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PLEASE STOP giving opinions on this. Just read what Rosey (Smokin .50) has posted. This has been discussed in so many threads over time I have lost track. Rosey has the right answers, just read them and don't argue. Let's close this thread.

I bartered away my snow blower as partial payment to the painters I used to spruce up the house before we sold it. If I need a snow blower here in Florida then Climate Change might be real

Funny you say that. As my wife and I looked at over 80 houses every once in a while we would joke to each other saying, "That driveway is gonna be a bitch in the snow and ice"

I recently became a New Jermany Escapee, moving to Florida. We are so happy we made the move. We just got tired of all the political BS and crap being carried out by Trenton. Were also tired of the taxes. We initially rented a house (for four months) and just moved into our home last week. While there are many parts of Florida that are cheaper than where we wanted to be, many costs are comparable or even higher than in NJ. Our home is off a large lake in a gated community in Northern St Johns County which is the richest of the 67 counties with the best schools in Florida. Our home is over 4,000 SqFt with 5 baths and a nice inground pool - so factor that in when you consider costs. Our homeowners insurance is about double what it was in NJ, it is high in FL because of hurricane risk. Our property taxes are about 45% of what they were in NJ, but when you factor in HOA and CDD fees they approach 60% of what they had been. The zero income tax is very nice - make that extremely nice. Food prices, especially fruits and veggies are much higher than NJ. We went into shock when we first got here and found that things like peppers, tomatoes and other veggies were priced the same as NJ for the "each" versus the price per "pound" in NJ. We kept going to stores and refused to make the purchases, and instead bought lots of wine which is cheaper People can't drive here and car insurance is expensive as lots of fender benders. It also drives me crazy that when people want to make left turns they don't pull into the middle of the intersection, rather they sit back at the stop line and when the light turns red rather than complete the turn they just sit there - arg! People in this area are so nice we cannot believe it. When we are out walking the dogs every person that drives by waves, some even stop to say hello. Our neighbors are amazing. The day after we moved in one came up to my wife and said he saw we had two sedans and if we need to pick up any big stuff feel free to come take his big SUV. Another told me he had a 12' step ladder I could use if I ever needed it to change light bulbs. Turns out I already took him up on that as we have over 40 recessed light fixtures many 14' high and I changed out all the old incandescent bulb with new sealed LED trims. Guns, well almost everyone has one, or many many more. The guy across the street has over 100, and we live in a very upscale area - no rednecks. Just about everyone has one in the car, and while carry permits are almost automatic you actually do not need one to have a loaded gun in the glove box as long as it is in a holster or case. If you have a permit you can have it just sitting on your lap as you drive. Have to admit strange going to USPSA matches where people shoot 9mm PCC with mags that hold 59 rounds. NEVER EVER EVER would I live in the Socialist People's Republic of New Jermany again.

I have three La Crosse units of varying vintages and they work great. Have always purchased them when on sale at Costco.

Sounds normal when dealing with the Useless Postal Service. I could tell you dozens of stories but I don’t have enough battery power on my fully charged phone to go into it

Yea I think the weather up there is worse than here. My wife's plane out of Newark is delayed due to weather to come back to Jacksonville. 90 degrees and sunny here today.

Did you have any impact where you are? So far in St Johns just light rain although they have tornado watch in effect till 3am. Heard on the news one might have touched down in Clay.

I wonder how long a wait one might have at an FFL that is in the business of selling guns on their own? I would imagine when busy they would prioritize doing the paperwork for guns they are selling where they are making a margin on the gun as well. Thus, you might have to both wait for nics to run after you wait who knows how long for the FFL to even take your paperwork.

G43 IWB. If not on me it is in the center console next to me. Have a couple of extra mags in the console as well. Gonna feel very naked when I come north for Thanksgiving.

One of the biggest fails in this country is when Congress failed to pass a bill in the 1980's to make English the official language. This country would look entirely different today if that had happened. This fail is in large part the reason many people no longer assimilate into our society.

Yes. And haul away old crap too.

PC Richards rocks, when I live is Morris County that was my go to store. They are privately owned and will actually negotiate prices. They will always beat their advertised prices if you tell them you can do better or just want to pay less. I’ve made some amazing deals there. Once they delivered a dented dryer and told me they would replace it but it would take three weeks as the LG stock was still on a ship in the pacific so they delivered me a loaner dryer until mine arrived. Can’t beat that.

