Displaced Texan

Quite possibly my favorite non AR platform....I would love to have an MSAR E4.

NEW???? For $200...are you sure it's a Colt? I'd say buy it. It's a good barrel.

Agreed. I imagine I'm going to be yelling at the TV quite a lot. Lol

You can have a threaded muzzle brake that is pinned and welded in place, or a plain, non threaded barrel.

Colt used to make a 7.62x39 upper many years ago. The upper ran well but mags were somewhat problematic. As I recall, there were several 'bandaid' type fixes for the mags, including building hybrid AK/AR mags. If I were to consider one these days, I think think I'd have to go with the RRA version. I don't have any personal experience with it, however, I have heard they run.

To each thier own. Personally, the versatility of the Colt wins me over. That being said, I am also a big believer in the Colt monolithic upper receivers. If I can swing it later this year, I'm going to have to break down and get the 901.

The Colt 6720 is a 5.56mm carbine. The Colt 901 is a .308 rifle that will also accept a 5.56mm upper with an adapter. Between the S&W AR-10 and the Colt 901, I'd take the Colt hands down....even if I had to bastardize it to make it NJ compliant.

Thanks for the great deal on the Pelican case. Great guy to deal with.

I am VERY happy with Horton products. I have a Horton Havoc, and love it. The Bone Collector is a traditional crossbow design with the limbs out front. 175# draw weight, at 325 fps is very respectable, and is plenty powerful enough to hunt with should you choose to do so. I'd say that is a fair price for what you get. Horton is a well respected company in the archery world and is known for well engineered products and solid customer service,should you have an issue. You definately get what you pay for in the world of crossbows, as my friend and I discovered. For not much more money than a 'starter' xbow, you can step up to a nice piece of gear, and eliminate a lot of problems. If you haven't read it, check this out: http://njgunforums.c...eded-crossbows/ This tells the experience my friend and I had starting out with crossbows. He began with a 'starter' crossbow, and had many issues, which are resolved now. He is now looking to upgrade his equipment in the future. Happy to share anything I have learned with you, let me know if you have any questions. Jeff

No permit is required to purchase or own a crossbow. They are not considered firearms. My friend and I shoot our crossbows in his backyard, but he lives in a more rual setting than I do. His house backs up on 80 or so acres of woods. I need to have a chat with my local law enforcement officers before I set up an archery target in my backyard. I don't know if archery shooting would be 'frowned upon' in my township or not, but I'd rather ask first than find out the hard way. Good luck! Jeff

I did this with a Colt/Rogers Super Stoc.

You may be able to use an 'EZ Out', which is a screw extractor. It should bite into the roll pin, and compress it enough for you to remove the pin.

It's been awhile but that could be right. In any case, Adco will do you right.

I think my brake was $30 to pin/weld

Adco charged me $130(I think) to disassemble/reassemble, thread, and pin/weld.

A couple of mine... Colt MT6400R with Colt/Rogers stock, EGW brake, and TA01NSN ACOG. My 'do it all' ranch rifle. Colt MT6700 lower with PSA Govt profile CHF barrel, and EGW brake. Man, I forgot how much Iove a 20" rifle. ADCO did the thread/pin weld on both my 6400R's and my 6400. They did an outstanding job and turned around quickly.

A little update: My friend and I broke out the bows again today. He purchased some nice quality CF arrows, and this made a world of difference compared to the low end aluminum arrows he was using last week. The trouble with the red dot sight was due to poor assembly from the factory. The rail that the sight mounts on was a bit loose, he found the screws weren't tightened properly. He used a little thread lock compound to ensure they wouldn't vibrate loose again. The NCStar red dot, as primitive as it is, does offer a fine aiming point. Now that it is nice and solid on the mount, it seems to work nicely. We were able to dial in his bow so that we could consistently pound the 9/10 ring from 30 yards. We shot 30-40 rounds through his to shake it down, and it seems to be sorted out now. Both Rob and I think that the rough trigger on the Barnett is the reason that we were t more consistent with this bow. Maybe more trigger time with the Barnett will get use used to it, or smooth it out a little. I put 10-15 rounds downrange@30 yards using the Havoc just to practice. The drop compensating reticle on the Horton scope is dead on, and as long as I do my part, this bow will put 3 arrows on too of one another. I LOVE shooting the Havoc, almost as much as I enjoy shooting my AR-15's!

