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Thoughts about January? :-)

MidwayUSA has some nice mag deals from time to time, as well as Botach Tactical. I also found FL-based Greg Cote LLC to be a good source of CZ75 mags - they were among very few stores having reasonably priced Mec-Gar 15rd mags at some point. There might also be some decent mag deals on ebay, but due to stupid ebay policies mags sold there can't be more than 10rd. Might still be a way to go if you look for mags that are initially 10rds or less (for 1911, compact pistols etc.).

Actually, I heard it exactly once :-) The guy had P-06 (I think that's the model in .40 with a compact frame with a rail) and "it absolutely didn't feel right" for him. Yes, I was surprised either :-)

Can't say for other models, but SP-01s are rather difficult to get now, probably due to CZ manufacturing calendar (they are out of stock almost everywhere). If you are seriously considering SP-01, watch Damascus Gun Shop or just write Michael from there (michael(AT)damascusgunshop.com) and ask him to be added to a waitlist for SP-01. They appear here and there from time to time (you should also watch Grabagun and KYGunCo; don't bother watching Buds, they won't send it to Jersey even if your FFL agrees to such a transfer), so if I were looking specifically for SP-01, I would've been on watch for them ready to order when such an opportunity arises. Normal price for new SP-01 online is in the ballpark of $600 (+/- 5%) + transfer fee of your FFL + mag compliance work (it ships with 18rd mags). SP-01 Tactical (decocker models, compared to manual safety in "usual" SP-01s) are easier to find, but they are a little harder (and more expensive) to do a trigger job compared to manual safety ones. I am a little biased here as SP-01 is one of my favorite guns and I love it, LOL :-) I am even thinking about getting another one... There's also an option to watch CZCustom as they sometimes have small batches of SP-01 Shadow coming. This will hit your wallet with around $900, but IMO it might be the best investment in guns you'd ever make :-))) (yes, I am seriously biased)

RobertJames, have you shot Berettas (92FS or similar) at all? You know, the reason I'm asking is that from what I've seen so far (and I have to admit I haven't seen a lot in terms of firearms) those Berettas (I mean, 92FS and similar) are one of the examples of love or hate relationship. Personally, I shot 92FS twice (both time rentals) and I clearly put a note in my mind to NEVER buy it for whatever price. Nonetheless I've seen at least several guys even shooting USPSA with those Berettas (and even quire successfully), so they are not that bad, they are just not for me. It's by no means to deter you from the deal itself, just to make sure you really tried it before and made a conscious decision :-)

The funny thing is that the names on both lists are pretty much the same. Apart from a few lucky guys that were on a waitlist before and now in the main list and from several unlucky ones that might end up being in a waitlist now, I don't see too much of a difference between those two lists, LOL

And the new link is live - http://shootnscoreit.com/ipsc/match/2669/ Registration for the January 18th USPSA match is now open! If this is your first match we will be holding a mandatory course on the 15th to help you better understand USPSA safety protocols, course of fire, and safety commands.

Just received an e-mail: January 18 RTSP Match -- RE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED RTSP has asked that registration for the January 18th USPSA match be redone. The link was inadvertently opened-up a little early this week - before RTSP was able to publish it on their Facebook page - so they have asked me to remove the existing registration and recreate a new link. Sorry for the inconvenience, but the new link will be published on their Facebook page at 4:30pm today. I will also send another e-mail at that time with the new link. -------- There is also an announcement on RTSP Facebook page: RTSP - Range, Firearms & Training There have been A LOT of questions about the registration for the up coming USPSA match. We apologize that the link has not been made available - yet. There has been some confusion, but the official registration link will be posted here and go live at 6pm. A registration portal for the match was created over the weekend, this will be cancelled due to a misunderstanding and the fact that the link was not an official registration portal. We apologize for the confusion. We are straightening this out as we speak. ------------ It's strange and I don't really know what it means, but it seems that those who were late for registration several days ago might be able to jump into the boat today...

