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Thanks, actually these were with my D300 and 28-300VR lens.

Red Breasted Robin in the snow Its 20 degrees here with lots of snow and ice. The trees are encased in ice, yet I found one today with red berries and there was a flock of Robins eating them:

Unless they grandfather existing mags doesn't this represent an illegal taking if we have to dispose of our property or sell it below fair market value. How is this different than when they take property by eminent domain they have to compensate you for your property.

Dont' forget my CZ-75B

It would be great if everyone here (even if you are not an NJ2AS member) would help participate in the twitter campaign. Just cut and paste the tweets listed below into twitter, that is all you need to do to help. Each Thursday Amy sends a list of new tweets, please send her your email address so you can get them directly and tweet them. Here is her email from this morning: ============================================================================================== Greetings everyone, Here are this week's questions for Sweeney's #AskSenPres event Week #8. We are going to continue hitting him on Concealed Carry and the 57 new NJ gun laws introduced by our friends in the NJ Assembly in mid-January. You can find the list and brief review of these 57 laws here: http://bit.ly/1bbVDIT As you can see, there are a few in our favor, but the majority are Second Amendment stripping acts of utter stupidity & tyranny. Please get started posting these Tweets as soon as you receive this email and continue until 3-4 pm Thursday. Copy and paste the following throughout the day: #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Why does @LouGreenwald hate women & children so much he wants them 2B victims? http://bit.ly/1deryEP #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres NJ has 2nd strictest gun laws in US so NJ Dems write 57 new ones! http://bit.ly/1bbVDIT @NJSenPres Why more? #2A #NJ2AS #CCinNJ #AskSenPres ALL studies prove lower mag limits=NO effect on crime but NJ tries again! @NJSenatePres Don't FACTS matter? #2A #NJ2AS #CCinNJ #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Why do you want us ALL to be Dustin Freidland by denying our #2A RIGHT to self defense outside home #CCinNJ #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres why do you support @LouGreenwald's #WarOnWomen by giving thugs upper hand during break-ins/assaults? #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Why does NJ needs 57 #NewNJGunLaws when #JustifiableNeed killed Dustin Friedland in front of his wife? #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Why must my kids watch me be raped/killed just b/c @LouGreenwald wants lower mag limits despite FACTS? #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Why do legal NJ gun owners get longer sentences for a stop after the range than thugs who assault/rob? #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres What makes Judges & Reps more worthy of #CC permits in NJ than citizens? @NJSenatePres R U better than us? #2A #CCinNJ #NJ2AS #AskSenPres Studies prove more armed citizens = less crime. Why does @NJSenatePres ignore FACTS & restrict lawful gun ownership #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres If Legislators & Judges in NJ have #CC Permits why aren't taxpayers allowed the same RIGHTS? #2A #NJ2AS #CCinNJ #AskSenPres 450+ Newark 2013 carjackings b/c denying us #CCinNJ makes us sitting ducks. Why does @NJSenatePres like victims? #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Does NJ has enough unenforced gun laws or will 57 new ones finally be enough? http://bit.ly/1bbVDIT #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres US Bill of Rights protects our RIGHT to "Keep & Bear Arms" What EXACTLY does "Bear Arms" mean in NJ? #2A #NJ2AS #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Why did this man have to die in front of his wife b/c thugs know we are sitting ducks? #2A pic.twitter.com/7fRMm5OLSO #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Which of your 57 #NewNJGunLaws would've prevented this man's murder? #2A #NJ2AS #CCinNJ pic.twitter.com/BEbGHKDOfK #AskSenPres @NJSenatePres Which of your 57 #NewNJGunLaws makes this poor woman & her kid safer from this->http://bit.ly/17Apzy5 #2A #NJ2AS I know it's frustrating that Sweeney ignores us, but, his lame, stock answers are NOT the only reason we keep asking these questions every week. We have received a lot of media attention because he ignores us. Those articles have not shown Sweeney in a positive light. Instead, they highlight his arrogance, and his complete disregard for our #2A Rights. We have also been successful in spreading the word about NJ's draconian gun laws. I have recently been contacted by Tea Party groups in OK & WA who have offered their help. You will soon receive a Twitter campaign regarding these new gun laws. I know we can be at least as successful as last year's Christie VETO campaign, if not more. Be on the lookout for that email. As most of you know, Wednesday Feb 12 is our Emily Miller event in Winslow. I hope to see all of you at the meeting. You can register here http://bit.ly/1f2XYq4 for the event. As always, feel free to contact me at any time with your questions, comments, and suggestions! I want to thank you all for your hard work and your time. We really could not do this without ALL of you working together! Warm regards, Amy Levine-Brittin Social Media Coordinator [email protected]

