NJCK

Having lived in a variety of places in the US, I have found a greater majority of LEOs are "gun people" and have no problem with the legal, responsible ownership of firearms by John and Jane Q. Public. I cannot say the same for the Philadelphia and NYC officers I've encountered, but I have found plenty of NJ State Troopers and local PDs in S. Jersey feeling the same and have hand more than one frank discussion where they feel NJ's laws are ridiculous. I even learned my local Chief is pro-gun and pro-CCW a couple years ago in trying to get my FPID and P2Ps sorted when I got back to NJ (the police clerk is an entirely different matter).

^^^THIS!!!^^^ Sam is a great guy! I had a chat with him one day after there was a goof in my order vs. delivered (wrong gr) and said I was in search of some good factory load .41Mag with quality brass. The next he called me back and said he found some great .41Mag and the price was phenomenal. I paid for the .41 and he send the replacement and .41 on his dime plus a return label for the wrong ammo.

All I can say, Mr. Obama please remove your head from where it's normally shoved and take note of the message from the statistics...

Shhhhhhhhh... Aguila is a clean shooting factory load with nice brass for reloading and generally found at great pricing. I stumbled upon it seeking a clean shooting .380ACP FMJ for practice with my pea-shooter-when-I-can-carry-nothing-bigger CCW and to have the brass. Thanks for the link, the Mrs and I each just ordered a case a piece to hoard a little ready to go since I haven't been loading 9mm. Works out to $10.90/box if you also get the extra insurance (me and UPS have a love-hate relationship). 5 cases left!

LOL! Whoops! Sorry! I have to say Rugers have been in serious demand as of late. They've put out some fine products lately being gobbled up like the 10/22 and SR1911. Heck, I've got several of their tanks in my collection (Service and Speed Sixes, SP101s, GP-100s and the 10/22) and I don't consider myself a Ruger guy!

That is so true! In September, I purchased a 10/22 Takedown for $370 out-the-door including sales tax and NICS locally as a fun little plinking rifle. Well, my wife liked it so much she wanted one of her own. We went back to the same local shop and now the price before tax and NICS is $425! I hopped onto Gunbroker and the things are selling regularly for that and more! Heck, Mrs. NJCK can shoot my 10/22 and I'll just break out my very early Nylon 66! Sheesh.

Here it is day 1 of 2013 and I get a knock at my door at a quarter past noon about two seconds after coming in from a WaWa run. I turn around and reopen the door to be greeted by a young lady who introduces herself and proceeds to ask if she can have 15 minutes of my time to "inform me about the threat of our nationwide problem of private gun ownership." I thought you've got to be friggin' kidding me, and this is not something a Rowan student should be going door to door about anywhere! However, I also needed to hear this and all I can say is that her information was nothing more than assemblage of mis-information, and when she was through her speech these were my questions and her answers: 1. Can you tell me what the law requires for private firearm ownership in NJ? Response: No. 2. Do you personally know an owner of firearms? Response: Well, not really. My grandfathers were in the military but they're gone, but I think they had guns. 3. Have you ever handled and/or discharged a firearm under supervision? Response: No. 4. Have you ever had any awareness or introductory firearms training or instruction? Response: No. 5. Given your responses, how do you feel yourself qualified to discuss this "threat" and "problem"? Response: "Because we live in a society where we no longer need guns. The Old West is gone, and only the police and military should be armed. We need change now." My closing remarks to the young Rowan student went like this, "Respectfully, I find you to be highly unqualified and biased by mass ignorance and hysteria fueled by a most tragic event. Perhaps if you took a moment to assess your audience like any good speaker should instead of reciting your rehearsed lecture you would have noticed the lapel pins on my jacket collar - one is an NRA Life Member insignia and the other clearly states NRA Instructor. You, yourself, admitted to not only being unfamiliar with firearms, but also admitted you do not know your own State laws concerning gun ownership yet have shown up on my doorstep to discuss your bias regarding private firearm ownership. I cannot fathom anyone LESS qualified than you, and those like yourself, which include a myriad of politicians, are a plague. Attacking legal, responsible private ownership of firearms will not deter crime or stop tragic events like Connecticut, and you should really examine the statistics available on countries in the EU and Australia that demonstrate this. Please leave my home and I encourage you to fully inform yourself before trying to exert your opinion on others." She left wide-eyed and not having a clue what to say... FYI - this is Gloucester County

Oh, I'd have words... Lots of them. LARGE and legal jargon, and I would pull every single resource I've accumulated over the years. I not only mind my privacy being invaded, I would be beside myself at them making me a target of every low-life wanting to steal my firearms, especially in light of not having Castle Doctrine, considering I'm not far from the hole that is the City of Camden...

