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Yea, I might go out there on Sunday with my dad. Probably pointless, but at least it is a good walk.

Yea, after the AIM fiasco, I will not be using places that want that, unless I know they are not holding an image on their server.

Yea, after the AIM fiasco, I will not be using places that want that, unless I know they are not holding an image on their server.

My mother works for the call center for a larger dealership service department... which handles Chevrolet, Subaru, and a few others. When I was looking at a new car, she was big on me looking at Subaru (majority of the calls for them are maintenance, not major repairs). Both my parents worked for GM, so I've always been a Chevy guy. Test driving one, it was very impressive. You'll definitely need to get into one before you can make a decision. If I was going to pick a car (considered, but preferred buying a new truck), would have been one. She got a salesman for me who she knew pretty well. It is a very well designed car. Brake systems are crossed, so if one set went out, you'd still have one front, one back, and it would be one on each side. Look under the hood, you'll see a lot of marks for inspectors... which you don't see on GM vehicles. Resale value does hold up pretty well. The bad, head gaskets do go in higher mileage, but in the 100,000 to 150,000 range... if it does occur (he told me to plan on it, so if it didn't, it would be better than if it did). I had an Impala that needed to do them twice in the 185,000 miles I had the car. Also, as mentioned before, AWD is bad on tires. I mentioned I usually get 60,000 on a good set, and he said it would probably go into the 30,000 to 45,000 range (they handle so well, that I'd probably be at the lower end of that spectrum). Unless you get lucky and find one on the lot, expect to wait a little bit to get one you'd want/or order one. As mentioned, I didn't get one... but my mother did right after I was looking. She got a Legacy Limited, which is built on a very similar platform as the Outback. When I have to get an oil change, I usually have her take it to work, so she gives me her car to use. Very roomy, but it is a little lower powered than what I'd want (2.5i, which is fine for her). I also feel it takes a little bit longer to warm up, and is a little rougher if you run it before it gets up to temperature. In regards to pricing, it is a little more than a similar GM car. I priced out a Cruz loaded about what an Impreza was at. My father gets me GM employee pricing, and with my mother working there, she got me similar pricing through the dealership. It was about $2,000 more... but remember that is FWD verses AWD. I feel they are priced pretty well. Good luck with your decision.

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Wide variety... the Oaks gunshow is coming up in two weeks. If that is someone you are interested in.

Roger that. People have to want to help themselves, but a SGT in the NJSP told me that you should treat everyone with respect. You never could know the life some homeless guy on the street could have lived... Reason why I took offense to it. Disregard my post, then. ✌️

When I was younger, I noticed myself rolling my head over a rifle/shotgun, using my left eye. Maybe I caught it young enough, because I started closing my left eye, and after some time with getting used to it, the right eye started picking up. Currently, if I draw with both eyes open, the right lines up behind the sights. Hearing people talk about it always left me scratching my head, because it wasn't a hard thing to adapt to.

Nope, but I'll definitely call you out on calling those people losing their jobs "poor slobs." What makes you so high and mighty to say anything towards those people, who likely had no part on their stores closing up? Do you know every SA employee that is losing their job, and can pass that judgement on them? I stopped going there for the fact that most stopped ammo/firearm sales, but people still worked there for a reason... to earn a living. You tend to see a lot of retirees working at sporting goods stores... some to keep busy, but a lot to make up the difference with a pension, if they have one. I feel bad for them (human nature), because it does suck to lose a job, but calling them "poor slobs" is a scumbag move. For as much as I don't like Dick's (their firearms policies, and the plastic tote for ammo), they are putting it out there in commercials that they are hiring for those that lost their job. No love for their corporation, but that was a very good thing to pay money for airtime and broadcast. If the Bass Pro opens off the Parkway, there will be some positions for those laid off... but that is some time away.

