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If you are looking to get a custom fitting done, PM me. I am headed to Griffin & Howe Shooting School up in Andover tomorrow morning with my Beretta Silver Pigeon. The combination of a flat, high comb without cast, and my pudgy face, mean that my gun doesn't line up right. I am getting gun measurements taken and they will steam my stock (and cut if necessary) and apply the right amount of cast, and drop (if needed). Stocks almost always fit me without any problem. Field stocks have lower combs. My trap gun has an adjustable comb and plenty of cast, so it is fine. It is the non-adjustable sporting stocks that leave me feeling like someone punched me in the jaw. What is nice is that I have the measurements sheet and any stock fitter will be able to use the numbers and mold the stock to my exact required dimensions.

Perhaps there is confusion between transportation and "carrying". A NJ FID removes the restrictions for long arms that always apply to handguns. You may only transport a handgun between your home, the range, your place of business (if you own it). The same restrictions apply for long arms without a FID. If you do possess a FID, it eliminates the restrictions on long arms. It does not for handguns.

The Stevens 311 is about the most solid feeling SXS I have ever held. It might be the least graceful too. But they work well and if you want a field gun for a crappy, rainy day, you would have a hard time finding better. The double triggers are a nice touch. I believe I sold mine in 12 gauge to a member here for $250 or $275. Pre-hysteria.

+1. Every gun I have ever bought from Shore Shot has had a plastic label with their FFL log number on it.

No, but assuming the gifter in a NJ resident you will need to obtain a permit to purchase a handgun, just like you would for any handgun purchase. You simply fill out the bottom left hand corner of the form and return copies to the state and issuing authority. This will save you the NICS and transfer fees of an FFL.

I was just out bird hunting this weekend at Buttonwood in Phillipsburg. I brought my Vizsla and my buddy's uncle brought his Brittany. My dog hunts like it's his hobby. The Brittany hunts like it's his job. They are amazing. And they fetch the bird too. I wish I had trained mine to do that.

Accuracy, not necessarily if they are both bullet weights optimized for your barrel twist. Point of impact, yes. The PMC Bronze 223 I use is loaded light and has a lower impact than M93 of the same weight (although neither is optimal for my 1:7 twist Colt). You are right about it not mattering much until you start going past 100 yards though.

Frank, you already know this, but for the benefit of anyone interested in what you are doing... Keep your bolt AR brass separate from AR brass so you can just size on the neck (since they are already fire formed to the chamber). Did they give you collet dies to just size on the neck? You can experiment with loading them long, although that always scared me. I worried about leaving too little room for the bullet to jump, and getting pressure spikes. I am not sure how to get to the optimum length except trial and error. It should be interesting. I have never tried loading for maximum precision. I always laughed when I saw the dies with built-in micrometer for sizing, but I guess it will come in handy when you are trying to put 5 shots in a dime at 100 yards.

It's a Savage bolt. What caliber?

Many PD will confiscate your old card while you wait for your new card. This makes you unable to legally purchase handgun ammo in New Jersey. Many of the bigger stores insist on the FID for rifle/shotgun ammo purchases as well. I would consider temporarily "misplacing" your FID when you apply for a new one.

They think you are going to say "Screw it. This is too much of a hassle."

The law is very unclear. It is at the discretion of the PD. Some use this as yet another hoop for gun owners to jump through. Tell your friend to fill out for a permit every 3 or 6 months and it will keep him "active" in their system. If he doesn't use them, at least it only cost $20. It sucks, but sometimes you have to work the system.

Any reason you don't leave it in your trunk? I would think it's safer there where no one but you knows about it.

If you ever head to the Poconos, Kundlas barbecue pit in Hamlin is great.

Never less than 3. 3 is the most you can use before expiration if you live in a town where the Police Chief will not sign permit extensions (it is up to their discretion according to the law). If you chief does sign extensions, then you can get up to six. The only reason to get more than that is if you are going to be bequested more guns than that, buying a collection, etc. In this case you would need to fill out the paperwork for exemption from OGAM. O you could order 100 just to make a political statement.

Middletown was about 2 months to the day.

The Beretta 390/400 series are great, reliable guns. I believe Anthony at M&M used one to win the national title in Sporting Clays.

well, that's better news than I expected. Thanks.

I had a home on Lake wallenpaupack, off of Ledgedale road by Route 507 (2 hour drive to GW Bridge). It is beautiful up there and prices are low. Our family had the home since the late 80's and sold it for what we bought it for. Avoid Mount Pocono. The rumor (and I am sure that I will be corrected if wrong) is that home builders went to not-nice sections of NYC and told folks they could have dream homes away from the city. Well, 20 years later, those folks took root, along with the pathologies they brought with them. And now parts of the Poconos are far more ghetto than you would expect.

Rob, I wasn't directing at anyone in particular. I love blowing shit up as much as anyone. And 12 gauge does it better than anything else, except maybe 10 gauge (which I have never tried). I just don't want people buying a 12 gauge because it is the "guy" thing to do and never shooting it because it is too much for them. I know I will never get my wife to try a shotgun again because 15 years ago someone gave her a 12 gauge pump loaded with buck. When I take newbie shooter friends out for clays, I always bring a few shotguns in 12 and 20 and have them try the 20 first.

It's the camel's nose under the tent. Ban an entire class of currently legal guns. It sets a precedent and makes it easier whe they come for our hunting rifles, aka "high power sniper rifles".

There's no tough guy contest here. If followup shots are important, I don't think anyone can tell you they can get back on target just as fast with a 12 as a 20. If you remove testosterone from the equation, 20 is the better tool for a lot of the shooting most of us do simply because it gets the job done with less recoil. There are things 12 does better, but this thread isn't about hunting turkey or duck, handicap trap, etc. If bulk 20 was as cheap as bulk 12, my skeet and sporting clays gun would be in 20. My bird guns are in 20. Who wants to walk around for 4 hours with a 10 pound shotgun They get heavy after a while. One of these days I'm going to need to start reloading shot shells.

Super Troopers always friggin' kills me when I watch it. My wife just rolls here eyes. She just doesn't get it.

Thanks. Won't be dealing with DTuner.

Central Jersey Rifle and Pistol. Great club. Supports the shooting sports. Work credits can be used towards lowering membership cost, but are NOT mandatory. Dues are $225/year. www.cjrpc.org