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I should probably add that I'm leaning towards a 14.5" upper, so the upper is a triple threat. NFA, bayo lug and FH. Paranoid...no, overly cautious following the law to the letter, probably, the stakes are just too high. I do not want to leave anything to chance.

Anyone here have a Stevens 555? I looked at one last week. It felt light and good on my shoulder but it felt weird to me. I guess the lightness is a plus for skeet and trap, probably upland game hunting too. But all my shotguns have been heavy(ish), yanno, built tough with plenty of American steel and feels like a real gun. The 555 felt like a toy. Are all trap/skeet guns that light? Anyway, if you have one, or shot one, let me know how you liked it.

Yeah... I'd like to do this in a less costly, less time consuming, more DIY, while not breaking any retarded NJ laws kinda way. I think I figured out a way around this constructive intent trap. As long as I do not have a complete functional lower on hand I should be okay. I will remove the fire control group from both lowers and have a friend sit on them until I complete the compliance work on the new upper.

I can only tell you the Sunday hours are good.

What if I already have a complete rifle with a functional lower in the cabinet.

PSA is having a decent sale on uppers right now but none of them are NJ compliant. Most of them have an A2 FH and bayo lug. Can I buy it and have it shipped to my home where I'll do the compliance work or does this have to go through an FFL. I know FFLs are usually associated with lowers but, hey, this is NJ. Cant be too careful.

Dollar store shaving cream is always fun to shoot. I also like one gallon containers filled with water. There's also some pretty good game targets out there like golf and darts. I have not tried ice blocks yet, it'd be fun to see a 6 x 6 ice cube shatter into a million pieces. Edit: Almost forgot. Peeps. I buy a few packs after Easter, or whenever whatever holiday has passed, when they go on sale for less than 1/2 price. I really REALLY hate Peeps.

I picked up a Magpul natural 15 rounder today. The feed lips on the Stoner mags are about .045" of an inch wider than the Magpul. Also picked up a new hammer spring. It does not seem to be much stronger than the one I took out but I did notice that the legs (the part that rests on the trigger pin), and the head (the part that rests on the hammer) were bent out of shape. The new spring was perfectly straight 12 O'clock and 6 O'clock, the old spring was 12 O'clock and 4:30 O'clock. I'm going to try and get out to R-14 again on Sunday and see what happens.

You may get lucky with Wild Bills Soda Pop. They make their sodas the olde fashioned way and it is without a doubt the best I've ever tasted. They make Rocky Mountain root beer, birch beer, sarsaparilla, vanilla and a few other olde tyme flavors. They do not make cola. You will probably like their website too, it has a shooting gallery. Wild Bills will be at Monmouth Park racetrack next week for the Crab Cake Cook Off.

I shoot Federal AE (Lake City) almost exclusively, but shot some Igman last year with no issues. I was shooting Federal the last time out but it was a new carton so the lot was probably different. The mags are virtually new. Less than 100 rounds through each one.

Yes, the market is full of wonderful triggers. My objective was to try and make a crappy milspec trigger better. I did it to learn about how triggers work, it's a hobby. I did not do it as a substitute for a professional grade trigger, and pretty much figured that I'd probably pooch the trigger and use whatever mistakes I made as a learning experience. If I went and put a $150 drop in trigger in my rifle, It would probably work great, but I'd have learned nothing.

Only about 300 rounds through it so far, nothing but M855. The barrel is an 18" Rainier 223 Wylde match with a mid length gas system.

I would agree with that but it was ejecting at three o'clock before I fiddled with it.

I am using AR Stoner classic straight M-16 stainless steel 15/20 mags. I crimped the lips on one of them but stupid me forgot which one. I think it would be easier to just get a couple proven reliable Magpul mags to make diagnosing the other problems easier. So far I've only shot M855. I had 100 rds of 75gr 223 otm with me. I was so caught up in fiddling with the mags and jammed rounds that I forgot I had the 223 ammo. I want to go out again on Sunday so I'll be stopping by HGW to pick up a heavier spring. The original spring that was in the lower is now living in another lower. Like I mentioned, only M855 through this rifle so far. I agree that a one o'clock ejection pattern suggests overgas but nothing about the gas system has changed. I am reluctant to believe overgassing is the problem. I'm wondering if the work I did on the trigger has messed with the timing.

