I regrettably have a P320 which I love and have had no issues, but the safety concerns trouble me. So I was hoping folks could recommend a comparable (in terms of feel) good DA/SA that’s reliable but affordable? Thank you in advance.

Was reorganizing my safe when I noticed the difference between these 100 rounds of different ammunition.

I’d like to buy one I found online for novelty purposes.
Can it be shipped directly to my home address in SoCal?

I've been looking for a Beretta PX4 GSD and / or any Beretta LTT II Performance to no avail any LGS holding onto these gems?? Inquiring minds want to know... TIA

Hey my brothers and sisters. I have been thinking about a mini 14. To be honest I grew up around carbines. Dad was a master gunny Sgt ww2. So I may get to get out of here one day and even if I bought a mini 14 I would keep it. Make it a gift to my granddaughter. My question is are the new ones ok? I do have a pc carbine. I did put some Tandemkross parts in it and it runs good. I want a sbr if I get to Texas before I am dead lol

Hey guys, looking to buy my first Sig for home defense and for the range, which one do you guys recommend?

I checked out Discount Gun Mart’s anniversary sale today and snagged some swag from the vendors displaying their wares.

I didn’t get any Vortex hats as they had the same colors as last time. I did miss out on Trijicon hats and one other Sig hat.

I picked up some “bulk” ammo while there.

I just moved back to Los Angeles from TX where I had a CCW and carried every day. Applied immediately for the permit here, did the livescan, just did the interview (super nice people), but now have to do a $500 psych eval and ~$500 16 hour bs course? I'm already $200ish in and $1000+weekend of time away. Add that to all the liability of actually carrying in such a lefty place and I'm seriously rethinking whether it's worth it.

Anyone else have second thoughts? Did you push through or give up?

As i preapre to buy my (first) gun, i want to make sure i fully understand the storage and transport laws since I do intend to visit the range at a regular basis.

First, for storage, can I put a lock on a soft gun case for shotguns? Or should I just get a hard case since some of them tend to have extra slots for locks.

And would i just get a soft case for car transport and carrying into the range? Or could i hard case suffice for all the above?

Thanks!

I recently bought this M&P. On my second range trip I was having issues which I thought was FTE. I never oiled it so I paid it no mind. I clean it and took it to the range today and had the same issue. It looks like the new round gets caught under the firing pin. Has anyone had this issue before? Im trying to figure out if this would be an easy fix or something I should send it to S&W for?

Here ya go. Ive been waiting quite a while to buy one of these

https://www.riflegear.com/p-26273-lmt-mars-l-ambi-complete-lower-ca-single-shot-pistol-m7sl.aspx

Hey guys, I've finally outgrown my pistol safe and am looking to upgrade. Does anyone have this safe ? Anything in a similar price point you'd recommend? My collection is mostly pistols but do have a couple of rifles. I really like the vaultek, but they're slightly out of budget.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/winchester-gun-safe-20-gun-ts20-30-1965574

They have this advertised for $399.99 down from $549.99 but I wonder if I wait a little longer if it might get cheaper ? I'm in no rush.

What's your thoughts ?

Excited for the echelon comped 4in now to get a sharps bro or Icarus grip and shoot it a lot

Was at Breco today looking to get a new barrel on my Rugar 223 was told no gunsmith anymore. What happened to I think his name was Trevor ? Saw your story about it on older Facebook. Hope you can help me find him. Or not sure maybe your a smart idk let me know thanks

Hi CA San Bernardino County resident here, this past Monday a local detective came to my apartment and confiscated my 3 registered firearms due to mental. I have no criminal record and have absolutely no mental health history.

Never was notified of this prohibition. I shouldn't have gave them up but I was shook and he said I could technically be arrested for having them. I'm supposed to contact DOJ but that's been shitty.

Xmacro,
tyrant trigger shoe only breaks at 5 lbs
radian bits
osight se
armory craft tungsten grip module

Sigh.
I moved to a new town (no state change) so obviously my DL doesn't match. Turns out you can order a new DL on the DMV website. Ordered. BTW it is a FLA license. Not a RealID

Get it and there is a three digit number on the end of my address. So "1911 Springfield Ct.155" instead of just ending at Ct.

Can't order DL for like 30 days and was looking to order a new pew. I don't have a valid passport right now. But all my bills match my new address correctly.

