JamesC

Point taken and valid if you live in NJ for the rest of your life and you don't pursue an out of state permit to places like UT or FL. I was just making the point that outside NJ, there are places that do ask the question and can deny based on that field.

It's not so cut and dry. In MA - prior rejection for a CCW or Firearms license CAN be seen as grounds for denial by police chiefs. It is definitely a question on the licensing process up here.

I'm in the Boston/Brighton area. Nice pic!

I have gathered that GFH has one for NJ from his podcast/radio show. Lunker makes a good point though. That might be enough to keep me from applying right there.

Who would think that the most prolific rifle in the world would come to this. Someone didn't take personal and business finance 401.

Thanks for the notes - I'll be sure to post about the experience once we've gone through it on Saturday. Many thanks.

I'm just pumped that my girlfriend brought it up :-) This will either open her up to gunsports or solidify a dislike... If anyone has more details, please share so I know what to expect.

There were few details in the groupon - do you remember what the program actually was?

Has anyone had any experience with this company? My girlfriend bought a groupon for a 6-gun, one hour shoot from them. I guess they use the Bayonne range and we're going this coming Saturday. Thoughts?

Solid - thanks, J0n. I'll converse with the Mrs. and see what's what :-). I hope to see you there.

What're the procedures for someone that wants to come to observe and meet people? Would I need an FID to be on the range or anything like that? I'm going to be down in Bayonne that weekend and was thinking about dropping in the morning to meet people and see how the events run.

I looked it up... it's north of $800... BUT SO WORTH IT

How long did it take you to get to that break even or get to that point with price per round?

Will you be loading only .45 or are you looking to do other calibers as well? General question - do people reload 9mm at all or is that a weird one?

Beyond reviewing the vids for improvement, they'll make a fun memory when you're making master marksman as a before and after shot :-).

I may need to look into that then. My opinion about big brother isn't a shot towards the officers. I think the men and women on the street are doing their jobs to the T. My thought was more directed to the policy makers - chiefs and the like.

What stock is that? She's looking mighty one in those shoes man. Congrats.

I've been shooting my stock MA Compliant (10lb trigger) M&P 45 for over a year struggling with accuracy. I invested in an hour of instructor time today. He made some changes to stance and grip and got me about half the way there. THEN he let me shoot his M&P 45 with a 5.5 trigger job and I drilled a hole in the target. Seems like the trigger work is definitely worth the $$.

VJF - totally agree that there is leniency a the club events. Having not shot IDPA and only having read the rule book, that's what I was referring to. No worries all the way around.

25 and I started when I was 12

Make sure that the range master or whoever is running the pairings knows you're new and they'll slot you with either patient experienced people or other new people. When I was learning as a kid, some adults took it a little too seriously and got bent out of shape that I was slowing them down. Other one is for beginners, start with the shotgun on your shoulder in the ready to fire position rather than the low ready position as is the norm. This just takes one more movement out of the equation.

Another thread had brought this up. I'm not a huge fan of this mostly because I will not be around NJ most of the week. I travel for work so if Bayonne decides to do this sort of thing I'll be incredibly restricted about when they would be able to visit. It also seems a little big brother to me but that might be my paranoia.

I'll be sure to bring a case or two along for after the shoot :-)

That's not QUITE accurate - they have belt "offset" regs out there saying how much separation is allowed between the attachment and the holster. I think this is by the Bladetech IDPA setup has very little drop and separation.

He came to your house?? Holy cow - is that a standard practice in NJ?