DevsAdvocate

1 million is a lot, but it's watered down by gerrymandering and the fact we're spread out over the whole state.

Is there really a difference?

Ummm, guys? You do know you can goto a DICKS right now and buy a BB handgun without a permit. Or are we discussing some other type of BB gun or pellet gun?

"Run wild"? A guy shooting a 30 rounder at the range is 'running wild' now? Geez. Anyways, you're right. We DON'T make the laws, but obeying them willfully isn't going to guarantee that they don't get worse. Every single gun owner in this state can abide the law to the letter, and the folks in Trenton will always want more. We will always be punished for the actions of the few. In essence: good behavior isn't buying us any favors. I agree with the first part, but the last two parts are out of our hands. We can't change how the media and it's handlers want to portray us. We're rednecks and schoolkid killers in their eyes, loading 30 round mass murder magazines with hollow point armor piercing exploding rounds. We lost the battle of perception in this state. They don't care about the goody-two-shoes gun owner with his compliant weapons. He's just another nut with an arsenal and 5,000 rounds of death bullets that he got on sale from Luckygunner. If not him, then it's the gang banger in Newark who used his illegally obtained glock to murder 3 kids in a gang initiation. If not him, then it's the bank robber with a Mossberg 500 "assault weapon" shotgun. We can't possibly depend on the state and national media to build up our presence in this state. Again: good behavior won't buy favors here. That's great and all. My question however is: does blindly following the law really ever work out in our favor? I'm sure in some ghetto in Nazi Germany, Jews were having the same discussions about self-policing their groups, and abiding by the ridiculous laws imposed upon them. I'm sure a few even thought that if they cooperated, they may get treated better. Did that really work out for them in the end? Nope.

No one in Trenton is gonna buy that. The concept of "self-policing" is admirable, if not naive, but it's not gonna stop the Lou Greenwalds or Sheila Olivers in the statehouse from thinking of the next way to screw us over...

This last part really pisses me off. The government is going to go out of it's way to make us criminals by passing confusing laws and sending equally confused agents to police them. In fact, given enough time, we all break the law. If the government's aim is to make us all criminals, then what's the harm in bending the law anyway? The lawmaker and their enforcers do it. They can hide behind their badges and institutions of power, but we have to play the part of docile sheep? I ask this more on a hypothetical note than anything else.

I've used my 15/30 Pmag at BH a bunch of times, and no one bothered me at all. Heck, no one even tried to give me "free" legal advice either. As for a 17 rounder in a glock 17, how can anyone notice that just by looking at the pistol?

How often does that happen though? If you're a law-abiding citizen, you don't beat your wife, deal in drugs/guns, or even rob banks, how is anyone ever gonna know? Even at the range, who is really checking? I get why we follow the letter of the law (peace of mind being 99.99999999% of it), but I also feel like a friggin sheep doing it.

I don't think so... It's an entirely different mechanism from the traditional RH Glock mag release.

Damn... that is a good price... *elsewhere my credit card feels pain*

Like Steve Lonegan? Completely unelectable in this state... People want their cake and eat it too here. Can't do much about that when you have universal suffrage and the population is dominated by morons.

Meh, another politician bites the dust. Que the feigned sadness and mourning from his party members in Trenton as they work tirelessly to strip us of our freedoms.

Orphans maybe?

Russians? Some former eastern-bloc?

Who?

Took it apart today and it wasn't there. So it isn't a spare. However, BCM on their website says that the spring they use is strong enough that you don't really need to use the insert. YMMV.

I just got done with the section about the M-16's early entry... it makes me sick to hear about how the McNamara and his Whiz Kids in the DOD pushed this rifle into service without a development of proper requirements, a competition, or even preparing it for duty properly. Not only that, the senior brass swept the problems under the rug, and lied to Congress, the soldiers, and the American people about the performance of their primary infantry arm. This was the America with atomic weapons, B-52 bombers, and sights set upon the moon, but they couldn't roll out an effective infantry weapon after knowing about the AK-47/AKM for 20 years. Granted, after 1968, many of the problems with the rifle were resolved: improved phosphate coating/anodizing of receiver part, addition of a buffer, chroming the bore and barrel (FOR CHRIST SAKES, HOW DO YOU SKIP THIS ONE THING??), and eventually: improving the ammunition to be cleaner. The M-16A4 and AR-15s of today are very much improved and reliable weapons. But it sure had a troubled past. http://www.thegunzone.com/556prop.html ^^ Good article about the change in powder from IMR to ball, to what is used today.

Block 19, Gen 2 rental at a range in Charleston, SC. Bought a Gen3 when I turned 22 (a decade later). G-lock... not Block... hmmm

Got this on my eBook a few weeks ago and it's a truly amazing look into modern firearms from the point of view of the most mass-produced firearms in human history: the AK-47/AKM. It delves into the history of early machine guns like the Gatling in the Civil War, and how military forces around the world adapted to new advances in firearms. It also covers the American response to the AKM series, and how it rushed to develop a competing product. All in all, it's a great book (2/3rds through now), and doesn't pull any punches or force any praises. Great read if you're into guns.

Really? That would be great! I'll switch to PMs for more details.

Oh, ok. Good!

What stock assembly did ya get?

I would like to take you up on your offer sometime soon. I'm waiting for some free time and good weather to sight this thing in... after that, I'd love to run it through on an auto lower.

http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/BCM-14-5-Mid-Length-LIGHT-WEIGHT-Upper-Receiver-p/bcm-urg-mid-14lw.htm What is a black extractor insert? I saw it's a super tiny donut looking thing that came with my BCM BCG... what does it do?

What mods?