DirtyDigz

What do you use to mark/label handgun magazines? It hit me when packing for the range last night that my handgun magazine collection is starting to get out of hand and I need to start labeling them, both so I can quickly identify which handgun the magazine is for and also in case I have problems with a magazine so I can take it out of service until it gets fixed. I'd prefer to mark them on the sides of the magazines instead of the bottom, but is there anything I can mark them with that won't wear off after a bunch of cycles in and out of the handgun?

NJ.com video to accompany the news story is out - see the players talking (Manny at Bullet Hole, Nappen, Roubian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD-gMdLOQGk BTW, I went to the GFH/Woodland Park range for the first time ever last night as a walk-in/non-member (I didn't do any rentals). Hands down the best facilities and best-run indoor range I've been to yet. Guess I picked a good time as I was able to go right from registration to a port without any wait. I'd say a little less than half of the shooters on the line were women, and a I saw a group of just women come in to do rentals which I've never seen at another range. It was really encouraging to see - say what you want about the danger of rentals, but I believe they are definitely making it easier for Jane & John Q. Public to get hands-on exposure to firearms which is crucial to combating anti-gun b.s. and spin.

You need to define what "best" means for you. My best armor, regardless of weight, is a hardened concrete and lead-lined bunker 200 feet underground. On steel plates - I think they have their place for "casual" use. They are definitely heavy, so not a good choice if you're wanting to run around, stand at a post for 8 hours or go walking/hiking for miles. However I think they're good enough for "bug-in" scenarios. Keep a carrier with steel plates at home if you're in an urban area - is a riot going on downtown? Are you starting to hear lots and lots of shots? Throw the armor on and hunker down, or get to your car and de-ass out of town. Or keep a set in the car in case you're trapped in traffic and an attack/gunfight takes place near you. Throw the armor on and get clear of the area.

Nope, good to go otherwise. BTW, there is a BX-15 magazine available which holds 15 rounds. Looks very similar to the 25 round pictured, just shorter.

Hawt! Someone's milling machine was busy for a while... I have to ask: Y U NO USE THIS GRIP!?:

Little and littler. The 19 sometimes has to share with the 26. The 26 never has to share with the 19:

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Awesome Glenn. Hey, I think we met briefly on the NJ2AS-sponsored bus down to Trenton a couple years back if you're the guy I'm thinking of. I know little about M1919's other than I want one. Is there a "cheap" option for a machine to link rounds, either using metal or cloth links?

Ok, I know that I'd have to refrain from linking more than 15 rounds together, but any other pitfalls of owning a semi-auto M1919 in NJ?

Maybe wait for Venezuela to complete its collapse and then go pick one out of the rubble?: http://www.guns.com/2012/05/21/venezuela-national-guard-uses-beretta-cx4-storm/

CX4 in 9mm was a favorite range toy with past GF's - light shooting and laser accurate. I'm not sure what's going on with new production, Beretta may have phased it out. Several used ones for sale on gunbroker.

Bought one of these before from that ebay vendor, no problems.

That's my thought as well - how "permanent" does the modification have to be? Although stock SKS's can be converted to accept detachable magazines in about 30 seconds, and they are NJ legal.

Or do what Sunset Hill out in PA does - Range Officer is assigned to each renter and stands right behind the renter, ready to pounce if the muzzle starts travelling... I think the RO's also do all the transort to/from port and loading/magazine changes - the only time the renter touches the firearm is to pick it up from the port table to shoot it.

Lured me back in - just did my 2nd order. Another filler item: Hazard Stick-Up Modular Universal Holster, Black Item #855822 $12.99 Wouldn't trust it to carry a loaded handgun, but I think it will come in handy for securing an unloaded handgun or magazine(s) on the interior molle straps of my double sided soft rifle bag.

Can't they just put up some "This is a Suicide-Free Facility" signs? That should stop this. Gallows humor aside, this sucks, but it's not unique to anything that Woodland Park is doing. RTSP has had two suicides as well, IIRC. Not sure what the solution is, other than to have renters start operating rental firearms via something like this:

Thanks for sharing. For you 12 ga sluggers, look at the following as a possible order filler - 4 boxes at $4.99 each qualifies you for a $10 rebate from federal, making the slugs essentially $0.50 each: Federal Premium Power-Shok Rifled Slug Ammo, 12-ga., 3", 1-oz., Slug Item #724565 Rebate form: http://www.gandermountain.com/assets/rebatepdfs/BigBucksSlug_MIR_coupon_Jul01_Dec31.pdf 5 boxes of .22lr plus 4 boxes of slugs comes out to $54.91 (Using $5 off code GMT5). After the rebate it will be $44.91.

Thanks Brucin, I'll pass it on (I may even go myself).

Poor trigger feel (because usually there's some kind of long linkage running from the trigger to the actual hammer/sear) and bad ergonomics for magazine changes are the main criticisms of bullpups. They also tend to be downright hostile to "wrong-handed" users (bullpup set up for right-handed shooter will discharge brass directly into the face of a left-handed shooter trying to use it). I have a Tavor with "maximum" trigger upgrades - geiselle trigger pack and their "lightning bow" trigger/linkage, and I think the trigger is AWESOME. Reaching into my armpit with my support hand to effect magazine changes is less awesome though...

You must have missed the section of my first post that reads:

Not sure if there is any way to avoid that, other than transporting to/from at night - he has to walk his guns out to his car via a courtyard where the whole complex can see him any time he loads up to go to a range.

The actual billboard:

Asking for a friend who's not on the forum - I'm not sure of the answer: He lives in an apartment complex that has detached garages. The garages are assigned to individual residents. Each garage has an individual garage door, but there are only dividing walls every 3rd garage (essentially 3 garage doors open onto one common space, then there's a dividing wall, then the next 3 garages, etc.) He's just getting into firearms and wants to know if he can clean his guns in the garage space that he is assigned - would walk them cased/locked from his apartment to the garage, clean in the garage and then walk them cased/locked back to his apartment. I told him I wasn't sure - my thought is technically as long as he stays in the garage space that is assigned to him he's legal, but he should definitely keep the garage door lowered and avoid drawing any attention while cleaning.

Yes, there is no distinction. Hollow point is hollow point, regardless if used in long arm or handgun.