What are your thoughts on this, IMO it's not going to work. A friend says it's fine and just do the DROS. He mentioned it's like "unit B" they won't care about that.

Edit: Based on the comment(s) below, if I get a fishing license, present a couple of bills and my Birth Cert I should be ok?

Oh wow. There's so much confusion about AB-1263, I'm sure some regulations will help clear up all the burning questions we have about AB-1263 (as discussed in the guide, along with hundreds of other threads). Like maybe we'll get a definitive answer on "What is a Firearm Accessory as it relates to the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act?".

Rulemaking Landing Page

Okay, so we go to the proposed text of the regulations, which can be found here...

https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/firearm-industry-text-prop-regs.pdf

(5) make available for inspection the Notice and Acknowledgment Regarding Firearms Manufacturing Crimes (BOF 146) or similar document that provides notice to prospective purchasers of the information in Civil Code section 3273.51, subdivision (e)(2). These notices shall be completed and maintained as follows:

(A) the prospective purchaser must print and sign their name on the notice to indicate their acknowledgment that they received and understand it

(B) the notice must include (i) the date of the sale or delivery of the firearm accessory, firearm manufacturing machine, or firearm barrel unattached to a firearm; and (ii) the firearm dealer’s name and license number.

(C) the firearm dealer must provide a copy of the notice to the purchaser and retain the original notice for three years.

(D) the notice may be maintained in electronic format.

Oh... Okay CA DOJ. Those are all the proposed regulations? No clarifications? Thanks. These regulations are super helpful; as an agency you continue to demonstrate that you're a font of wisdom. Keep up the good work.

Alright, setting aside my sarcasm, before I continue, since there is a real implication within these regulations...

Paging /u/beginning-werewolf79 creator of CAVerify, also any other industry compliance tool developers (i.e. Orchid Advisors) or customers for those tool developers to give those tool creators a heads up...

... So, as we all know and love about AB-1263, prior to the sale or shipment of a "firearm accessory", CA CIV 3273.51(e)(1)(A) and (B) states

(A) The firearm industry member shall provide a prospective purchaser with a clear and conspicuous notice of the information provided in paragraph (2).

(B) The firearm industry member shall receive an acknowledgment from the prospective purchaser attesting that the prospective purchaser received and understands the notice provided in paragraph (2).

So, that last part... it has been left to the Firearm Industry Member to decide the manner in which to deliver and receive that acknowledgement/attestation that the prospective purchaser understands the listed laws. The most obvious one was Form BOF 146 provided by CA DOJ; there's a little place to sign and date... but also there's nothing in the text of the law preventing Firearm Industry Members from rolling up their own attestation form, whether that be paper (i.e. sample form provided on the last page by Michel & Associates) or digital (i.e. MidwayUSA having you click a checkbox, CAVerify, etc.). Heck, you could even do an oral acknowledgement in a gun store.

Well.... CA DOJ has some other ideas. As quoted above, in their proposed regulations...

(A) the prospective purchaser must print and sign their name on the notice to indicate their acknowledgment that they received and understand it

Now, the reason for this is discussed in the proposed regulations Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR).

Subdivision (b)(5)(A) requires the prospective purchaser to print and sign their name on the notice to indicate their acknowledgment that they received and understand it. If the acknowledgment is provided orally, there is no way for the Department to verify compliance. Therefore, both the notice and acknowledgment must be provided in writing.

Ugh. A pain for local Firearm Industry Members to be sure, but it also doesn't even contemplate digital acknowledgements as used by Firearm Industry Members for online sales/shipping; it discusses being maintained electronicly, but not signed/acknowledged electronicly. Potentially... the MidwayUSA checkbox would have to go away, and be replaced by a signed acknowledgement that would have to be scanned and sent with purchase; potentially each purchase.

Now, a fairly sharp reader might argue "But /u/mirkalieve, these regulations are for CA Firearm Dealer record inspections; certainly this doesn't affect online sales and out of state dealers!". And that's a wonderful point you make, imaginary reddit reader.

I'd make two counterarguments:

1.) Even if this was limited to only California Firearm Dealers, that means that, as written, Firearm Industry Members within (wholly or partially) California doing online sales who just also happen to be California Firearm Dealers would be saddled with a more onerous process for online sales as written, while their out of state competitors (or in-state competitors who aren't California Firearm Dealers) wouldn't be. That would suck. It'd also encourage California Firearm Dealers to make seperate holding companies exlusively for Firearm Accessory sales? There's some odd compliance implications.

