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Steel rod that came with the gun will abrade your crown. Suggest at the very least cheap aluminum screw together rod over using the russian steel one. Also russian one might not have threads for american jags and brushes. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

If you want to do it right, same as any other rifle. One piece cleaning rod, jag, cotton patches, Hoppes No. 9, gun oil Run a few patches hoppes through alternating with dry till most of the black is out, let it sit for a while, run a really wet one through and let it sit, let the stuff dissolve the gunk. Then a bunch of dry ones and keep repeating till they come out clean. Then run a few patches of oil through to clean the hoppes out and coat it with oil for storage. Everyone's got a milion ways to do it, but it doesn't get any simpler than that. I used to use just a boresnake and CLP, but it is unreal how much crud builds up there if you don't use the cleaning rod and hoppes every once and a while.

Joseph DePazza is good, he's at the Rahway location for Heritage Guild.

By the way when you get your FPID card from the police in Jersey City, they give you a piece of paper telling you how to transport your firearms legally, and it says you are obligated to put trigger locks on them when you are transporting. So there's another "requirement" that is clear as day and police think there is and isn't anywhere in the law. If you took a poll of the police, how many of them would know the actual legal requirements for transport? The Jersey City police probably are pretty certain about trigger locks. Beware!

See what i mean? Pick your level of overcompliance and hope for the best. Police dont even get it right. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

I go to EFGA to avoid the crazy NJ laws, but when I am in NJ I can understand a range officer checking the line to see if anything is illegal. An unpinned 30 round magazine in NJ is like a bag full of cocaine, legally speaking, in NJ. I don't want to be in the same room as it, don't want to be next to it, don't want to be anywhere near it. Don't want to be anywhere near anyone who is in possession of it. I don't want it to be anywhere near me. If I were managing a firing line, I wouldn't want it to be anywhere on my line. If a cop comes to the range, I don't want it to be within a stone's toss of my open range bag. I don't want it to be something someone leaves behind on my property by accident. No thank you. You ever watch "Scared Straight"? You don't want a big felony sitting in front of you. Or next to you. You don't want a felony to fall into your open range bag by accident. Of course in a state such as NJ, a big magazine is going to be looked at closely - the legal consequences are severe. If it wasn't for a miniscule rivet or pin blocking it to 15, that is barely visible except on close examination, that object represents the end of your legitimate life as you know it. I don't want to be anywhere near something as illegal as a 30 round magazine in this state. So while I don't really like the idea of a range officer checking my stuff at a range in NJ, I understand if they decide to do it, and don't begrudge them. Ultimately that's why I would rather go to PA.

Marlin XT-22 has been very very nice. And accurate. And affordable. Nice looking too Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Since the written law in NJ, the enforced law in NJ, the NJSP advice on the law, the federal law to take advantage of FOPA and the law of adjacent states (PA and NY) differ or are unclear, enforced inconsistently and misunderstood by police, prosecutors and judges, everyone decides on their own how much they want to overcomply. Bridges are made with a safety factor to make sure they dont collapse and some like more safety factor than others. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Gotta be cheaper to open an outdoor range in the meadowlands, somewhere far out where no round could ever hit any town. I had hopes some group would set one up when Cabelas opened in Xanadu but so much for that.

The law says "directly to or from any target range" so you are covered going from range to range - you are going directly from AND to a target range. Ultra compliance! Note it says "any" target range, not target range whose rules allow that particular type of firearm. I think if you read the statute, you are covered even if you go to the target range when it is closed. Doesn't say the range has to be open for business, or that you have to get your stuff out and actually shoot there. That is why, when returning from PA with a pistol in your car, it makes a certain New Jersey sense to drive to a public range parking lot near the border (such as Heritage Firearms off 78, Ready Aim Fire off the PA Turnpike, etc) - whether or not the range is open - before crossing the border back into NJ on your way home. Then you are traveling "directly from a target range" for your return trip in NJ to your house in NJ. Of course, to do so would be ridiculous, but the law is ridiculous. If the law says do jumping jacks or it is a felony, you do jumping jacks.

Mount it, zero it. All that other stuff isn't really needed, especialy if you are using a rail that should be aligned fine from the factory. However, if you are putting the scope on a handgun, you need a scope that's made for a handgun. The difference is eye relief. You don't put a rifle scope on a handgun, you have to hold the scope too close to your eye and the recoil will drive the scope right into your eye without any shoulder stock to stop it. A handgun scope should have eye relief fine with your arms holding the gun fully extended. Eye relief is how far away your eye can be from the end of the scope and still see through it fine. Rifle scopes don't have anywhere near enough for pistols.

