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  5. Posted

    51 minutes ago, Mr.Stu said:

    I need to get a new prescription for my vision. I would like to use an optician who has a good understanding of what is needed for shooting.

    I would also like to explore LASIK and see if it is something that would help me. From what I am reading, LASIK can correct astigmatism and as I am getting into carry optics, I would really like to get rid of my astigmatism.

    I am in Hunterdon Co. but would be willing to travel for a good recommendation.

    Not so local to you, but I can recommend Greenspan Family Eyecare in Parsippany.   I've gone in a couple of times with pistol slides, to have shooting glasses made, and they told me I wasn't the first to do it.   Dr Greenspan did my bullseye glasses, which required an astigmatism correction to change the dot from a long-tail comet to a round, sharp circle.  While I held up the dot sight, he did everything he could with the machine (phoropter, if you ever need to answer the question on Jeopardy), and then brought out an assortment of hand lenses that he held up in front of the machine to fine-tune additional corrections that were more granular than the machine could do.   

    More recently, I thought it might be time for corrective lenses for iron sight shooting.  So I headed in with another pistol slide, and Dr Lizzi ran through the corrections available on the machine while I held up the sights.   She even managed to put a bullseye up on the screen as an aiming point.   She also then pulled out a set of hand lenses to further refine the prescription for each eye...down to 1/8th of a unit. When I picked up the glasses, the lens guy said he'd never seen that done before.

    I pick out fairly large frames for shooting glasses, and specify safety glass thickness.  They can also do tints.  I've got pretty good coverage through VSP insurance, and I think the last visit + glasses only cost about $70.

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    I'm coming from a precision pistol background...police revolver, bullseye and international styles mostly.    And I'm also right handed, left eye dominant.

    It's helpful to keep both eyes open for several reasons, one of which is that if you close one eye, it dilates slightly, and since the eyes are used to working in pairs the open eye will also dilate slightly, which will reduce your visual acuity a little.   That doesn't mean you need to have both eyes looking downrange, though, if that is difficult for you.   A blinder that lets light through is a common solution.   You can buy clip-on translucent binders, but a strip of cellophane tape over the lens of your shooting glasses on the non-shooting eye side works great as well.    I use one of those options for precision events.  I don't shoot action events nearly as much as Mr. Stu, but when I do I just omit the blinder, so I can better see the target array and when shooting with both hands or weak-hand-only the gun just naturally comes up in front of my dominant left eye anyway.

    If you are shooting precision events with iron sights, it's essential to keep your focus on the sights, specifically the front sight.  Sight alignment errors are much worse than being slightly off target with correctly aligned sights.  You can read about angular shift error vs. parallel shift error here:  https://www.bullseyepistol.com/chapter2.htm.   If you do the math, a 1/100" inch sight alignment error (if a 6" sight radius) is as bad as a 1.5" error in point of aim at a target 25 yards away.  

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    7 minutes ago, MartyZ said:

    I was in Costco in Marlboro 2 days ago, they only had flats

    I'd check back with them from time to time, or call and ask to talk to the meat department.   I've seen days when the Costco's near me don't have a cut I'm looking for (usually brisket, pork shoulder, or pork belly, for the smoker) but within days they're back in stock.

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    29 minutes ago, MartyZ said:

    Where can I find a whole brisket in central NJ? I've only been able to find the flat at the few stores I checked.

    Costco usually has them, sometimes choice, sometime prime, prices vary quite a bit over time.  Sometimes they have very good prices.  I picked up a prime brisket there for about $3/lb maybe a year ago.   

    Sam's Club or BJs might be options--I've not been in one for a long time.  Costco seems to be a better source of meat, though.  

    Restaurant Depot also has whole (packer) briskets good prices, but it's a little harder to get in, if you don't have a tax-exempt certificate associated with a restaurant or some other food service operation.  There are a few exceptions; I belong to the Kansas City Barbecue Society ($45/year) and one of the perqs is that members get access to Restaurant Depot.  Restaurant Depot has no membership fee.

     

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    12 minutes ago, joeg said:

    Probably a stupid question, but here goes.  When I got the permit, the PD laminated it for me.  The card is larger than would fit in my wallet, so I trimmed the excess laminate off, but got too close on the side so now I can pull it apart.  Do you think it would be ok to bring to staples or some place and have them re-laminate it over the original lamination, then I'll just get a separate holder just for the PTC card?

    I don't know if laminating over a lamination will keep the permit as clearly readable as it is now.

    There is no requirement that it be laminated.   It's probably pretty well protected the way it is, so leaving it alone is an option.  Still stupid and/or malicious that the state made them of a size that won't fit in wallets.

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    I'll give this a bump, as the money raised is going to a very good cause!  Thanks @Bklynracer for setting this up.

    This is a very cool two volume set.  The author, James Howe, is that Howe, of Griffin and Howe.  There is a lot of gunsmithing lore and history here.  Kinda old-school, covering more than just upgrades and repairs to nearly any firearm in circulation back in the day.  As I told Bklynracer, if you wanted to build a high-end sporting rifle from a steel ingot and a walnut stump, you could probably do it with the information in these books!

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    20 minutes ago, Scorpio64 said:

    I believe you would be protected by FOPA when transporting interstate where the final destination is outside NJ.

    I believe that, too.   I'm just worried about NJ's belief that Federal laws don't apply here.

     

    20 minutes ago, Tunaman said:

    Pick a gun range in the area that you are moving to.  Print out the directions and put them in your car. If/when you ever get stopped just say you are going to that range to shoot.  You are covered under the exemption if you are going to the range.  Do not say you are moving.

    I thought of that, but the car will be packed to the roof with stuff the movers won't take, and the range in the area I'm moving to could be several days drive away.   Perhaps the safest approach would be to plan a pre-moving-day trip to EFGA, then stop at a post office once in PA.   I'll load and shoot or sell most of the bullets while I'm in NJ, but there are a few hundred in a caliber that is very difficult to find, and I don't want to give those up.

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    I'm planning a move out of state later this year, and I know our idiotic restrictions on hollow point ammunition don't include a carve-out for moving.   BUT, every reference I've seen is to hollow point ammunition.   I reload.  Is there any restriction, real or imagined (by the state) on moving hollow point bullets?

    NJ hollow point ammunition restrictions

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    12 minutes ago, DirtyDigz said:

    PK, some ammo you might want to consider for that thing:

    Rat shot?  Those things are plenty big to load up with #2 shot and use on geese and turkeys.

  24. Posted

    34 minutes ago, CMJeepster said:

    I can't find cards for this.  Hallmark is slacking.

    Let me attempt to fill in the gap:

     

    Happy Second Amendment Day!

    Roses are red

    Violets are blue

    Don't like my guns?

    Too bad, f*ck you!

     

    (Yes, I have the soul of a poet.)

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    We just finished our first attempt at home roasting.  It went pretty well.   I found green beans at Greene Brothers in Hacketstown and we roasted our first batch on the stove a few days ago.   It can also be done in the oven or on a grill, and I'm told some air popcorn poppers work fairly well, or you can pay big bucks for a home roaster.   Roasting is a little smokey, but it didn't smoke out the kitchen nearly as bad as cooking smash burgers...

    The pan roasting is over in less than 10 minutes, followed by a quick cooldown and holding the roasted beans at room temp for 2-3 days before grinding.   We brewed our first pot this morning, and I'm happy with it.  A fun project, and cheaper than buying good roasted coffee.

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