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Red dot moving the bullet? Ok. Look at this chart that describes the flight of your bullet at different zeroing distances: Note: The dotted horizontal blue line marked 0.0 represents your line of sight. The colored arcs represent the path the bullet takes. The red dot doesn’t move the bullet. The dot represent where your line of sight and the path of your bullet intersect in space at a given distance from the muzzle. See, the instant you press the trigger, gravity starts working to make your bullet fall to the ground. Hold a bullet in your hand and extend your arm parallel to the ground. Now drop the bullet. The amount of time it takes the bullet to hit the ground is the same as if you fired it from a rifle (if the muzzle was perfectly parallel to the ground). To counter this, so we can shoot further, we adjust the sights to angle the barrel so it isn’t parallel to the ground. This angle gives the bullet a ballistic trajectory. Your eyes to not see on a ballistic trajectory, they see in a straight line. Therefore your line of sight (which is a straight line) and the path of your bullet (which is an arc) are not the same. The bullet, will intersect the line of sight 2 times - once while rising (because the sights are above the muzzle) and once while falling. With a 25 yard zero, the bullet is still rising the first time it crosses your line of sight and will continue to rise until about 225 yards - where it will be almost 8.5” above your line of sight (that means if you want to hit something 225 yards away, you have to aim 8.5” low). After reaching its maximum ordinate at 225 yards, the bullet will start to fall and cross your line of sight again at about 375 yards. All this should tell you is that a 25 yard zero sucks for anything other than shooting 25 yards. I have found that the 50yard zero is the most useful for a shooting an AR. Zero at 50 yards and your bullet will intersect with your line of sight at 50 yards (while rising), maximum ordinate will be reached at about 130 yards and only be about 2” high, then start to fall crossing your line of sight again at 200 yards. Much more useful. You put the dot on the target and you will hit within +/- 2” from 25 to 225 yards. Mechanical offset will still rear its ugly head inside 25 yards and you will have to adjust accordingly - but that is regardless of zero. *This is all considering you are using a red dot optic on an AR type platform.

And in this particular case, if it turns out it was a murder/suicide by a legal gun owner, he could just as easily have torched the place. Australia has had several horrific mass killings by arson in recent years. Man's inhumanity to man - it's always hard to fathom. What I thought was interesting was the mention in the article that crime has increased dramatically in Melbourne, because I've been reading similar reports in recent months about different areas of Australia. So, you're right, from a criminality perspective --- the disarmament doesn't seem to be working, does it?

I generally get chewed out for saying it, but the dealers financially benefit from gun control. Can't charge hundreds of dollars to tack weld muzzle brakes and epoxy stocks if there's no AWB. Seriously that's another $100-300+ dollars extra for half hour of work, on top of every black rifle sale. $$$$ Can't charge $125 transfer fees or huge markups if you actually have competition. Competition that is kept away by the massive regulatory hurdles. They're probably excited for an upcoming online ammo sales ban. No more bulk prices, back to $1/round WWB and American Eagle for the gun shops...imagine how many businesses wish they could get the government to ban Amazon Prime...

You vs the trooper in court, good luck with that. Cheapest way out, if your driving record is clean, see the prosecutor before court and ask to plead guilty to unsafe operation of motor vehicle. NO points, no insurance surcharge, just $335 out of pocket and keep your record clean for next two years. NJ's greatest MV scam. Otherwise see what the points will cost you on insurance and lawyer's fees. Moral of the story, don't ride the left lane, and don't pass cops.

Check out this chart.

I concur with shane45. I have ad mounts on most of my optics. A little heavy but work well and all my pic rail looks new. I think larue has a clever design, but it can chew up your rails.

Calling all you handy men and window installers. At my townhouse one of the windows will not stay open anymore and i was told i need to replace the spiral balances. I took them out and measured the metal tube. It measures 28.5 inches. No ones sells that size online its either 28" or 29" what do i do??

http://www.magazineblocks.com/magento/ found this site thought it might help some of us . Bob

There are quite a few errors on this chart.

That’s not a good sign.. NJ has made many national headlines this week. The super crapper, the gun free apartment building, and the tuition assistance for illegal aliens.. people jus laugh at us that reside here

if internet ammo sales are banned and things get rough... we should all go in on a pallet if it's feasible from a neighboring state

Attach a fish tape to the old stuff and when you yank it out it will thread a line to pull the new stuff through. And yeah, that is probably asbestos...

Remember you plan is like everything else, one is none, two is one, and three is better.

This quote is our dilemma, as a species.

I replaced the one on my 10/22 with a poly buffer , It also removes that clanking sound.

When I was dating my second ex (she was living in Hamilton ON) we would usually have a goodbye dinner at the Keg (right at the fenceline of Pearson Int'l Airport) in Toronto. When we were at her place we would go to the Keg in Upper Hamilton. I miss the Keg more than I miss her. OFW.

Section 8 Detailed here https://affordablehousingonline.com/housing-search/New-Jersey/Newark/Richardson-Lofts/10078656 More details on the funding http://www.nj.gov/dca/hmfa/media/news/2012/approved/20120625.html

Easy fix (I know I'm not helping just being facetious)

After all this reading about steak I headed over to Wolfgang's on 45th last night before heading home. Wonderful.

