45Doll

July 3 at 5:00 PM.

Very cool! Thanx for that link. Us Vette people have to watch out for each other. My wife is rooting for Mark Webber/Porsche in LMP1.

Not quite anything. I saw his speech at the 'rally' last night. He's not grieving for his son; that's done in private, not in front of 20,000 people. This man is determined to stir up the mob. And guess what the target is? Watch his performance last night if you haven't seen it yet.

Bump. Now's the time to get writing. Whatever you want to say.

One week before Sandy Hook the CCI Mini Mag price was 7.6 cents/round by the case, or 24% less.

Excellent. On the other end of the spectrum, by coincidence, I met septuagenarian at the range today to sample some semi-auto pistols, and she went home with her own Glock 21. Previously she only shot a Buckmark 22, Glock 42 and a .38 revolver. She really dug the standard frame Glock; just like my wife. And, she'll be applying for more permits SOON. Another one into the fold. And she votes, always!

Since it's obvious that only Christie's veto will keep these two bills from becoming law, I am composing our letter of objection to him. I thought if some of us shared our letters, we might pick up some relevant, cogent, or more concise thoughts to include. Here's my first pass: Note: Revised 5/16/14 Dear Governor Christie: We are writing you to oppose the two anti-gun bills sent to you by the Democrat controlled Senate and Assembly. We have reviewed both bills carefully and our objections are as follows: S993- Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines from 15 to 10 rounds. Once again the Democrat legislature fantasizes and speculates about what might happen someday, rather than recognize what happens every day. None of the more than 3,000 murders committed in this state in the last 10 years were committed with the 11th bullet. And, of course, anyone willing to ignore the statutes prohibiting murder will not be concerned with or obey this law. In addition, the whole Democrat justification for this bill is that during a future mass shooting, potential victims might get an opportunity to rush the shooter while he’s reloading. Note well: there is not a single law enforcement organization or individual in the United States that recommends unarmed civilians rush armed individuals in any shooting situation! This is an amateur strategy proposed by NJ Democrats. A2777 - Defines reasonable deviations in the course of transporting firearms. This is another attempt to trap legal gun owners in the tangled and nebulous web of New Jersey gun law. Rather than catching felons who are actually hurting people, the Democrats want to find out who is eating lunch on the way to the range so they can be arrested. Both these bills contain nothing that will influence criminals or reduce crime. Instead, they yet again attack the legal and law abiding gun owners in this state, including us, under the pretense of fighting crime and improving safety. This is of course the historically ineffective Democrat approach that has brought the urban sections of this state to their current pathetic and dangerous condition. All the Republican legislators voted against these bills. You have stated repeatedly that to merit your signature, legislation must be targeted and effective. Neither of these bills is, and we expect you to veto them. You recently sent us letters for NJ-GOP 2014 Membership Acceptance. Those acceptances are on hold on our desks, pending your decision on these two bills. If you approve S993, any monies we might allocate to send in with our acceptance letter will go instead towards replacing our currently legal rifle and pistol magazines. Thank you in advance for your support, and your veto of these bills. Sincerely,

Congratulations Dobie; I think you've got a new one there! The law states that renewal is at the discretion of the issuing authority. So no, they don't have to. But the law also says a renewal is for a 90 day period. So I don't think a renewal for 60 days is legal. But it would be better than nothing.

SOME of the are noble and well intentioned. Most of them, including ALL the mouthpieces, are anti-gun ideologues, who believe guns have no place in the hands of citizens. They do not mind if criminals and the government have them.

My shipment from the world famous delayed-trailer-in-Hodgkins arrived 20 minutes ago.

Looks like the late UPS trailer has checked in at Hodgkins. 8:00 AM this morning. So probably 2-3 more days for arrival in NJ area.

I have the 627 Pro. Very comfortable to shoot in either .38 or .357. Very smooth trigger, and I like the 8 rounds too. As long as you're willing to accept the weight, very nice.

Looks like mine is on the same late trailer in Hodgkins as yours. Perhaps the weight of all these shipments broke the axle? Just my faint attempt at humor.

Hi Bob. The 31 day count 'mistake' comes from designating the day you buy a handgun as day 1, instead of day 0. This is a classic mistake made in computer land when writing counting algorithms. The day you buy a handgun is day 0. The next day is day one and so on. On day 30 you can buy another. I have always read the statute literally; in any 30 day window there can only be one day where you purchased a handgun. If you look at any calendar that visually means four weeks plus two days. 28 + 2 = 30. Is the law stupid? Yes. Do I wish to comply with the law? Yes. Do I want to wait an extra day? NO! Amazing; works every time!

