JayWilling

I used to be a residential contractor and just did one of our bathrooms at home here. There are so many variables it's hard to say exactly, but I would say that price is not outrageous and will probably fall in the middle if you get more quotes...not a great (a steal) price either, but here are some considerations: Will all the new stuff just fit right in or are there small packing, shimming and adjusting jobs to do all over? The materials and steps required for a small bath are the same for a large bath...it's just more material. Is he giving you a good waterproofing membrane to protect the substrates? Fitting tile into existing is always full of problems and takes time. Flooring issues? You might be able to save by asking what products are going into the job...price them out. It seems a little odd that you can get whatever you want for a set price. Bottom line...get a couple of quotes. If your first contractor is busy and doesn't really need the work his price will be higher. Also check reputations because some guys finish the job and some don't. It might be worth a few extra bucks if you are reasonably certain the job will be completed. Hope that helps a little.

Congratulations, that's a nice looking piece! I really like Sigs and would love to get a few more.

I like how everything is eased on it, but really....Meh...why did they even bother?

Looks like you got good answers and a respectable number of facepalms. Welcome.

I responded to the tpath email on the Pretenders subject but I thought I'd say something here too. These guys are pounding away on their own...little help from the likes of us, and a pretty good load of criticism to boot. I commend them and thank them every chance I get. I'm glad they called out the NRA and our NJ affiliate and anyone else. I'm a Life member of the NRA and I'm going to contact them again and bitch. They're going to go to bat for Virginia against the new CCW restrictions? How about freeing the f*****g slaves first? Are we that far gone that nothing in NJ is touchable? I'm hoping to pester them, and they're not getting another dime from me 'till I see something in NJ.

This letter is chock full of WAY more BS than the response to the commission's findings by ANJRPC. What planet is this guy on? I can't wait to vote AGAINST him in the next NRA board election.

Sorry to hear it. I do not have a recommendation except to say that if you can do this between yourselves or use a mediator that's the way to go. Even when a couple is amiable, lawyers will make it not so.

If not for the NRA you would have NO second amendment rights. Besides that ANJRPC is affiliated, but not controlled by NRA. To my knowledge they have never been very aggressive in confronting the abuse of civil rights. It is truly puzzling why they would gush over this lip service, but they did. Still, it's the big-dog NRA that takes the heat and does the heavy lifting and pushes the tide of public policy. 5 million voter members has to be reckoned with.

Ah, you architects....always obsessed with the design. Spec writer here. The design is so much more exciting.

Do you mean, "Standard capacity" magazines?

Considering the path this thing has taken so far and the lack of success on the part of the state, I would not put them past trying a different approach like hacking mischief. What have they got to lose? No one in government gets nailed for any wrongdoing anymore.

For general blasting and practice I use 200 gr RN for .45 and 115 or 124 grn RN for 9mm, most often Xtreme Bullet plated bullets. They're fairly inexpensive and I've found them to be the best plated I've used. For both calibers I've used Titegroup and Universal by Hodgdon and Alliant Bullseye, although it doesn't make the greatest 9mm. Next time I buy bullets I might try the coated bullets, hearing good things about them. For everything that is not full metal jacket you should lighten the load. I find the best loads for me between the suggested load for lead and the suggested load for FMJ.

Perhaps a simple mailing to every registered sporting club or range that could be announced at their meetings and hung on their bulletin boards.

I can't thank you guys enough. Whatever the result, it gives me hope and I appreciate every ounce of effort.

Signed. It was at 9K two hours ago.

If you are not stuck on wood you might want to look into what is referred to as "Luxury Vinyl Flooring". Looks like wood strip, it's about 1/8" thick and the good stuff has a pretty thick wear layer. The other nice thing about it is it has a little "give" to it if it's going down on a concrete floor.

We keep a bird feeder going for the squirrels just to give our dogs something to do. They guard and they hunt, so prey moving across the canopy of our yard is perfect for giving them purpose (and exercise). Sometimes they get to charge one on the ground cleaning up, but they haven't actually caught one yet, so it's just great fun.

Thanks. I tried the NRA website a couple of times and it didn't show up like today. Gunforhire looks like pretty regular. I have to coordinate with another guy from my club and book it. Thanks again.

I have been looking for the standard NRA Range Safety Officer course off and on for over a year....saw one I couldn't make, but it's really hard to find any scheduled. Does anyone here or anyone from the sponsor training groups know when the course will be offered?

Thank you over and over for your hard work and perseverance.

Welcome, and I hope you know you can ask anything. Almost everyone will answer without busting your balls.

This looks like an amazingly useless bill, changing the way expungement works in NJ but only as it relates to firearm rights? Typical friggin' Sweeney. He has promised to bring it back often. The Jennifer Beck of Monmouth and Christopher Connors of Ocean were the only R's to go along with Sweeney, FYI.

I think your issue is that, the gun being new and all, it needs every bit of it's spring tension to properly go into battery on the spring pressure of a full mag. This may change after a good break-in or as the mags soften up, but by slingshotting the slide (and pulling it back 1/8 to 1/4" beyond where it is held by the slide stop) you are compressing the recoil spring to it's maximum, providing more spring energy to pull that first round off of the full mag. You may have to change your shooting evolution to slingshot everything.

The video I used had you trim the hammer spring. For the trigger spring I took it out and reduced it's width on the grinding wheel by about half. Lightened the trigger up nicely.

Building codes call out ramps at a slope of 1 inch per foot. Anything steeper is difficult to maneuver. There may be local organizations that will help with the installation, and city building departments are usually more helpful with information and permits for such cases.