So basically it appears that things are relatively reasonable at newark airport now. Good. Still gonna be prepared in case someone in the PAPD decides to change their policy and procedure, which can happen at any time without notice. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

And if you are hunting with a handgun no problem if you have the hunting license with you. That is an exemption. The problem is there is no NJ exemption for transport with the intention of legally carrying out of state. Or at least it is not explicitly stated. So always be prepared to demonstrate an intention to go to an actual range where you are going for target practice when you bring your self defense tool to the ticket counter to declare it. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Rifles you need not worry your NJ FPID card covers you in terms of having rifles with you no questions asked. It is handguns that are potentially problematic when flying out of state. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

If you fly out of NJ with a handgun to declare and check, be sure to have with you a printout of a public target range in your destination city, and the intention of going target shooting there when you arrive. Then you have your exemption documented and fleshed out right there. Coming back make sure you actually went to the range there and take a picture of it. Then you are covered on the way back. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

Don't bring it into NY State, their magazine limit for any gun is 10, not just semi-auto. Of course if you can't find any .22 ammo to buy, the effective limit is zero!!!

Why not go for a Ruger 77/357? Same ammo, then you have a rifle and a revolver, all stainless steel and ultra dependable.

Definitely change of address. Your old card is still valid, and will continue to be so forever unless and until a judge issues an order revoking it. You might not be able to buy a rifle at a dealer if your drivers license address doesn't match the card, but for all other purposes it is valid. So you are changing your address on the FID you have had for 15 years, not getting a brand new FID.

It's the same legal standard to get a FID as a pistol purchase permit. You don't have to be "cleaner" or "nicer" to get the pistol purchase permit. So there's no reason why you shouldn't just apply for the pistol permit if you have a FID already. Expungements are nice and all, but unless you need it for other reasons or have that kind of money to spare, no need for it right now.

Wow, so what does it take to make a grip not a pistol grip in NJ?

These little weird grip things would also be useful if, for instance, you know someone with an AR variant that still has a bayonet mount on it, or a flash suppressor on it. Rather than cut off or otherwise remove those, swap out the grip with a non-evil non-pistol grip to knock the evil feature count down to a NJ legal 1 without having to start cutting steel.

I bet a bunch of them got one of those pistol-grip free stocks for the ARs, which make them have zero evil features and not subject to the ban and no registration required. They have the same thing in NY. Ugly as hell but compliant. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/14/cosmetic-tweaks-to-ar-15-thwart-new-york-ban-on-assault-rifles/

I agree who knows if it is legal or not, but basically they did it, it's on them if they did something incorrect. I wouldn't worry about it one bit. Federal law might not even apply here, being as how the gun was never in interstate commerce. Made in NJ, NJ company, sold in NJ. If you really want to make sure there wasn't a problem, call Henry and ask. From what I hear their customer service is very responsive. I know Kel Tec will just put your old serial number on a new frame if they have to replace the gun. Of course their guns break all the time so for them it is essential.

The problem is shooting is way more than just equipment. You can have all the equipment you want, the bullet isn't going to get there until you get quality trigger time under your belt, and the fundamental skills of marksmanship become second nature. Get yourself a .22 LR rifle ($300), get some upgraded sights or a scope ($100), and 10,000 rounds of ammunition (when available again, around 400-500 bucks), and fire 10,000 aimed rounds at a target, preferably with a spotting scope on a tripod next to you, so you can look after each shot and see where each shot you fired went, versus where you thought it would go. When they go somewhere else, stop and think about what you are doing, and refine your technique. .22 is good for this since the lack of recoil means you can feel when you do something wrong, whereas with a loud recoiling round you have less ability to self-diagnose the cause of errors. Eventually, you will become very accurate, and then you will be able to rule out your own error, and if a rifle is not returning acceptable accuracy, you will be able to rule yourself out as a cause. But not before that.

If you don't want to be afraid every single time you chamber a round or load a magazine with more than one round, then take it to a gunsmith and make sure the damn thing is working properly. Dremel plus fire control components plus inexperience equals problem. This is not an area you want to proceed by trial and error.