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By few you mean 3-4? How big is your waist? Is this for training, fighting, LARPing, competition? Theres lots of factors to consider, and after wearing a belt all day, reality of what you need to accomplish am your take may be different than what you think you want now. Carrying gear is a scaled effort with different levels or lines of gear from whats in your pockets to what’s in your car and everything in between. A standard belt for fighting is: 3 mags (usually a combo of 1 pistol and 2 rifle or 2 pistol and 1 rifle mag), IFAK w/TQ, and a holster. Maybe add a dump pouch, multitool, snivel pouch, and/or fixed blade knife.

What do you want to carry?

Ok. Shoot it with live ammo and then report back with any issues. You can’t diagnose last round hold open issues based on admin manipulations with Dummy rounds.

Wait… You have not fired this pistol with live ammo yet?

That was the guidance given in Middlesex County prior to the court decision on 3/6.

As an update to my post from January: The following case was decided in the appellate court in March 6: https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/court-opinions/2023/a0921-20.pdf BLUF: “To remove restrictions from a duly issued permit in light of Bruen, it is incumbent upon the permit holder to apply for an unrestricted permit. Defendant could not simply disregard the restrictions imposed by the carry permit issued to him, especially since defendant violated those restrictions long before Bruen was decided.” and “Defendant was obliged to comply with the court-ordered restrictions in the permit that was issued to him. Although Bruen changed the criteria for issuing a carry permit in this State, it certainly did not empower permit holders to disregard judicial orders. The proper procedure in these circumstances, rather, is to apply to amend the permit or apply for a new one.”

Too many scammers. I trust you guys. EE board, not so much…

Like the title says, looking for a Beretta 1301T. If you have one sitting in the safe collecting dust, and you’d like to move it, let me know. Thanks

Using a black sharpie to darken them significantly helps as well here. If shooting a traditional iron sight sight package, do not use the dots for aiming. They are only for quick reference and not meant to be lined up for precision shooting. Make sure you are using the crisp outline of the front sight centered horizontally and the top is vertically even in the notch of the rear sight. Even with both eyes open and target fixed you can accomplish this to some degree (you lose come of the desired crispness, but it works). Yes. Tritium/glowing Night sights have little to no use in defensive shooting. If you need night sights to align your sight package, you probably can’t see your target well enough to ID as friend or foe - so you shouldn’t be shooting. If you have enough light to IFF, you don’t need the night sights. Yes, there are certain environmental conditions that may make night sights useful (for example the 10-15 minutes twice daily as dusk/dawn where the lighting conditions are balanced just right for the weather ) but they are pretty rare and short lived. A WML on the pistol solves all IFF issues in all lighting conditions - photopic, mesopic, and scotopic.

Yeah, I’m aware of the law, thanks. They make a state compliant model that does not fold and has 10 round mags.

When I started shooting pistols in 2003 I would close my non-shooting eye for anything 7 yards or further. Within a few years I was keeping both eyes open out to 25. Now, I find myself keeping both eyes open always even out to 50 yards and beyond, regardless of irons or RDS. I am extremely target focused with a RDS, still working target focus with irons but am getting there - I just rarely shoot pistol irons anymore. I attribute my “both eyes open/target focused” success to shooting a lot of carbines with RDS mounted while training speed and accuracy between 25 and 50 yards. The necessary techniques to be proficient there require both eyes open and a target focus. These TTPs naturally translated to my pistol shooting (this was before RDS on pistols was common) without me even having to think about it. The modern move to pistol RDS being so common has also seriously strengthened this tendency. I have also found that shooting steel matches, especially knock down, accelerates the process, IMO. The instant feedback of the ring of the steel, and seeing the target move/fall through the sights reinforces the proper application of the technique faster than walking down range and trying to count holes in paper and trying to remember what you saw sight/target wise when you broke the shot.

There are quite a few things that a cop can do in the furtherance of a law enforcement objectives that a non-cop can not do. Conversely, there are a few things that non-cops can do that sworn LE can not. A non sworn individual will not be held to the same standard as a sworn officer in the event deadly force is used. It’s apples to hand grenades. A non-officer’s ability to use deadly force is pretty narrow. It starts and stops where your immediate safety, at your exact location (without the ability to get away), is at risk of serious injury or death due to the purposeful/reckless actions of another. Officers, on the other hand are expected to literally “go looking for trouble” when necessary and are permitted to use force (including deadly) to protect the community at large - not just themselves, or their immediate surroundings. It’s not a bad thing to know the AG Guidelines, just don’t take it out of context or follow it beyond what is legal for you as an individual.

I think @CMJeepster was politely trying to tell you that the Discover Card issue has nothing to do with the stated topic of this thread - “NJ Handgun Carry Permit Application Experience”. And - he was also helpfully showing you where discussions about the Discover Card should be posted, in a different thread dedicated to that topic. By doing this, it keeps everyone on track, keeps thread drift to a minimum, and puts all pertinent information (both objective and subjective) on a given topic in one location.

When you buy armor you can pick two of the following: • Effective • Lightweight/Comfortable • Affordable

Dear S&W:

“I Was Gonna Make Espresso!” Love that movie! Yep! Looks like it’s working now.

First of all, ewwww Second, did you even look for one? https://ruger.com/products/lcCarbine/models.html

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Anyone else having trouble posting photos from Imgur?

Yep. That’s the stuff.

“Cat Crap” does a pretty good job cleaning up light scratches like that.

Using that article as inspiration, I asked ChatGPT to give me convincing reasons why Pork Roll is the correct name vs. Taylor Ham. Here are the results: “Here are some points you can make to convince people that "Pork Roll" is the proper term: 1 Official name: The product is officially called "Pork Roll" by the manufacturer, Taylor Provisions. The term "Taylor Ham" was initially used as a marketing term by the same company, but the name was changed to "Pork Roll" in the 1950s. 2 Regional usage: "Pork Roll" is the more common term used in the southern part of New Jersey, where the product was invented. "Taylor Ham" is more commonly used in the northern part of the state. As a result, using "Pork Roll" is more in line with the original and traditional usage of the term. 3 Clarity: "Pork Roll" is a more descriptive term than "Taylor Ham" because it accurately reflects the ingredients and the production process of the product. "Taylor Ham" is a brand name that does not convey much information about the food itself. 4 Brand neutrality: Using "Pork Roll" is a more neutral way to refer to the food because it does not promote any specific brand. "Taylor Ham" is a proprietary name and using it can be seen as endorsing that brand. In summary, while both "Pork Roll" and "Taylor Ham" are used to describe the same food product, "Pork Roll" is the more traditional, descriptive, and neutral term to use.”

Reading his post and 2 seconds of searching provided this: https://primarymachine.com/trijicon-rmr-to-aimpoint-acro-adapter/

Take out the wedge. I have seen them cause soooooo many issues! They can create a step right were the bolt carrier transitions from the upper receiver to the receiver extension and create malfunctions and excessive wear. Those things are completely unnecessary. Yes yes, I know - there will be unseemly play between the upper and lower. It will be OK. Promise. Also, is that a 9mm carbine? Because they can really slam their bolt carrier around if they have the wrong action spring/buffer combo.

Why all this loading and unloading? At the end of the day, I take my holster off with the gun still in it and I stick it in the safe as a package. Before I leave the house, I take the holstered gun out of the safe and stick it on my belt. There is no administrative handling of the firearm at all. If I do have to unload/load for some reason (usually for cleaning/maintenance or dry-fire), I use an inside corner where the walls meet the floor as my safe direction. Also, that round does not get reloaded. It goes to the “range” ammo can for my next shooting session and a fresh round of carry ammo is unboxed and loaded.