NJScott

Thanks, Duppie....just about to place an order elsewhere when I saw your posting. 1+ to ya for the head's up.

An ex-cop buddy of mine at work bought that pimped-out 1911 that Taurus offered up...you know, the one that General Patton would laugh at for being too gaudy? You gotta see the looks he gets when he pulls that bad boy out of his range bag.

Range was uncrowded--though hotter than hell today. I thought I was gonna get tossed out for creating the huge fog bank of smoke that poured out of the .38 CCI Blazer in the 686. I don't think the PRVI has anything on this stuff. Reminds me of when I was a kid and we'd scrape all of our caps open (from our cap guns for you kids out there), putting all the powder into a soda can and lighting it up. THAT wasn't as smoky as the Blazer. The 686 shot like a champ with the Winchester ammo and I can't wait to get down to Dix so I can run .357 through it.

Never used the PRVI, and if economizing will stick with Winchester white or Aguila. Better something like that happens to your revolver at the range, rather than when you need it, God forbid.

Thanks, fmtek....I always forget that Caso's website holds BPBA range info. But it sucks that I"ll only be able to put .38's through the Smitty ;-(

And we will have the status quo re: our U.S. Senate tandem.

And it's MUCH classier than the Rodney Allen short-stay apartments about a mile down on 1&9, LOL

Anyone know if they're still doing the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month? If so, what time are they opening, please? I'm finally off crutches and need to get some rounds through this 686.....

Eric, I'd say the detectives in your PD are either inept, or willfully sandbagging your paperwork. Did you question why references were never sent? In as much as they, along with criminal background check, pretty much form the basis for being approved, I'd be on them like flies on a rib roast.

Congratulations and good luck with the firearm. Big +1 to you for pursuing training. You wont be dissatisfied with any of Anthony's offerings at GFH.

I've used them in the past and will continue to to so. Very competitive pricing, comprehensive inventory and good shipping time.

Purchased my first handgun back in 1984: a S&W model 37 Chief's Special, Airweight, 2" barrel, nickel finish in. 38. Still have it, though its going to be headed to the trading post one of these days. Trigger guard chews the hell out of my finger after 50 rounds or so. Other than that, a real nice, good looking shooter.

Welcome!

A Springfield XDM, the aforementioned 1911 and a 9mm Sig would round things off nicely, IMO.

Unless you're looking to stay with the 9mm load, the model 23 in .40 is a great shooter and a very concealable weapon. Sorry, but I'm at the other end of the state, otherwise I'd let you try it out.

Now FOOD is something Shawn and I could agree on all day long! The meal at Revel sounds and looks great. Definitely going to take the missus down there before the end of summer.

Welcome!

LOL.....

Counties and municipalities (mostly Democrat strongholds such as where I live) that contractually demand that public works, and even private development partnerships, be constructed with only union labor, IS a form of "government assistance"...on the backs of the over-taxed citizens. That's the quid pro quo for all the endorsements and pay to play contributions unions give to Democrat candidates.

Please show me ANY Republican candidate in this state that has received union endorsements. Seriously. I don't think one exists. The unions have been staunchly in the Dems' corner for generations now.

Not meant as a slam because of misspelling; I just haven't seen a lot of wisdom from the C-theorists that I've had the misfortune of engaging in discussion over the years. PLEASE let someone tell me I didn't see Flight 175 roar overhead and hit the south tower of the WTC as I watched from Exchange Place in Jersey City. Douchebags.

Now THERE'S an oxymoron if ever I heard one....

Unless I missed something, YOU are the only one that keeps injecting race into the discussion. I don't care what color this nitwit is, he's NOT the person I want siding with us on 2A issues is all. Plus he sucks as an actor. He's got the same surly look on his face, with the same snarly inflection in his voice in every friggin' episode of L&A. As the late Dorothy Parker once said of a similarly-untalented thespian: She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

"foil heads".....LOL

Welcome, and have fun! Scott in Bayonne