ReadDude

Thanks for the heads up. I was driving north on I-95 and stopped in Delaware. They had 3 1 lb. canisters of Titegroup on the shelf, that was it. no CFE. They probably just put out a bit at a time. Sadly, the Berry's .45 shelf was bare. that plated bullet sale cleared out most of the bullets. Commuting long distance has its (minor) advantages....

Rifle permits are July to June where the rest of your license is January to December. Strange rules and schedules. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I normally use my "regular" glasses as they have high impact poly carbonate lenses, but the frames are not safety rated. I have considered just buying a reasonable set of safety glasses that have the optional side protection inserts as a second pair of glasses that aren't too hideous. These Rudy Project Rydon glasses look very interesting though. Do you (or anyone else) use these with Progressive / multi-focal / Varilux type lenses? My optician had told me in the past that frames like the Maui Jim's were a problem for those types of lenses due to the wrap-around curved nature lense. I am wondering if the insert approach works better.

you can use a site like pcpartpicker.com. i built a higher end video editing box that has made me very very happy with video editing. After years of under-powered laptops, i over built and don't regret the extra expense at all, the machine doesn't even sweat when I render an hour of old 8mm transfers. here is my build from last fall. it took me about 90 minute to build the box and another 30 minutes to load the OS and it worked the first time. back in the day when I was going to computer shows and building systems from scratch, they never went this well. I would guess this is easier than an AR-15 build (which is on my to do list, but I have been putting my $ in classic wood for the past couple of years.) If you are editing video, the SSD is a must, even if you buy the smaller one as a cache drive. it will speed video editing unbelievably. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ReadDude/saved/#view=yVqNnQ

BTW, there are sample practice tests on the website that are probably more valuable to ensure you know the correct answers for the test. they can be found at: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/hntedexm.htm run through those tests and you will have a very good idea if whether or not you are ready for the test as they are just slight different versions of the actual test (wording and order changes).

As a semi-regular on the forum, I just want to add my two cents. My son is involved in the Hunterdon 4H and competes each year in the state events. This is a very good group and does a lot train the next generation in the love of all shooting sports.

^^^^ This ^^^^^ while watching "The Walking Dead" on Sunday nights...... It will get you in the mood for season 9 (oops, spoiler from the books :-) I just bought a universal Lee de-capping die and use it for all kinds of brass before tumbling. keeps you from breaking a more expensive sizing die when decapping crimped primers. if you break on of those, it is only about $1.50 to replace the decapping pin. As an aside, you can also try to resize your old military surplus .30-06 brass with it and you won't have to go the gym anymore!

I have bought a couple spam cans already (not the MATCH grade stuff) though and they are keeping me happy. I actually like to learn the loads, so i will eventually give it a try. It sure is hard to beat the surplus

I have a spreadsheet that tracks my cost per round of various reloads (.30-06, 9mm and .45 Auto). I laugh every time I remember that at one time I thought I'd save money reloading... on a marginal per round cost I can save over 50%, but it will take me over 5,000 rounds to break even on the initial cost of presses, dies, scales, trimmers, gauges, calipers, etc... Don't' get me wrong, I love reloading and have learned a TON about firearms, have a ball reloading, reading my books, working up loads, improve accuracy (especially with my M1 Garand) etc. but save money, that will probably never happen :-) I shoot half my annual round count in .22LR and I shoot less than a 800 rounds of .30-06 a year, so break even is years off.... handguns more, but i save less per round.... BTW, thanks to this forum, and some pointer, I really have gotten the cost of 9mm down, but it still takes a long time to payback the setup. My next round to learn to reload is 7.62x54R, but i will probably never save money on that versus cheap Russian surplus since the surplus brass is not reloadable (berdan/steel) and the bullets will cost more than the initial cost of the surplus rounds.