LMAO! Not only is NICS approving and SWAMPED, all the actual officers took today off. Only the operators were there to number up faxes... I know, I called today as I've had exemption paperwork in since 11/26.

Huh? I think you misread the post... The OP was curious as to how an NJ FFL could sell mags that don't comply with NJ OUTSIDE of NJ.

Sadly, and I hate being the party pooper, but it's not in your favor... There is still an enormous pile of faxed in requests to clear. I doubt we'll see instant phone clears come back for another week or so.

FFLs are not bound by NJ laws with regard to what they inventory, only what they sell to NJ residents. Mine has had some really nice, too evil for NJ, firearms in his shop, and he's helped me peddle off items I've acquired with buying collections but cannot own myself here.

If you need more info/guidance, drop me a PM. I'm particularly qualified to discuss structures.

My FFL claims distributor expecting ARs from various manufacturers beginning to come in week of the 14th. Who knows what already reserved for standing order though.

Tell me about the insanity on .223. Picked up some plain-jane XM193, 1000rds for $349 delivered 12/1. I saw the same selling for $885 on the 26th! OUCH!

Yeah, I can appreciate the 66. I find them hard to resist when they cross my path regardless if collector grade or shooter. I often use the 66s in dealing for others! I've been looking for a nice 4" again as I traded my shooter off last year to a member here.

NJSP are processing approximately 500 NICS per day since the events of the 14th... At least FFLs are reporting turnaround of fax requests are getting quicker, some as fast as 48 hours now. Forget about a phone in.

Yes, and signed a few of the WH petitions.

But when he states where the bore laser tracks vs his groups, it immediately screams a mismatch of distance vs ballastic and coupled with possibly with unknown cross-eye dominance or over-anticipation of trigger break. However, with obscene ammo prices, figure we'd look at that as I've shot some DOG brands that will make a tack-driver a sprayer! LOL!

A more vintage 700 and customization to suit you cannot be beat! If you are buying new, and do not see yourself tinkering with it, the Browning is tough to beat out of the box and I speak from experience as a buddy and I just mounted optics to his and were sighting it in, fresh out of the box, just last week! I was thoroughly impressed.

I think the fundamental questions have been missed! 1. Provide us with what you are shotting in terms of ammo with all the specifics. 2. At what distance are you shooting. 3. Are you cross-eye dominant. 4. Have you shot it off the bench? 5. Have you had another shooter fire it. The 220s are fantastic shooters.

As far as I'm concerned, they never left! Have not had the pleasure of meeting up with Pizza Bob yet, but I do know from our mutual path crossing amongst forums that he and I have similar affinity for Smith revolvers... Pizza Bob, do tell, do tell us what revolvers were tempting you! I haven't seen anything appealing in some time locally, but I've been overseas for awhile till recently. I did pick up an exquisite 5" Pre-29 4-screw complete with proper 6.5" factory box and driver during my 2-day layover in Texas.

Forgot this piece of advice, check the fine print of the cookie-cutter policies. Some of them only protect from loss due to fire or theft, and often exclude force majeure. I don't know about you, but if my collection were damaged or lost as a result of hurricane, I'd want them covered for instance. Also, I can remember some exclusions to fire coverage in cases of arson (i.e., obviously not set by owner) there was no coverage and also no coverage if deemed by fire inspector to be due to carelessness (smoking in bed, improper extension cords). Anyway, my point being is that you get what you pay for, so know what you are paying for by reading everything carefully. If there is ambiguity, ask for written clarification from the provider/underwriter.

Targetmaster is always a zoo for the range on weekends and other common time off. Middle of the work week, it's dead. However, after being swept by incredibly careless gun owners on a couple of occassions, and the "RSO" (quoted as I use the term only for what should be and not what Targetmaster has) doing ZIP about it (keep in mind I'm an instructor and RSO) I will not return for shooting. You don't mention where you're from so we could maybe help you find a better alternative.

My transfers went through an NJ FFL because the collection was purchased out of state. It was certainly an "unusually large" number of permits, and all my paperwork was in order as I'm a licensed professional and plan to keep it that way. However, it does not matter if this was an FFL transfer of FTF - same paperwork exists indicating a sale has transpired on a firearm, which is taxable in the state of NJ. My fundamental point is that the OP asked about the process for a FTF, and it is irresponsible to give someone advice that is not technically, legally correct such as saying don't worry about the Use Tax. Simply, the OP should be informed that a FTF requires payment of Use Tax, and it be left to his own decisions from there. Is it a legal obligation to pay Use Tax on qualifying purchases - absolutely in NJ. Do NJ residents make different moral decisions - absolutely.