Howard

No, you read that I have fat fingers. That is 6pm - sorry about the typo, its fixed now.

JIm the matches are tentatively set for the third Sunday, but they won't start until 6pm, so even if people go to the other matches they will be able to shoot this one TOO!!! And yes indoor can work. I have shot indoor IDPA at Somerset and Phillipsburg. There is one big advantage of indoor too, no wind, no rain, no snow, no scorching sun

Congrats on getting the deal you wanted. But I am confused why we will see you less at EFGA? Its seems to me that you just pocketed $5,500 - that would be the $30K price less the $24.5 you ultimately paid. Thus, you now have and extra $5,500 for ammo and new guns - well done my man!

Double will hardly be enough. Double it a second time.

There should be more wiggle room than on a new car. Used cars is where dealers make the big bucks.

No offense taken. Actually we would all appreciate if you could send an email or letter to Steven Sweney and tell him you decided not to live in NJ because of his firearms laws.

Probably by doing what car salesmen do to people . Sorry I just could not help myself.

Saw your post and just tried it, site looks fine to me, try again.

Yup saw this earlier today. The supply of ammo must be really improving if they are shipping any amount for only $5 AND taking 5% off the prices which were already pretty good.

Unless you are a criminal you don't want to get caught with a gun outside the exemptions in NJ. If you are a criminal, not an issue as you will likely get a slap on the hand. IF you are an upstanding citizen, which I would guess is the case since you are asking the question, then if found you will get two years of free room and board and healthcare at a state institution paid for by other honest taxpayers. Best to either leave them out of state, or if you insist on bringing them then immediately on crossing the border you must shoot yourself - they usually don't prosecute dead people - but no certainty to that. Sorry, I know you are hearing something you don't want to hear - but best not to bring them to this shit_hole state.

Actually Russell some of them (Wilsons) do hit the ejector. It actually lifts up a little when they do. Dawson is the first line, as they are a master distributor and have great service - if that fails I'll move on to STI.

Well I don't think the mags could go any higher as they just about hit the ejector when they are pushed in. No burrs on the mags. The two Tripp Cobra mags got used for a few rounds at the range each and then went into battle yesterday and have never hit the ground before. They were just as problematic as the others. Bob is correct that I cut one coil off the Wilson mags, but that is because there was physically too much spring to compress to even let the mag fully insert - there was no option on that. If that was an issue I would think it would impact the last round or two, not the third or fourth round in a full magazine. I think I will have a chat with the folks at Dawson first tomorrow, as that is where I got the gun.

Bob you are correct that I had some magazine problems when I first got the gun, but I worked those out between conversations with Wilson and Dawson. This is a newer issue and really only started about a month ago.

What does that entail? I have never done that, but am quite capable of following instructions

Have not talked to them about this most recent issue. I had some problems with the Wilson mags when I first got them that I talked to them and we solved that issue. Hate to have to send it in but that might be the next step. Any clue how long the round trip might take?

Let me start out with saying I love my STI trojan 9mm pistol. Its is super accurate and I shoot it better than any gun I own. My problem is while it works perfectly at the range, it is getting worse and worse at matches. I am getting so many feed failures that it is killing my game. I shot an IDPA match yesterday, 10 stages and on eight of them I had at least one feed failure. I elected to reshoot a stage because the SO started me wrong on one of those failures even though I shot well, hoping to improve without the feed failure. Well that was a mistake because on the reshoot it failed even worse. So, that actually made 9 out of 11 stages where it failed. While I shot well, I would estimate these bad jams cost me between 80 and 100 seconds in the match - killed my entire day. What seems to be happening is the round nose dives and jams and locks things up really tightly. There are times when it is not too bad and I can just give the back of the slide a hard slap and it will go into battery. Other times it jams so tight I can't pull the mag and have to ultimately get it to slide lock and then it is still a struggle to remove the magazine. To say this thing killed my times would be an understatement. At a loss as to what to do. I had my gunsmith look at it a while ago and he said the tension on the extractor was a little low so he raise it, but I think that has actually made it worse. Yesterday I was using six different 10 round mags: two each of Wilson ETM, Tripp Cobra and Dawson. I saw a slight issue with one of the Wilsons, but other than that I could not narrow it down to any specific brand acting worse than the others. I have the Dawson Precision CRP package with the IDPA legal extended mag release. Some people said it might have to do with that, but I am skeptical. All ideas welcomed. Thanks. PS - if it matters I am using factory round nose 124 grain ammo. I just tried the gun with a Wilson mag and snap caps. I loaded it up with 10 rounds and did a slide lock reload. I then manually cycled the gun and twice on the third or fourth round the slide only closed about 1/4" and the head of the bullet was on the ramp just below the barrel entrance. Please excuse the crappy iphone picture, but here is an example: When it is this type of failure a good slap to the back of the slide fixes the issue, but sometimes the bullet head is much lower and it locks everything up.