And here is the current state of the gun (PICS, pics, pics :-) ):

A couple of days ago I went to remixer to pick up my another Christmas/New Year gift from my wife :-) This was a used police trade-in Glock 22 Gen 4 from CDNN Sports (I wrote about that deal some time ago - http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/74178-used-glock-22-gen4-for-34473-shipped-cdnn-sports-inc/ - this is the cheapest I've seen Gen 4 Glocks ever) Just thought I might share some impressions about buying a used gun from CDNN and help someone who's on the fence about buying used guns online. Obviously, YMMV as always :-) Gun safety disclaimer - I had no single round of .40 at home at all at the time of the cleaning (this is my first gun in .40). I carefully checked the gun twice to make sure it is not loaded before I started to work on it. **** First of all, small downside - CDNN seemed to mess up with their links, so that my confirmation email stated "Glock 22 Gen 4 NS Good to Ex condition" and in reality they sent the one considered "Average to good". I was a little concerned with this at first and called CDNN - they apologized, explained the mess up with links and product codes in the system and offered me $20 off my purchase - I asked if they can just ship me an extra mag for this Glock instead of this discount and they kindly agreed. Honest mistake, case closed. **** Gun case - CDNN shipped a gun in a completely new gun case with original Glock sticker removed. Deep in the case there was an envelope with test-fired rounds from 9mm Glock 17 with a different serial number and a date of April 2014. I guess PD just took new gun cases and sent the old guns as trade-ins in those new cases. Magazine - Unfortunately CDNN offers used Glocks with only 1 mag in the case. On an extremely good side, I got a brand new and likely unused mag! It had NO single scratch on it whatsoever, so it is indeed a never fired new one. I actually realized it completely only after my first trip to the range yesterday trying to clean some residue from the mag. Other accessories - There was a gun rod and cleaning brush in the case, both unused. There was also a Glock mag speed loader, a gun lock (also unused) and a set of older style Gen 4 backstraps (only 2 backstraps without beavertails) - also in an unopened package with a small punch and a longer backstrap pin inside. There were also some papers inside in an unopened envelope - I guess those were shipped with a new gun in the case. *** Handgun itself was VERY dirty (well, at least in my view, maybe I'm yet to see a really dirty gun...). I guess this was the reason they graded it as "average" in the first place. I wish I had taken more pics before cleaning, but it seems that the gun has never seen not only a deep cleaning with solvents, but also a swipe of a brush or a boresnake inside the barrel. Yes, I know it is Glock and most likely it would've shot even in such a condition, but if it was my duty gun, I would've probably been a little scared that it malfunctions when I'd need it most... Compared to my other Glocks (newer Gen4 ones that I bought in 2013 and 2014 respectively), this Glock 22 had a much "grainier" look of the metal surface. I guess some other composition of alloy or some other finishing technology was used back then - I have no issues with that, just an observation. Jumping ahead, I gave a call to Glock the next day and asked them about dates of this particular handgun. It seemed that it has been imported in March 2011, then went to PD (they don't disclose what PD though... not that I really care, but still) in April 2011 and then got back to Glock only for 1 day the same month (maybe some recall, maybe installing night sights - there was no such info available in the system). That said, the gun is less than 4 years old that seems to be quite good for police trade-ins - I heard about Gen2 guns still offered by some retailers that date back to 10+ years. There seemed to be no recalls or any other mandatory repairs pending for this gun either. Slide and barrel: I started with a slide putting the frame aside for a while. I disassembled the slide completely, removed the firing pin, extractor and all other parts that I have no idea how they are called, LOL :-) Then I gave it an intense cleaning with Hoppe's solvent and after that - with RemOil, including all canals I could've reached until clean patches started to come out. I also took a firing pin assembly apart and cleaned every single piece. After all I assembled it back together in a cleaned slide adding a small drop of Tetra gun grease where I considered it to be appropriate (and where suggested by Glock Armorer's Manual). Slide doesn't even show a lot of holster wear as I initially expected and night sights are still quite strong, though not as strong as on my 1-year old CZ75. I think after 3.5 years they are roughly in the middle of their lifespan, so I'm likely good for the next 3-4 years. Barrel was a real PITA. It took me almost half an hour and multiple swaps between a copper brush, softer brushes and patches with Hoppe's #9 bore cleaner to clean all the residue inside the barrel. I think, the hardest part was a crown of the barrel that I was trying to be very careful about and not to damage it. Recoil spring assembly was also quite hard to clean from some white residue, especially on the part facing out - I guess this was from sweat while carrying the gun in a holster. This is the condition of a barrel AFTER my cleaning: Frame: After getting done with the slide, I got back to the frame and also disassembled it entirely. Plenty of shot residue here on parts as well, but my main concern was with the condition of the frame itself. It was DIRTY. I don't know if it was chocolate on the grip or... mmm... something similar in color, LOL, and I don't really want to know, so I decided to do something I might probably not do on a steel frame gun... Yes, water, dishwashing solvent and a brush :-) After the bath I wiped and dried all cavities in the frame (continuously embracing Glock simplicity and engineering genius...), cleaned and lightly lubed all the internal parts and assembled all back together. I checked all the safeties, assembled the gun together, dry-fired it a little and put back to the case until the next day. **** Test fire: I grabbed some .40 ammo on my way to EFGA yesterday and gave this gun a try. Apparently I must have thrown all targets with holes away with other trash after the range, but I was pleasantly satisfied that the gun shoots 1) as it should 2) much better than I do. I think with a relatively rapid fire from ~7 yards I managed to place all rounds in ~8 inch circle (but frankly I haven't tried to shoot as accurately as possible). I very much liked the recoil - it didn't feel too much worse than my 9mm Glocks. In total I ran almost full box of .40 ammo (maybe 40 rounds or so) without a single issue/FTE/FTF or so. **** Bottom line: I am VERY happy with the purchase. $330 for a gun (with 2 mags, counting the one that is still on its way from CDNN) + $15 shipping + $40 transfer = $385 out of the door for what seems to be a very decent Glock 22 Gen 4. I'll definitely take it. I know that is not always the case with used guns, but this time I am totally satisfied. And obviously thanks as usual to Steve aka remixer - easy and pleasant transfer as all the others before. ****