I would suggest you avoid the Carbon-15's. They are, at best, problematic. S&W makes a decent starter AR, or you could build your own. Not particularly difficult to build one for parts. Others have stated that this is a crappy time to get into AR's, and while I will agree its not as good as it was prior to Dec 14,2012, I've seen prices start to drop as availability increases. The big issue now is availability of ammunition. Good luck with your venture into the world of AR type rifles. There is plenty of help available, and a wealth of information available on this site. Jeff

00 buckshot.

I was Navy on fast attack submarines. Our primary weapon was the Mark 48 ADCAP torpedo, with the Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles thrown in for good measure. The distructive power of these weapons is amazing. As far as small arms, we used the .45 and shotgun for basic security. We used the CAR-15 type rifle and M60 machine gun for 'other' types of security (surface transit in foreign waters, special weapons ops, ect).

I'm a big fan of the Remington 1100's. Semi auto helps to ease the recoil of heavier loads, and the shotguns, and parts for them are everywhere.

I believe Yankee Hill Machine makes one.

I have a friend who has one of these and likes it. It's on my list of things to buy.

Thanks Bob. Not sure if I will be hunting in NJ, most likely it will be back in TX. It is nice to have the information anyway in case I do decide to hunt here. Thanks! Jeff

I wrote this on my iphone, so sorry for the typos and that it 's somewhat scattered. I'll clean it up a bit once I get a chance to get on my desktop. My friend and I shot our crossbows today. Both of us are completely new to archery. I'm a seasoned rifleman shooting over 40 years, and my friend has been long gun shooting for 5 years, and pistols for 15 years. We both usually buy high end firearms and equipment. Today was quite a learning experience on a few fronts. Here is the AAR: We set up a backstop in his backyard, which is backed by 80+ acres of forest. We shot into a 2'x2' crossbow target backed by several hay bales, behind that, a large wood pile of downed trees. we were confident that this would be suitable to stop an arrow in case of a miss while sighting in. Initial sight in distance was 10 yards. My bow is the Horton Havoc (I paid $500 delivered), his is a Barnett RC-150 (he paid $250 delivered). There is a world of difference between these two crossbows. The Barnett is clearly a lower end bow designed for a beginner, or backyard target shooting. My friends logic was to see if be enjoyed it first, and if so, he would buy better equipment. Mine was to buy better than I thought I would need, and assume I would like it. After all, it IS shooting!! What's not to like! My friend's Barnett crossbow had a NCStar red dot sight that came with his bow package that was mounted backwards (DOH!!!). My friend's lack of experience with red dot sights , and the poor quality instructions included with the Barnett were the clear issues here. After we fixed the assembly error, he cocked his bow and took a shot at the target at 10 yards. His bolt grazed the top of the hay bales, which stood up over 2 feet above the bow target, glanced off the large wood like, and into the woods. That made me EXTREMELY uncomfortable....i realized there isnt a reliable way to 'bore sight' a crossbow, much like you would a rifle. I also didnt realize that an arrow could or would 'ricochet' like that. After 10 mins of searching, we found the bolt in the woods. It was an aluminum arrow, and it was bent to hell, and no longer useable. FWIW this was one of the 5 bolts that came with my friends bow. We quickly realized that aluminum arrows aren't quite as nice as carbon fiber arrows. After dialing down the sights quite a bit, we were able to hit the target consistently, but not able to zero the sights. It was all over the place and I was not comfortable shooting that bow again until the sights are replaced. The NC Star red dot is, quite frankly, a piece of crap, and would not hold a zero even on a crossbow. The Horton, on the other hand, was outstanding. It came out of the box with 3 carbon fiber arrows with field points, a nicely made 4x32 scope with ballistic drop compensator built in. It also had an excellent quality instruction manual. I was on target on the first shot at 10 yards, 1" low and 1" left. After adjusting the sights per the Horton manual, the second shot was dead on. The manual suggests that you them raise the scope 5 clicks up, the shoot the target at 20 yards. We did thusly, and bulls eyed the target over and over again. My friend and I shot the center out of the target with the Horton. Now we need to take it out to 30-40 yards and practice, practice, practice. I found that I very much enjoyed shooting crossbows!! Great, just what I needed, a new addiction! My friend and I also saw first hand the difference a few hundred dollars in equipment can make, both in ease of use, quality of equipment, and overall enjoyment. We also learned that high quality carbon fiber arrows are a must. Just like a rifle, your accuracy is only as good as your ammunition. Overall, it was a FUN afternoon learning a new aspect of shooting! I'm hooked, and so is my buddy! He will be buying a better crossbow and bolts in the VERY near future!