Howard

Wow just heard on the news that most of these car jackings happen between 3pm and mid-night. So, their solution to prevent them was that you should alter your behavior to do your shopping before 3pm to protect yourself. Is that what we have come down to in the People's Republic of NJ, we the honest citizens have to work around the schedules of criminals who all pack heat? Time to educate the masses that good guys carrying guns in this state will protect even those that choose not too.

The freakin deer eat Everything. I think they are pretty, but I call them Suburban Rats!

Yea they were some type of red berries in the foreground. I was just trying to share some wildlife photos not trying to make this a pro or anti hunting thread.

I don't shoot animals, I was joking about not being able to get a clear shot with my camera. BTW I have no issue with anyone that wants to hunt them, its just not something I do.

The darn trees were in my way and I could not get a good vantage point to take a clear shot : [A clear shot with my camera!!!!]

I believe the definition of "Justifiable need" is that you have been shot at a minimum of three times and have actually been hit twice.

Actually that only applies to crop sensor cameras also known as DX. If you have a full frame digital camera such as my Nikon D800e the sensor is the same size as 35mm film. While the 1.5 crop factor works for you in long lenses it works against you in wide angle lenses as they become less wide with DX cameras.

You might have air entrapped in the system. I have not done this in about thirty years, but you might try starting it up with the radiator cap off to allow the air a place to exit. I vaguely recall having to do that once, but many many moons ago

Just checked on Amazon and they are going for between $19 and $100 or so, lots for sale on FleaBay too. With the flash and filters you might do better. Adorama buys used equipment as do other photo outfits. There is always Craigslist too.

Well I'm not nearly as good as some of you here. I am fairly happy in the improvements I have made since first touching a gun this past January. Here are two from this past week shot with my CZ-75B matte stainless 9mm at 7 and 12 yards. 7 yards 12 yards

Thanks for the discount.

Well I have two full size CZ's, one (the black one below) is the one that FLHX recently sold me. I guess the only question I would ask is why in NJ do you want the compact, especially if you are going to use it for competition. That said, if competition I would rather see Fiber Optics than night sights. Either way it would be a great gun at a decent price.

I hope you got the new G34 that has glasses

Don't know if I am ready to triple my distance yet! These were at 7 yards, although I had a similar almost as good (maybe 25% bigger) grouping at 12 yards to the head.

Well I wear glasses for distance, but can't see my sights worth crap with them. I had been shooting with just plain safety glasses, which were better but still not a great sight picture. So, I went to the eye doctor who actually figured out I had a slight astigmatism which no other eye doctor ever told me. I then spent an hour with him early one Saturday morning with targets and my SIRT trainer (Can't take your gun to the eye doctor in NJ). He played around with lots of lenses and what I ended up doing was getting a lens in my right eye for perfect focus at the distance of my front sight. The lens in the left eye is for distance, optimized for about 18 yards. It takes a little while to get used to and not be dizzy but the brain adapts to this. I don't think this is very common for glasses but many people do it with contact lenses. Bottom line is I can see the front sights well and can actually look down range and also see if I actually hit something. Its like being young again If you are interested I can let you know who I went to, he is local.

Its amazing. Being able to see your front sights really does improve your shooting, who would have thought Just got a pair of mono-vision glasses and I can finally see my front sights when I shoot:

I understand that, no problem. It might have long guns that are bought in state, but as you know there are many people that legally buy long guns in PA or other states. My point is that the system probably has many false positives and even more false negatives. I would not want to bet my life on what this system tells an officer.

Jack I am not arguing the points you are making. The point I am trying to make is that the system is so flawed that I would imagine even if it works as designed it gives the officers very questionable information and I doubt they take much stock in it. Since long guns are not in it, there is a high probability they may be walking into one without being made aware. Since guns that move with people from out of state are not in it they may run into those. Since it may or may not correctly flag private out of local jurisdiction sales it probably has many of those wrong also. Further, we all know it does not have information on the guns they need to be most concerned of - the illegal ones possessed by criminals that are the ones most likely to use them on the police.

My point was that the flag is probably wrong in many cases as the systems don't play nice with each other. Let's say you moved to this state with guns, the police have no idea about that. Let's say you bought one gun and then sold it privately outside your town - the police probably don't know about that either. Let's say you have long guns, they don't know about that either unless you registered them. The system even if they have rapid access to it is probably wrong as often as it is right. Oh wait, there is another problem. If you are a bad guy that does not follow the law and you buy your guns on the street corner for cash the system does not know about them either

This is a total non-issue. The NSA keeps all these records in an electronic database As far as the local police having this to look up when they come to your house, I highly doubt that. Remember that this carbon copy paper system is based on 1960's technology. When, and if, it ever gets back to the local police I am sure it does go into a file folder and into a filing cabinet and then after a period of time into dead storage. Does it make it to some electronic system from the local police that a county dispatcher has to show up on the screen in a police car - interesting question. If so, how many fields do they have on that screen? Does it just have a check box for "may own gun" or does it actually show each gun that is owned? I doubt this system even if it exists is at all accurate.

I've used Remington and CCI and some other "cheap" stuff and it eats all of it with no issues.

No problems with the pads at all. I have had other dogs where the snow melts in there and they end up with ice clumps hanging, but not with these guys at all.

Depending what other guns you have a .22LR conversion kit might fit the bill. I have one for my Kimber 1911 (Kimber kit) and it is quite accurate and I have never had a miss-feed or jam with it. Also has adjustable sights. They list for about $300, but you might be able to find a used on for less. Also in the People's Republic of NJ you don't need a P2P to get one.

If it works (or can be made working for not too much more money) sounds like some score, as new they go for a little more than $2,000 MORE than what you paid according to this link: http://www.allbrands.com/products/39145-honda-em5000sx-generator-5000w-120-240v-ac-12v-dc

I don't think the issue would be with the prosecutor, although I guess it could be. I think it would happen in the civil suit where the bad guys lawyer comes after all your money that you stopped the bad guy from getting a part of in the first place