...and these proposals again imply that the main evil does not come from those creeps stealing guns / committing crimes, but from legitimate dealers already burdened by tons of paperwork...?

Just FYI - spotted 2 or 3 BX-15 mags today in Sarco in Easton on my way to EFGA. I think they were $22 each + tax... Nice looking mag - I wish I shot 10/22 more...

Bersa Thunder in 380 This was essentially my impulse buy when I started having some financial issues and couldn't have afforded a more expensive gun, but at the same time didn't want a permit to expire (I got it for ~$260 or so new online). Visually this gun is a beast (at least in my view), it has some classic PPK / Makarov style view, but it stings sooooooooo hard when it shoots. I guess that's because of its relatively low weight + a frame construction with a barrel permanently attached to the frame - my wife shot it 3 or 4 times and told me she'd never ever take it again as it hurts her older hand trauma very much. I have essentially similar feelings, though not that acute. I wish I just went with a used Glock back then.

BTW, when you calculate 180 days, do you count the first day the permit was issued? E.g. if the permit was issued on July, 15th, is July 16th the SECOND day of permit validity for the purposes of calculating 180 days or the FIRST day? If this is the SECOND day, then based on my calculations in Excel, for the permit issued on 7/11/2014 the 180TH DAY of validity is actually 1/6/2015, not 1/7/2015 - it will be 181st day then if I'm not wrong...

ONE spot left at ~1pm Monday, 29 shooters registered. Somebody's last chance, LOL

Bloomfield PD has the same "requirement". I didn't have any issues listing residents of other states (MA, NY, NC) as my references - I just point out every time that there is no such a requirement on NJSP side. Oh, wait... maybe that was the reason of ~4 months processing every single time I apply for new permits, LOL? :-) BTW, there are no requirements on legal status (citizen / permanent resident and/or person on a work visa / diplomat etc.) of references as well, at least not that I've known of. It just should be "a reputable person" with a mailing address and a phone number in the US. I used one of my good friends literally weeks after he moved to the US after obtaining his immigrant visa and there has been no particular issues with that.

Folks, I've been windowshopping used Glocks (particularly Gen4) for several months and it looks like I finally found what I've been waiting for - this seems to be the best offer I've ever seen on used Gen4 Glocks. Normally I've been asked anywhere between $380 and $500 for Gen4 handguns + shipping + fees etc. (or without those if it was F2F). CDNN is offering Glock 22 Gen 4 (even with Night Sights, though I am mentally ready to find them in very worn and dim state) in "Good to Excellent" condition for $330 + ~$15 shipping. Unfortunately those come with only 1 mag. This is my personal record low I've seen those for - I can swear that yesterday the lowest price on the very same website for Gen4 Glocks was $350 + shipping. Good thing those are already NJ compliant as they hold 15rds of .40 *** I know this might be the best deal all around, and if you factor in all additional transfer fees + cost of 2 extra mags it is actually only $50 or so less than getting G22 Gen4 new with Blue Label pricing, but it is still the lowest I've seen Gen4 so far... Happy Holidays! P.S. They go fast. When I started writing this post 20 minutes ago the page said "In Stock: 7 units", now it says 5 (at 1:33 PM)...

