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Sounds good, almost too good to be true in new jerseystan. Too much at risk for making even the slightest administrative mistake. Thanks for confirming the procedure.

I'm sure this has been asked and answered a bunch of times but I want to confirm. What exactly do I need to do to sell a long gun in NJ? I found some info but nothing that seemed concrete. It's my understanding that all I need to do is print out two copies of a NJ state transfer form and have the eligible buyer fill out the "I'm not a terrorist/criminal/wife beater" portion. sign the forms, check the FID and NJ DL to confirm residency and collect some cash. Is this about right?

It's hard to tell how stocked they are. There is a good but limited assortment of essentials in the showroom but I suspect all the good stuff is kept in the back room workshop. Lemme put it this way, you could probably walk in with a wad of cash and walk out with all the parts to build an AR. You wont find a display case full of every scope made by Leupold and Nikon, but if you need a scope or a red dot, he's got em.

Good advice and reasonable prices are what you will find there. Some of you may have read my post about an out of spec upper I bought from PSA. It was Tom at HGW that identified the problem and advised me against using it since it would ruin the accuracy of an otherwise precision spec'd rifle. I ordered a new BCM upper receiver and brought my pile of upper parts to him to be assembled. My PSA charging handle did not like the new upper so I picked up a BCM Gun Fighter Mod 4 while I was there. The BCM CH cost less than if I had ordered it on-line. The bottom line is I avoided a lot of aggravation and saved some money at HGW.

For my SPR, or DMR or whatever it's called. I decided to go with a 3-9x40 compact scope and fixed Troy sights on a 45 deg. offset.

It appears this is based on the Krinkov design. Functionally, it is more akin to a linear compensator than a flash hider. The problem is, the marketing department at Screaming Banshee decided to label this a flash hider. A linear comp (a'la Levang, Kaw, Kies) is not a flash hider and does pretty much the same thing the Krinkov style device does. As far as flash suppression properties go, with a linear comp (or the Banshee), the flash is somewhat mitigated by squishing it down to a nice concentrated forward directed stream. Sort of like a nozzle on a hose, it creates a direct stream of gasses instead of a spray of fire. Only the most stupid of cops will bust someone with a linear comp, the Banshee on the other hand will only require a cop with a slightly below average IQ to ruin your day. The really smart cops would not give it a second look.

You might want to phone Doug Keim, he is VERY good. 1717 route 34 Bldg 17, Monmouth Executive Airport, Wall, NJ 07719 (732) 751-1403

And there doing this because.........of all the gang violence in Rumson?

Not wanting to make the same mistake twice, I went with a known quantity this time. I ordered a BCM upper, mainly because of the ultra tight tolerance of the barrel extension receiver. MidwestPX, I looked at your stuff and it does look nice, I was especially enamored by the side charging upper. Considering a top rate upper and NiB BCG can easily cost in the low to mid 300's, it is actually a pretty good deal. I may look into it again when I begin my 2nd build. That upper with an ACE Skeleton stock and a Pearce 1911 grip adapter with wood slabs will make a fantastic looking AR with retro elements.

I've been having some trouble mounting a Rainier Match barrel to a PSA blem upper. Initially the problem was indexing the DPMS FF tube. I finally caved yesterday and took the upper assembly to a gunsmith. In addition to the indexing problem (attributed to a receiver face that needs to be honed), he made me aware of another issue. The barrel extension receiver is out of spec (too wide) by about two hundredths of an inch. This causes the barrel to "wobble" in the receiver. This is unnoticeable with the barrel nut installed but will cause vibrations which will lead to accuracy problems and ultimately to failure. It was so out of spec, he refused to mount the barrel because he did not feel it would be safe in the long run. The remedy, so I've been told, is to use barrel shims over and under the barrel extension, and to use a .0001 or .0002 sleeve on the extension. While this may "fix" the problem, it does not lend to consistent accuracy. It may severely hamper performance over time as the three additional moving parts wear down. So I've decided to put the PSA upper on the back burner and get another with a better reputation. I've narrowed my new upper selection to four manufacturers. 1) BCM undersized M4 $120, 2) Seekins SP15 $125 3) Noveske M4 $120 or 4) YHM Billet $125. My first choice, based on tolerances, is the BCM, the second choice is the YHM because, well.... It looks awesome because it has flutes hogged out on the sides and will match my DPMS FF tube perfectly. btw, returning or exchanging the PSA upper is a no-go because I've had it for over 30 days. I guess this is one of the pitfalls to building a rifle piecemeal. So help me out fellas. Of the four, which do you believe to be the best of the lot?

