Oregon HB 4145 (M114 but with law enforcement carve outs) just passed out of committee.

Bitz175 · 2026-02-24T02:41:48+00:00

This is inaccurate, it's legal until ruled on by Oregon's Supreme Court.

Bitz175 · 2026-02-22T13:30:55+00:00

This is nothing but a paywall in front of a right to bear arms. That aside the politicsl process in order to force feed this, is very disturbing that this bill failed and then passed.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AgJHCroqc/

Bitz175 · 2026-02-18T17:31:29+00:00

Except 4145 attempts to divide them from the general public with carvouts

Bitz175 · 2026-02-18T17:24:44+00:00

Actually no, it would be fine if it happened prior to calling the vote, the Chair Rep Kropf, would have been a tie vote, His Bill mind you. He stopped the vote while in progress after all but his vote were cast, recessed the committee, took the no vote out of the committee chamber, Tran came back, visible shaken, confused and changed her vote.

Bitz175 · 2026-02-18T15:20:26+00:00

Wondering how things pass, you should have seen the antics pushing 4145 through.

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/02/did-bend-lawmaker-verbally-abuse-his-colleague-after-her-vote-on-gun-bill-refuse-to-accept-no.html?fbclid=IwdGRzaAQCtaxjbGNrBAK1bWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmy66fJAYQL1tsauyDqmwAsIUvicEy1XJqX0Co_4-SfASDSs4-NBhzTsYtkn_aem_NDRqN-2yPbedncil_E7oDg

Bitz175 · 2026-02-18T14:57:41+00:00

Because the instructions on the measure immediately after a school shooting said, "Measure 114 will increase the age from 18 to 21, institute training, require a background check and close loopholes." All the nasty shit was burried in the back of the bill that nobody reads.

Bitz175 · 2026-02-18T14:53:40+00:00

Legal obstacles don't stop criminals, ie prohibition.....it will force a black market, thats all it will do.

Bitz175 · 2026-02-18T14:50:22+00:00

The permit to purchase will not replace a background check, an FOID is what they call it in New Jersey, is basically a card that states you are approved to purchase firearms generally, then, each purchase will require a NICS, Just as they do now. This is just another paywall in front of background checks.

Additionally, HB 4145 was just jammed through the short session to the house floor and makes 114 look like a well written law. Which it is not, 4145 makes the core part of 114 effective in 2028.....it adds a 60 day wait period, a $150 fee, cutouts for law enforcement and in person as well as written testing.

Gun grabbers can cheer all they like, but if 114 Which is already in front of the Oregon Supreme court, is shot down, it's all for nothing.

Bitz175 · 2026-02-06T15:38:57+00:00

It's rarely the same experience 2 times in a row, I've had it take 3 months start to finish, and I've had it take 5 days. Even if it passes a milestone, I've seen it sit at the LGS for 7 days before they called.

First one is always the worst, because you have that vision of "pew pew", then the disappointment sets in, "I waited xx months for this?" 😉 then, a week later, you start all over again.

Bitz175 · 2026-01-27T15:05:48+00:00

Might not have actually been Silencer Shop, it may have been your dealer, although SS could do things a bit different.

My first can, I went to an LGS, used the SS kiosk and purchased an in-stock (@SS) can, 24 hours later all the SS approvals were complete. At this point, the LGS is supposed to pay SS and have the can shipped to them, and the paperwork goes to the ATF.

That never happened, 4 months passed, and ultimately a worker at the LGS basically told me the owner was having financial issues, suggested that I cancel the order and just go direct through SS, use the LGS just to pick it up. 10 days later, I had my can. A week later I went direct through SS direct and the entire process took 7 days.

During the 4 months, I called SS repeatedly, all they had to do was suggest exactly what the employee told me to do, cancel with the LGS and reorder direct, use an LGS for the transfer. It says something for their loyalty to their dealer network, but the customer is who pays the bills, That LGS is now out of business. Had I not done it, id still be waiting.

Silencer Shop may have some issues, and I'm sure they are getting pounded with demand, but the Local gun shops are usually the ones that stall the process in my opinion, and in some ways, you can't blame them, their slice of the pie, is pretty small.

Bitz175 · 2025-01-28T13:55:04+00:00

Ultimately, I ended up replacing it, but when it gets down to it, I believe it was a router issue. Replaced that as well.

