Melgamatic

I agree that's the law, but good luck getting a firearms dealer in NJ to actually sell you a handgun without a FID. All the dealers I use (maybe 10 in NJ) all want to see the FID before they let you even handle a gun from the case....

It took me around 70 days to get my last set of 3 PPP's. BUT, I'm not sure this is a case of the PD trying to slow me down, or manpower, or anything other than a PD getting dicked around by the county and state. One of my references was a town councilman on the police committee. I live on the same block as the PD, and know them by name. I'm a cubmaster for a pack with one of the other sergeants as a dad. Fanwood is only around 1 sq mile, so those of us who care know most of the cops, especially the officers. We have a large number of cops with 20-35 years on the force. The Sgt in charge of firearms stuff was very helpful in meeting me to accept my paperwork, and they did not have any additional requirements. Both my references got their letters and both sent them back within a few days. I called the Sgt after about 50 days, asking what was going on. He called me back, and left a detailed message telling me what steps had been done, what steps were missing. Basically, Union County never returned a domestic violence search. He called them a number of times, and finally asked that they just fax it to him. He called me when they were ready, gave me his personal cell number and when he'd be on duty. I called him, and he drove in from patrol to meet me at the station to pick them up. He was very apologetic, and showed me the checklist he uses to track the steps. He showed me that the steps he's responsible for happened quickly, and showed me the faxed domestic violence report from the county. He was friendly, and we chatted about various issues, including firearms. One of my previous permits was used for an H&K HK45, and we talked about H&K ergonomics. SO, it's a weird thing. I know that other towns are sometimes faster than this, and Fanwood (the same Sgt) did me in 34 days last time, but it appears as though this time the Sgt was doing his best to help me out, and it just took 70 days to have Union County send me the DV report. We parted on great terms, and he said "See you in a few months when you're ready for more" as we parted. He's a good guy, and I wave to him when I see him on patrol. Unlike many towns that are hindering, here is a guy who seems to be really trying to help me and do his duty, but is just trying to follow the rules and can't do it under 60-70 days right now. Are towns that are returning PPP's in 20-30 days doing the whole check, or are they skipping some steps? I supposed FPD could be skipping things like the DV check (since I live on the same block, it's hard to imagine the domestic violence issue of which they wouldn't be aware), but following the rules they are having a hard time getting it done.

Moderators, please move this post to the politics forum. Thanks.

Keltec posted that they made 800 before their Christmas week shutdown. Once they start making more, the prices will drop down to MSRP, and I'll be buying one. It's cool and looks fun. If I don't like it I'll sell it for close to what I paid for it....not such a hard decision! Hopefully we'll all remember the names of the dealers selling them for $3K on gunbroker now, and decline to do business with them when the prices drop. I still don't buy supplies from some of our local NJ dealers that gouged us on primer and powder pricesback in 2010.

I have a new XD(m) 40 3.8" - where can you buy the switch out barrels? Thanks.

This seems to be not true, since we know the recent M1 Carbine copies were legal from the "assault weapons checklist" standpoint, but not legal since they said "M1 Carbine" on them, right?

Service grade rifles from the CMP are $895, including a nice hard case. How much cheaper do you want them to be?

Your reactive response to this question is cute, and I'm sure all the Jewish people agree with you that Hillary is as bad as Hitler, but maybe know something about a topic before responding?

You cash shoot 50BMG at Ft Dix. I have shot mine there a few times. You need to tell them when you pay because they only want you in some lanes. They may want to "inspect" it first, too,but in my case it was just the guy asking what brand I had and if I had shot it before. Of course it's only 200 yes, and the 50 is just settling down a that point, but at least you can sight in and gave fun.

Unfortunately, 7 months later they have completely fallen apart. I'm now at 69 days. I don't really need them, so I've been holding off contacting them to see how long it actually took without any prodding. I live on the same block as the PD, know a couple Sgts personally, and figured I'd let it take its course. But, now I guess I have to call someone. Unfortunately, none of them are ever in the office anytime I'm at home, and have to be several hours late to work to ever have personal contact with a police officer. There are NONE ever in the office.

So how is that possible? I guess they are not running county domestic violence checks on you? It's great for you, but are they really allowed to skip that?

Went out Saturday morning at 5am to setup decoys and blinds, and had my first ever goose with the first shot I took. Was flat on my back in the cornfield for 3 hours, only took 2 shots, and got this ~18lber with the first shot.

Actually, lucky credit card company. You're only responsible for the first $50 on a stolen CC. Whenever the CC fraud guys call me for "my own protection" I laugh at them.

Are any ranges closed?

That used to be true. It has probably been changed, but you aren't allowed to know the cases or laws that changed it.

Not in NJ == doesn't matter.

I have a very strong recommendation, but they are in the Albany, NY area.

I understand the feeling, but there are license plate cameras in every single lane, including cash, that can instantly read your plate and look your record. I'm seeing more and more police cars equipped with the instant plate reading equipment as well, which no longer requires the officer to type in your plate, but will inform him if any cars around him have warrants, etc. Plus, you're typing on an Internet forum and feel like that? Guess what, Big Brother just saw that your worried and now your entire life is going to be under scrutiny! (<== closest emoticon to a tin foil hat I could find).

The box o' drives started around 1992. I think I hammered them before then, or maybe I just didn't have any data I gave a crap about before then. I hated MFM drives. Writing software for them was tricky.

Took a box of around 20 hard drives (dated from around 1992 to last year) to MCR&PC this morning to give them a final farewell. Wanted to make the data difficult to retrieve so I can just toss the drives out. Put one 308 shot through the platters of each. The other guy at the range was worried that they might leave a big mess (I told him I'd clean up any shards, etc), but there was no mess at all. Nice clean hole through the platters and PC board. This was a lot of fun! Box of hard drives: 13GB drive from 2000: PC boards suffered little damage: 425MB (megabyte!) drive from 1993: 3GB drive from 1996:

So, have you actually been to a storage auction? Are they crazy crowded now with all the reality storage auction shows, or are they still sane? Are prices reasonable? Is it anything like what you see on TV, or as completely different as I suspect they might be? Inquiring minds want to know.

Anthony, I don't think you should bother responding. First off, the guy's handle is "Tosser" - not sure we need to worry about someone with that slang term as a name so much..... Secondly, you know the old saying about arguing on the internet....

It performs great in every 22 I have, semi-auto, bolt, pistol, revolver, etc. I tested 12 types of 22 in my 10/22, and it was the most accurate and consistent, beating out even two expensive boxes of competition ammo. I've never actually had a jam or FTF with it, and I've probably gone through 10-15 350-shot boxes. I think it's great, and it's pretty much all I shoot now for 22s.

To me, crimps look almost OK, but I think you are setting the bullet WTF too low...thus crushing the cases.

There are monthly SASS competitions at MCRPC. I think they are pretty silly, use up the range for almost the whole day, etc. You have to apply for a cowboy name. You have to spend money on semi-useless firearms, too....