True, they should... but from the looks of their website, I don't think they updated their inventory system in years. That is a valid complaint, and I have no problem standing with that. But going to the conspiracy stuff... you lose me. Again, I speak very highly of Tactical Night Vision Company. They helped me a lot in regards to specific questions on what I'm doing for my NV setup (helmet and mount). But if you go on their website, nothing has an in/out of stock marker. When I mentioned one helmet on another forum, a member said they are 6 to 9 weeks backordered. Inventory systems are expensive, but logging everything in would be a nightmare. It would probable cost them $50,000 to $100,000 just for the system, and more for the website integration. Then, they likely will have 10 day wait for shipping, if not closing for a period of time, just to do inventory (inventory from multiple warehouses). All that is a big chunk of change (they need to keep paying employees if they do close up for the down time), so it really isn't as easily said than done. Should they? Of course, but it might not be in the cards. MidwayUSA is one that you want to look at for inventory management. Even AIM Surplus... but more for the firearms (if you want to know how many more guns they have, add 9999 to your cart and they will tell you how many are in stock). Other than the $100 PMAG, you really can't say you witnessed them canceling orders to relist higher. Nobody can. You can speculate all you want, but you weren't at CTD's headquarters, saw some guy walk over to the VP and say if they do that, they will make $X, and then cancel a bunch of orders to relist. For people to say that is what they did, you need more than a few angry customers that didn't get the deal they wanted.

I've hit post limits before. [emoji41] Get me talking about that 1986 FBI shootout, and get out your reading glasses. Just to be clear, I never implied that they were super cheap... but for some things, you can pull out a deal or two (again, those magazines show that, which are arriving tomorrow). I did have a few other things in my cart, but when I checked pricing, it was better to wait for a Cabela's or MidwayUSA order (wanted .22 Magnum ammo, but only from one warehouse and the shipping made it even more not worth it). I can get behind crappy business practices at CTD, but when I hear the conspiracy that some state, I want to see proof before I say it is gospel. Sorry, but a crappy webstore system (a very good company that has similar issues is Tactical Night Vision Company) answers that exactly the same as they are canceling orders. While people's orders were canceled, the reason for it is not known. Those customers are upset, as I would be, but saying it was done to relist higher is pure speculation (let's be honest, when a company does one wrong, people will slam it for a long time, and with the internet, it will snowball). Their website is live for the entire country, not just the few people that mentioned they had canceled orders. Demand is higher so stuff going out of stock is a very reasonable explanation, and the higher prices for new stock is very similar. You don't have those problems with Greg Cote because his customer base is much smaller... customers come from forums or word of mouth, as I rarely see advertising. Shy of an employee saying that those were the business practices at CTD, it will continue to be speculation. Sorry, but I'm not a fan of witch hunts. When someone uses something like that to discredit a company, I am against that. Now, if there was evidence of it, like I said before, I'll get behind that. Those two instances I mentioned previously (gun shop employees laughing about screwing a new shooter and then trying to pull more money out of a Davidson's purchase) occurred in front of me, on the same night, at Shore Shot. The Davidson's thing was done to me on my Ruger 10/22 Takedown, as the employee tried to get me to pay the entire cost of the sale, instead of the balance (happened to my father, as well... prior to meeting Paul at NJ Arms). To me, that isn't regurgitation from the internet, but an actual example of a shady business. Yet, people still speak highly of them like they can't do no wrong... but with Brick Armory being their only competition for a few years, I guess they were a lesser of two evils (you don't want me to get started on BA's BS with me... specifically Phil). I'm sure SS will get better with Garden State moving in, which is a standup range/shop, but they really pushed me away from them. And this is someone that remembers going there to pick up my Beretta 92 Inox Brigadier, which was the first new handgun I purchased.

