msg73

No problem at all. I was just curious.

Who said anything about walking through a classifier? It was a general response to your comment below. I asked a simple and harmless question and your response was not helpful. There was no need to behave like a troll.

Did you respond trying to help because you thought I didn't know that or were you just being an @ss? I suppose you never walk through the stages before you shoot them because you 'practice the fundamentals', right?

Any updates on the stages for Sunday?

In. When I registered, it put me in squad 1. Is there any flexibility in squading up with other njgf'ers?

Everything is stock except for the Apex FSS trigger, ESP magwell, stippled backstrap and the FO front sight. I was considering getting a Tungsten guide rod and a 13lb spring but wanted to see how it shoots first. Haven't had a chance to shoot a match yet.

link to the pics of the completed gun... http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/58719-pics-of-my-lightened-mp-40-pro/

Here are some pics of what I'll be using for Limited/L10. It's a 5" M&P 40 Pro with some lightening slots milled. Big thanks to vmastro87 for helping me out with the milling.

I remember back in college when their steaks were $11...perfect for a broke college student. $24 is still a good deal for a good steak.

I want to give a big thanks to Victor (vmastro87) for stepping in to help a fellow shooter. Once I have everything put together, I'll start a new thread with more pics.

Nick - You could have handled this a bit more professionally. Not returning my PMs isn't cool either.

Are pistol caliber carbines ok?

Do you mean don't do this with a drill press or don't do it at all? I've decided to have Nick @ Mastodon do this with his mill.

I'm going to have Nick take a stab at milling slots on the top and sides. I'll post some pics when it's done...unless he screws up LOL.

Shane - no offence taken and you make valid points. No gun improvements are going to make an average shooter into a GM...it takes tons of practice, good fundamentals and being lucky enough to physically/mentally have the potential to do so. It's more of a way to make my M&P unique. Performance benefits would be an added bonus. The Costa Ludus line of M&Ps are some fairly extreme examples of slide lightening. The Glock 35 has as slot on the top of the slide right from the factory. So, I'm not too concerned about affecting the integrity of the gun as I don't plan to have a bunch of metal taken out. I've read of about several people doing it and have reported less felt recoil, better balance, faster cycling and the ability to use lower power springs. Now, this is purely subjective but makes sense in theory with less mass in the slide. I'm not sure how much it would help but it I find it interesting and shouldn't cost too much to try. Nick - I'll give you a ring to discuss. Thanks, Mike

Thanks for the responses...I figured as much. I tried contacting some local CNC shops but they won't work on firearms. So, anybody know of a place that can do this without having to wait months?

I've been looking to do some lightening to my slide on my limited gun (M&P 40 Pro). I contacted some places and am being told it's a 12+ week wait! Therefore, I've been thinking about doing something myself with a drillpress using a 5/16" cobolt bit. I think drilling holes on the top and sides would be straigt forward but am wondering if it's possible to make slots by drilling several overlapping holes close to eachother and then straightening the slot by sliding it back and forth with the drillbit inserted. I plan to clamp guide boards/fences to the drillpress baseplate exactly the width of the slide to ensure it doesn't move side-to-side. Anyone try this? Do you think I can get decent results? Thanks, Mike

Tried to register but the website says the match is filled . If a slot doesn't open up, I should be able to get there early and walk-on, right? What time should I get there? I usually help build stages and tear down whenever I'm there. Don't want to drive over an hour not to shoot. -Mike

Check it out: http://www.uspsa.org/uspsa-NROI-production-gunlist.php Listed as M&P Pro Series 5" S&W. I may have to take off the Apex FSS trigger and start shooting production as well.

I got a 9mm Spartan V for around $650 and it's a great gun for the money. Dead nuts accurate and very reliable with good mags (I'm using Tripp Cobra mags). She hasn't let me down yet.

One of the members here (Topher) has a Fusion 1911. You can ping him to ask about it. As for building a 1911 in general, you'll probably need some specialied tools such as a barrel lug cutter and beavertail safety radius cutter. You can possibly get away with some round/flat files and some other basic tools but risk screwing up more. The main things are: - slide to frame fit (do the Fusion kits have this done?) - barrel to slide fit (upper lugs, barrel hood/slide breech fitting, barrel muzzle to bushing or frame fitting for bull barrels) - barrel to frame fit (lower lugs and barrel/frame impact position) - Thumb and Grip safeties - For internals, definitely get one of the 'drop-in or pre-fitted' packages such as the Extreme Engineering kits. Otherwise, you'll need some additional jigs. All of the remaining things can be fine tuned with basic tools. If you decide to do it, good luck and let us know how it goes.

So, keeping my ammo in the wooden cabinet seems to be the best option after all.

The 'cook off' is what I thought would happen. While I keep some guns with loaded mags, I don't chamber them for this exact reason (round going off in a fire). I also agree that keeping too much ammo in a sealed ammo-can may also build up too much pressure. The ammo is in my basement so it seems that anyone in the house would be fine in the event of a fire. Thanks.

I don't have enough room in my safe for all my ammo, so I store them in a locked wooden cabinet. If I were to have a fire in my home, how dangerous would this be? Obviously, the ammo would blow up but would it be shooting bullets and case shrapnel to a point where it could be deadly? I would think that since there's nothing containing the pressure, the case would just blow off the bullet head.

In a FTF pistol sale, how long do you have to send copies of the P2P to the local PD and NJ State Police? Is it mandatory? What happens if I buy a pistol and the seller never mails the copies?