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Okay you've got good equipment. Don't waste your money on "match ammo". Shooting just about any NATO spec ball ammo my Savage PC or Scout will shoot about an inch at 100. Your gun should do just as well. When you get to that point then try some match ammo. I'm not going to talk about torque drivers, loctite or spending more money. First point is take your time. You're never going to shoot well in a hurry. Don't get your barrel too hot as that will shift your POI. Second, make yourself comfortable. If you find yourself stretching or feeling awkward adjust your rest, bipod, body position. You should be so comfortable you should be able to just about take a nap Many say they don't zero from a bench or prone because their POI changes from standing or kneeling. It might but it shouldn't make much of a difference. Groups will of course be larger standing or kneeling. Prone you can do anywhere. Use a bench if available. That shows you what your rifle will do under ideal conditions. That's what I want to know. Third, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT!!!! Don't try to see where you hit with every shot. You can find yourself disappointed but worse yet is you disturb your hold, cheek weld, eye relief, and make it harder to duplicate that last shot. You shoot for a group first then adjust your sights or scope once you are shooting a consistent group. You should teach yourself not to take the rifle off your shoulder when you operate the bolt. You can practice this at home Action feels stiff? I would think something''s wrong but I'm not going to guess without having the rifle in front of me.

I have used M16s, ARs, and M4s for 50 years. I have never used grease on them. 50 years ago the military was issuing LSA (a thick oil) which was replaced by Break Free CLP. They both work well although as someone else said somebody will come up with some wonder lube. The fact is if it works no harm done. When I lube any gun I put a few drops of lube and slop it around with a small brush (flux or paint brush) so it's shiny not dripping. I even put a thin coat on non-contact surfaces. I found this makes the gun bit easier to clean as the crap falls on lube instead of just metal. I put a wet coating of lube on contact points. Extra drippy lube on the cam pin. These will wear fast if not well lubed (especially with automatic fire). My favorite lube for the AR platform is Dri Slide I started using it about the same time I started using the M16. It's molydendum disulfide in a vehicle that evaporates leaving a black film over the part you've applied it to. You just squirt it on the part and in a few seconds the liquid vehicle evaporates. The best thing about it is nothing sticks to it. It doesnt wash off with water. If you drop the bolt in sand after squirting Dri Slide all over it a few shakes makes all the sand fall off. It's about $90 a gallon now but that will last most people years. During a year in Vietnam I used 2 cases of 12 4 oz cans and left a few cans when I went home. That included letting other guys use it at times, more than a few M60s, and my M16 got cleaned maybe a couple of times a day. It also worked pretty good freeing up rusted nuts and bolts. The only problem with it is if you use it to lube a carry gun you'll wind up with black stains (that don't wash out) on your clothes. On something like an AR where all the moving parts are enclosed you don't have that problem. It also is great for lubing motorcycle chains. The only firearm I use grease on is Garands and similar actions like a M14. That's because that's what they were designed to run on. I use Mobil 1 grease. I like the red color as it's easy to see on the part and when it gets dirty. It also doesn't thicken up in the cold. In this application you can get away using any kind of grease. Wheel bearing grease, silicon grease, bacon grease, ear wax, they all will work. Some better than others.

It's a matter of catching them. Bear are omnivores and will eat small mammals. From what I've been told bear have a hard time catching a grown deer but at times catch fawns. That only contributes to a well fed bear. That still leaves the bear problem though. I'm not a hunter but have nothing against it if one eats what they kill or it is a nuisance or predator like groundhog or coyote. I can even justify trophy hunting to a degree. You need to realize how much a trophy hunter puts into the economy and the meat is not wasted. As I said earlier, relocating a bear has to cost at least several hundred dollars vs collecting a fee for the license and letting the hunter relocate the bear to their freezer. Another advantage to hunting is bears and other animals learn. A friend moved from Morris County to a PA where there is a substantial bear population. He was plagued by bears when he lived in Morris County and I asked him about the bear problem in PA. He said it wasn't as bad as NJ as the bears fear humans because they get shot at in PA. I saw the same thing when I lived in AZ with coyotes. I lived on a National Park and the coyotes had no fear of humans at all because they weren't shot at. They would often stalk little kids. A few miles away on the IndIan reservation the coyotes fled at the sight of a human. They were always shot on sight by the Indians as the coyotes would attack and kill or maim their cattle.

