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No worries. A have a number of the real, honest, and decent Camden PD officers on a project of mine - yeah, I have to hire the Camden PD to protect my working field crews - on speed dial! It's a real shame that the entire force has to suffer for the bad seeds. Most of the officers bend over backwards for me because they're doing it on OT basis and trying to save as much as possible as all of them have now signed their layoff papers. I digress.

If only Paul could find some hidden 5.7x28 in his shop for me...

Not a blank label! That is the NEW label. ORM-D labels are done the end of this year.

I'll be heading to Rutgers Camden on the 5th. Anyone going here, be prepared to have THICK skin. Three of the big civic groups up in Trenton on Monday were from Camden!

Sounds like maybe you approached it wrong with UPS customer service... Meaning, you may have given them the indication early that it walked off, instead of pushing the driver mis-delivered. Mis-deliveries seem to be getting more and more common with the USPS and both major commercial carriers. I would call UPS again myself. Hopefully you payed with credit card as that may be the best way to not get a raw deal.

Ford guy aside... Do you have a .22LR pistol? Lots of good choices that hover around the $300 mark.

This got the blood flowing, so I called up the fellow I sold the one I had too (actually a business acquaintence) and he sent me a link to a picture of it where he modeled it with a couple boxes of correct ammo: It's a bit more finely crafted with sharp carving with maker's marks and proofs so yours might be copies produced by a local gunsmith of the period.

YES, YES, YES! Much better photos, and those are absolutely Belgium style Howdahs that are really considered pinfire boxlock pistols! The one I had was almost exactly like the one with the cut hash pattern on the frame. The huge bummer, and what would allow superior dating and value evaluation, is the lack of maker's marks and proofs! Those are nearly always found on the breech end of the barrel.

So I ran the photos through some clean up routines in Photoshop, and I'm positive you have Belgiums there! Specifically, I think we're looking at a pair of pinfire boxlocks with the triggers that drop out upon cocking, and commonly lumped into the overall group of Howdahs. For a short while, I had acquired a 15mm in an estate sale and am digging around for photos of it now! If the barrels measure 12mm or 15mm, I think it's a slam dunk on a Belgium style.

Nope, plenty of Howdah's fit these exactly. There are so many variations it's unreal! This one looks textbook Belgium, but the pictures are rough!

I've not particularly tried those PMC HPs, but I've found PMC to be just too dirty of ammo to shoot regularly. When I buy factory .44, I generally go with Hornady HPs and Buffalo Bore. Used to like Winchester WB, but their brass has cheapened up considerably.

NO! You must relinquish that .44Mag into my custody for safe keeping! The nerve! While I believe you should give me the Smith, dry firing it will not harm it as your modern version is a frame-mounted firing pin. Would I dry fire dozens of times like when trying to run in a factory trigger, no. I'd load the cylinder with some snaps for that. The commercially made polish is Zephyr Pro40. Not as strong as a homebrew can be, but will work fine.

Ted Cruz +1000! He calls it like he sees it and it not afraid of the fight! It's time for Wayne to move aside IMO.

Whatever you do, don't go look at the slide show!!! Especially if you have the ability to zoom in tight... There are MANY firearms in there highly desired by collectors, let alone what market value is for some of the fantasatic looking shooters! I feel sick.

LOL!!!

Take your pick. You can have a P226, P229, P239, P250, SP2022... Just about every Sig offered in .40S&W can have a .357Sig barrel dropped in.

Pizza Bob has it correct. You are sitting on a pair of Howdah pistols. They are not a matched set as various differences can be discerned. Quite possibly the same maker though. Wish the photos were more clear to discern the detail of the mechanism and the grips as those will be first clues to period and the make. Howdah designs were made in India, but also all over the European block as they were adopted for military use for devistating up-close encounters in addition to fending off tigers! Always fun tracking down the unusual firearm!

Fantastic penetration and good ballistics. Choice for many LE agencies. As far as reloading, really depends on your skill and what you are used to reloading. What are you looking at shooting it from? One route is to go with something that's a drop in barrel caliber change. For instance, I have several Sigs that I have both .357Sig and .40S&W barrels for for a few second swap (both rounds use the same mags).

Your problem is that the PD doesn't know how to use Morphotrak. Once you are fingerprinted, you are really done as far as Morphotrak is concerned. If they used it like elsewhere, current background can be checked with a simple order request, prints can be electronically delivered to any agency, fingerprint cards can even be printed... Another frustraiting thing about NJ... It took me some effort with my local PD as well because the Chief likes to have background done every so many permits issued, which IS the discretion of the issuing authority. So he and I had a sit down and discussed the situation (actually a great Chief, just POOR police clerk) and I no longer have to do anything for the subsequent background checks.

A non-resident CT pistol permit is very obtainable. Just expect it to be 120+ days right now. Make sure your print cards are very crisp and clean so you don't have to go through the reject-resumbit routine. Just renewed mine.

If it walks like a duck...

There is absolutely no reason to be fingerprinted again. They don't change and I would refuse to pay for it! They can run a background request all by themselves. I would suggest speaking with the detective in charge first, then his Chief, and if that doesn't work the NJSP Firearms Bureau to give the Chief a nudge call.

That was like a job for Morgan to keep the interviewer within bounds. Clearly after listening, the interviewer is yet another one going with the hype and misinformation instead of checking facts - any at all about points he was trying to assert.

I feel like a dinosaur around here now... Not even 21 yet?!?! Oiy. Speedy recovery!

Kudos!!! With 34 and increasing NJ Gun Control Bills submitted for this legislative session that are getting more ludicris, splitting my time between New Jersey and Houston may need to go from 70:30 to 0:100.