Dan

Email sent. Its like this crap never ends with this state....

Steve, thanks for the work on the muzzle pin welding. Great work. I was also impressed with your other pin jobs, its amazing how you can get them to blend right in making the pin nearly invisible! Dan

I run an industry standard 10" single filter under-sink unit with a Doulton Ultracarb OBE ceramic filter. It offers .5um mechanical filtering combined with activated carbon and an ion exchange membrane for both chemical and heavy metals removal. I replace it twice a year (its rated for 600 gallons). Ceramic is nice because you can even clean the outer surface of the element with a green scrubbing pad if it gets clogged prematurely, or to restore better flow halfway through its life. If you have lots of sediment or particles in your water, running a sediment pre-filter would be best. You can also go multi-element , like sediment, carbon, and then sub-micron for the last stage.These setups will usually last much longer between filter changes. Add to that its almost always the sediment and carbon that would need more frequent changing then the sub-micron. I went with an ebay 10" filter housing and faucet, and added my own cartridge. Tremendous cost savings over some of the branded items.

Steve at Monmouth Arms took care of my pin welding this afternoon. It was my first time interacting with him, and I have to say he is a stand-up guy and runs a solid business. Thanks Steve!

In NJ it seems to be acceptable to use just a blind pin or any of the BATFE federal opinion "rules". BATFE rules to use a brake as a barrel extension in order to make a >16" barrel rifle to not be a SBR a few ways: - weld a bead entirely around the muzzle device - blind pin the device, along with a weld over the pin - high temp silver solder the device to the barrel

Local politics are the worst. They frequently bend rules and laws all the time, and also frequently get away with it because nobody in that municipality cares that much to blow their life savings on a lawsuit. Add in the fact that big organizations that fight these kinds of things at the state and federal level don't have the resources to go after every corrupt local government. We are screwed at every level of government, from local on up to the Fed. Add in the poor people who have to deal with HOA's which is another quasi-political entity ruling their lives.

You must be a turtle afficionato. I have a friend who has a 30lb tortoise, before that I didn't realize how popular these kinds of pets are. As for the wood stove, you are going primary heat with wood? I have a wood stove now, which I used a lot more when I was oil heat and oil prices were sky high. Ever since switching to gas, the wood stove is just for fun as opposed to saving $$$. The nice thing is, the wood stove with the blower keeps the house at a nice 71F even when its down to 20F outside. Are you going with the pellet type furnace replacement, or just a regular wood stove?

They will say "F%@k you very much"

Here's all that's needed to do to get a MG in NJ. Super easy to apply, takes just $75. Oh but good luck with the rest. Unless you're on the "privileged people's" entitled to exercise all of your rights in NJ list , no way.

Thanks peppers. I've already taken up the other offer but I do appreciate your offer! Muzzle brake and bent bolt on a Mosin you say. I'd like to see some pics of that.

Thanks bry@n, Steve at Monmouth just shot me a note, and he's equipped, has the time this weekend, and is like 10 minutes from me. Done deal! I've never dealt with him before so it will be good to meet another dealer/shop in my area. On the legality part, there are certain circumstances where it is needed.

Yep, I was implying that in a round-about way. I guess I wasn't as funny as I thought. I like to be sure things stay put, so I'd like a weld over the pin on a muzzle brake.

It's so sad that groups who advocate following the law of the land... aka The Constitution, have to justify how they are not domestic terrorists or anti-government conspiracy theorists. It must be hitting a nerve with the established power base in this country, so much that they slap labels like "radicalism" and "extremists" onto people and groups who strongly advocate the enforcement of Constitutional law designed to make sure that the people control the real power in this country and that limit the reach politicians have.

Owning this Sig brace is akin to owning EBR's in NJ at the federal level. You do so at your own legal "peril". It seems if you get mixed up with the govt and they are looking for anything possible to snag you to get you in prison, they will simply slap the illegal SBR charge on and let you squirm in court. Let the judge and jury decide what it is. Your defense would be that the ATF allows it to be sold, and they wrote an opinion letter about it. Pretty strong defense, but all the prosecution would need is some evidence that you once used it as a shoulder stock. All they need is a witness (perhaps one of those crooked "informants" they like to use) to testify they once saw you shoulder it.

Anyone in the Old Bridge vicinity who would be able to help me out with a tiny weld job? It would be a small dot weld over a blind pin installed on a thick walled 4150 steel tube. I'm willing to compensate for time.

Thanks raz. This makes sense and is probably nothing new for organizations of all sizes. It still doesn't make it right and I do hope that any outcome involves measures that will avoid messes like this in the future.

I like the idea of these handguards. As long as its functional, why not add some style. Sure its not something one would typically use for any type of official duty in most cases, but for a civilian AR why not. There's no rule that your rifle has to be EBR black and use utilitarian military-esque parts in order to be in the cool club. Personally, I would like a smaller diameter tube on my 5.56 rifles, but I may consider one of these for my future 7.62 AR build.

Maybe the Glock 18 is a full auto version of a Glock 17, thus making it ok according to NJ law? Little chicken before the egg...

100% agree. I've been a member for 8+ years now and have only good things to say. My buddy is still going to join.

I hear you Smokin.50, I agree that its not good for the sport at any level, but it wasn't in my mind something that had to be concealed to the overall public, anti's included. Especially since a google search of cjrpc brings the information up plain as day. If this was some backroom stuff, I would think twice about posting here about it.

What does this have to do with gun rights? "Oh look, a gun club is being taken to court over fiscal impropriety allegations... we need to ban more guns!!!"

The thing is that I've been the president of a HOA board before and was accused of the same kind of shyte. It was all politics and personal vendettas that caused the accusations. The thing is, I produced all of the records that they asked for, and moved on because I did nothing wrong and had the proof. Sure there was animosity, and I got out of that gig asap. There's nothing like volunteering your time and energy just to be kicked in the face. This could easily be put to bed by coughing up the financials. It could simply be bad accounting without the whole malicious siphoning thing...

I have a friend primed to join CJRPC, he's psyched about joining and I'm excited to have a new range buddy. He was doing some web searching to get more info about the club and came across this legal complaint filed by a member. Link: http://www.cjrpcblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Second-Amended-Complaint.pdf I read through most of it, and it reads as if the plaintiff started to dig around regarding the finances of the club and allegedly uncovered unscrupulous uses of club funds by some of the board members. It then reads like a drama, where he was kicked out of the club for blowing the whistle, and a string of back and forth defamation claims. Does anyone have any insight into whats going on? Part of me wants to believe it is just drama caused by politics and other BS, and part of me wants to really know what is up with the money trail...is there really a problem?

You are only required by law to keep COE's if you are a firearms dealer. You "may" however send it into your chief of police if you so choose to.

User error sorry to say. There is a section in the manual that explains the sharpening technique to use in order to avoid rounding out the point.