Recent content by tarakian

My county in New York requires a letter to the judge and a 1 day class that costs between $150-200 to get an unrestricted carry permit. This is an improvement as the previous judge refused to issue them.

I have an XD Mod 2 with a 3" barrel with which I have zero problems with recoil. Shot the S&W BUG Nationals with it using standard factory ammo (165 gr at a little over 1,000 fps) and found it very pleasant over the course of the day's 200+ rounds.

This rule will not be implemented any time soon. I don't expect to see it before 2017 at the earliest. There is a lot of work to be done re-calibrating the classifiers and I'm sure the powers that be will be listening to feedback in the meantime. The rule will likely have little effect on the...

I have a 6" Para P18-9 with adjustable sights that is far more accurate than I am.

Frankford Arsenal rotary tumbler with stainless steel pins, water, dish detergent, and lemi-shine. I run it for anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on whether I'm in a hurry. 15 minutes gets the brass clean enough, an hour gets them like new. I separate and rinse in a RCBS rotary...

NY has no reciprocity with any state, so your NY permit gains you nothing in NH.

I got all of my extra mags from Midway. You can backorder them and they seem to show up on a regular basis. I've heard you can also order them directly form Taurus.

I've had a 709 for a couple of years. When I first got it, the trigger pull was a bit gritty, but after a bit of dry firing it smoothed right out. It has a longer pull, like a lot of small carry guns, but it's smooth. The sights are good for what it is, and holster options are plentiful. I...

Level 1 IDPA matches in this area (NY/PA) are typically $10 entry fees. There are many costs associated with running matches, the least of which is the annual fee paid to the IDPA. Besides cardboard targets, there are pasters, spray paint, target stands/sticks, score sheets, steel targets...

My friends and I used to always go to the Syracuse show, but haven't in years. Same stuff every time, most of it wildly overpriced, and trying to negotiate a more reasonable price is often met with disdain, if not open hostility. If one of my local gun shops can't get what I need, then I can...

Reasons to go to Knob Creek: 'Nuff Said.

Wow, lots of responses that don't really take the "High Road". OP is not dissing anyone's lube method (or their grandfather's), but a lot of people seem to be willing to trash the method he is trying even though they have never tried it themselves. I see a fellow shooter trying to share...

I have the Frankford tumbler and think it is worth every penny. It easily handles large amounts of brass and gets it very shiny. I run 5 lbs of 9mm with the 5lbs of pins that come with it for an hour and they are prettier than new. It can actually hold more as the weight limits of all...

You can get target pasters from Target Barn for $3.50/thousand in a dispenser box, even less in higher quantities. I've used the gun, never really liked it.

He killed three people with a knife and three people (not counting himself) with a gun, yet not a single person has called for new laws banning knives? Nor has any major news outlet referred to him as the California kinfeman? Maybe we should petition the White House to stop the proliferation...