusations and butthurt. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using Tapatalk 2

You both fill out a NJ Certificate of Eligibility, and you are good.

There are a ton of lightly used HD Sportsters because people buy one for the price and want bigger quickly thereafter. Save more and skip the loss on the trade-in. I liked the sportster too, but I looked like a gorilla humping a football on it. My Wide Glide was a much better fit.

Use a gun shop.with a reasonable transfer fee. Mine are all between $25-$35 for a transfer.

Unless you find a magazine stamped with the 458 caliber clearly stamped on it (and maybe 10 round capacity), I don't see how you could get away with it. Even then you might be hassled. It doesn't help to be proven right in court if you have to go broke to do it.

Soviet SKS. Brought back by my pop from Viet Nam. Not the prettiest or most accurate gun I own, but the only one I guarantee will stay with me.

To me a Mossberg 500 is for home defense and putting dinner on the table. While it may be versatile enough to be used as a clays gun, I prefer something better suited to the task. With rifles and shotguns especially, I try to buy a gun I won't outgrow, thinking that I don't want to be in the position where I have to sell the cheap gun I bought for a better one down the road. That way, if I sell a gun it's because of personal preference and not necessity. While a gun is meant to primarily be a tool, many of them are well designed enough functionally and aesthetically to inspire pride of ownership. I own both Mossbergs and Glocks and like them for their intended purpose, but neither falls into that pride of ownership category for me. My clays shotgun on the other hand, is an impressive machine functionally and looks-wise. I can only hope to be as good as it will allow me to be. At least I'll know it's never the gun holding me back.

I am with you. I never loved the LEM on my P2000. I prefer the HK SA/DA. I got rid of my LEM P2000. I like the Glock and M&P trigger better than HK LEM.

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Great story. Thanks.

The Browning Buckmark the fantastic 22 pistol. I would take it over the Ruger any day of the week. The only downside I see to it is the base Camper model has a plastic rear sight base that can easily strip. Take a look at the higher end UDX model. It has a metal base that won't strip and the Rosewood grips on it are beautiful.

They expect you to back down. Disappoint them. Schedule an appointment with the Police chief. If he is not receptive, schedule one with the mayor. Keep making noise.

Perhaps the Taurus PT92. It is a Beretta 92 clone made in Brazil.