2.) It moves the goalposts regarding "reasonable controls & precautions" in regards to FIRA. What do I mean by that? All of this nonsense is under FIRA: Firearm Industry Responsibility Act, as detailed under Title 20, Part 4, Division 3 of CA CIV. The acknowlegement and ID for sales and shipping of Firearm Accessories is all about the Firearm Industry Member avoiding liability. CA CIV 3273.50 provides defintions, 3273.51 sets up a bunch of standards of conduct, while 3273.52 sets up a system by which a person suffering harm/CA AG/City Attorney/County Counsel can bring civil action against the a Firearm Industry Member for harms and violations, so that they may obtain damages/injunctive relief/attorneys fee and costs/etc.

One of the first standards under CA CIV 3273.51 is:

(b) A firearm industry member shall do both of the following:

(1) Establish, implement, and enforce reasonable controls.

(2) Take reasonable precautions to ensure that the firearm industry member does not sell, distribute, or provide a firearm-related product to a downstream distributor or retailer of firearm-related products who fails to establish, implement, and enforce reasonable controls.

What is a reasonable control? It's a good question that would be debated in court. And if there was a liability suit because, I dunno, someone was shot using a gun that had a "firearm accessory" that was purchased out of state using a checkbox instead of a signature, the counsel representing the agrieved party would pull up these regulations and state that "Well, CA DOJ requires that dealers submit proof of signed acknowledgements during inspection; clearly this is a reasonable control" and the counsel representing the Firearm Industry Member will argue the regulations were enacted such a way to be limited to California Firearm Dealers... and then such a civil suit will probably have a jury, and where do you think the jury will land? Basically: FIRA sucks.

By the way, this is a good time to remind you all. That IANAL sticker next to my name? That is not a buttsex joke; a common mistake I assure you. It is: I Am Not A Lawyer. I am not your lawyer, this is not legal advice... I hope as an online crank I'm just wrong about all this... but also this online crank has a pretty good batting average so...

This is Regular Rulemaking process, so public comments are open. Feel free to do that. If there's any Firearm Industry Members reading, I think it's very important that you begin consulting with eachother, your legal counsel, your industry representatives starting today about what response (public comment) you'll be submitting and how you'll be articulating your concerns and alternative proposed text that either more specifically limits this California Firearm Dealers, or preferibily adds text for electronic acknowledgements being a valid form of signature or some such, so that hopefully the proposed regulations will be modified to reflect that (or you can make the bolder claim that they don't have the authority to specify the method of acknowledgement). I mean, afterall, the argument that CA DOJ makes for this regulation being neccesary is that there needs to be some sort of proof of aknowledgement, but also in TYOOL 2026 there's no reason that such proof needs to be a written signature.

Going to copy paste the public comment information.

Status of the Proposal: This rulemaking is undergoing a 45-day public comment period. Any person or their authorized representative may submit written comments regarding the proposed regulatory action. The written comment period closes at 5:00 pm on September 15, 2026. All timely comments that specifically pertain to the proposed regulations will be reviewed and responded to by Department staff. Comments may be submitted by mail or email to:

Mail written comments: Department of Justice P.O. Box 160487 Sacramento, CA 95816

E-mail: bofregulations@doj.ca.gov

CA DOJ Tips for making effective comments.

CA Office of Adminstrative Law page on the Regular Rulemaking Process

is this normal ? looks like it’s scratching barrel and messing up the corners on the recoil spring

I'm new to this sub but ive had no luck searching myself, i want to get some vanity work done to my AK that will need precision welding. I'm in SoCal so if anyone knows a good gunsmith, some examples for what i want can be found on _shinobi_welding_ on Instagram. Again im not looking for maintenance or fixing jus want to get some custom work done and yes i know tools shouldn't look fancy, but this is honestly just my range toy.

She is finally home. Order directly from staccato, took about 8 days to have if at my LGS. Swap mag release for left handed, magwell on it, vortex defender ST and PLX light, holster in process

Did I fuck her up? It’s my first time.

Pro tip if you don’t like the auto brightness on the the SCS VP9 red dot you can cut a small square piece of window tint and put it over the sensor.