KramD52

Welcome to the forum from another S. Jersey resident. I have a Windham AR (SRC) that I purchased from a forum vendor here (A-n-A) and love it. Hopefully you won't have to wait too long for FAID so that you can get your post Christmas present.

I think that it is a combination of things, upbringing, stress or the inability to cope with it, etc. But I still believe that it is the desensitizing nature of the media (tv shows, movies, video games, etc) that has the greatest impact on people growing up. Violence and gore that is seen routinely on tv now was unheard of 35-40 years ago. It has to effect children (growing up) negatively. Yup, we gun owners and our guns are now political targets of opportunity due to these recent incidents. RIP

I just got finished watching a clip on Fox news and I have to give it to Mark Furman. He kept emphasizing that it is misguided people to blame for these incidents and NOT the guns. Probably will do little to nothing for the cause in the grand scheme of things, but still nice to hear on television.

Very sad to see something like this happen to all of the innocent victims/children. WTF is wrong with people for gods sake? They should torture these cowardly MF'ers, if they aren't dead first. I do blame the media as being partly culpable do to their sensationalizing these incidents. Any maladjusted f*ck will see it as an opportunity to get his/her name "in lights" for their last hurrah. On another note, I have to agree, the anti's will be out in force and I for one will be surprised if some type of legislation is not pushed through because of the closeness of these incidents. As you can see, gun free zones mean nothing so the only way to truly stop this type of incident is to ban all guns <sarcasm off>. On top of it all, It figures the shooter(s) has ties to NJ, like we need any more negative publicity here when it comes to gun control.

I bought an new stock (Mannlicher) and needed a new gun (10/22) for it. May be lame, but true.

Follow up to my orignal thread. I followed your suggestions about polishing the feed ramp, running fine sandpaper over the face of the breech, and getting different ammo. Yesterday I was finally able to get to a range for "round 2" with my M&P to test it and see if my labor paid off, lol. I'm pleased to report that your suggestions (feed ramp and breech face polishing) worked like a charm. I started out shooting the same ammo (PMC) that was malfunctioning in the gun initially and the gun blasted through it with no hiccups whatsoever. After that I switched to Armscor ammo and it functioned fine as well. All told, this time I shot 70 rounds of PMC and 50 Armscor. Needless to say I'm very happy with the outcome. Thanks again everyone, for great advice. I can't agree with you more about that point. Though I also realize that sometimes items that are mass produced don't come off of the assembly line in "blueprinted" condition and spec either. I figured that, in this case, it would take only a few minutes of my time to clean up the ramp and breech face and if it didn't work after the first try, the gun was definitely going back.

Yup, me too. Ordered another 600 (2 dry boxes) last night and got the free shipping. Thanks guys for the heads up on the deal and free shipping code. Just don't tell my wife, LOL.

Thank you for the info Pete. $500 is palatable but $725? Yikes

Hmmmm, just picked up a gsg522 yesterday for my kids for Christmas. After seeing it in person, I was thinking "they are going to have to fight me for a chance to shoot it" LOL. j/k. Now, with what you guys are saying about the Sig I think I just may have to add one of these to my growing collection. What do the Sig 522's retail for?

I'm guessing that when I see a knight in shining armor meandering around in downtown CMCH, that will be you, LOL.

Hmmmmm, complacency has been known to kill more than one officer and it sounds as if this trooper got lucky based on the info from the news articles. Disabled ex cop/old guy was probably cooperative asking for his coat, officer doesn't see him as any real threat and lets him retrieve it, but at least stays within reactive distance of him. Definitely not by the book, but I can see this happening in some instances. I look at it like this: If this guy was not guilty of anything why would he go for a gun? This isn't a typical scenario that the rest of us would have to worry about.

Yup, totally agree with RonW. Had this guy not been involved in other activity he wouldn't have brought the spotlight upon himself, and unfortunately every other pro gun advocating citizen. I have to say, a half million rounds is a bit excessive for a private individual IMO, but hey to each their own I suppose. D*mn, I wonder what he spent just for the ammo.

So the neighbor gets a package with your name on it left at his door mistakenly and he calls the cops? WTF. What is wrong with some people? At least your ammo is home safe and sound. But just think, if any of these guys here were your neighbors and it was delivered to them by mistake, I believe the ending would've been different.

This is what happens when people who are unfamiliar or uneducated about the candidates' ( their stances, policies, history, etc) vote based soley on political party affiliation or emotional frustration (dare I also say, revenge?). But thats Democracy in action....or maybe a better term during times such as these is the slang term "Ineptocracy". Hell, theres even a video of a female saying that she was going to vote for the prez again because he "knows how to party". Are you freaking kidding me? Alas, the majority have spoken during this past election and the proverbial ball is now rolling full steam ahead......get ready for the ride, it's going to be a bumpy one.

