Scorpio64

Well, My first thought was a 22 would be less messy. 870 youth 20GA.

I don't look at it as asking them to do it for us. What I'm saying is that if they want to do it for themselves, we ( the NJ gun owner community as a whole) will support them through crowd funding and moral support. A win for them is also a win for everyone. I bet a group of vets could easily muster 500 grand in donations for a legal fund. It's not like we'd have to go far to find vets in NJ, many of them are on some gun related forum. I believe many of them would jump at the chance to be a part of something big like this.

20+ vets in a class action suite like this could be super easy to put together. Nappan would probably get a big fat chubby over a case like this. It a pro 2A attorneys dream team of plaintiffs. As far as paying for it. Man this could be crowd funded, I'm sure if the vets stood up that many many NJ residents would support the case with crowd funding. A class action, crowd funded lawsuit to defend the 2A rights of vets. The antis would wet their pants.

Sometimes in battle, you have to stand up.

Sounds like a good case for a class action suit. What better evidence than an imminent threat alert issued by the government as proof of need. Who will say that vets/ad/reservists are not qualified to carry? It is an indefensible argument. 20 vets apply the same week, wait for the anticipated rejection, file the law suit as a group.

Watch the whole episode on YT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IB_jbFluJQ

Hey HEY!!!.... Nobody grabs my LPK without buying me a drink first.

Cool. 00 Dragons Breath.

Estate 2 3/4" 00 Buck for 6.99 box of 25. Best price I've seen in a long time.

223/556 is not as economical as you may think if you are planning on getting an AR platform. It's true that the ammo is relatively cheap, but boy does it go fast wit a SA. Based on your post though, I don't think thats what you are looking for. Finding a bolt action with a 10-15 rd capacity severely restricts your options. If you insist on a large capacity mag ( what is considered large for a bolt gun anyway) consider a Ruger Gunsite Scout. For absolute value though, I believe that the Ruger American Predator is the best out there. The Predator is a true .223 Remington, so you can't shoot NATO ammo from it. The Gunsite will shoot both 223 and 556 safely but it ain't a cheap rifle.

I'm interested to know what your idea is of a perfect barrel. I'm not talking about name brands, the focus here is just on technical specs. For instance, right now I'm shopping for a 14.5" barrel, my ideal is 5.56 cold hammer forged and chrome lined with a 1:9 twist. It combines the benefits of the slick corrosion resistant properties of chrome lining with the precision and durability of CHF. 1:9 is just about perfect for shooting 55gr and 62gr exclusively.That's my ideal at the moment. But they are hella expensive so I'll be making some compromises. If money were no object, what would be your ideal barrel?

LOL! That's where I got the image from. I want to see if any NJGF vendors are selling this before I order from an on-line source.

Anybody know if any of our vendors sell this. I wanna get a couple.

I think it's great that PSA is actively participating on a forum. But doesn't it strike you as a tiny bit absurd that I'd have to join yet another forum to get better customer service than I can get directly from the merchant?

Ordered some ammo and a LPK from PSA, all in stock when I placed the order. Ten days later the ammo shows up but no LPK. I look at my order and check to see if the LPK is in stock, nope, the SKU shows up as OOS. Oddly, the exact same LPK is featured on their main deals of the day page under a different SKU and is in stock. wtf PSA? Problem #1. They failed to notify me the LPK was not being shipped with the ammo. #2. The OOS LPK is in stock under another SKU Sent them an e-mail and two days later still no reply.

The black "pro" ones did not impress me at all. They only had maybe 500 more mAh and were more than twice the price. $5 per battery I think, not a good value.. I'll have to take a second look at Costco's website and look at the Pana batteries.

The $100 Eneloop starter setup. Been shopping around for Eneloop deals. It seems that Costco is no longer carrying this battery line, it's listed as "no longer available" on the website. Battery Junction seems to have decent prices compared to Target and Wally World. Out of all the kits and combos, this is what I put together as a starter kit. I'm going to get this for myself and my family secret santa (which is actually a bitch slap santa). So for one hundred smackers (more or less), this is the line up. Starter kit with 8 AA, 2 AAA, 2 C adapters, 2 D adapters, wall charger. $34- Charger with 4 AA Batteries $18- Adapter 4 C cell $10- Adapter 4 D cell $10- AAA 12 pack $25- GT $97- So, for about $100 this should keep all the important battery powered stuff well fed.

The Battery Showdown This is pretty cool. It's a somewhat scientific comparative analysis of 40 different batteries http://www.batteryshowdown.com/index.html

We usually buy Duracell and Energizer and occasionally some other known non premium brand like Ray-O-Vac. But man they get costly. I've tried a few off brand bargain batteries and never had much success with them, just cheap MIC crap. But I've got to wonder though, is there an off brand (or store brand) battery that can stack up against the top name brands? I'm looking at Harbor Freight now and see they have batteries at a not too bad price, and I'm sure I've seen similar deals at Tractor Supply. Have any of y'all tried/tested these lesser known brands and if so how did they work out?

The only child size masks I've seen are made by the Israelis. They can be found at a few online army/navy stores..

300 BLK could be fun but I think the next logical progression is an SPR. Another possibility, just for fun, is to build a dedicated 22LR AR.

As much as I hate to admit this, I think I'm incorrect about the seam welding requirement. I could swear that I read that last year when I was looking into compliance. So after looking at the ATF site I will go along and agree that fusion seam welding, silver solder or blind pin are all legitimate methods as long as the length from breech to the exit of the device is 16" or greater. . Still, I have this nagging voice telling me that seam welding is a requirement for barrels under 16".

No. To make a 14.5" BBL meet the NON NFA standards the device must become part of the barrel and the only way to do that is to weld the seam as described. I'm sure many folks have 14.5" BBLs with pinned devices that came from the retailer that way and have no problems but if the issue was ever forced, I believe it would be determined that they do not meet the federal standard for compliance.

The way I read the regulation.... 16" BBL = Pin and blind weld, or solder or weld the device to the BBL 3/4 the way around. 14.5" BBL = Just weld the device to the BBL 3/4 the way around. On a 16" or better BBL most opt for the least expensive easy way which is blind pin. This method also happens to be, more or less, reversible. All of the methods are reversible to an extent, and the extent being access to a machine shop or lots of money to have the work done. Though I have no choice in the matter, I do not like the fact that welding the device to the BBL will change things. It will alter harmonics, sometimes for the better, sometimes not so much. If the harmonics get whacky or the heat from welding creates tension it will F accuracy. Once that sucker is on there, there's no practical way of going back. May as well start over with a new BBL.

Right, the device must be welded to the barrel, where the two meet, with a bead around the perimeter at least 3/4 the way around. In essence, doing this makes the device part of the barrel instead of attached to the barrel.