fslater, my real point was that you shouldn't even try to look for proper legal-related advice here (PK90's reply is really the best one ) I very much respect all the guys here, but when you ask pretty much anything about the law, everyone will just tell you "No", "Don't do this", "Be on a safe side", "There are people issue tickets for speeding when they were driving out of Costco lot with new "performance" tires in their trunk" with lots of disclaimers like "IANAL and I don't pretend to be" etc. etc. I stupidly ran into the same issue many times asking about certain transportation laws etc. Just understand the fact, that you will NOT get an answer you're looking for here. Period. Talk to people at ranges. Talk to your FFL. Talk to people at USPSA/IDPA matches. Talk to as much people as you can and then make YOUR own conclusions (as likely you'll hear different things). Sorry if that hurts someone's feelings, I didn't mean to address it to anyone personally

This is a kind of a comment I've never been able to comprehend. If I order a non-compliant assembled upper and I already have at least one AR at home, it almost always means I can just press 2 pins in my existing AR, remove the "old" upper assembly and install a new non-compliant one. All in less than 20 seconds. And, voila, I am in a possession of an evil assault rifle and an instant felon. I'll tell even more - let's say you have a pump-action shotgun with an aftermarket adjustable AR-style stock and a compliant AR with a pinned stock (both of which seem to be perfectly legal). Following such a logic, you still should be charged with a possession of a non-compliant firearm as you might technically remove the adjustable stock from your shotty and put in onto your AR... This "constructive possession" or "constructive intent" is probably the most f****g stupid thing I've ever heard about any regulations/legislation in my life. Every time I hear about it, I remember an old soviet-era joke about moonshining (which was prohibited even for personal consumption), when an official enters a guy's house and finds a moonshine still. "Okay, - he says, - now we are gonna charge you with a moonshining!" - "But sir, I haven't been making moonshine!!!" - "That doesn't matter, you have all the necessary equipment" - "Okay, okay, but then charge me with a rape as well..." - "Why? Have you raped someone?" - "No, but I have all the necessary equipment".

Yes, they don't put addresses anymore. The guy I talked to in Miami-Dade office of the Dept of Agriculture (he was in charge of accepting those applications) told me that this is due to privacy concerns - Florida officials don't want you to get in trouble if you lose this card, bad guy finds it and realizes you might have lots_of_guns at this specified address. brucin, I think your brother-in-law should still try to set an appointment in one of their regional offices and get there with all the papers. I read that those applications are processed much faster than the ones with paper fingerprint cards... Worst case scenario - he will just be told that he needs to bring some other proof of firearm familiarity, that's it...

"(...)he goes to the LGS in Clermont where he is staying since they offer classes. The guy at the counter told him he can't take the class because it's different for residents than non-residents (...)" This is the basically the moment when you turn around and quickly leave the store... You don't want people like that to TEACH you. 2 other thoughts: 1) If he wants to get the CCW there by applying in one of the regional offices of Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs he'd better set an appointment with them asap. When we were in Miami with my wife a month ago I wanted her to apply in person in Miami-Dade office - no luck, they had no single spot for an appointment available for subsequent 3 or 4 weeks. The thing is that we went to this office anyway to hand them over all the paperwork together with prints - those guys are SLOW and LAZY, sorry for saying this in such an explicit way... 2) Let him go through the paperwork required for application. The thing is that the list is so broad that many people who shoot for some time can often find something there. DD214 should definitely work. I guess hunting license from any state (valid or expired) should also probably work. If he shoots USPSA (probably IDPA as well, just have no idea), he can probably print out a page with his classifiers and stick it to USPSA membership card - this should work as a sufficient proof of "participation in organized shooting competitions" which is also an acceptable proof of familiarity with firearms...

Not really a big deal or something, just thought someone might need it I've just realized that Gander mountain has sent me those $10 off $100 coupons in every single ammo shipment lately. That said, I have at least 5-6 of those coupons with individual codes that are to expire in 2 weeks (by 12/31/14). It also seems that the offer does not apply to ammo or firearms :-( Nonetheless, if you happen to need those codes for your orders with Gander, I'll be more than happy to hand it out to everyone who wants it - as I mentioned, I have at least 5 or 6 cards like that with different codes, obviously for free. Just PM me or leave a note here and I'll send you the code. First come, first served, while supplies last

I think at some point they sold for ~$30 or even less on Amazon. P.S. Good radio, but I somehow like UV-82 more than 5R, but they basically seem to be the same or almost the same...

Vlad, thanks for a great match... as always! P.S. Damn, I screwed up on a classifier again, LOL )) I need to go to a classifier match ... to screw up more. Anyone knows if USPSA downgrades you in a class if you constantly show scores lower than your classification scores?

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