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You are projecting your anger over NJ's gun law apathy on me. Pardon me, I don't know your name; Hi, I'm Steve, nice to meet you. I will try to temper my incredulity just a bit. I haven't heard a thing about this offer in the past. When is this annual political canvassing event? Is this a matter of changing some minds by knocking on doors and making a plea? Standing outside the AG's office with signs and handing out cups of coffee to passers-by? Writing the police chiefs of every town from here to Beaver county? These would be answers to my question.

It's not just New Jersey and the impact is not only on the surrounding states. It seems to be a personality trait of northeasterners, especially New England, and it seems to be getting transplanted as far south as the coastal communities of North and South Carolina.

What town is this?

Thanks. I assumed overpenetration was a concern in rifle hunting.

Excuse my ignorance, I'm not a hunter-- but why is passthrough desirable for a bow but undesirable for rifle bullets?

What were the tumblers made of, tinfoil? I've definitely had several of those cheap gym locker combination locks with +/- 1 worth of slop in the combination, but nothing like that on a gun safe.

Oh, please. It's a valid question from someone that doesn't understand the system; you are just instigating.

So, realistically, what would it take to restore non-resident permit reciprocity in PA? Besides a miracle, that is.

It's interesting that the only non-resident CC permit valid in PA now is Texas. All you have to do is get yourself there to take the test...

Right now Cabelas has only Win and Rem in stock, and is restricting to 1 per order.

Have to agree with you on this...

I have an eagle-N PPK in .380; love it. Currently have my eyes on a .32 PP from the late 60's. I'm also not a member, though. You may want to check out waltherforums to get some more info on these great shooters.

I would like to know...

I would take that risk; just demand cancellation from them if they don't ship within a week. And if they refuse to cancel, issue a chargeback. If enough people do that, they will be forced to straighten up or have their merchant account revoked.

This is good to know, thank you. It seems this law is quite... er, malleable. Just hammer it hard enough and you can bend it to your will. I should consider spray-painting "SECURELY TIED PACKAGE" on all of my gun cases to close that avenue.

Pension? What's that?? Never heard of it before!

I don't get to an outdoor range often enough, so my skill with rifles is not yet at the point where I could make a good call on how accurate it is at any significant distance.

Are you seeing the same docs/surgery centers?

I have not done this to my Axis. I bought it used in what could pass for unfired condition, but I must assume the previous owner did not do it either. It sounds like a lot of hokum to me, but a google search reveals that this is yet another hotly debated topic in gun circles, right next to heavyslow vs lightfast, semi vs revolver, mag vs clip, gunoil vs motoroil, rimmed vs rimless, belted vs unbelted, concealed vs open, and so on... So mileage may vary. My opinion is just shoot it; if break-in is a thing, it will happen on it's own.

I'm just hoping this is the September slump coming a bit early.

This is a joke... right?

I actually don't see much ambiguity in the text of the law. IANAL either, but this: ...tells me that an unloaded handgun in a backpack is OK as long as the gun is secured in a case. That would seem to include walking in a parking lot from a gun shop, as well as walking down the street with an unloaded long gun in a case. This doesn't mean you wouldn't get hassled. Just that you might be able to beat it in court if you have enough money and time to throw away on a court battle. That's where the ambiguity lies.

This is true, a P2P is to purchase a handgun in the state of NJ and has nothing to do with PA. Federally, a black powder handgun is not subject to interstate commerce rules that handguns are (that is, out of state purchases must go through an FFL). However, it is worth noting that once you do have the black powder handgun in NJ, the state considers it a handgun and therefore you are subject to the same transportation rules as anything other handgun (to/from range/gunsmith and domicile). Might be a good idea to go to a range in PA after purchasing it to ensure you are legal in NJ, if you didn't buy it from a gunsmith. Smokin', I know that you know this; I'm just mentioning it to anyone who gets the idea to pick up a BP handgun in PA as an alternative to using a P2P in NJ.

If you're looking for the most modularity, consider a Thompson Contender, and you can shoot just about anything with a barrel change in the same gun. The most versatile you could get with a semi-auto, though, is probably a G20 in 10mm, for which there are 9mm, .357 sig, and .40 S&W barrels available. You will probably sacrifice reliability with any semiauto conversions, but that's 4 calibers in one handgun. The only thing else that beats it is a revolver in .327 Federal Magnum, which technically also nets you .32 H&R magnum, .32 S&W long, .32 Colt New Police, and .32 S&W. But why would you want to shoot all that, anyway?

Enhance... Enhance... Enhance... Great shots howard!