You might want to consider a CZ in SAO flavor. Much smaller grips than a Beretta, very reliable, accurate.

I was three feet away from the guy from Spartan when he was firing a carbine halfway down the range and watch the dust cloud instantly pulled away by the vent and never smelled a thing on Range Two at RTSP.

So go tonight, or tomorrow morning!

I think your outdoor requirement can be had at RTSP, the ventilation system is so good you have ZERO smells. I find it objectionable when I shoot some outdoor USPSA matches compared to RTSP - the ventilation is AMAZING! Everything Average Joe said and then some - try it out. They also have a digital simulator where you can fire a real gun that uses something like an airsoft cartridge to give you recoil, great practice and wonderful to teach kids or even experienced shooters on. The rental inventory is huge. What is nice for $10 an hour you can rent a gun, and change as many times as you want for another gun in the same caliber.

There is more to it than just cash costs. There are all the intangibles that a new car may offer that the old one does not. You hit on repair costs, but their is also the cost of your time and the aggravation cost of the repairs. Then their is the issue that each year cars seem to get better gas mileage, so the newer car may also cost you less to operate than the older car. Next you have to look at the additional safety features that they add each year, whether you want them or not. The addition of such things over time as airbags, antilock brakes, collision avoidance features, traction control, auto braking, etc.... might actually save your life - what is the value of that? The bottom line is that you really can't just look at the bottom line. Would you be happier and safer and lest hassled with a new car every year, or would you be satisfied with the 13 year old car? Me, I have done it both ways and I don't suggest to tell anyone which way is the best. What I have heard is that if you really want to cheapest total cost is that you should buy a lightly used two or three year old car and then drive it till it dies. But that is just what I hear.

Just called and confused the heck out the woman by asking to have him veto the gun bills AND the demotards budget bill. She actually asked me a few questions and repeated what I want and I believe actually wrote stuff down - so keep calling. As for when he does it, well he already said he intends to veto the budget, so he should probably veto them all together as much of the press will be on the budget and the gun issue might just get burried. 4:01pm today would be a great time to do it after the market closes and people are heading out.

Not yet, she was at work in NYC. BTW, the squirt guns might not be to your taste [yea I knew what I was saying ] but they actually work very well

Well Troy, we agree to disagree on this one. If you are just saying I don't like your $299 a month payment and want to pay less you are negotiating from weakness. You have no clue if $299 is a good or a bad price. If they tell you ok, we'll go to $289 you don't know if you just got a good deal or are still being screwed. When you go in and have a price for the car, a residual, and a money factor you now have the power to make a good decision. If you know that based on those three things the lease payment should be $259 then you know to be prepared to walk if the best they will do is $289. Its really that simple. Will they ultimately make the deal at $259 - well you are right there is no assurance they will. But, I rather know the facts than bargain with a hood over my head not being able to see what is going on.

Troy you are correct they can do whatever they want, but you will know what you are getting or how badly they are trying to screw you. Back when I used to lease vehicles I always used this method and either got my price or walked away. Usually when I walked away they called me back and I got my price. YMMV