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Oh, forgot to mention that you should not try to go to a park every day. You'll be really tired. We actually went to Blizzard Beach for a day in between parks. Entrance to Blizzard Beach is almost as expensive as a theme park but it's pretty relaxing. You can sit on a tube in the lazy river and relax or watch the crazy people go down the giant slide. Another option is the Disney cruise. We did that also which is kind of fun for the kids. Too bad there was no gambling back then on the smaller cruise ships then.

I stayed in the Dolphin/Swan resort last time I was there. Free shuttle to take you from park to park. I think you can ride on their ferries to Epcot. You also get to go early or stay late at a park if you are staying in one of the Disney resorts. Extra perk is that the Dolphin/Swan is part of the Starwood hotel chain so I got to use points. Unless you plan on going out of the Disney theme parks, you are probably not going to need a car. You have to pay tolls to and from the airport. You have to pay to park it at the theme parks and parking is expensive. You can always catch a cab or buy a shuttle bus ticket to your hotel in advance. One perk of renting a car was that you can go out and explore the different places to eat. We did that and found some really cool places to eat. Depending on your daughter's age, I would definitely go to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. MGM and Animal Kingdom were alright. Sea World is not on the Disney resorts but we enjoyed it. We did the luau dinner there. The food was mediocre but the most memorable part of it was that I was selected to go on stage and make a fool out of myself. If your daughter is older, I would go check out Universal Studios. Have fun! I think I may have to take my daughter there again in the not so distant future. She's been there twice already.

I ordered one in December also. Very little cosmo on it. The only thing was I was shipped the wrong bayo adapter. The M44 was in great condition.

Congrats. Thanks for the update. I'm at day 8, not including Sundays. NICS was submitted on Mar 1 and still waiting. I'm hoping for tomorrow.

Give him a call. 551 221 2276.

FWIW, I ordered about 1000 rounds from Freedom Munitions a while back. It was about 300 shipped but relatively speaking, it was a bargain compared to what's out there. Shipping prices are still high though. I received the shipment relatively quickly. 50 rounds are packed in a box. There are no dividers for each round so they'll bang along in transit but I don't think that is a problem. My initial impression of them were that they were really clean. I guess they tumbled and then sonic cleaned them. I split the case with a buddy of mine. His inspection was a bit better than mine and he noticed that some of the primers were farther recessed in the primer pocket. I don't think this will be an issue. I have yet to try them out at the range but plan on trying it next weekend if I'm lucky.

Smooth transaction. Great guy to deal with.

I have this issue too. I got a pretty decent sized safe and thought it was WAY too big. It barely fits into my basement and it took 2 trips down the stairs to try to get it in. It's full now but I have ammo jammed in there. I think my solution is to move the ammo out to a separate safe or even a locked cabinet to free up more space. I think it will be responsible that you are getting your son his own safe.

At what point should the FFL re-submit the check? Is this after 10 days? If the initial NICS check for a handgun has been submitted and they are still reviewing it and a second NICS check for a handgun is submitted, would this cause problems where they would reject your request?

Are permit extensions pretty much a slam dunk? I'm wondering as I got 3 permits and the last 1 is going to expire before 30 days is up. I'm wondering if any one has any experience getting an extension in Union Township. I'm not even sure if you can even use 5 in 180 days with the rate of NICS check recently.

I'm hoping they fix NICS soon. I like the ability to go to my LGS and if an item is local and reasonably priced, I will support the LGS. Back to the original issue though. How long is NICS check nowadays? It seems to be getting longer. My NICS check was submitted on the 1st. I have to say that I was anxious and counting down the 6-7 days at first but I don't feel it anymore. I've gotten 3 permits on Jan 1. First NICS check took about 4 weeks because the system was so screwed up. The fax the LGS sent went into limbo. The LGS did not know how to deal with the issue. They were charged by Cox and had no idea how to get their money back or even how to fax it again without getting me in trouble as it would be 2 handgun checks in less than 30 days. Well, they resubmitted after I confirmed with state police on what the procedures were. LGS was unsuccessful in reaching state police. After waiting 30 days from last pickup, I'm waiting again. I'm hoping this does not take 4 weeks again. My third permit will not be used within 90 day window. I'm hoping the second permit can be used within 90 days. I'll have to see if my local PD will offer an extension. I'm not 100% certain they will as no one has ever posted this up before so I'll report back after I go thru the process. Did anyone get their NICS check approved recently? I'm just curious as to how long the processing is now.

I did this not too long ago. I was transfering the long gun to my brother in law for his 50th birthday. I went to 1 dealer in Easton who said they cannot do it. I would have to do it in NJ. I went to the other dealer in Easton and they said they could do it but they were super busy so we did not do it. We then went to a local dealer around where my brother in law lives. They were not quite sure but agreed to do it. I got a receipt saying they transferred the rifle. They ran NICS check on my brother in law and pretty much that was it. I'm not 100% sure if I was supposed to get anything else other than a receipt though.

That looks nice. I wanted a side charger just for the novelty of it. I just couldn't find parts to build it. What upper is that and what make is the BCG?

