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I was about to send a letter to my senator and reps, even though they're all republican, just in case any of them are on the fence since my district includes parts of Passaic and Essex counties as well as Morris. Unfortunately, I'm not quite as good at writing these things, so does anyone have or know of a semi-form letter that I can use, I'd greatly appreciate it. I even started considering going to the rally, but my wife will be 9 months pregnant, 2 weeks before her due date, so I don't think she'll like it if I'm nearly 2 hours away from home for the day.

The email I got last week said that they're phasing in the gate over the next year. It should be in the next newsletter. They were confirming life member contact information. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Very long, but very well written. I took the liberty of making some grammatical/spelling corrections for anyone looking to use it. I plan to send it out as well since I'm not terribly good at writing these kinds of things, but feel like this is definitely an "all hands on deck" situation.

I can't help you with specific dealers since I'm too far away from your area, but when I was looking for a car a few years ago I was between 2 (Hyundai Genesis Coupe and Subaru Legacy 2.5GT). I e-mailed the Hyundai dealers in my area looking for the one that I wanted. When I found the right one, I told them when I'd be in to check it out and test drive, but that I wasn't interested in buying just yet. When I got there, they had the car out and ready for me, and when I got back from the test drive, they had already written down the numbers for their offer on a sheet of paper. He flipped it over and showed it to me and it was below MSRP out the door. I didn't even bother negotiating since it was far better than I expected, but just told him that I'd be back since I wanted to check out the Legacy before I made a decision (especially since I hadn't planned on buying that day). Turns out no one could even get the Legacy I wanted, let alone had it in stock. I called him back, and told him to prep the car because I'd be buying it. I think what also helped is that it was I think the 28th of the month, on a Saturday. Since I bought my car, I brought my sister in law and her friend back to both buy cars on the same day from the same salesman, and I plan to go back probably next year to buy a family-mobile. Bottom line, do your research online, e-mail all the dealers in the area. I ignored the ones that sent auto-generated responses, and started talking with ones that were actual people. Also, try planning to buy towards the end of a month, or quarter, or even year. Dealers tend to get desperate for business at the end months/quarters/years to help make their quotas. Sorry if this didn't help at all. Good luck in your search. PS: I've never dealt with Brad Benson, but like everyone else here, I've only heard bad things (other than from their radio commercials).

That must be photoshopped. Everyone knows that Glocks don't show up on x-ray or metal detectors. Duh!

My post from a year ago. (http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/30710-shooting-w-rx-glasses/page__fromsearch__1) Bottom Line: ESS ICE w/ P-2B Rx Insert. I think I spent a total of $120, including the 3 lens kit and having the Rx Insert filled at Walmart.

Maine is similar, but they do 1 per district, plus 2 at-large for a total of 4. I also just looked it up and it appears that there is quite a discrepancy in population per electoral vote per state. It varies from 200k to 700k per vote, which is pretty large, so that would explain a difference between electoral college vs. popular vote to help less populated states keep their equal say. I still think eliminating winner-takes-all would make the races much closer though.

Rather than getting rid of the Electoral College entirely, wouldn't it be better to just eliminate the "Winner Takes All" aspect for each state? Then it should be more representative of popular vote without strictly popular vote. There's something wrong with a system that when the popular vote is at 51-49, the EC is 303-206. But maybe I'm just not thinking of something wrong with that method either. Now that I think about it though, how is the EC different than popular vote? To use your analogies, if 2 foxes vote to eat the chicken, the electoral vote sides with the majority (foxes) and it's the same outcome anyway. Each electoral vote should roughly equate to the same number of people in each area, which is why states get different numbers of votes based on population. Therefore, why would it be any different (except for the winner takes all)?

No problems with mine either. I actually didn't even know there was a lock.

Don't I wish. Maybe some government agencies are closed, but definitely not all, and probably not most. At least not federal.

We stopped at Lowes in Butler last night and saw two generacs go out the door to one guy. All I heard was they sold for $1350 each and they were expecting a shipment today but didn't know when. I didn't get a look at the model so I have no idea how bad they were gouging.Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I'm not terribly familiar with Dillon presses, but Uniquetek makes a lot of Dillon enhancments. http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1347

I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats waiting for the answer. According to Hornady, "the baffle is to set all the way to the bottom of the powder measure so that you can get even pressure on the measure casting with the powder charges." So it sounds like it's fine and it's supposed to go all the way to the bottom. Not sure why the ones in the picture and video I linked are different, but whatever.

