Dan

For what its worth I found this, there may be other stuff out there. I doubt you will get a certified letter stating anything from NJ, as they are not in the ammo certification business. They will ultimately tell you to talk to a lawyer. Up to you to decipher the law for yourself, and do what is most comfortable for you while being in NJ with a firearm and ammo. My link

Great stuff. When we make up the law to our liking, we go to jail. When they do it, it is an "administrative decision". I also love the " We highly recommend that you voluntary register all the firearms with the State of New Jersey utilizing the Voluntary Form for Firearms Registration." part. It just exudes "We're from the government, and we're here to help you".

Mk318 isn't considered an AP round. It is an open tip lead core bullet with a copper base. It does have improved "barrier blind" characteristics, in that it is is less likely to skip off of windshields, or deflect in brush, etc. Now the M855A1, I would consider more closely related to a true AP round. It uses a double cone steel penetrating tip. Still not a "real" AP round though. Read more here My link For a true AP round, you would need to step up to the M995 My link , uses a tungsten carbide penatrator core. Amazing what this sucker can do out of a 5.56.

+1 thanks I see, if the pressures were normal, and the chamber failed... the primer may still fly out because the shell expanded , and wasn't able to hold it in place.

Armor piercing have to be transported under the same rules as a gun (securely fastened package, etc). Correction : only armor piercing, hollow points not included, my mistake:

I'm no expert, but if a the primer blew out like that, doesn't it indicate an over-charged round? I'm thinking if the pressures were normal, and the gun failed, the primer would still be in the shell.

Pow R Ball in .357sig and 9mm

Perhaps we should refer to NJ Firearms Guild as NJFG. I can't take the side splitting laughter every time someone says something about NJFAG.

Since NJ does not define what it considers a "loaded firearm", they keep open multiple creative avenues that they can use against us if they so choose to pursue prosecution. Just like the AWB "constructive posession" , they could argue a similar definition of a "loaded firearm" under the circumstances in court if they so choose to. It would then become a legal battle over convincing the jury as to what a "loaded firearm" is. The state could argue that a loaded magazine, in the same vehicle, is constructively considered a loaded firearm as the magazine is a part of the said firearm, needed to operate by feeding the aforementioned ammunition. The defendant would have to argue that the magazine alone is not considered a firearm, give examples of various loaded firearms, and have to educate the jury on gun tech 101. An expensive proposition, and yet another example of owning firearms "at your own peril" in NJ. Guilty until proven innocent.

Thanks. It wasn't a conscious choice, as that's what it came with. At first I was going to replace it, but the color combo grew on me.

This has been my experience. I'm so close to them... so much potential to get my sales. I'm all for paying a little over internet prices to support the brick and mortar stores, but there is a fine line between that and being ripped off.

Contrary to popular belief , i'm not anti-AK... Arsenal SLR-101S, milled Bulgarian receiver, apparently altered to accept normal doublestack mags, some type of barrel maybe chromed or not, some pinned brake, some plastic green furniture, some brand-less magazines, and it shoots really well.

My reason to build (aka assemble) and AR is to get the parts that you want on the gun. So many options and manufacturers to choose from with AR parts. I haven't seen the same magnitude of options with AKs. I checked out a few sites like http://ak-builder.com/ , and it seems many of the parts are generic or pulled from import kits. Looks more like shopping at a garage sale. Just sayin this is maybe why many people don't build them outside of the hobby/fun aspect of doing it. Not trying to start another AR/AK friendly comparison, just an observation.

Man, spike's knows what they are doing. They have a menu list of options in order to make their rifles compliant in every state (even CA).

Nice! Unfortunately we cannot own these in NJ. Shade suppressors are on the evil feature list.

I can understand the NRA's position. More than likely Obama+Antis will try to corner them into choosing A B or C, all anti-gun legislation. Then if the NRA doesn't choose, the anti's could run around saying how they "wanted to compromise, but the NRA wouldn't". We don't need more "gun laws" (the focus of these talks), we need more "anti-criminal laws".

Indeed, there are various battlesight zero models you can choose depending on the round and rifle. This link has a great explanation, on how the bullet rises before dropping, and using this to your advantage.

Cool makes sense. I would have done the same thing.

At 150 meters (164 yards), 7.62x39 drop is only a little over 2", no problem. At 200 meters (218 yards) we're at 6.5", still not a big problem. This is partly responsible for my thinking that its a great round for 200 meter and under. After 225ish, starts being measured in feet.

Hah, OK I missed that one.

Just my gut feeling on a nice heavy round still with good velocity/reasonable drop at that range. Kind of the .45ACP versus 9mm argument. I'm sure there's much more to it, but thats just IMO.

Not sure what you mean here. If you are implying the sights on the 10/22 rifle, I'm getting Tech-Sights for it, adjustable. And the project uses simulated ranges by varying the paper target sizes.

I have higher aspirations for what I consider a general purpose rifle as well as what defines mid-range distances. For instance, Appleseed Project strives to train people for zombie-sized targets out to 500 yards with iron sights. My link. I'm planning on attending one of these sessions this year. I'm building up my trusty 10/22 with the proper sights, sling, etc for it.

Just going by what I have read on the intertubes... Nothing is perfect, everything is a trade off. The new round is all about improvements in performance. MK318 doesnt count as a HP, it is in limited use right now, as they ramp up to replace whatever they are using today (SS109?). Expensive b/c all the supplies are going out to the troops. I'm sure as it replaces the other stuff on the production runs, it will come down some, but doubtful it will be down to practice plinking ammo prices. Russians felt a need to change from 7.62x39 to 5.45x39, I'm betting they had some good reasons to do it. If it wasn't "stopping power", it must have been for accuracy/ballistics reasons. Typical pros and cons between slow and heavy versus fast and light.. comes down to what purpose you are trying to fit. For up to 200ish meters, I feel 7.62 is superior. Past that, its more like a mortar and 5.56 shines as you can still hit your target without having to lob them in. Good info in this thread, where I got the chart below. 7.62x39 past 200 meters forces you to compensate for elevation. @300 meters 7.62 is 31" low, where 5.56 is only around 11 inches as an example. Yellow - 5.56 Blue - 5.45 Red - 7.62 cm drop, and meters range

Like the Mk318 SOST 5.56 round? I agree on bigger holes, but for that I'll take 7.62NATO or 7.62x54r