But exactly how do you know that they specifically canceled the order to do that? They do say they have multiple warehouses, so if an order for $1 per unit is sold out prior to another shipment that comes in at $2 per unit, do they have to actually lose money because of a high popularity of said product and that their computers don't run real time? That isn't evidence, but pure speculation... could it be the cause? Maybe, but you can't sit there and say that was the cause just because someone missed a deal. Please... there were plenty of people that raised prices due to such a high demand. A lot did to curb sales, similarly to putting quantity restrictions. It isn't that good for a company to sell completely out of product within a few days... especially when they might not get resupplied readily. Not to mention that it could have been a typo that didn't get caught. The consumer is the one that drives price, as I don't think I'd pay $100 for a single PMAG. Funny you bring up MidwayUSA, if you look at their systems... every once in a while, you'll see a set number of products at a lower price. It is a safety to allow them to sell products that they got at a lower price instead of raising them as they average out the unit cost (prices would go up/down as shipments arrive). These companies are not production centers; they are retail stores. It isn't like they can just make a few more PMAGs to get a higher supply. They have to wait on a shipment of them. Now, if they strictly get them from Magpul or possibly from another source, that can change your pricing very drastically. Their business is to sell products. If they can make money by buying MidwayUSA's (using them as a generic example) stock and reselling... I'm sure that is an option. Another example, AIM Surplus. Mosin prices, when they had them, crept up considerably. Even that last group of Yugo Mausers... I scoffed at the $400 price of their top end rifles. Right before that, I got one in the same condition for $295. You know why that price isn't out of line? Because it is likely closer to what it cost them to acquire them. AIM can't give them away and lose money, since they wouldn't stay in business. Again, that is based a lot on speculation... it could have been an internal decision to suspend firearms sale. It also could have been an insurance reason, or any other the half dozen different things that could come up with the operation of their business. Maybe they wanted to look at everything as see if they could do things better or they saw a flaw in their protocol. People getting vocal and them moving to go back doesn't mean too much. As for them being no friend to the common shooter, they advertise enough through different media outlets that their money is going to the good. MidwayUSA does a lot of support of the 2nd Amendment, but I do remember them not allowing pistol ammo sales to NJ for a few years. AIM Surplus is in a similar boat, considering they still won't sell stripped lowers to NJ. You can find missteps in any company, in any field. Now, I really could care less if you or anyone else buys from CTD. Like really, that choice of yours is extremely low on my list of things I care about. This thread had a coupon code for $10 off of an order. I had a $15 off $100 code that I used in the same order that I used the other code. If you don't want to use it, no problem... but boycotting CTD isn't making you a defender of the 2nd Amendment. You have a beef with them... no more, no less. I feel that is more mob mentality/regurgitation from the Internet than them being so bad.

It's capitalism... do you get angry directly at the gas station when their prices go up? Shore Shot had a stripped lower for a few $100 when there was that run on firearms, and I still see people recommend them all the time. You want scumbags? How about people selling a rifle to a new shooter, and once they leave, the employees are bragging how they could have sold them this/that because of how gullible they were? Or specifically having someone try to charge more for a Davidson's purchase... then act like they didn't know what they were doing. That is the integrity I worry about, not the internet "telephone game." While I don't buy a lot from CTD, with the exceptions of the price hikes, does anyone have actual evidence that they specifically canceled orders in the way it was described here? Because it seems that they had a decent price, lots of people ordered, which killed the stock and had to cancel some orders, and when they were resupplied, they raised the prices. Actually, nope. Most stores have them for $40ish... again, 15 round CZ magazines. Greg Cote had them the cheapest... but they were a few dollars more than CTD. If their prices were closer to Greg Cote's, I would support Cote because I've purchased a lot from him over the years. But a "free" magazine makes it idiotic to not go with them... then another $25 off to boot.

So getting someone an extra $15 in this economy is bad when people feel so strongly to be spiteful at CTD? And also, you can use both coupon codes. I understand the view, but if they actually have the cheapest price for things I'm looking for, that is where my money will go. Prior to the codes, it was either CTD at $30 per magazine, or Greg Cote for $36 per magazine (which usually has very good pricing for magazines). Considering I'm buying 6 (got 2 with the gun), the saving is like getting a free magazine. My view, don't get SO worked up over companies. Get the best deal you can for your hobby to move forward as far as possible.

Monmouth Arms had one when I purchased my SP-01... but was Thursday. Forget what it was, being I don't like compacts.

Good thing for me, out of the two credit cards I could have used, both were changed within the time in question (one got the chip, the other was part of the Target breach). Password was so old that it took me like three tries before I got into my account, so good there (isn't one that I use with any other account, at the moment). They could have my address, cell, and whatever is on the FID (don't think I uploaded my D/L). I have credit monitoring through a higher end company, as well as two of my three card companies. To be honest, I'm not too happy with an offer of free year of credit monitoring. I kind of stopped using them after their stance on AR lowers, but unless they send out a coupon for a fair amount to all those involved, AIM likely won't get much more of my service. I picked up a .410 upper years ago, and an Aimpoint PRO a few less years ago.

If you look on RetailMeNot, there is a $15 code... think from TFB. I picked up a few 15 round CZ magazines ($6 cheaper than Greg Cote) and a Serpa for my SO-01.

Got mine today... all it says is April 4, 2016. If you uploaded before than, I guess you are a part of it.

