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Careful Old Glock Guy, checker50 may think you are one of "them"!! LOL

Obama and Biden in the the Rose Garden with the Newtown families, addressing the nation. Continues to quote that 90% of Americans support tougher gun laws, specifically background checks. The actual percentage is 4%!!! To use the Newtown families and Gabby Gifford while giving a speech is just plain terrible and a sad way to push forward any agenda (I couldn't think what else to say without sounding very bad, or raising my blood pressure). Keep the pressure on!! Don't stop calling your representatives. Don't stop writing. While relatively good news, on the federal front so far, the gun grabbers will not stop so we need to keep up our efforts!!

I received an email from Gunsamerica that warns gun forums and bloggers about liberal "shills" lurking on the sites. Below is the context of the email; "Please be aware that there are what we call "Bloomberg shills" lurking in the comments of gun blogs and forums at present. It has been going on since before the election, and we first noticed it as far back as our January 8th, 2012 article "2nd Amendment Voters Should Vote Ron Paul." At first it seemed like fun because they got a lively discussion going, and many of our articles have over 400 comments just because of a few anti-gun comments peppered in by a shill here and there. But as more and more of them have come in, we have begun to realize that it is better to delete them. The anti-gunners have a plan, and that plan is to make gun people look stupid, heartless, and separate from the values of mainstream America. A recent "whistleblower" post about the Boston Marathon explosions is especially troubling. If you are part of a gun blog or forum, please don't allow this post to spread, and beware that more attempts to make 2nd Amendment defenders look bad are coming." Lets keep a sharp eye out for this and put a stop to it immediately!!!

The only details I can find are he passed away in his sleep, and details other than that are not known at this time.

I just read that J. Guthrie, a writer for Guns and Ammo, as well as an Outdoor Channel regular on Modern Rifle Adventures passed away at age 37. I for one, will sorely miss his writings as well as his good natured personality on TV. Rest in Peace.

Received the LPK in a day!! Great doing business with you and thanks again!!!

No way on the DL encoding!! If you get pulled over for a traffic violation, a LEO will see that you are a gun owner and that can lead to nothing good!! I'm fine with a separate photo FID card, hey, what's the difference between a thumb print and a photo? The thumb print is useless anyhow.

How about photo ID for voters!! Oh that's right, then the dems can't vote more than once and they cry it's a violation of their civil rights....

An absolute smooth and perfect transaction!! Got my 15/22 mags in the mail today. It was a one day turnaround!!! Thanks again Max96

One day turnaround on a mil-spec forged stripped lower. Can't get better than that!! Thanks for a quick transaction!!

I received a response from Senator Singer which is extremely promising!! He said, "You and I are on the same page with this issue. I believe our efforts would be better spent by putting more dollars into our mental health system." Also Senator Bateman responded with a lengthy email. I will paraphrase to get to his point. He said, "....I believe it would be a mistake to focus solely on new gun legislation without looking at all facets that led to this tragedy (Sandy Hook)". He also acknowledged that, "New Jersey gun laws are already the second strongest in the nation (behind only California)....." 2 Strong responses and it looks like our voices are being heard.

All done, a copy of my letter to everyone on the list. My fingers are bleeding from typing but well worth it. Below is a copy of the letter I sent to each one individually...... I am writing regarding pending and proposed gun control measures. In terms of proposed measures, I urge you to vote against any measure that does not clearly differentiate between law abiding citizens and gun owners, and criminals or the criminally insane. The 2nd Amendment is a Right, just like the 1st Amendment, which allows me to contact you with my views. There are currently over 300 major Federal and State gun laws, with an unknown number of local laws, we should strive to enforce those laws against the people who break them. Sincerely,

+1 with DirtyDigz. Do not soak in WD-40 it does nothing to live ammo!!!!

Oh and hey Lex, thanks for the PM's keeping me calm and sane, much appreciated.

Well I picked up my S&W 1911PC this morning. Boy it is a beautiful pistol. I really think the dealer was as relieved as I was. He shook my hand a half dozen times, apologized for the long wait, and thanked me for being patient and finally getting done. I hated waiting the 26 days, but I have to say my dealer was a true gentleman the entire time I was pestering him. I really hope I am the last of the long waits, and all those who come after me get truly INSTANT results!!!