Yeah. In one of the videos from Hornady I saw they had it all the way down, but it was about the bullet feeder so they didn't mention it, I just noticed. So I'm not entirely sure which way it's supposed to be, so I just threw an e-mail at Hornady and see what they say. Either way is fine by me, I just want to know what's correct.

Sorry for being so persistent, but I just want to make sure since I've seen it in several pictures and videos a different way. So it's not supposed to be suspended off the bottom like in the video below (around 1:30). Or here. http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=6497504&postcount=4

It's a completely loose fit though and it just flops around a bit on the bottom. Is it supposed to be that loose? When I go to dump the powder out it just falls back out. It doesn't seem like it's going to do much if the powder above it can push it down. On a separate note, I can't seem to get the lockout die to work for 9mm. I have the stem as short as it will go and the powder charge still pushes the line too high. Maybe I'm just being extra special with everything today. Edit: I just realized, could I possibly need to bend the baffle out a little bit so it's a little larger? That would probably solve it, and since it's probably a stamped and formed part, I'm sure it's not unthinkable for it to be bent too much.

I'm in the process of setting everything up now and I noticed that the powder baffle just falls all the way to the bottom. Is this right or is it supposed to be a friction fit in the tube? Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

Wow! A nickel per bullet? That's 20% on a box of 9mm. Over 100% on a brick of .22LR! Absolutely ridiculous. And they somehow think it will curb crime? Like the shop owner said in the article, who is going to continue shopping in that county? But wait...I thought guns are pretty much banned in Chicago already? Why should they need to do anything to curb gun violence there? There shouldn't be any as it is, right? Right?

Thanks for checking, but 25" sounds a bit short to me. The press itself seems like about a foot tall, and I know just from pictures that the case feeder is much taller. I just did a quick google search (that I stupidly didn't do before asking) and found two people say it's about 38" tall, which sounds more realistic based on some pictures.

Got the press today (Big thanks to Nick and Joe at Mastodon). I was looking at how I would mount it to the bench, and I'm not sure if I want to get the ultramount for it or not. I already have a countertop height workbench (used Ikea kitchen cabinets and countertop) with a counter height stool, but I'm thinking it might be better still with the mount. My main concern is that because I have a cabinet with drawers on each end of the bench, the press has to go in the middle so I can still use the drawers. With the mount I can put it on top on one end and still be able to use the drawers and have plenty of room left in the middle to be able to clean guns and have general working space. I'm also thinking about getting the case feeder eventually and don't know how much room above it I need. I guess my question is two parts, how much better is it having the mount vs mounting it on the bench, and how tall is the case feeder above the mounting surface (top of strong mount or top of workbench)?

Another question. I noticed that Hornady has both pistol and rifle metering inserts and drums for the powder measure. Does the LNL AP come with both, or just one?

I actually already have a case gage so I'm good there. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2

I completely forgot that the Lee seater can crimp also. That helps a lot. Like you said, I can use the factory crimp die afterwards if I feel the need. Sounds like for now all I need to get is the press, shell plate, and lockout die. Everything else is a nice to have that I can add on later, like ergo handle, case feeder, extra primer pickup tubes, and extra bushings when I start loading more than one caliber on it.

I guess I should mention that I have the Lee Deluxe Carbide set (decapper/sizer, powder thru expander, seater, crimper). So it sounds like I'd either need to buy the hornady ptx die to have separate seat and crimp, or I'd have to buy a seater/crimper die. Also, I'm only loading 9mm for handgun right now, but will probably eventually load .40 and potentially .223 (I do also load .308 but will stick with single stage for precision loads).

I'm considering purchasing a Hornady LNL AP eventually and had a few questions about what I need with it. I already reload on a single stage Lee Breech Lock Challenger, so I have all the normal reloading accessories (calipers, scale, etc.), I really just need anything related to the LNL specifically. I know I need a shell plate for each caliber, but anything else? I already have several Lee die sets, but since they're shorter than other dies, will they still work? Or should I buy a new set of Hornady dies? I'm also interested in a lock-out die, but I'm not sure where to fit it in the process and whether I also need the PTX dies to be able to use it, or really what my options for die configurations are? Aside from other things required to operate the press, what suggestions do you have for things that are nice to have (other than the case and bullet feeders which I won't be getting...yet). I'm not really looking to be able to get 400+ rounds per hour out of it, just a little quicker than single stage, in case I decide I want to go to the range the next morning and need to make some ammo. Thanks in advance.