I agree. I went to Monmouth Arms yesterday, looking between an 85 and a 75 stainless... and Steve just got a SP-01 in. Didn't like the ambidextrous slide release on the 85, but holding the SP-01 really sold me on that. If you can buy one, I say buy it. [emoji106]

Just seeing this mentioned, I looked into Robar's upper when I was doing a lightweight build off a TN Arms lower. The Robar receivers are proprietary, and cannot be switched for standard lower/uppers. That was direct from Robar.

That is what I use, and have them labeled so I can log what rounds are in which bin (I use AmmoBase to keep track of my ammo). I do have spam cans in my safe, but more for keeping shorter long guns higher up so I can use rifle rods with them. I think it is a proven fact that a safe will always be too small. I picked up a Liberty Fatboy Jr, since it was the largest to get through the door, and I am squeezing in my collection of 33 guns. With long guns, rifle rods are the way to go. But I've been looking at different ways to utilize as much space as possible. Pulled the bolts out of three bolt guns to get them closer together (use a padded zipper case with the model/serial number on an exterior tag). Look at the Lockdown safe accessory line, as I have a lot of stuff hanging. I even have some of those handgun hangers on order to hang some bayonets towards the back of the safe opposed to on shelves.

Because they obviously pissed in his Cheerios. I don't buy guns from Dick's because their BS policy says that you have to have an identical name on your license and FID. My FID has a middle initial and my license does not (birth certificate does not have it, but social security card does). When I told them that is wrong, since your DOB, SSN, and residence proves you are the same person, they said that it was going to cause the NICS check to come back bad. They even had the balls to tell me that I have to go get that squared away or "else." Well, being I've purchased about 10 or so firearms since then, and never had an FFL question it (mentioned it to Paul at NJ Arms, and he even thought it was dumb)... their policy caused the loss of probably two or three firearms sales (being they have good sales). If I need ammo, or it is priced good enough, I buy from them. But shy of that, my business goes online. mipafox is entitled to his opinion. I will say that if he wants to call me any of those for buying from Dick's (if they have the best price in a Capitalist society), then I can answer with a response that he might not like either... that kind of goes with the territory. The idea he has is just the same when eBay and PayPal went anti-gun. I remember being able to buy a .40 caliber Beretta slide with no questions asked off eBay, and there was a time where that was banned. You know what, if there is something I needed on eBay, and it was a good price, I picked it up just the same. PayPal, same thing. There are plenty of righteous people out there, but with the size of some of these companies, you usually only hurt yourself or other gun related companies by boycotting them. Numrich has an eBay account, and usually has slightly lower prices on there.

MIM does not equate to cheaper guns... bad MIM equates to cheaper guns. Ruger has probably some of the best technology for MIM/castings, so if I were going to get something with MIM parts, I'd be less worried about a Ruger (likewise, I feel S&W got better when I got my 642, but that was a few years back). But a big thing is that MIM does lower costs... With MIM parts, a SR1911 easily goes in the $600 to $700 range. If all the MIM parts were milled, you'd likely be looking close to the $1,000+ range. Milling parts is expensive, with all the tooling involved. It comes down to a similar argument with cast verses forged M1As. Everyone wants a forged receiver... until they see the price difference. Life wise, there really isn't that much difference with cast receivers... if done correctly. Same is true with MIM parts, if they were produced correctly. Irregularities in the injection cause most of the problems people face. For a company that is giving you a "cheap" firearm... it is cost effective to have crappy product control to get units into the market. If there are issues, it is warrantied and fixed. With that being said, I'll give a recommendation to the SR1911... being I have one. One thing that not a lot of people bring up is the integrated plunger tube, as opposed to the staked one. Less chance of failure in my eyes. If you don't like the MIM parts, pay the money to change out the hammer, trigger, magazine release, and MSH. I'll probably do it over time... not for the MIM parts, but to match the gun to stainless instead of black accents. [emoji41]

If they did a .40 that takes M&P magazines (full-size and compact), I'd order one right now.

They are getting harder and harder to find. I purchased it locally from a member on BerettaForum, and he asked to buy it back. Just one of those guns I'm not going to let go... especially with the lack of them in such good condition and at a reasonable price. If you really want to be shocked, take a look on how much magazines go for them... [emoji15]