Sunset hills in the Pocono mtns worked just like the Chinese range. I have taken a group of newbies there and frankly, not bad. For a group outing, good. Not a place for experienced shooters, avoid. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

BTW, I am an officer (Deacon) for a church and we watch the handling of finances very carefully. One of the reasons we must do it is because normal lines of accountability for a for-profit corporation don't often exist. Having annual accountant reviews for example are critical. Also, folks think volunteers are "saints", but I have been tracking via NJ.com in the past several years numerous non-profits and serious fiscal malfeasance. The organizations range from huge money in a pet shelter (over $4M improperly handled) to $6,000 for a cub scout pack, but the organizations range from churches, scouts, baseball / sports clubs, animal rescue, etc. Accountability is absolutely critical. The average is usually be between $50K and $100K because I think it takes that much money siphoned off before a organization begins to see the problems. Another tell-tale sign is stagnant/unchanging leadership. I know of an RV storage club for a retirement community that had a $1M problem hidden by the management for years until new board leadership got elected... As part of our church's review of processes, I found an excellent organization called Compassion Point that provides accounting and management guidelines for non-profits. Anyone involved in leadership in such a group really should spend some quality time reviewing their materials. http://www.compasspoint.org/downloads is a very good place to start (look at internal controls checklist as a start)

BTW, I have visited TNT a couple of times (I try to make a stop by when I am heading Allentown way...) He is a good guy and friendly, just make sure to check the web-site for Saturdays to ensure he is in (and not off at a show).... I did find the door locked one Saturday as it appears he was on an errand or lunch (with a BRB note) and I didn't have the time wait, darn. GSA is also limited in hours. I was in their area on a weekday and was surprised to find the store closed. Did not realize they were an evening only business in the weekdays. Need to check the website too :-)

Cabela's in Delaware actually had W231 and HP-38 on the shelf last evening. First time I have stopped in Cabela's in a long long time and found any pistol powders....

Not familiar with the process here do we simply write comments via US Mail to the name above?

Franchise or one owner? Good question, I think it is really appears to be some kind of a partnership. It seems to me that the three stores have some level of shared infrastructure (same inventory/POS system) but the store managers tend to run pretty independently in practice. Some weird things happened in the Archery shops about a year ago that showed that independent decisions were being made, but the consequences were shared. I asked the guys in Easton why they had about 60 Parker cross-bows on pallets on the showroom floor, turns out someone in NJ totally overbought and Easton was stuck helping dump the inventory.... As to the handgun thing between the stores, it is surprising that they don't try hard to reap the benefits of coordination. Again, I bet it has to do commissions or other sales incentives that are counter-intuitive. The other thought I have is I wonder if they have experienced visits from the Bloomberg types being on the Express in NYC/NJ and they are always in fear of the under-cover straw buyer type to get splashed on the news.... That is probably alot more probable than we want to believe. Heck the Sarco folks act REAL scared of that all the time. Their NJ-based history gives them reason to have the hee-bee jee-bees. Dunkelbergers too (I don't visit their store, but the stories are well documented).

As a regular at Heritage Guild (range and a couple of purchases) I think this thread is interesting. I think of them more like Cabela's, a shop that focuses on clean retail sales with higher margins for people that don't like to mess around. Sort of like a "no haggle" car dealer. That is what you are buying. If you are price sensitive, they will never make you happy. If you are looking to do complicated purchases that require after market changes for legality, or personal customization, etc. you aren't going to be happy. Those features are what make most of the other guys that sell on this forum attractive to a certain part of the market place. If you are looking to get a great deal, or configure something that is not-out-the-box, don't go to HG. If you are a confused first time pistol buyer who wants either a Glock 19 or Sig P226 or a fancy out of the box Kimber, and you want to fondle a bunch of them and go home knowing what you bought (but not worry about the price), they will make you happy. It's 'merica here, vendors for all types. I think it is reflective of that positioning that they don't have a presence on this forum. BTW, their approach is hardly the only or even the best way to go. I think that RTSP (from my reading of the stuff here, I've never been to their store or range) tries to go after some of the same market as HG and does seem to please at least a few of the folks here :-) On the positive side, they had 300 round CCI Ar-Tactical boxes for $24.99 on Sunday. I bought one box, not sure if they had a limit, but it appears that a few boxes of .22LR are sitting for a day or two again. It seems the market price for non-match .22 is now 8 to 9 cents a round. The days of 3 or 4 cent bulk ammo appears to be over the event horizon. They also have pallets of 5.56 and 7.62 ammo on the show-room floor, didn't check prices. BTW, the funny thing is their Branchburg and Easton Archer departments are really a different animal, but that is a different discussion.

