Zuko94

Sorry for your loss. thought and prayers to you and family in these trying times. Stay strong and know people care. You are taking the first step to healing and thats opening up and talking about it. don't ever bottle up the emotion and anger. Let it out and get it out. God speed brother.

From what I'm being told Kyle is buying the property and talks of the original range with a new range being added for a total of two. One will be open to the public and one will be a private range. talks of a rifle range also. We should start hearing more info in up coming months once FMERA owns the property and they can put pen paper. like howell guns works stated, a lot of red tape due to the army owning the buildings and FMERA can't sell the properties till they own the properties.

Its a little bit of everything. The DOT will do traffic studies to complete the study. A Traffic study start with the stown/ county. The traffic safety officer will start with counters for a week to two weeks to calculate the average speed and volume. Then the county could come out and that consist of a visual inspection with speed/volume counters, measure the road width, section of road in question, is it curb lined or natural easement, population density, side road/main artery/ highway. foot pedestrian, bike lane bike traffic, so many elements go into a traffic study. To keep it simple, the "base" number for residential is 25 MPH. Even that is a rudamentry speed limit, its just a starting point or a control for other studies to be based off of. After the study all the findings are laid out and this algorithm is used to come up with a speed limit. Some times residents can complain that a road way is not fast enough or traffic is flowing to fast. which could call for a traffic study. often times the traffic study for slower speed limits often backfires causing the posted speed limit to be raised.

ill be looking into this. but i think things fell through.

i have not heard anymore talk about this range. i consider myself pretty much a reliable source for activity in fort monmouth.

The ridge on the VP really felt great in the palm of my hand.

im guessing since a couple of my buddies are police officers and one is a firearms trainer, he's been going over with me some drills and tactical drills. he's over cautious i guess but then again, god forbid anyone should draw a weapon its one less thing to worry about if you were to injury the strong hand. i would think the paddle release is just something new users have to adjust to. i still think its a great feeling weapon. Sound corny but that grip felt like it was made for my big bear claw

m gonna have to now. seeing side by side they are just about mirrored. The one thing i kept seeing is "how stupidly accurate" the VP9 is. i have been shooting long enough with my father to know that the gun plays a part but its the operator who makes it a good or bad. I really found it odd that shooting glocks, a couple sigs a colt 1911 and old ruger and some other pistols. To me at least, a pistol is like a new car. Find one that feels good and let it break in and learn car. that is till rusty put that VP 9 in my hand, it felt like the old cartoon He man cartoon. He mans sword was perfect for him and the pistol just felt right to me. But now i am very curious about the PPQ

ill keep that in mind. I don't remember if i saw a walther or not. The paddle release to me at least didn't seem like a that big of an issue to get used to.

The fire arms officer for my local town called me and said my FID and pistol permit will be ready thursday for pickup. Now I'm that i know for sure that it will be ready, i want to start trying some other pistols. i have been shooting the XDM 2 that i have been talking about and i really like the pistol. BUT, always a but. shooting with a few friends who happen to work for a police dept. pointed out a few things. Even though i say I'm purchasing the pistol for home defense, think about it if i was. The question purposed to me, i can see an officer having to think about it. What if your shot/injured in the strong hand? will you have the strength to engage the grip safety. will be as accurate shooting week hand with a grip safety. Couple of other rhetorical questions asked and got me thinking. As i post in another thread how happy i was to see the new CGSC and meeting the staff, i was introduced to a couple other pistols that fit nicely in my hand. The one that stuck out the most was the H&K vp9. That pistol felt great. Weight and size just felt good. So now i have been reading everything about the VP9 the only thing that seems to be a hang up is the ambidextrous mag release. So my question is, is the mag release just new and the shooter needs to get used to all of it? location, ambidextrous, paddle style push down verse the way pistol mag release have always been at least since i started shooting pistols with my dad. Either way i really like the VP9. it might just be my new pistol.

if your not a police officer fire or first aid you will pay. They are nice guys.