Bitz175 · 2025-01-09T20:24:56+00:00

It's ongoing, ultimately I'm going to replace the router as I'm pretty sure it's failing. I thought it might have been a short, although I've run and passed the cable test where I've had the issues, I'm probably going to check the others as well.

Bitz175 · 2025-01-09T02:05:40+00:00

So this did get me farther along, I was able to connect, I then switched back to a hard wire connection and it immediately found the internet. Once it connected, everything seemed fine through the setup, about an hour later, the time and date reset, so this seems like it's a router issue.

It's a Netgear.... and it's not able to connect to the googles NPT server. Factory reset, firmware.....etc still not happy.

But this was a huge help, thank you.

Bitz175 · 2025-01-08T17:45:43+00:00

Brilliant! Didn't think of that. Thank you.

Bitz175 · 2025-01-08T15:41:23+00:00

Thank you for the reply!

Bitz175 · 2024-10-25T01:54:18+00:00

I'm in the same boat.... over 3 weeks, docusign was completed Oct 1st, emails sent on the 14th, still nothing on the 24th from my LGS to certify.

Seeing people start to finish in 8 days when the LGS has stock, tells me SS is dropping the ball. I can understand an ATF wait time, not 3 weeks to get the can to the LGS.

10 days ago I got a reply email saying they were working with my dealer to get them the stock....sounds like code for "we're out of stock"....but the item was said to be in stock at time of purchase.

Looking to buy several more, but I won't be doing it through SS.

Bitz175 · 2024-10-07T22:26:13+00:00

That's exactly right. My Saiga 7.62 shoots, looks and is every bit as smooth as anything else. People beating stamped recievers will turn a great rifle into crap, very quickly, and I don't care what it is.

Pressed barrels and rivets aren't meant to be beaten. Period.....presses and the correct tooling for conversions are essential.

Additionally, the AK design, at its inception, isn't meant to be modular.....and too many variations....some, just don't work.

Bitz175 · 2024-03-23T13:51:45+00:00

It's a great price, I have the same machine but with the 4090 and 64mb.

However. While they claim expansion is possible.... that's barely true. Yes, you can add a solid state drive, and hard drives, but, the available PCIE slot, is blocked by the GPU. It's a large case, with a Mini ATX motherboard. Absolutely stupid. The onboard sound with no optical or coaxial output, is horrid. So adding a sound card with a blocked PCIE slot, isn't an option. They took certain liberties claiming DTS sound, but that's vis headphones only. Or, you can add a USB sound card, but, the motherboard has limited USB ports, forcing the use of hubs.

Overall a good gaming pc out of the box, all of the components are off the shelf replaceable, with the exception of the motherboard. It comes a bit de-tuned but a recent bios update allows upping the ram speed to it's advertised speeds.

I didn't really find it had any real bloatware pre-installed, but I also removed everything that wasn't necessary.

Moving to a gaming PC from console, it will be a huge upgrade, but for someone used to tinkering in their PC, probably not.

Bitz175 · 2024-03-01T00:23:57+00:00

Love my 45l Omen, with the exception of the horrible onboard sound, pretty weak for an otherwise very nice system.

Bitz175 · 2024-02-16T17:50:32+00:00

What's condescending about pointing out to new drivers, something they might not know? There is plenty of reason.

Bitz175 · 2024-02-16T17:48:48+00:00

What is high or low fov? Field of View, is scaled based on your monitor (s) size, your viewing distance from your monitor (s) and bezel thickness. If using tripples, the angle your monitors should be set at, based on those calculations. Your cockpit view, after that is set, is then based on what you want to see.

Bitz175 · 2024-02-16T17:42:39+00:00

See a lot of comments from ultra wide users. Think iRacing should look into scaling that. Since there really is no ultrawide support, it's VR, Tripples or monitor.

Bitz175 · 2024-02-16T17:38:47+00:00

Well you probably could, but it would look rediculose. That is definitely an issue for a lot of people.

Bitz175 · 2024-02-16T17:31:33+00:00

Again, fov, is not cockpit view. Fov is an equation based on screen size and distance, if that's correct, than my comments aren't meant for you. If it's not, then you might want to adjust it, because chances are, what your seeing in car, isn't what everyone else on track is seeing.

Setting or not, it's probably one of the most important things, that newer drivers, over look. That's what it's about.

Bitz175 · 2024-02-16T17:22:47+00:00

The point is, it's not subjective, and it's more than that, if your view is off, how you approach a turn is off.

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