NJScott

Sorry for the dupe post...someday I'll figure out how to delete them.

IMO, the G23 is even better as a SD/CCW.

This couple enjoyed exercising a right that none of us in this lousy state can experience, and we have people castigating them? Wow, that's quite a welcome for the new guy.

I reject, and confess to not really understanding, everything but your second sentence.

If you're ever headed up this way, shoot me a PM and you can put a few full rounds through it at the Bayonne range.

Check today's NY Daily News in the editorial section, where an anti has predictably used this faded rapper and terrible actor as a negative against us.

Thanks, Dave,Pizza Bob and the other wheelmen on NJGF!

You check out the 20 yet? Awesome piece.

Seems weird to have such a difference in customer service between two locations of the same business. The HG folks in Easton have been nothing but polite, friendly and helpful when I've shopped there. Not so much at Branchburg, though I surely second the remarks about the eye candy there.

Years ago, I worked in Long Island, in an area of Hicksville that bordered one of the highest crime areas in Nassau County. It was the height of the crack epidemic and we could watch deals going down from our office windows. But rather than deal with real crime, the NCPD would instead set up seatbelt checkpoints a few blocks away in an upper middle class neighborhood. The only "criminals" I would see getting stopped by the cops were business people commuting to work and moms bringing their kids to school. It was a textbook example of low-risk/high reward law enforcement: they knew the people they were citing were law-abiding types that would pay their fines, and they didn't have to deal with those pesky, armed thugs a mile down the road.

Well, it's shame on me for not doing my due diligence, but I'm still amazed at the amount of conflicting information out there on some revolver/S&W forums regarding the use of this cartridge in a .357 chambering. The rule of thumb among some of the posters is "if it fits, shoot it", which--quite frankly, sounds insane to me. There are guys who swear it's no problem to use this hot freakin' load in their vintage S&W's, while other, more rational voices are basically YELLING "verboten", LOL. I've already traded the ammo to a guy at work who has a sweet Colt he's gonna run it through, and in return I've got a lightly-used pair of noise-cancelling headphones to wear the next time I go to the range. Thanks again, guys! Scott

What 10mm forum are you speaking of, please?

Welcome to the forum, my condolences for moving to the Garden State ;-)

Okay, I've cleaned the chambers in the cylinder of my 686 until they are factory clean! STILL having issues inserting the Aguila loads in there. The last 1/4" of the round simply refuses to seat in the chamber. I should have mentioned it is Aguila SUPER A +P ammo, in case that makes a difference. I'm not a reloader (yet), but I believe this round is a semi-rimmed one, as the rim looks/feels slightly larger than the body. Also, I checked a few other gun forums and came up with this discussion/answer on the S&W owners site (talking about .38 Super being used in other caliber wheelguns: Yes, it will work, and I have done it. Usually people say it will not work for two reasons: First some will say it is a tapered case, which is incorrect. Second, they will say it is rimless, which is also incorrect. However, all factory 38 Super ammo will not work, and it will not work with many older Smith's (70's era). The ammo it will work with in many Colt and S&W revolvers is Winchester and Magtech. Other factory ammo I have tried will not work, which includes Remington, PMC, UMC, Federal, Aguila, Armscor, and Fiocchi. It will work in old and new N frames, newer Model 60's and all the K frame .38 and .357 I have tried. Note - so far I have shot it only from the N frames, but it will easily chamber and extract (with the rim) unfired in all the others mentioned. Also chambers in Pythons. Hope this helps some. Best I can figure is my Smitty is mid-2000's vintage, and is, of course, an L-frame revolver, so I don't know where in the grand scheme of things I fit into any of the scenarios being discussed on this sites. I thank you guys for providing the expertise and experience, and if anyone wants this box of ammo it's yours for $24's, LOL. Thanks, Scott in Bayonne

Let's hope we never have to find out, brother.

Yeah, but the recoil from my Mosins would likely knock my shoulder out of joint, LOL. Have a blast, pal!

Have fun, but I'm back on crutches, thanks to my "good" knee now giving out

PVC pipe and parts and some dessicant dehumidifier packs would turn out to be my best friends should this scenario ever come about. Those things, and a nice shovel to dig down into a good hiding place. It is pure folly to speculate that individual gun owners would forcefully resist confiscation, IMO. Would there be those isolated instances where the "cold dead hands" scenario applied? Sure, but few and far between. By and large, we are among the most law-abiding citizens in this country by dint of our gun/shooting hobby. While we may love and embrace our constitutional rights, it is hard for me to envision any kind of armed, organized resistance should the feds decide one day that it's game over for gun ownership in the U.S. Personally, evasion, outright lies and stealth would be watchwords for me in confronting something like this. It would still make me a felon, but there's no way my home and family goes unprotected.

Care to elaborate? I wasn't aware of any gun control issues in Israel.

Thanks for the info and suggestions, guys. I've got Hoppe's and a new Otis Elite cleaning system. Between that and some elbow grease I'm sure the issue will get resolved.

Welcome, Patrick!

Okay, all you wheely mavens on here, I've got a question/concern: I just got an order of ammo in, and among it was a couple of boxes of Aguila .38 +P that--for economic reasons--I'll be shooting out of my newly-acquired S&W 686-6 .357. When I tried to load the cylinder I noticed I had to exert a bit of pressure to get the rounds to seat in properly. This bigger circumference than the .357 round, plus the shortness of the .38, has me a bit worried. Is this the norm for this round to not easily fit into the chambers of the cylinder? Thanks in advance, Scott in Bayonne

Listen, the guy is the closest thing America has ever had to an emperor. How many of his millions did he spend in getting term limits overturned so he could run for a third term as mayor? He's turned midtown into an absolute joke with his Times Square pedestrian mall and the myriad number of bike lanes. He could be the single worst mayor NYC has had since David Dinkins, IMO, and I lived for a while and worked in Manhattan over parts of Koch's, Dinkins' and Guiliani's terms in office. I blame the media for not holding this clown up to the ridicule he deserves for his attempts to remake NYC into the image of his liking, and for trying to legislate the behavior of his subjects....umm, I mean his citizens.

Welcome! Scott in Bayonne (and frequent visitor to Toms River)

Ice-T is a racist, misogynistic, anarchist punk. His lyrics and his public statements lay out there like poison gas and cannot be avoided or erased. If you choose to listen to and enjoy his music that is your prerogative. It is my prerogative to believe that he, and anyone that buys into his gangsta persona, are anathema and counter-productive to our endeavor to preserve our 2A rights. When I referred earlier to his "fan base" it was that segment that (according to BLF) "would not qualify for FID cards...". I was young once, too, and I still listen to a diverse array of tunes. But I wouldn't use the likes of Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Circle Jerks or the Dead Kennedys--even though I like their tunes--to bolster ANY argument in favor of an ideology of mine.