I get 50#s of large caliber pistol brass with careful packing.

Kasier: check their Brass Credit Program button on the home page. Details and suggestions are there. In essence, when you place an order you check the box to specify you will send in brass to be applied as a credit. Estimate the weight of the brass you will send. (I typically get close to 50 pounds of large bore handgun brass in the large USPS fixed price box.) You can send the brass whenever you're ready, before or after the order. Even several weeks after you receive the order. They will simply weigh the brass when they get it, and credit your CC for the proper amount against the order you placed. They typically issue that credit within 3 to 4 days of them receiving the brass. The only restriction is that the credit $ amount cannot exceed the amount of the original order $.

I am a firearms customer, not a vendor. I have also been a small business of one. I agree with most of the vendors on this post and would put it this way: all the 'free customer service' in the world will not pay your lease or keep the lights on. The numbers must work or you're out of business. If you have built a cash flow to the point where you have the latitude to offer 'free' stuff, great. If you have not, customers who come to your store expecting all the 'free' stuff without ever buying anything become much more obvious, and (I would think) negatively contribute to the attitude of the owner who's thinking about the next bill he has to pay. There are plenty of customers who do all their browsing and handling in the LGS, then buy online to save (a little or a lot) of money. I had several conversations with my local FFL before I bought the first firearm. We set expectations on both sides. When I was satisfied they would service me appropriately, I started buying from them almost exclusively. They have held up their end of the stick, so the only exceptions have been firearms (less than three) they could not acquire. When I order from them now I don't even ask for a quote; I know their price will be fair considering they're an LGS. (Yes, I know I'm fortunate that $50-100 won't make or break me.) And I pay it to support their locality and service in my world. Part of my motivation is knowing if I didn't have my local FFL (or another one in NJ) I wouldn't be ABLE to buy a handgun. Period. So helping them keep their lights on is in my interest. In the rest of the commercial world, every time I hear someone urging us to 'buy American, even if it costs more' I laugh, because I've met very few people who will actually do that when the money's coming out of their pocket. They are as frugal with their personal dollars as the vendor must be with theirs. Here's a quote I always remembered from a discussion between a vendor and customer about quality and timeliness of service and product: "Speed costs money. Now get out your checkbook and tell me how fast you want to go."

None of that matters. He's a mouthpiece that supports their agenda. Logic, locality, reality have nothing to do with it. Sooner or later all the (real) gun supporters in NJ have to realize that the only power that counts is political power. Without that they (including me) are doomed.

Permit me to enhance that too; they're not done there. "The Summit lecture series continues April 27, with “Understand Guns and Firearms Safety.” Speakers will be Robert Tessaro, former director of Law Enforcement Relations at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence..." "On May 18, two speakers will address “Legislation on Firearms Safety, Then & Now, Federal & State.” They are Nicola Bocour, director of Ceasefire NJ, a project of the Coalition for Peace Action, and Diane Finn, liaison for the prevention of gun violence for the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of New Jersey (UULMNJ)." Now that's a fair and balanced lecture series. You really need to read the link the OP provided.

That's big city life. Over here in the wilds of Fredon we can still blast away. I think.

I'm not an Andover resident, but I thought anyone who was should know about this: http://www.njherald.com/story/24938134/2014/03/10/andover-considers-firearms-ordinance It appeared in today's online version.

OP: I didn't mention it originally because I thought you were focused on .45. But there is one SAO version of the P226 in 9mm only: http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/p226-elite-sao.aspx One thing though; if your thoughts included using a P226 with future conversion kits, I'm not sure those kits are compatible with the SAO frame.

Nothing wrong with a 226 as above. But if you're torn between a 1911 and Sig, take a look at the several variants of the Sig P220 SAO. (single action only) This behaves like a 1911, but it's a Sig and not as fussy as some of the 1911s are. My instructor at Sig relied on this pistol in competitions shooting against mainly 1911s. And the trigger is very good.

Notice you can't find the poll on the main page now. Only if you drill down into politics.

On the 10 round limit. I'm sure you'd love to vote. http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/03/poll_should_nj_pass_gun_bill_reducing_size_of_ammunition_magazines_from_15_to_10_rounds.html