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Thanks again to everyone for the input. Things took a little unexpected turn and I wound up picking up some other toys. I still am going to try at it using (egad) a 22lr conversion slide for my Sig. The idea is to get a toe in the water and see if I am ready to jump in before dumping big money. I have a good 1911 and it remains to be seen how I like the 22lr. Plus in a couple of weeks, I might be complicating things for myself when I apply for a CCW. I am in a buying frenzy because I am afraid that by submitting for my CCW application, it will most likely muddy the water trying to get any more PP's in this damn state. I am trying to pool more money to purchase a nice O/U shotgun before I go down that slippery slope. I fully understand that other then my effects on the round, 22lr ammo has a lot to be desired in consistency and performance. But hey, the learning process is half the fun.

I'm not sure . In my case, one reference is a Sargent in town and the other is a Lt. in the neighboring PD who lives in our town.

Yes John. He is now on our Expert Council and he is assisting me in some work overseas. The more I talk to him, the more I like him.

Have them run for public office. Trenton and DC seem to attract people like your 'friend' "my friend", translated means------> YOU!!!

Caine, I've trained with Chris before and even took a course at Buckeye about two years ago. Great guy all around.

Being a new Sig owner, I haven't seen any deals on them. $40 to $45 seems to be the range. If they are too cheap, then buyer beware.

Tony, for me it came along a weird career path that unbeknown to me provided a great background to do what I do now. I am involved with Firestorm 40 hours a week, and a mix of Security / Executive Protection / Firearms instruction as details come around that take about 10 to 20 hours a week. I've always lead kind of a dual life, white collar college educated that loved to fight, take risks and the willingness to help or hurt someone without hesitation. Not the typical college student. Left college after the bombings in Beirut and enlisted within two months. Got involved in areas with the Coast Guard I never knew existed in Central America because of the Reagan Doctrine. We supported some covert ops for Army / Marine commandos and conducting some hot boardings of questionable vessels. Went to Alaska for Search and Rescue with helicopters and continued some of that when I turned civilian. Then I returned to office work and did a lot of consulting work for a LARGE company and specialized in government facilities and military bases. Fast forward, found myself in an office as a department head of a financial institution and hated it. I need to have some risk, travel and push the envelop. Changed careers and found myself doing EP work and covering royalty / VIP's / doing diplomatic security with other agencies. On a detail, I spent some time with a recently retired Secret Service agent and he suggested I get involved with Firestorm as a buddy of his was on our Expert Council and here I am. Some take a more direct path and get a degree in DR / BCP, but I have lived thru a lot of disasters and had to help recover from them. OJT if it were. But nothing I do follows the normal path and wouldn't change my life experiences with anyone. I have had waaaay too much fun and continue to. Tony, we talk about that IT DR only works if people can get to work and the building is functioning. IF you have a pandemic, workplace violence incident, natural disaster, all the IT plans in the world may not be of any value unless you have good plans. The other factor is that over 80% of BCP have never been fully tested and about 90% are out of date. When the fan is on high and the shovel keeps feeding it crap, it is not the time to discover shortcomings. We got in after the shootings at VA Tech and are behind the scenes for some national companies that we have NDA with.

Me too...Firestorm I still dabble in security and aside from general DR / BCP, I specialize in high risk / violence issues. I got the nod from corporate to expand into India and will be getting involved to help sure up their infrastructure and help to harden some of their soft targets. We should talk off line one day.

If you guys don't mind me asking, what profession are you in?

Tommy, I am 90% that I have to pass. I have a speaking engagement later in the week and will be doing a lot of prep over that weekend. Plus the Mrs. usually works on Saturday, which is a big day at her bakery.

Check out Delton they do some pretty nice builds that are NJ compliant and you can pick the features you want. The barrel assemblies page shows a bunch of choices. You are probably leaning towards the M4 set up with the 1/7. M4 Page Among my AR's, I have 2 RRA's that have 1/8 Wylde chambered which I think is the best twist for 55 to 77g pills. For HD, I have TAP 75's and at close range, the twist difference between 1/7 and 1/9 shooting 55's to 75's isn't going to come into play at 10 yards. My rainy day supply of Zombie rounds are 69g OTM's which shoot well in both 7/9's. The 69's are insanely accurate out to 300yards even with a stiff wind and a 1/9 twist. I use them shooting service rifles (RRA's) at 200yard and if windy, I'll switch to 77's at 300y. Anything under 50yards is going to be about technique and not twist or bullet weight.

I reserve my Irish Monster for my wife, sorry bud.

My daily bus is my Suburban 2500 with an economy 7.4L in it, complete with Punisher Logo's on my wheel hubs. I'm special all around.

Tempting, but I've dropped over $2k this month on toys and need to let the slush fun build up again. Cabela's would force me to use plastic and put me in the red. Unlike our government, I don't spend what I don't have. Are all you guys renting a short yellow bus for the ride? If so, I'd change my mind. I love being a window licker on the short bus.

Back from Walmart - negative on the nectar you seek.

My wife would disagree with the Knowledge Mgmt aspect. Krav Maga KM - NJ I'm glad CTD is still shipping to NJ, must been a wrong connection on my end. I reload so much I forget who sells pre-rolled at decent prices. Perhaps it was a temporary thing with SG because IIRC our AG had spooked them about selling pistol ammo in our state. They might have lawyer'ed up and pissed on the AG about it.

Cheaper Than Dirt and Sportsman's Guide, yo!

Thanks again for the info. I am leanings towards two of their courses but need to contact them about their schedules. The Dynamic Shooter AID2 and the Counter Terrorism Tactics 1st Responder. The High Risk Tactical Responder is also an option. Hey, who knows, if I can't Archangel over here, I might take all three. I'd love to be able to get all three in before May / June.

I am guessing you guys picked up the HTM stuff. The price isn't that bad for 40/9, but it gets ugly when you hit 223/308.

Well, it really doesn't matter I guess. I've always been a 45 guy, but recently bought a Sig 40 for a detail coming up in India and I bought a Glock 9mm off the Marketplace that I have to pickup once I clear my 30 days for a second purchase. I thought CTD stopped selling pistol ammo to NJ...or was it SG? I've kind of boycotted both companies over the last couple of years.

I am trying to help the President of this group to bring the REACT course here to the east coast. This is more along the lines of what I am hoping for. Not just shooting skills, but genuine combat ops type of stuff. The future is going to pose some challenges for me and I need to knock off some rust and get back into the proper mind-set and physical shape. Hence my resuming KM training...knees and arthritis be damned. Archangel Group

Troy, what do they consider frangible? Some consider OTM to be acceptable. I'll have to check. For their week long courses, the ammo costs might make it a no-go for me.

Thanks j0n!

Just wanted to see if anyone has any first hand feedback on any of Sig's advanced courses. I am trying to put together my training calendar for 2011 and am looking for challenging courses. Ideally, the course will be physical, mental and of course challenging on the shooting skills. I'd prefer something within about 500 miles of NJ. For these types of classes, I'd really prefer not to check in 2,000 rounds of ammo, a quiver of weapons and all maintenance support stuff with an airline. I typically take two or three courses a year to get in between 50 -100 hours of training. I'm not interested in any of the stuff in Nevada. I've had plenty of instructors who have taught or shot out there and to me, and from what I have gathered, it isn't worth the hype.

I smell the need for an intervention here. I don't want to be an enabler here and feed your addiction. I have to do the Walmart thing today and I will try to remember to check for ya.