Nailed it! The action has to be to educate the public and get them to vote these idiots out of office. While I wish no violence on any individual I think a few more incidents like the Short Hills car jacking might bet more people on our side.

HUH? Have never seen a 15 round 1911 mag.

Don't know about it being a 100 year storm, when I had my 93 Jeep Grand Cherokee we had over three feet of snow in one storm and lots of storms over a foot or more. Just call me doubtful. But heck, if it snows it snows - it is winter you know.

The Trojan is a couple of months old, its the newest one with the small "Trojan" letters on the slide rather than the old big lettering. Its a Dawson Precision CRP model so it already has a large IDPA mag release. I just bought some Dawson extended aluminum base pads for these mags. I installed them today and notice, perhaps because they are metal not plastic, that the part that inserts and holds the pad to the mag is slightly thinner. This slight difference now allows me to get them to seat if I really really slam it in hard. Hopefully once the springs compress a little more they will be ok now. I hope.

Mag will not fully seat and lock in place with slide closed,- but does fully seat and lock without slide on gun and with the slide on and open, nothing hits the extractor. With 9 rounds there are no issues.

No way, I don't want to wear a ring or bracelet and worry about it not working.

No the magwell was not an issue at all. Sure feel better finding it was the mags - no the human attached to them

Not so sure about that. I had the RO try them also and he had the same issue - they don't click in place no matter how hard you slam them when they are fully loaded. When loaded with 9 you don't even have to push hard to get them to seat and click. They go in fine with 10 rounds with the slide off so there no issue with them from the frame down.

I will have to check that some more, it does not appear to be hitting anything. It comes very close to the ejector but is not hitting there. As I said works fine with only 9 rounds, I am thinking maybe the spring won't compress enough. Showed the smith at my range and he thought letting them sit loaded might help also.

Many of you probably saw me on Saturday at the USPSA match at Shongum with my reload, bang, click and mags hanging down about an inch. I assumed at the time it was operator error, and even ordered some extended base pads to help with the problem. It turns out when fully loaded to 10 rounds the Wilson Combat Elite Tactical Mags #500-9 with ETM base pads will not seat properly in my STI Trojan when loaded with 10 rounds. I went to the range this morning and loaded all four of them with 10 rounds and when I slap them in they don't click and I can grab the base pad and very easily pull them out of the gun. If I load them with 9 rounds they click and lock into place and cannot be pulled out. Does anyone else have problems with these mags, especially in an STI Trojan. I am thinking perhaps it is because they are fairly new? I am going to try fully loading them with ten rounds and let them sit for a week. Any other ideas???

Found what was the cause of my constant reload, Bang, Click problem - and it was not operator error Will post another thread about it, but the cause was the Wilson Combat mags

Welcome from Randolph! What toys do you have? Tell us a little more about yourself. You can see a couple of mine below

I hate the decocker period, give me the safety instead - I can decock manually and do it all the time with my CZ-75b for matches.

Dorito riding the dog was not bad, and the Colbert was good too. The returning vet one was a bad commercial but a very nice message.

I would take the offer, assuming it came with a full ban on Liberals too. Once implemented we could then change the law to allow the banned guns back.

That is an interesting analysis. I am surprised as my understanding is that in single stack the masters seem to favor major power factor with 8 rounds rather than 10 rounds in minor power factor.

Watch the current draw, I think most of these 115v units need a dedicated 20amp outlet.

RTSP generally has G34 mags or you can have larger ones shipped there and they pin.

Hey at least I did better than Rob - sorry just had to say it. But I sure learned you should practice with fully loaded mags at the range. On every single stage when I did a reload I fired one shot and then click as the mag came unseated. The only good part of the day was I shot mostly Alphas.

So I have not heard anything, are we a go for tomorrow????