Bully

Right now I'm figuring that out. Again, I'm blessed to have a buddy that's willing to help out and he's a hella woodworker to boot. So, I have two rooms. One will be the storage area. The other will be my office where I'll conduct all business. I will keep it similar to what it is now, gray walls and 80's era carpet. That's fine. I will be hanging some non-firearm art and have a neat cabinet for displaying some stuff. Minimal, basic, clean and tidy.

LLC came thru today. I'm an actual "business". Kinda weird for me, honestly. I never thought I'd get here. LLC fee - 304 + 75 Grand total so far - 389

Thank you for the kind words of encouragement... In other news, first month and security are all in. Keys in hand. My wife and I along with a good friend took a look at the space with fresher eyes and decided on what we're going to do in there to make it mine. I'm psyched to have a wife like I do that puts up with my incessant crap and craziness and friends like I have. Truly a blessing. Bully GunWorks is on the way.

Kind of a big-ish day today... I went to the building department and applied for my zoning permit. I spoke with the zoning official this afternoon and he seems to think I should be all set in a few days. I dropped the lease off at the location and am going to swing by this evening and give them my security and first month’s rent. My buddy is going to meet me there with a tape measure and we’ll come up with a game plan to get some rudimentary benches built. Zoning application fee - $75

I will be signing the lease tomorrow morning. I guess that this is where the worrying stops and the work begins.

I would be happy to have her.

In touch with the landlord and should have the lease in hand tonight or tomorrow morning. I'll look it over, sign, and the work really begins on Monday with the town.

Thank you Paul for the clarification.

Until I sign a lease and get approved locally I can’t really start the application process. I’ll probably sign tomorrow. After that, it’s roughly 3-6 months depending on how NJSP and ATF are able to get everything lined up for inspections. FFL stays with the residence. (This is incorrect phrasing but I hope you get what I mean) If I move, I would have to re-apply.

Thank you! It was great finally chatting with you. Your advice definitely solidified some things.

Working on rates now. There will be a fee for folks that want to use my safe as storage. I'm a relatively nice guy but not one that likes to be taken advantage of. 35+ years in service businesses has taught me how to define my limits.

So, after much thought and some serious discussions with my wife and some friends, I have decided to pursue getting my FFL. I will be located in northern Bergen County. This will be a side hustle so hours will be on a by appointment basis and I will try and accommodate clients as best I can. I will be doing transfers, compliance, consignment, and hopefully will transition into some full build/custom work. I will also offer shipping for those that sell and need to ship to a buyer FFL to FFL and will try and keep that as reasonable as possible as it can get extremely pricey. I am planning and hoping to chronicle my journey thru the paper work and red tape that NJ and federal agencies require for such an undertaking. I will try and update weekly, more often if necessary. My first order of business was finding space. As I'm sure most are aware, finding a landlord that is "firearms friendly" can be a challenge in this state. Given I'm in Bergen County, finding someone willing to allow a small firearms business to come in with reasonable rent is even harder. Well, thankfully, I believe I have found such a place. It's a small office with just enough room for a desk, a safe, and a few chairs. Easy to secure as there are no windows, cameras on the outside already. Really, just a nice spot. I contacted the owner and he is comfortable with my usage and had me call the town to be sure it would work with them. It does. I took my wife there and we looked at the space and it is a very well maintained building. Clean community restroom and most importantly... no bugs. So, as soon as I hear back from the owner I will be signing a lease and getting things moving along. I have filed for my LLC and that should be finished up within a week or so. Thanks to all that stop by and please, wish me luck.

Finger off the trigger Cock the hammer Rack the slide while maintaining trigger discipline Engage thumb safety Holster it or put it in a drawer Without knowing much about you or your abilities, as @GRIZ mentioned, messing with spring rates is probably left to someone with some experience in a particular platform. Changing one will affect several other things. Looking at the firing pin stop would be what I would recommend as if the bottom is square as opposed to rounded or chamfered it will be harder to rack without cocking the hammer. Additionally if you are not familiar with the platform a 1911 is not the pistol that I would recommend as a first timer's home defense firearm. A full sized 9mm striker fired pistol would generally be my recommendation. Glock is my personal preferred platform but they're not for everyone. Good luck.

What caliber did you get? How does it shoot? I've heard good things about these.

Bullet Hole is generally pretty solid but everyone screws up. I would for sure tell your buddy to call and speak directly to Manny. If the mag says Glock on it, it's OEM. If 10 rounders, your buddy MAY want to look in to buying ETS or Magpul mags as the Glock 10's have a habit of breaking by the feed lips if dropped. So, if he runs a class or something like that, it may become an issue. I run the ETS mags and they have been flawless. And before anyone chimes in re: Glock mags breaking, this is per the instructor at the Glock Armorer's Course. Good luck.

Or you can get a $20 dovetail mount on Ebay that works just fine.

I rack my gun using the dot all the time in a match with no such consequences. Ine if the YouTube gun guys did some torture tests on dots and most passed his “slam the dot into a wall to rack” test. No change in zero, brightness, or turning the dot off.

I don’t know if we can continue to be acquainted.

After a hard night of drinking...?

You mean a gun with a weird grip angle and stupid high bore axis...? Thank God for that then.

Well, mine’s done. However I can no longer post pics on here. So... yeah.

I'm looking to take a USPSA based course this spring. Hoping a good friend can make the trip with me.

Or, you know... buy a Glock. Cuz, Glock.

TTT

The beauty of Glocks is the relative ease with which all parts are pretty much user serviceable. No real need to take it to a 'smith. That said, I actually did pass the armorers class. I'm happy to help if you want to swing by on a Sunday.