Assemblying the upper is tough. You will need more tools to do so and there are tons of parts to customize your upper so there is no standard "upper parts kit" which I learned. My first AR, I assembled the lower which was pretty easy. I just purchased a complete upper. I was looking for a 20 inch A2 style upper for my brother in law but could not find anything. My only option was to build the upper myself which was an adventure. I purchased the individual pieces and try to assembled. It's great if you have patience as you will wind up missing a part. These parts are not quite available at your local gun shop so you have to order it online and pay for shipping which can add up. Eventually, it was done. Now that I've done the first one, I've continued to build a dedicated 22 upper and in the process of completing my AR10 build which I assembled everything by pieces. These are all great fun projects but they surely have stressed the wallet.

Last time I went to Cabelas in Hamburg, the shelves were bare for handgun ammo. I think you could find 38spl though. There are AE 223 rounds but very expensive. I would try the local stores. The local store in PA near my brother in law had tons of ammo around at cheaper prices. Even the local Walmart by my brother in law was stripped bare of ammo. I was told that Dicks gets their stuff on Thursdays. They get different things each time but they go quickly. One time my buddy went, they had the 6 plastic cans of the Blazer brass 9mm (350 rds) in stock. My buddy was able to get 1 and another guy there purchased 1. The next guy bought the remaining and pretty much the rest of the store out. Stuff does not last long there. You can also call as they sometimes are willing to hold stuff for you.

I have the Burris MTAC on my rifle and I have an aimpoint patrol with a PA magnifier on another. It is a bit more challenging with the aimpoint/magnifier combo. I have the Nikon M308 sitting waiting for my AR10 to be done. The mount for the Nikon is crap compared to the Burris PEPR mount. I'll have to see how the Nikon mount hold up at the range though. I can easily have both eyes open on the MTAC on 1x. Only drawback of the MTAC is the dot is freakin big at 4x. I think the same can be said of the aimpoint dot when magnified. My buddy has the XTR with a nice small center dot which makes aiming at 4x great. For magnification, the scope wins as I can use variable adjustments on it. For quick acquisition, like BBK stated, the scope may be added weight. I've yet to weigh if my scope is lighter than the RDS/magnifier combo but I think the RDS is definitely lighter than just the scope. Shooting off a bench, I would go with the scope as you do not have to worry about the weight. See if you can go with someone who has a scope and take it for a test spin. I originally had the RDS and once I tried the scope, I knew I needed some magnification. In went the magnifier but I felt it was not the same so I finally broke down and got the scope. It's probably me but my vision at distance is not that great which influenced my choice. I know quite a few people who can hit way farther with just a plain RDS or irons.

Sorry, OOS now.

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Thanks for the update. Crossing my fingers for a call sometime later this week. My paperwork was submitted on Friday, Mar 1st.

My daughter is 7. My wife was telling me about a shooting incident recently during breakfast this morning. My daughter interrupted into the conversation and said something about her mom having shot a gun which my wife denied. She corrected my wife that she told my daughter that she was going with me to the range once. Of course my wife then acknowledges it then but told me to not bring this subject up anymore least this is bought up in school. I'm not quite sure how to handle this but we normally do not have too many guests over as my wife does not like dealing with guests. The subject could still be mentioned in school although I do not think she has mentioned it. My son is 15 and has gone with me to the range a few times. He understands to not talk about it outside of home.

I've shot my buddies when we were helping him zero it. It's nice. A few things to note is that it does not have a dust cover (not that big of a deal), no forward assist and no brake (or threads to attach a brake (again, may not be that big of a deal unless you want the "look")). I didn't look at the stock to see if you can undo it and re-pin it at the length you like. The handguards are carbine length and you would need to swap it to something else if you want any sort of attachment added. My buddy was dead set on getting a bi-pod so he swapped out stock handguard for a quad rail piece. In terms of shooting it, it let's out a big fireball at the end which is quite impressive at the range. The recoil was manageable and there was no negative impact on follow up shots as the 223 does not kick terribly. Also, zero malfunctions while we were out there. They do only give you 1 ten round magazine which looks pretty crappy when you take pictures of it but this can be solved when you buy a pinned 20 or 30 rounder. ARs are pretty much like lego. You can swap out most parts. One of the first things I would take off is the grip. I'm not a big fan of the crappy plastic A2 grip.

I don't think this is an issue isolated to just the riflegear magazines. http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/39035-ar-pmag-question/page__p__518301__hl__capacity__fromsearch__1#entry518301 Do you have issues when the bolt is locked back and you load 15? Do you have issues when you only load 14? I have problems in the past with the bolt stripping a round when I have 15 rounds in the pinned PMAGs from MidwestPX. The issue occurs even when the bolt is locked back. I just save myself the trouble and load 14. It runs problem free. On the full 30 round magazines, MidwestPX suggests going down to 28 rounds.

30 days is up today. FFL wanted to wait an extra day. I filled out the paperwork with the FFL but am waiting for the day that he can actually fax it. I will be calling him tomorrow to remind him.

Easy route is to buy the upper assembled. I just like doing things the painful way. I'm also looking at building a 300 blackout upper. I don't think you can get a barrel with the muzzle brake installed unless you get a complete upper as this would hinder you from installing the gas block. The good thing about building it yourself is you can select all your own parts but it can get quite expensive.

That's pretty cool. I like that you went with the pink rail covers instead of the pink MOE handguard. I was thinking the same for my wife who thinks my other guns are too powerful. I want to get her comfortable with a 22 first. She'll have to settle for my Taccom in OD Green.