Finally got the call last night, end of day 26!! It was a long road, hope no one else on the forums ever has to wait that long for an INSTANT check!! Good luck to all those waiting and thanks to everyone for feeling my pain.

Day 26. Not looking good again. I spoke to my dealer yesterday. He has faxed 3 times and has called NICS but got no help. I know today isn't over, but if I was a betting man, I would put my money on the don't pass line.

www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/justice/ny-robbery-cop It was also on Channel 7 news this morning at 6am

I saw on the news this morning that a NYPD officer was arrested for robbing drug dealers. Therefore, it stands to reason that ALL NYPD officers are bad and corrupt. Isn't this the same reasoning that anti 2nd amendment people apply to law abiding gun owners? It's like saying drunk drivers and NASCAR drivers are all part of the same car culture (thank you Cam Edwards for that quote, I use it all the time) Maybe we should make a trade, we will restrict the 2nd amendment if liberals are restricted on the 1st amendment. They can't say things like "where's my free stuff from the government", or use the words "assault weapons", or "there are no winners, everyone is a winner", or "we are all equal" (they just don't get the all men are CREATED equal, it's up to you, the individual, to decide your own outcome!!!) I have more rants, but will keep this one short. Thanks for listening.....

njgunrunner, do you have that phone number that you can share. I'm on day 25 and counting. My FFL said he faxed my paperwork 3 times. I have been very patient, but like you, my permit will expire shortly.

All you guys who are complaining about days 7 or 13, today is day 23 for me!! I called 3 times and went in twice to the dealer. I'm almost thinking if I get the call today it will be an April's fool joke. But I really don't expect a call. I have officially given up. BTW, this is the second of my permits to purchase, so really I'm at day 53!!

I'm in and will get a half dozen other guys. For this I will reschedule anything that I have scheduled.

I've been reloading for about 25 years, so I'll speak to my experiences. For straight wall handgun cartridges no lube is required if you are using carbide dies. I do clean the dies thoroughly after about 1000 reloads. I've never had a case stick in a carbide resizing die and I have probably reloaded well over 40-50 thousand rounds over the years. As far as crimp is concerned, most revolvers require a roll crimp. The die box has the instructions for achieving a roll crimp. It is important to know that a roll crimp can only be performed on bullets with a cannelure and the roll crimp must be inside the cannelure. For straight wall pistol rounds, a taper crimp is needed. Again, follow the instructions that came with the dies (if you don't have the instructions, let me know and I'll send you instructions on how to properly set the dies). For rifle and all bottle neck handgun cartridges, you MUST lube the cases. I have tried many lubes but have been using Hornady One-Shot for the past 5 or so thousand rifle cartridges and if has performed perfectly. One step I see missing is checking the overall case length AFTER resizing. Please ensure that all cases, whether they are handgun or rifle, are trimmed to proper SAAMI specs after resizing. In terms of crimp for rifle, it really comes down to the bullet choice. If a bullet has a cannelure, you can roll crimp only in the cannelure. If the bullet doesn't have a cannelure, just set the bullet to proper overall length. The case neck tension will hold the bullet. I hope this helps, and if you have any questions, let me know.

Today ends day 19 for me. I went into my FFL's shop and he has faxed my paperwork 3 times (he showed me the fax receipts), incurring 3 charges. So while I'm very frustrated that it is day 19, I know my dealer is doing everything in his power to try and get the paperwork done. I can't get mad at him, as I'm sure many customers do. If he puts in the effort and incur extra cost to try and get paperwork moving and customers happy, then I'm grateful to him for putting out the effort.

I'd rather not say who the dealer is right now. I'm going to give it one more day and pay an in store visit tomorrow morning. I will say it's a mom and pop place and I know they are stretched out in terms of help over the last few months. I'm trying to be patient given our history together (I'm a long time customer) but I feel like 16 days, now 17 today, is something they should follow up on. I did mention that the forums are talking about up to 8 day waits and mine is now double. I'll give it to the end of today and go in to the store tomorrow and have a talk with him. I feel it may be unfair to him given the known problems with NJ-NICS. If I get nowhere tomorrow, I'll let everyone know who the dealer is, and what his response was.