Funny thing, I was in Easton Heritage today after a range session, decided to ask about the P320 as well (I own a P250). I got the short guy with the a very close cut (same guy?). He said, you from NJ? I said, yes, just want to get a feel for the trigger since I wanted to compare it to my P250. He didn't give me anymore gruff, maybe you loosened him up. " I wonder if they have recently changed their sales strategy / commissions and transfers to NJ are not as attractive? I heard the, "you from NJ?" thing a couple of times as we were at the counter. They always have better inventory in Easton, but I pick up guns in Branchburg. BTW, I too was underwhelmed by the balance and trigger on the P320, I was hoping for better. I really like the balance of my P250 (better loaded than empty mags), but the DAO is tough. i will stick with it. I love the trigger on my wife's SR9, but I like everything else better on my P250. The smoother lines on P320 are nice.

I sat in the Union County Superior Court for a morning a couple years ago. About 50% of the cases had a weapons/firearms related charge. Only a couple of them had any bail, all the rest (over 10) were ROR. It takes a serious violent act to get real bail (or very large drug arrest). Harsh penalties are only willing dupes who try to live by the law....... BTW, most of the weapons charges were for possession of an illegal firearm (unregistered handgun or no FOID). Several were for actual brazen open carry on the streets...

I stopped using Hurley a while ago after they let me down several times in 6 mos. (including a driver who was too tired, possibly drunk, to get me to my house) I found a little service(Springfield) who is very reliable with a crew of about 6-7 cars called Adam's Limo. They have been excellent (and cost effective) for me for the past 3+ years. Adam is the owner and he drives some trips, but has about 5 or 6 other drivers who are very good. http://www.adamslimo.com/

I haven't read it yet, but based on the reviews it sounds like he does address it and other legal issues. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Book By Brian Aitken: http://amzn.com/B00N19KDM2 Excerpt from the Amazon Page: In 2010 Brian Aitken was sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing firearms he legally owned. He lost everything, including custody of his son, for a crime he did not commit. After spending four months behind bars, Governor Chris Christie demanded his release. This is his story.

Use something like one of those re-usable squeeze bottles for ketchup, a sports water bottle or some other liquid squeeze bottle that will let you put out a directed stream of water to target into the chamber.

Here is an interesting note from the garandgear site about how to clean after using corrosive ammo. He notes the solutions that remove KCLand to quote "Windex is often mentioned as a good cleaning agent after shooting corrosive ammunition. If we look at the ingredients in Windex we find the following: Isopropanol,2-Butoxy ethanol,Ethylene glycol n-hexyl ether,Water, Ammonia and other surfactants. The only ingredient with any ability to remove KCL is the water component which is the fourth ingredient in the list. The water component can remove KCL, but the solution as a whole is not as good as water by itself" referenced here: http://www.garandgear.com/m1-garand-barrel-cleaning Personally, I use hot water with a 10% mixture of Ballistol on my Mosin, Garand (when shooting old suspect surplus) and my muzzle loader. I usually start with just water, then use Ballistol mixture with the later runs with water, then finally Ballistol or Rem Oil as a water displacing oil as mentioned on this site.

Ha! I have one, but I always make my son take his bolt Savage MK II as well. I don't let him break out the MP15-22 until at least 50 rounds are down range with the bolt. helps stretch out the .22LR inventory. :-) (I am usually shooting my Muzzle Loader so, I can get about 8-10 rounds down range before he empty 300 hundred round boxes....)

As a newbie, I have been using the Hornady One-Shot Case Lube as per directions and it works great. Just make sure you use it in a well ventilated area. First time, i didn't think of that and found myself singing Ramones songs about sniffing glue and killing brain cells..... :-) I lay them out on an old t-shirt, spray about 10-15 at a time tops and a bit in the neck, then grab the corners of the t-shirt, folder over, lightly shake the cases around the ensure a relatively even coverage on the surface, then load them. no need to wait more than 30 seconds for the propellant to evaporate. Good thing you had that tools around for drilling and tapping. I had to make a run to Home Depot and it cost me dearly to buy an overpriced tap/die set. I have since found that Harbor Freight had much cheaper and just as usable sets for the hopefully very few times I would need them. Live and Learn. Funny thing, is that now that I have a tap and die set, I have found to to be necessary several more times than zero during the previous 49 years of my life :-)