Problems Shooting M855 from an SPR type rifle. A2 rifle length buffer tube, A2 buffer and spring, ARFX skeleton stock, NiB full auto BCG, Basic milspec ALG FCG from PSA LPK. 1) Last round pops out of mag and jams 50% of the time 2) light primer strikes (fail to fire) 3) Brass ejecting at 1:00. It used to eject @ 3:00 The last round popping out is probably mag related, but the rest I'm not sure. The rifle performed well last year with the only problem being the last round issue. Since then I also did a light trigger job. I polished the contact surfaces to remove the grit, no filing at all. I also put in a lighter trigger spring to lessen the pull weight. I'm guessing that is related to the light primer strikes. M855 has a pretty hard primer. I don't have any 223 to shoot but I bet I would not have the problem with the softer primers used in 223. I'm going to pick up a couple Magpul 10 rd mags, they seem to be very reliable, and see how that works out. In the mean time, any suggestions about the other issues?

The gun you get only really matters if you plan to compete, you can have fun with any type of shotgun. I used to shoot skeet and trap with a 12GA SxS, a single shot 20GA, an 870 Express (a good one from the 80's) and a Ruger Red Label O/U, The Ruger was by far the best for skeet but it was fun to shoot clays with every one of the guns because they were my hunting guns. I mostly shot the 870 for duck hunting practice. If you really think you will get involved in this sport, you can get a decent O/U for about 2X more than the cost of an 870. My nephew has a Benelli Super Nova that he loves. It would be a step up in everything but reliability from the 870 but gets very close to the affordable O/U price range. You may want to have a look see at Stevens Model 555 and Stoeger's Condor. There's also the Wingmaster, They are still built well, like the 870 was back in the good old days, but are as expensive as a budget O/U. If you also plan to hunt with the shotgun, I'd go with an 870 or a 500, but if it's just for clays, I recommend an O/U.

Yeah, um.... Business as usual. This just in from BBC News

The shooting occurred in a parking lot, not in the venue. It appears the victims were specifically targeted, so hopefully the MSM will not try and classify this as a mass shooting. On top of that, this was a hip-hop event, just another day in da hood, nothing to see here, move along.

Some reels are outrageously expensive but $300 will buy a very nice reel. I'm not an expert, but my grandfather was. He put me on to Penn reels when I was a kid and never looked back.

Nice score.

The question is loaded. Naturally, the one and only reason law abiding citizens carry is for SD. If it were for any other reason, the persons motives would be called into question. Answering that it is a 2A right gives them the opportunity to say that we want to carry for reasons other than SD. This is MSNBC, you know they are going to spin this somehow.

I happened to be at Salomon's today and overheard this. Guy with guns and FPID moves to Shark River Hills. Guy gets FPID updated for new address. Time goes by, guy decides he wants to buy a handgun. Fills out paperwork in January, more time goes by. Six months pass, he calls his district rep (a republican), sect'y takes message and says will get back to him. The very next day, his PD calls him up and says his permit is ready to be picked up. Desk cop who hands him the permit outright admits the chief does not like giving people permits and has a tall stack of them on his desk. Take this for what it's worth, just hear say at a LGS.

What is the length of the barrel and the gas system you plan on using in the build? If you are going to use a barrel 18" or longer with a mid or rifle length gas system you should be okay with an A2 buffer and tube. If you are going with a 16" or shorter bbl with carbine gas system, I don't know how that will work out. Buffer tube length, spring length and tension, buffer weight, BCG weight, gas port size and gas system length all tie in together to the timing. Mismatch any one of these components and you can end up with a squirrely unreliable system.

You may want to check out the thread I started a while back titled "The Best of the Worst Red Dots". The topic is centered around budget red dots priced under $150 http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/75927-the-best-of-the-worst-red-dots/

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