Mr.Stu

They have a bunch of 1911 sight installation options here: https://cylinder-slide.com/Category/1911PARAORD7 They are a friendly bunch - give them a call to discuss what you need. I just wanted them to do the cuts on my BHP because the standard dovetails were different from any current gun and there were no after market sights available. I talked to them and sent a set of Dawson sights with just the slide - I didn't want deal with the hassle of shipping the whole gun. They made the cuts and cleaned up a ding that another gunsmith had put in the slide, bead blasted the top to take off any glare and blued the whole thing. As they didn't have the whole gun and I was installing non-standard sights I sent a plain front sight for them to install. When I got it back I checked where it was shooting and then calculated the correct height front sight with a fiber insert and installed that myself. I was perfectly happy with the standard of work and the time they took. They were able to fit such a simple job in between bigger projects.

I would use pretty much any caliber I could lay my hands on. Firearms are ranged weapons and anything that dissuades the bad guy from getting close is better than going hands on. Are some more effective than others? Sure. There are very few that are less useful than nothing at all.

Step away from the pineapple!

I sent my BHP slide to Cylinder and Slide. They did a great job cutting Novak style dovetails and reblueing.

The simplest way is for your friend to drive to your NJ FFL and do the transfer there. There is no requirement for a PA FFL to be involved at all.

@Zeke Just use a slug and shoot the wick off. You've got this!

My concern with these non-NFA other firearms is that if you have one (built or bought) and also have a regular AR rifle you can be jammed up. From the statutes: 2C:39-1 w. "Assault firearm" means: [...] (5) A part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a firearm into an assault firearm, or any combination of parts from which an assault firearm may be readily assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person. If you have a rifle and a non-NFA other firearm with a barrel less than 16 inches you can readily switch the uppers and now you have an SBR and an overweight pistol. If I was going to put together a non-NFA other firearm I would use a dedicated pistol caliber lower which could not mate to a regular AR upper.

The charges were subsequently dropped. It is an important reminder that no matter what the law says, you can still be arrested and go through the wringer in this stupid state. I have had a long debate with a serving cop who was adamant that an FPIC did not allow you to transport an unloaded rifle outside the directly to/from exemptions. His position was that he would arrest you and lock you up and let the prosecutor sort it out.

If the hollowpoint worked as designed it is no longer a hollowpoint - the cavity should have been filled

Lol - great minds think alike... ...and fools seldom differ.

All the NJ gun laws are written that way. They start with saying everything is illegal and then carve out exceptions and exemptions.

+P+ has no upper limit on pressure. How can anybody tell you that unlimited pressure is safe in any firearm?

The pink one?

Welcome to the community. If you are looking for essential safety training take a look at this session being held at EFGA in Easton, PA. https://www.facebook.com/sandra.muldoon/posts/10222052596277485

We're still on. It's going to be warm rain.

Locked in the trunk is one of the options if you're transporting under the exemptions. I said carry, because I meant carry. Will you attract unwanted attention from the police if you are not discreet? Definitely yes, but you are ok within the firearms laws. If you're waving it around you'll probably catch a charge for causing public alarm or similar, but not one for possession of the firearm - if you have been issued an FPIC. Watch this - Evan Happen makes his point at the NJ SAFE conference a few years ago. The power died so it was done with flashlights. There were NJSP troopers in the audience who were there to speak too.

Your FPIC allows you to carry an unloaded rifle or shotgun almost anywhere. It provides nothing with regard to handguns except to allow you to buy handgun ammunition. You need a permit to carry a handgun to take a handgun with you outside of the exemptions and we all know how many of those are issued.

BATFE won't issue approve a tax stamp for a suppressor for an NJ resident. They know you can't have it here legally so you get denied right there.

If there are 6 or more people who can commit to 9/27 I will see if I can book the range.

It's because they are trying to ship it at the cheaper 2 day rate. You are supposed to ship it next day. Their advice is against the rules but it's not going to be them getting in trouble if the package is damaged and the contents is discovered or worse, goes missing. Personally, I won't use CGW because of the BS they tried to feed me about a set of sights I got for my CZ75 from them. It shot consistently high. When I spoke to them they said that it was normal and I was aiming incorrectly. They tried to tell me that everybody uses a 6 o'clock hold and POA/POI was out of date. I sent those sights back and got Dawson Precision ones that are spec'd correctly. The irony is that DP makes the sights for CGW.

Yes, you can ship directly to CGW via Fedex. Pack the gun i a box that does not say anything on the outside about it being a gun. You need to drop it off at a Fedex location, not a Fedex agent such as Kinko. When you drop it off you must declare it to be a firearm. They should know what to do. CGW can ship it directly back to you too. No need to go via an FFL in either direction and no pistol permit required for you to receive it back.

If you remove the barrel, does a round drop into the chamber freely?

Rather than talking about the rounds, I meant with an empty CZ can you feel any resistance when manipulating the slide? When I slowly let my slide forward on my CZ75B I can feel slight resistance just before the slide clears the top of the hammer. I can also feel a drop off of resistance as the ramp in the locking lug starts to ride up the slide stop pin.

I have to get some of the dumb questions out of the way first. Did you try more than 1 round from different lots? Does it do this every time? How did it do this? ie. did you seat a mag and slingshot it? Drop the slide from the slide catch? Baby the slide forward by hand? Do you feel any thing hanging up or binding without a round present? What work did CGW do?

You need a pistol permit for a pistol. Any firearm that is not a pistol can be bought with your FPIC. I am assuming you are talking about the non-NFA other firearms. If you are buying just an AR lower receiver that you intend to build into a pistol there is some debate about whether you need a pistol permit at that point. It is pretty moot as it is incredibly hard to build an NJ legal AR pistol.