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I'm not an FFL holder, but I'd expect it to be the same. Same amount of paperwork to complete. Shipping to the FFL holder should generally be less.

This is common if you have astigmatism. If you aren't wearing corrective lenses, you will see the type of bloom/splotch you describe. Try turning on the dot sight, make a note of the sight picture, then rotate the gun 90 degrees along the axis of the barrel. If the bloom appears unchanged, it's your eyes. If the bloom also rotates 90 degrees (that is, it's position is unchanged relative to the body of the sight), it's the sight. I finally had to start wearing corrective lenses to shoot the dot sight on my bullseye gun. My focus was fine, but the astigmatism made the dot too blurry for precision work.

Nothing special in there. Just the phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range.

Technology!! Very Cool! NJ is finally stepping boldly into the latter part of last century!

Drying. I've got no time to sit around waiting for water to evaporate. Even loading/unloading the tumbler took longer. Messier, slower... The cases may have been slightly shinier. I don't care about that at all.

OK--I'll be the contrarian here. While I fully agree that wet tumbling can yield spectacular results, I found the extra work wasn't worth it. I sold my wet tumbler, bought a vibratory tumbler, and never looked back. Corncob or Walnut media that I rarely change, occasionally a capful of brass cleaner, and the brass emerges shiny and ready to go.

Yes, we did. Six times. Plus three manned Apollo lunar orbital missions. Preceded by five unmanned Lunar Orbiter missions, 1 successful Pioneer unmanned mission, assorted unmanned Ranger lunar missions, and five soft lunar landings (one with restart and subsequent take-off) by unmanned Surveyer spacecraft. Plus all the stuff the Soviets did.

A rocket doesn't "push" against anything, though the lunar surface is plenty solid. An inch or two of dust doesn't interfere with the whole action <=> reaction thing. The landing sites had been mapped fairly well from low lunar orbit before the first manned flight. We'd already sent two dozen unmanned missions there. The lander didn't escape lunar gravity-it wasnt intended to. The much larger command module engine did that.

I think it will be interesting to see how history judges Snowden. I've not made up my own mind yet--I think it's too soon to have perspective. I think the US has to pursue, and has to attempt to prosecute him; that he violated the law seems clear. However, the government violated/circumvented the law as well, and I'm glad we now know more about that. And I'm rather pissed about what the government was up to. I think Snowden followed his conscience; he knew there would be life-altering repercussions, which he was prepared to accept, and he wasn't looking for financial gain, nor particularly interested in the fame or infamy that resulted from his actions. One of the things that makes both law enforcement and national security hard--by design--are the rather severe restrictions that we the American people have chosen to place on the enforcers in order to preserve some of our freedoms. Would the massive, secret collection and analysis of phone and internet data make it easier to catch terrorists? Almost certainly. Would allowing warrentless searches of homes, cars, and offices result in more criminals/terrorists being caught? Almost certainly. Would giving the local police departments the right to tap phones at will and without judicial oversight make their work easier? Almost certainly. Do we want this? Certainly not.

Signed.

If you want to stroll down memory lane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park http://weirdnj.com/stories/action-park/ http://io9.com/5904307/behold-the-water-slide-so-dangerous-it-was-shut-down-immediately Dismal safety stats indeed! At least 6 fatalities, huge numbers of reported fractures and head injuries each year (and multiple citations for underreporting the accidents). As the articles point out, the place was not just staffed by teenagers, it was largely run by teenagers, and the numerous beer kiosks kept staff and guests pretty well sloshed at all times.

Agreed. The state might not have a problem with it (I don't have the definitive answer there), but local ordinances are much more likely to be an issue. If allowed, you'll still need to check into setback restrictions that may exist (from property lines, occupied dwellings, etc). It's well worth looking into, though. PA is rather more sane about such things than NJ. Off the property, many states (I don't have PA-specific info) will require you to have a hunting license even for plinking, and of course you'd want permission from the owner, or certainty that shooting is allowed if it's public land.

Stay away from most competitive pistol events, in that case... :-) The way GAPP runs the range works fine. If you have a batch of random shooters unknown to you, a line of shooters with holsters is a more frightening prospect than a line of benched guns.

The mission statement for state government here is, I believe, "We're not happy until you're not happy."

I presume you use carbide dies. They're available for straight-wall pistol cases, and eliminate the need for case lube. They're the only way to go, in my opinion. That said, they still sell a lot of steel dies for pistol calibers. If that's what you've got, you need to lube the cases before resizing. That's a heads-up for anyone thinking of starting to reload.

I've got their GP5500 W model. Haven't yet had a chance to use it, other than for a break in period, and to exercise it for 20 minutes a month. I'm impressed by what I've seen, though. Seems well made, and Consumer Reports labeled it a top pick a few months ago. Amazon.com had the best price. Free shipping. I just opened the box where the truck dropped it off and put the included wheel kit on, then wheeled it around to the garage. I was impressed that--despite it never having oil or gas in in previously--it started on the first pull. It has ever since.

Not to worry. Carguy worked that reference in back in post #30.

Actually, you can. Suing anybody you want is a centerpiece of our legal system Going to a 'loser pays' model like most of the world would rein in the abuses we constantly see. But there are 200 lawyers in congress, one in the oval office, and 9 on the supreme court who are all heavily invested in making sure that never happens.

Because Newark has solved all of it's other problems and now has bandwidth and cash to spend on this...

Good point on spring wear, but it's mostly the mainspring (hammer spring) that gets a workout when dry firing, right? I don't own a Sig, but with the 1911 dryfiring means a lot of hammer drops, not much slide racking.

The next Batman movie?

You thought it was inexcusable before...It turns out, this was the SECOND time this instructor accidentally shot a student... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400838/Time-day-job-Firearms-instructor-accidentally-shoots-SECOND-time.html

Over 9000 signatures as of this posting in the petition to replace him. https://www.change.org/petitions/warner-brothers-remove-ben-affleck-as-batman-bruce-wayne-in-the-superman-batman-movie

The question you are really answering is: "do I feel this person should enjoy the rights guaranteed by the second amendment?" There are already plenty of people in government ready to answer 'no'. For my own part, I figure most people should. The background check should weed out most of the rest. I've never been asked to provide a reference for anyone who worried me to the extent that I wouldn't do so (but then, I've not yet met everyone on the forum...) :-)

$99 for 2100 rounds in an ammo can. Didn't see what shipping would have been.