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Sorry for all the posts. One more thing. Watch out for the aerial drones in NM! They will tag you and you will get a speeding ticket! My father in law got two! One on his way to Angel fire and one coming back!

As long as you stay away from salt river in NE Phoenix and Gila in the south you are fine. Take 60 out of the city instead of I-10 and you can bypass Gila. Reconnect to I-10 before Tuscon. Home free the whole way through I-10 to Texas. The northern part of those two states is where the problem comes in.

Believe it or not MapQuest is a really good resource to show you the general boundaries of the reservations. I plotted my whole trip using it and it worked great. Never entered a res. If you go and look up NE AZ and NW NM you will see what I mean. You can't get through it without going through Navajo or Ute reservations.

Also check the restaurant laws for carry! They are stricter then we are in NM! In AZ you can carry in a restaurant as long as they don't have a sign posted. Check both states sign laws! They are different then ours!

Took that route from Vegas about a year ago. AZ your good to go. Their gun laws are the best! Only thing you need to worry about is driving through a reservation. I specifically drove around the reservations because after talking to state police in AZ and NM they told me to check with each and every reservation. They are all sovereign nations and they all have different laws. Many do not post these laws online or to the public. Therefore you must call the reservation police and ask them. Needless to say I got a lot of no you can't travel through the res, yes you can if you stay on the highway, yes you can conceal on the res etc etc.

Read this page! http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/tribal_law_ccw.pdf

In the end I decided to go around them all! It really isn't a big problem unless you go into north central and north western NM. There are res everywhere there. Your CHL is not honored on tribal land in NM unless approved by the tribal council or authorities. Even some of the reservations in AZ said no. Some didn't know and said call another police station and while others said "you should be ok". If you do pass through a res in AZ please do not bring your .45 sig! Bring a less expensive firearm or do yourself a favor and go buy a good quality used firearm that isn't going to break the bank and you won't get upset if they take it. I have heard horror stories about getting firearms back!