Very surprised how much of a difference they turned range around. The placed was packed and stacked with people waiting to use the range. It was organized and safe. Thats good to hear. i can say i will be dropping some serious cash at GSSC. out of all the LGS i have visited while waiting, this was the most pleasant experience. i think ill become a member of the GSSC. i really liked it. I want to see the range in action. i have been to a few ranges that at certain times and witnessed unsafe practices by renters and range officers. i like to think the way the staff was conducting themselves on the showroom floor gives a good indication of how the range is managed.

Since I'm still waiting for my FID and PP i decided to take a ride and check out GSSC. Not having been since it was BA i was surprised how nice and clean the place looked. The place was busy, naturally on the fourth of july weekend. I had the pleasure to talk with Rusty. I explained to Rusty about my FID & PP wait. Rusty Still took the time and went over types of pistols that matched my need/desire to just throw lead down range yet be practical for home defense. I was looking at the XD M and then made my way to the H&K VP9. i only fell in love three times in my life, my wife and daughters till now. The VP9 felt like an extension of my arm. Its amazing feeling, way better then some of the pistols i have shot. This post is not about the gun but the staff of GSSC. I have been to a couple gun shops/ranges renting guns and or shooting with my father and friends and never felt out of place. Now, mention your waiting for your FID/PP and some places made me feel like i shouldn't be there. Not the case with Rusty at GSSC. Rusty answered all my questions and as i started to find pistols that felt good, Rusty was able to find the weapon that felt like it was made for my hand. This is just a quick little thread for any true new gun buyers who are not sure of a place, give GSSC a try the staff was great. I did not feel like i was pressured into anyone particular pistol, no up selling, pros and cons of each pistol. i can this is was the most enjoyable experience at a gun range without slinging lead down range.

Wow. you live in Holmdel and they had only a 2 month processing turn around time. thats pretty good. i heard Holmdel can be rough on wait time.

Absolutely will do.

thanks. i think I'm going to go with the 9mm xd mod 2. ammo is cheaper and the fact its a range weapon. Now its a matter of fading the time to go to a few ranges and A) see if they have the pistol and B) send a few down range and see how i feel. thanks again

I'm going to throw my self on the floor and ask for mercy with the glock modding. My father is an old military vet so when i had said i was humoring the idea of a glock 43 for entry level comp shooting. longer slide for better sights. plus i see a couple of websites that i can have the slide milled out and trigger spring and other stuff. plus anodizing. The Glock seems like an all around weapon for what I'm looking to get into. Yes the its a little long but like it was stated its NJ, No one gets a CCW. As for home defense, i have two small kids so i would not even think to have a weapon accessible. Different topic for another day but we were raised around weapons and taught safety and respect of at an early age and when i think my kids are ready ill teach them. You do hit a lot of the topics i was looking at. Thank you for your feed back That good to hear. If you trust it as your off ODW, then i feel comfortable using it knock down targets. The more i read about what I'm looking to do with a pistol, the more I'm leaning toward the SA MOD 2 thanks for the heads up. ill keep that in mind cool thanks

Thanks. thats good to know. I'm really getting torn up about the pistol. I guess I'm really gonna have to test ride the Mod 2 and a Glock 19 and Glock 43. i have to admit i do like the idea of having so many choices with the glock mods. All with in the same price area.

welcome to the forum

Welcome.

mod 2. I'm looking for a pistol to shoot targets. I would like to get into some type of friendly competition shooting. Nothing like the serious shooters. just a friendly pie pan and pin shooting. Everything you pointed out is what attracted me to the MOD 2. My family members have sigs and kimbers and a couple glocks floating around. i would like to shoot the MOD 2 and see how it feels. Thanks for your feed back

Welcome. I'm also from monmouth county and waiting for my FID and PP.

Looking to get my first pistol when my PP comes in. i like the SPA xd mod 9mm. looking to hear some feed back.

Thanks. Yeah i heard and now have read up on that. I forgot the name of the new place. It seems to be a pretty popular location. I plan on stopping by and checking them out. i want/have to take a basic safety class as it seems to be requirement to join clubs. Thanks. it seems GSSC seems to be a popular place thanks.

i hope not, but well see. The detective who ran my background was done pretty fast. its now a matter of my references getting them and sending them back and county doing my mental health check. i have been shadowing the internet and seen some reviews of Steve at monmouth arms and a few people are saying the old brick armory is pretty solid.