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Truly a Great American. I met him at an airshow long ago. One needs to read Yeager's books to know all he did.

I would eat McDonald's if I was starving to death. Mean that literally. Eat that McRib or die? No choice there.

You were either before or after me. We may have missed one another by minutes.

Went to Manahawkin maybe 2 weeks ago during the day. No line at all. Drive right in. Took me about 5 minutes total.

@EdF, you were the one to bring up ammunition.

He's either wrong or you misunderstood what he said. I think it's the latter based on your last paragraph. You can't use hollow points or FULL METAL JACKET for SD in NJ??? You can use either at home. Full metal jacket is not a good idea as it overpenetrates but you certainly can use it. If it's what you got use it. It works okay. We fought all our wars with FMJ and it seemed to work. You need to become more familiar with the laws that govern the permissible use of lethal force in NJ. I've only been a firearms instructor for about 45 years. What could I know?

How is it misquoted? Please explain your rationale that hollow points are not legal for self defense in the home? The statute says possession of hollow points are legal at home, on the range, or for hunting. If you legall possess them at home why can't you use them for SD there?

Took my car I had left at my daughter's in CO for 9 years and they back dated it to the month the registration was renewed. Only 3 months.

I have a 9mm and 45 ACP High Point. The sights will not hold up to combat conditions. My 9mm will hold 4-5" at 100 yds. That's good for me.

The 442s and GS were under-rated at the time.

There's another thing I've done with starting over a shooter of any age with centerfire guns. I do the "Barney Fife" drill. Load one round and one round only. This removes a continuous source of ammunition if the person reacts by dropping the gun or turning around there is no more ammo. I've done this hundreds of times and only a few brought out an "adverse" reaction from the shooter. Usually they turn but there have been times where they dropped the gun. One of them was a body builder guy firing a target wad cutter in a k frame.

I didn't see this posted above but an important part of starting off any new shooter is, GIVE THEM A GOOD CHANCE OF SUCCESS. Any new shooter, regardless of age, will soon lose interest if they're not hitting the target. I start pistol shooters at 5 yds. Rifle shooters (shooting from a supported position) 15 yds. Then move to reactive targets. These are cheap for ones that can handle 22s. As their groups tighten up you can move the target further away. Get them to shoot groups and you can adjust from there.

Hey Tex, don't knock the Coasties. Many Soldiers and Marines hit the beach in Sicily, Anzio, Salerno, Normandy, and other places with Coasties driving those LCVPs. A friend of mine's father was a coasty and in WW2 flew as a radioman in a Navy PBY hunting Uboats. Coasties in Vietnam were based on Cong Son Island...along with the South Vietnamese POW camp for NVA and VC. Coasties basically do the same job (along with a lot of others) in peacetime as they do in wartime. While the Navy does a great job at Search and Rescue (SAR). Coasties are the best at it. A lot of pilots in Vietnam are alive because Coasties pulled them out of the drink. That's Navy, Marine, Air Force, and Army. Pilots knew if they were hit and can make the ocean, Coasties will find you. I did a lot of work with the Coast Guard. It was always clear to me that no matter what mission they were on, if they got a SAR mission everything got dropped for that. I know the guy who was the coxswain on the cutter in "A Perfect Storm". Given my choice of being on that cutter or getting shot at, I'd take my chances getting shot at. Everyone has a niche.

Never did the mushrooms but I agree with you on that! Al Gore said my house would be underwater by now!!!

Thank all you guys!!! National defense is a multiservice thing. Everyone has their niche.

I know what you're saying but the "Save the Earth" people were not talking that. They were predicting the equator region becoming a frozen wasteland.

I'm Army. Glad I had all my fights on land. Moved on an LST once.

When I was in college in the 70s it was global cooling. We were getting farther from the Sun.

I've had an employee of a FFL (not one affiliated with this forum) tell me I was committing a "major felony" when I brought in a Shockwave I was selling. It was not about the Shockwave. He said "it's a class 3" and was okay with transferring it although they didn't have a Class 3. There is so much bs some people believe is law.

I always saw Roger Moore as the Saint. However when Moore became Bond they wound up getting the films rated PG to get a bigger audience. They attracted the younger audience with a lot of gadgets.

They did the same for the same reason with Daniela Bianchi in Goldfinger.

Connery was James Bond. IMO he could have played Bond at 90. As Bond he was the man every woman wanted and the man every man wanted to be. Most of you guys are too young to know about the Bond thing starting. I started reading Bond before the movies. I heard President Kennedy liked Bond novels. I started reading them in the 7th grade (only 50 cents in paperback at the time). Pretty racy being I was in the 7th grade at the time!!! Connery made $10,000 for Dr No. A few years later he made $1,000,000 for Goldfinger. The only people who had made a million for a movie before that were Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for Cleopatra. A non-Connery Bond I like is On Her Masjesty's Secret Service. That's because Diana Rigg left the Avengers to be in the female lead. Before that Honor Blackman left the Avengers to play Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. "I must be dreaming", one of the best lines in that movie. Another was when Gert Frobe told Bond, "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die".

I put a SIG red dot on my Ruger PC9. It comes with a see through mount so you can go to the irons if needed. Very pleased with the setup.

This pretty much answers the question.