SA in Long Branch stopped selling guns and ammo several years ago. I went there last year looking for a fly rod and found that nearly the entire outdoors department was gone. They had a small camping section, that's about it. They still sold hunting and fishing licenses though, odd.

I figured out the problem mounting my barrel. As it turns out, I'm a moron. Okay, maybe moron is too strong a word but still feeling a little stupid. The problem is the barrel nut, when tight, goes too far for the gas tube to fit and the amount of torque to get to the next alignment would exceed specs. I think the technical term for barrel nut alignment is timing. The solution is barrel shims. Why does everyone know about these fancy pants washers except me? Anyway, I've got some on the way.

If you are willing to pay $60 for one lower, plus shipping, plus the FFL fee then you might be better off buying local. If you are going to buy three or four lowers and your FFL charges a single transfer fee for the lot, then that's a better deal. If you really want to save some money on PSA lowers, wait until they have a sale on blems. You can get them for $40 each.

I bought a couple of stripped lowers from Bullseye to avoid the shipping and FFL fees, still have to do the NICS though. Just about everything else I got from PSA, Brownell's and Joe Bob Outfitters. It took seven months of watching and waiting for seasonal and holiday sales. In the end I saved somewhere between $300 and $500. PSA's regular prices are mostly reasonable, sale prices are good, sometimes they have a few items on sale with crazy good prices.

It looks like Matt from Shore Shot will be mounting the barrel. I'll let y'all know how it works out.

I'm pretty sure it's not on right. Everything lines up alright but it's not very tight. I'm too chicken to put the torque needed to firm it up. Plus, I'd want the head space checked too.

I just completed my first AR build last week and would like to have a gunsmith check my work. I live near Eatontown, sadly all of the nearby shops I used to go to are long gone. To be honest, I don't think I did a great job attaching the barrel and would like to have it installed by a pro.

Hmmm... Isn't the bear in the neighborhood the same thing Ralphie ran up the flagpole when he was looking to score a Daisy Red Rider with a compass in the stock?

I'd probably get a medium framed 9mm. Nothing big and clunky or so small it feels like a toy. I doubt I'd carry often, only if I had to go somewhere like Camden or Newark.

^^ +1 You could literally get all the parts there to build a car from the ground up. I used to work for a video production company and went out there 3-4 times a year to cover various things. All of the events were a ton of fun, but I especially liked the motorcycle events. Having a media pass gave me access to everything. I kinda got into trouble there one year at the Corvettes event. I talked some spectators into "encouraging" Corvette owners to burn rubber during the parade. I got some great footage before the police showed up. I see that they are now having an outdoors man/gun show in September, cool.

I use 1x1 hardwood stakes from home depot and staple a sheet of dollar store foamcore to it. To that I can staple four home printed 8.5x11 targets. The ground at R14 is sandy and soft, the stakes are easily driven into the ground with a large hammer or a small sledge. I haven't done bottle and cans yet but I'm planning on using two stakes about 5 or 6 feet apart and stapling a string with the targets already tied to the string. Quick, cheap and easy.

RT was always a blatant propaganda machine but they became much worse about 6 years ago. I started watching RT to find news about Russia, but it turned out almost every story was about the US.

The ideal device is a thread protector. All the NJ legal tacticool gadgets are generally a waste of money. If you are shooting a 50 cal I'd say a break/comp would be useful, but the low recoil of .223/5.56 is so little even a 12 year old can manage it. I'm sure I'll receive a lot of flack from the tacticool crowd. If you must attach a device, I'd recommend a Levang (or similar) linear compensator. You get the tacticool look while not pissing off your range mates.

Very nice find.

PSA is slow to deliver. Two to three weeks is typical. Reminds me of the old days when there was only mail order and UPS to deliver packages.