There are many of these streaming services, SlingTV, Fubo, DTVN, PS-VUE YouTubeTV, Hulu live, etc... Each one is slightly different with slightly different channels that are included and can be added. Most offer free trials, although you typically have to give a credit card and cancel within 7 days to not pay for the month. You really have to experiment and see which is best for you, and keep up with them as they change as new ones come everyday. I have used SlingTV, DTVN, PS-Vue and now YouTube TV. Sling was the worst. The others all have good and bad. DTVN had lots of glitches and the DVR function did not exist when I used it. PS-VUE was very good, but I find YouTube TV the best, especially if you want to record stuff and watch later. This is because they don't limit how much stuff you can put in their cloud and it stays for 9 months. Also I find that it has almost no freezing or other problems. Best streaming experience I have had. Oh, we also have Amazon Prime. Your internet connection has a lot to do with how well these things work. Speed is not the major issue, it has more to do with latency and other network factors. In NJ I had CableVision (Optimum) as that was the only game in my town. I had their 200 mbps service with a AmpliFi HD mesh router and I still had lots of issues with quality of service. Here in Florida I have AT&T Fiber based system at only 100 mpbs, although it typically runs 120 down and 120 up and I have not had a single freeze or glitch. The ping time to their server is typically less than 2ms or less. That makes a huge difference.

I used PlayStation Vue (no PlayStation console needed) when I was in NJ. Dropped it in Jacksonville as they did not have the local ABC station live. I am now using YouTubeTV which is great. Lots of stations and no limit on what you record to the cloud and they keep everything for 9months. Also use Ooma for phone.

You have learned an important lesson, never ask the police a question on guns and expect to get a correct answer. As others have said don't register your long guns, and no FFL is needed assuming you acquired all of them legally where you reside. Your only real concern is that none are on the banned list and that they don't have too many of what NJ calls evil features. Also pay attention to Mag capacities. FID is good to have, but not needed to just have the guns in your home. That said, if they will let you rent a house for free just keep your existing home in PA also and leave your stuff there - you really don't want to be a sole resident of the socialist people's republic of New Jermany. Take from me, a recent escapee now a citizen of the free state of Florida. Good luck.

Well I have not testing it in "battle" yet but it seems to be the recoil spring. Since I did not trust it I shot a match in production (1st time in about 6 months) with my CZ, but brought the G35 and did a mag dump with the suspect ammo two rounds at a time and it worked flawlessly. The only change was I put the original recoil spring in the gun. So, perhaps the one I had been using was too light for this ammo.

I agree it is likely the lighter recoil spring which I have used for ammo that just makes power factor, the gun was more reliable with it than the stock spring. This ammo is a little hotter, so very likely you are on to something. Will try it both with my regular ammo and with this new ammo with the stock spring. Thanks.

Got this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M592J9C/ref=emc_b_5_t for about $45 at Amazon when it was on sale a few weeks ago. Works great, very small unit with great video quality. Don't have the GPS unit for it but might buy one when I see it on sale, costs about $20.

@GRIZ The recoil spring is under powered. I was using ammo that just made power factor so a while ago I took out the stock recoil unit and installed a 9mm one (yes on Gen4 unlike Gen3 there is a difference). The gun has worked fine with that. The only thing that changed is the ammo. I wish I knew where my cailpers were We moved to FL in June and are in rented quarters right now and I have dozens of boxes that I have yet to open. If all goes well we will be in our new home in about a month and will start actually unpacking all those boxes. Till then I think I will just try my normal ammo and hopefully the problem will go away.

You cannot waive liability by putting up a sign. People believe it so many don't go after them, but you can. Years ago I was in a Rickle's lot (yes MANY years ago) and I came out to find a shopping cart went rolling and smashed my tail light. I went in and bitched to the manager who showed me such a sign and I said BS, I would get my lawyer involved. He then said as a "courtesy" I should go have it fixed and bring him the bill. I did and he reached into the register and gave me cash for the repair.

What exactly would I be looking for with the ejector that might be causing this?

No did not save any of the rounds, just worked as fast as possible to clear and get back on target. Typically one round was in chamber and another was just lose behind it. Don’t recall where the nose was exactly. Most times I pulled the slide back a little and dumped the extra round out and let the slide go forward on the round in the chamber. Other times dropped the mag and rack out the round.

I assure you what I stated is a n fact happening. Based on the discussion I think I’ll try the stock recoil spring. Also try my normal ammo again and see if there is any problem.

Might not be possible but it happened about 15 to 20 times. The recoil spring might be too light for that ammo. I had been using some ammo that was about 170 power factor and this ammo is a little hotter. I have a 9mm recoil spring in the Gun (gen4). Maybe I’ll try the stiffer .40 cal spring with this ammo and see if the problem goes away.