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I don't keep track of rounds through any of my .22 rifles... because who cares? I don't keep track of any rounds through my Mossberg shotguns or my Kel Tek. I record every shot out of my Berettas and my 1911 and keep it in a paper logbook along with any failures that I experienced. I can tell you right now that my CX4 has exactly 4652 round through it. On my 5000th round, I intend to send the casing to Beretta USA with a thank you note. But this is really for maintenance. I'll replace the springs and locking block at a certain point. Odds are I will never put 5000 rounds through my Kel Tek and if my Mossberg breaks I'll just drop the $250 on another one.

I have two 5 gallon cans of gas and a 1 gallon can as well as a funnel. Just rotate the gas every 6 months by dumping it into your car. The gas idea came from Hurricane Irene. Gas pumps won't work if there is no power. 10 gallons is enough to get me to work for a month... but I drive a hybrid.

Boy... nobody is touching this one... I am not a lawyer. My guess is that as a resident of NJ, you are knowingly going across state lines to do something that is illegal to do here. Buy the gun and keep it in PA - fine. There are guys here who have converted Saiga shotguns in PA. If you buy the black powder gun and transport it to NJ, you are breaking the law as a New Jersey resident. If you were a PA resident and moved here - no problem. A 30 day permit wait is better than 7 years in Jail. Don't like it? Take the money that you were planning to spend on the gun and join the New Jersey Second Amendment Society and then fight to get these laws repealed.

I have a BOB, but it doesn't include firearms. I think that in any situation that we are likely to encounter, there will still be rule of law. My bag is filled with food and water, matches, bandages and medicines. But it also has phone chargers, a paper list of phone numbers, some crayons, paper and little toys for the kids, as well as prescription medicines and extra glasses. It's more of a bag to grab and go with if our neighborhood was ever evacuated because of a chemical spill or power outage or something. I also have some family pictures - not for sentimental reasons, but because we may need to give one to a reporter to show on the news because of a lost child. There is also some underwear for me, my wife, the kids. And tampons, a radio, flashlights and batteries. I also have a few hundred dollars in cash in small bills because the power is out, there will be no access to ATMs. The money and bag is enough to get us to PA where my sister in law lives. The small bills are because if you need to buy food, water or gasoline and you only have a $20. That food, water or gasoline is going to cost $20. If I'm ever in a "bug out" situation that requires a firearm... I don't see a 3 day pack being any good. We will still be subject to NJ laws. Although that new Ruger Takedown 10/22 probably isn't a bad idea. At least that is legal to have on your person with no specified destination. Now if we are ever talking about a "Contagion" situation, that may be different, but the odds of having to leave because of a fire or a terrorist attack that blows up some chemical plant are a lot greater.

IMHO, the people who "love" the M14 have never had to lug one around for a 14 day field problem. I think the M14 was "loved" by guys who sit around the bar at the VFW, 50 years after they had to carry the darn thing. Interesting that they went with the 1911. Maybe it's just the thin design, or it could be as simple as parts were already in the system, or Colt was able to meet the production schedule. A 1911 now is probably better than a Beretta PX4 Storm .45 SOCOM in two years, so it could just come up to who could meet production capacity first.

Now that I think of it, there is option #2. Donate the $400 to NJ2AS and work hard so that one day you can carry in New Jersey. Then you can frequent New Jersey beaches instead. You are a member of NJ2AS... right?

It's possible to have land sell for that low - it's not a big parcel. We are contaminated because we live in New Jersey and $400 wouldn't get you a square foot of land across from a toxic waste dump and adjacent to a Sex offender Prison. I once found some land in South Carolina for $4,000. Things are different when you leave New Jersey.

I've been underwhelmed at the Lawmen selection. I think this is what car shopping was like 100 years ago when you visited the Ford dealer and they told you that you could have any Model T you wanted as long as it was black. It seems like at Lawman, you can have any gun you want, as long as it is a Glock or Sig. But, who are they catering to? *Lawmen* so of course they will have compact versions of the guns the cops carry *on duty.* Lawman's used selection is non-existent. Hagues and Rayco are better places to go if you are in the market for something used or something that isn't a Glock or Sig.

Welcome to the forum. I grew up in Hopewell. I hear things have really changed in the past 20 years.

I think they shifted the store from Little Egg Harbor to Pennsauken. The store opened up just as the old one closed. The store had previously been Mar-VEL Police Supply.

I've noticed that whenever I try to use this as my avatar pic: It keeps defaulting to this: Am I doing something wrong or does the forum software just know that I'm lying?

The Beretta owners of the world would have made a response video, but we are too busy driving our Italian Sports cars, dating beautiful Italian supermodels and dancing the Tarantella until dawn...

Gecko45, is that you?

Because you live in New Jersey, stop asking questions, you!!! Do what you are told! But seriously, welcome to the forum. If you don't like the rules, watch the video below, join NJ2AS.org and help us fight them.

From what I know, the spousal notification thing was dreamed up by Mayor Susan Bass Levin when she was mayor of Cherry Hill. She requested that the police chief do it. He did, and it has been going on ever since. Maybe other towns took her cue? Maybe multiple towns developed it independently. I think NJ2AS is concentrating in Ocean County for now. Once they get done in Ocean County, they will move on to other cities, one at a time.

Do what I do. Apply for 3 permits every 5 months, or in your case, every 3. I don't buy that many guns, but I like to know that I have it on hand in case I ever spot a deal.

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It could be a number of factors. I can tell you that in the past two years, I've had more people ask me to take them shooting that I've had in... 15 years or so. I've also seen a few people get their FID, but not buy anything. I think that was how they got around the spousal notification requirement. Their spouse let them get their FID as long as they didn't buy a gun. So the FID was for the "just in case" scenario where it just made them feel good to know that they could go to Dicks and buy a shotgun and 10 shells if they ever needed it. It seems like it is growing. Maybe people are just waking up?

IMHO donate the $30 to NJ2AS instead. It will do you more good.

Welcome to the forum. Seriously consider watching the video below and joining NJ2AS.com

The Beretta 92FS is the finest all-metal double action pistol on the planet. You made a good choice. Now the next thing you need to get is the practice kit so you can shoot .22 LR http://www.berettausa.com/products/92-series-22-lr-practice-kit/j9022pk/ Congratulations on the new purchase and welcome to the forum.

I vote for whatever Daryl Dixon uses...

I'd go find the statute, but I'm at work. Cue Vlad in 3...2...1...

No. The weapon hits the maximum weight requirement and it has a magazine well that is outside of the pistol grip. If it makes you feel any better, the Ruger 10/22 Charger is illegal as well.