Comes down to each individual agency, but in my agency if we can determine fault we'll issue. There are only a few title 39 statutes that can be written on private property though, so it'll normally be a careless. Based on what the OP described of the incident, I would likely leave it a he said/she said and unable to determine fault.

All but one unit is affordable housing. Started at 33 affordable ($800-$1,100 a month) and 34 market rate ($1,800-$2,500 a month). They did receive federal funding through Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

This is patently untrue. I, with mine own eyes, have personally witnessed you breaking at least three clays in flight. That is proof positive you have the ability, you just need to do what you did the three times more often.

Try Bayshore appliance on 36 in Hazlet, they might have used. Community appliance on 35 in Middletown had a new SpeedQueen washer with no electronic controls, but I couldn't talk the wife into it, a couple years back.

LT, I'm a plumber, but I drove by a holiday inn yesterday. Get rid of that cloth covered crap. I live in an old house, changing a light fixture has turned into a two day project rewiring multiple circuits. Run new romex, it's safer and you will sleep better at night.

St Elmo's in Indianapolis is the best steak I've ever had. Best meat was the elk at Jiko at the Animal Kingdom Lodge in Orlando.

I would start with Craiglist, maybe Facebook Market place. I purchased some used / refurbished appliances from a guy who fixed up old ones and resold them. He operated out of a self storage unit in Matawan. It was't far from Big Ed's BBQ. I'll see if I can find his name and number some where but it was close to 5 years ago. You many want to check some of the scratch and dent sections of appliance stores. Not sure how old an "eletro-mechanical washing machine" is but we've found some very good deals at scratch and dent sections of appliance stores. Good luck!

Yep, never met anybody that enjoyed getting shot with a .22.

Good point. I keep forgetting they test fps out of rifles. But still, 1400fps is more than enough to put a lot of hurt on a BG.

Agreed about reporting. I had two issues over the years, one in a parking lot the other in town. I immediately went to my Statefarm agent and gave them all the details telling them I did not want to make a claim but wanted them to have it on record if anything ever became of it. In both cases nothing was ever perused and it has no impacts on rates.

I'll third that suggestion, get a dog.... a lot safer than forgetting and leaving a handgun laying around when the grandchildren visit. Plus, added benefit, when wifey gets pissed at you, at least you'll have something to talk to.

Being in control works both ways. A driver is responsible for ANY safe operation of the vehicle. This includes safely opening doors into traffic.

Your wife was at fault. You can't prove speed. Why was not your insurance company involved from the start?

AD is better than Larue IMO. My eyes prefer the green as well.

BRAVO! makes me want to go home and give my mossberg a hug.

Let's let the guy have his fun.. Hell, I was interested in the results cuz I have the same gun and debated getting one for funsies and just for mall ninja tacticoolness. He experimented for me. I seem to remember someone getting a PISTOL Bayonet too, Ray

This building is heavily subsidized by the government. I really don't see how they can limit a persons rights when it's receiving tax payer money. Like almost any other private company, once they accept government funds, they must adhere to the same limitations placed upon the government.

The one nice thing about NJ is that you can move just about anywhere and improve your life dramatically.

This is unfortunately true. However I implore OP to choose Florida. I’m in charge of recruiting and I need to make my quota.

NC, SC, FL, TX, PA, AZ. Too many NJ residents going there and the number of people fleeing grows every year. I'm not getting anywhere near those states because we're going to ruin them just like we ruined it here. The best thing North Carolina can do is build a wall and not let anyone from NJ in. See where NJ escapee's go here: https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html

If you are pro-gun and will vote republican please move to Florida.

What about the flip of that statement? Now that the complex owner has "banned" firearms, they have now taken-on the responsibility of protecting the tenants.........If I lived there, my question would be what are THEY doing to assure MY protection; and who is THEIR insurance carrier/limits for the inevitable failure of their responsibility? This could be fun.......

Was going to NC but its becoming too liberal. Decided that TN is a better choice. Better ranking in the 2A category too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep. It's almost as if there's an entire group of people who benefit from all this. If we want to ever get anywhere we need a truly grassroots org, but it's probably too late for even that. Too bad there was no social media in 1994. The NY SAFE Act is now 5 years old.

I believe so, it's called false advertising. The building owner advertised sheep ripe for the slaughter and it turns out one of those sheep was armed. Shame on the owner for such false promises of easy prey!

The people working for 2A organizations are more interested in booking outings and getting reimbursed for hotel rooms and rental cars than they are with their true mission. It's the same with my labor union, no fight and their main concern is just keeping their head above water so they can get reelected to another 2 year term.

^^^Yes they really do THAT! In fact it's become SOP at a LOT of companies. It's so you don't use your computer to destroy or alter data that belongs to the employer. In some positions, the computer is confiscated by the IT Dept. to be analyzed for any harmful viruses, porn, illegal activity or anything else that could cause the company troubles. Laptops too. You walk-out with the clothes on yer back & a box of yer sh!t.

Here’s my Springfield TRP Operator with the full rail dust cover:

I just noticed that about targetsports as well requiring FID today, I wasn't sure if it was something new but I never saw it before. thats fine as long as they still ship it after the 5th column here tries to outlaw it. My account now shows " FID on file" been stocking up on as much .22 as possible. I hope we get scotus relief on what we are about to experience, my kids want to eat solid food again.