Thanks for setting me straight PK90. After shooting several different semi auto pistol's for over 25 years I don't recall ever being told that before, seriously. The operative phrase being "I don't recall", LOL. I'm trying to make light of it because Im a bit embarrassed. What you posted does make perfect sense especially since it's called a "lock", as you pointed out, and not a "release". Well, I guess I'm not too old to learn the right technique after all these years. With both you and Mcbethr's pointers, looks like I'm going "back to school".

Thanks for all of your help and advice everyone. I'm pretty sure I'm not "limp wristing" the gun because I have a fair amount of shooting experience with some handguns ( Glock 17's and 21's mostly) and didn't have any problems with them. That and the FTF occured when my brother in law and another guy I was shooting with tried it out as well, so it wasn't just me. Even so, I will definitely concentrate on my technique next time around just the same, afterall it can't hurt. Also thanks especially for the info about sanding the breech face and polishing the feed ramp. Looks like I'll have to get the sandpaper out again, LOL. I did a bit of sanding today since the slide lock was a pita and seemed to get stuck against the slide right near the bottom of the opening when trying to release the slide forward. Now it releases much better, although it is still a bit hard, at least it can wear itself in better with use. I did find some info about polishing the feed ramp via a google search. From what I had read, it helped some guns but not all. However this was the first time I had seen anything about sanding the breech face. I will have to do both, as well as buy a different brand of ammo just in case. Thanks again for your help, it is much appreciated.

Ahhh, my wife did the same thing for his first term. At least she came to her senses the second time around.....for whatever good that did, LOL As for her knowing how many guns I have. She knows how many as well as each type. She did encourage me to buy more, especially since she likes shooting them too, but I have to space out my purchases a bit now due to funds being a little tight. Though, I do have a short wish list in waiting.

After almost 2 months I finally was able to get the new gun out to a shooting range and test it out this past Saturday. I was pretty happy with the feel and accuracy but I had several rounds fail to properly feed into the chamber. I ran approx. 8 full magazines (80 rounds) through it with PMC bronze FMJ 230 ammo and had about 6 instances where the round only halfway entered the chamber causing a misfeed. As far as I can recall, it only happened once per mag. I even marked the base of one magazine to see if it was just one of the mags (I only have 2) acting up, but it happened with both mags. In most cases, it occured with the last round or second to last round in the magazine and once it occured with the second round. My brother in law said that he had the same thing happen with his glock and was told it needed to break in. He said that after a few hundred rounds his doesn't do it anymore. Have any of you seen or heard of similar issues with these guns? I'm not sold on the break in theory, though I could be totally wrong. Thanks for any insight you can offer.

Bingo! Impeachment not going to happen with this prez. This guy is the new "Teflon Don" because nothing sticks to him whatsoever. NJ wanting to seceed is surprising given the fact that "we" voted him in to begin with. As for some of the other states seceeding, I don't see that happening either. A lot of emotions are still brewing and will eventually simmer down as history has shown. Sadly, I can't remember a time in my nearly 5 decades on this earth that I've seen the country so divided. Props to our leadership for creating this mess with their "vote for revenge" message......we certainly got change alright

I will put my eggs into the WW2 basket. Not only did it set the stage for technology and production, but it also prevented one of the most evil leaders of all time from obtaining his desire for world domination. Think about how different things would be now if the bad guys won that war.

Anyone ever hear of the "8 stages of Democracy" as written by Alexander F. Tytler? Some scary stuff when you think about it. Here is an excerpt from Citizen Wells.wordpress.com.: A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage Anyone care to guess at which stage we are in?

I agree. The whole electoral college "winner takes all" approach should be revamped. The 2000 election was proof that it needs tweaking.

Wifey and I went first thing this morning. Got my fingers crossed for this election.

Ha, ha. I started with Doom II playing over telephone lines player vs player but quickly got on the Quake bandwagon after it was released playing multiplayer on MPlayer. Quake II was my favorite. The vast majority of my gaming is done on PC (when I get the time) but mostly play older FPS games such as Counter strike, Day of Defeat, etc.

I had purchased one a few weeks ago and mine has been fine. I'm very happy with its operation and construction. It sounds as if you got one that "slipped through the cracks". Like any mass produced item, there will always be ones that slip through. I've definitely gotten my fair share of "lemons" over the years. As for the lock, it operated pretty much as I expected so I can't really say if mine is any different than yours. Hopefully the vendor will make this an easy process for your refund/replacement.