The maps prepared by DEP Show black bears have pretty much been sighted in nearly all of NJ. As it is bears will be all over the state before he leaves office. I guess he'll leave that problem for the next governor.

A bear walked into the lobby of a hotel in Colorado. https://www.google.com/amp/s/denver.cbslocal.com/2018/08/23/video-bear-lobby-stanley-hotel/amp/ Maybe Murphy will get the message when on this when a bear walks into his living room. There already have been bear sightings in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

I have an idea. Let's relocate all the bears to Murphy's estate in Middletown? His idea is just another way he found to waste our tax dollars. I don't know how much it is but relocation of a bear has to cost a lot more than issuing a hunting license...which the state collects a fee for. My question to Murphy would be what do we do when the bears become a problem where they were relocated?

If that's the purpose I'm guessing that would constitute "appropriate for lawful use" between consenting adults.

Winter tires are better than all season or summer tires in winter. To do so you have to deal with the expense of another set of tires and depending on your car maybe a couple of thousand more for another set of wheels. There is also the issue if you get an opportunity to run down to FL do you make the run on your winter tires or put your summer tires back on. While a good idea, the fact is 99% plus of the people get by just fine on a set of all season radials.

2C:39-3 in NJ makes possession of handcuffs "not manifestly appropriate for lawful use" a Disorderly Person offense. This is the kind of law that makes you prove your possession was "appropriate for lawful use". Other states have different laws. Some have none. If you detained the person illegally, with or without handcuffs or a firearm, you could be charged with some type of unlawful imprisonment charge. Let me repeat. Attempting to handcuff someone without proper training is extremely dangerous as it puts you in close proximity to the bad guy. I'm not talking about watching a You Tube video or the entire season of Chicago PD either.

Muzzle flash and surpressing it are concerns if your fighting at night (think home defense). You'll lose your night vision with the first round. So will your opponent if he sees it. All ammo gives some muzzle flash. You generally get a large muzzle flash in handgun ammo from +P and +P+. You'll get one in a lot of standard velocity ammo too. Smallest muzzle flash I've ever seen in 9mm is from WW 115gr Silvertip. Just a small blue flame from a 3 1/2" barrel. That was before flash surpressants were in wide use.

If you're capable of that you probably don't need the gun.

Purchasing firearms and becoming a LEO all take a backseat to getting this young woman the help she needs right now.

Good idea. But...to handcuff them you have to get close. If you are trained in handcuffing techniques this could be a viable option. If not you're best keeping your distance. Having someone handcuff themselves is not a smart thing. Handcuffs are a good striking weapon.

Keep in mind. If the bad guy's weapon is still in proximity to them they still offer a threat. If they attempt to go for their weapon you can shoot. You may be safer just letting the guy leave.

If you have your gun out the person has already presented a threat. If they drop their gun, knife, or other weapon you don't know if they have another. You shouldn't be trying to search someone for weapons if you are untrained and even more so alone. Let the police do that when they arrive. LEOs will avoid searching someone if they are alone until help arrives. If the person decides to get up and walk away without offering a threat you can't shoot them. Holding someone at gunpoint is something to make them think. They may know you can't legally shoot them unless they offer a threat but they can't be sure you know that.

I don't get it either. AVB-AMG seems to think anything I say is personal attack.

@AVB-AMG Uh...practice some humility. Don't be so childish. Your experience is not the definitive guide to tires. You've taken my comment out of context and as a personal insult. I said, "I realize a snob is only going to buy something like Michelin, Pirelli, or Continental". You made no references to these tires earlier so how was I directing it toward you? FWIW I have Michelins on my Jeep and have had good experiences with Michelin in the past. Pirellis I had sucked. Never had Continentals on a car but the ones I had on my motorcycle were okay. Because you have had good experiences with those three makes doesn't mean everyone has. "Therefore, from my car ownership..." seems really pompous. Practice some humility. You ignore the key word in my my statement, "ONLY". There are a lot of other good tires out there made by other manufacturers than those three. I attended SCCA Driving School in the 70s. Didn't get my Regional Competition License because I finished only 3 of the 4 required races (fault of the car not mine). I've also been through several pursuit driving courses. I guess all that's at least almost as good as your performance driving school experience. You state the BMW was equipped with so-so tires. What did you expect? Uh...yeah I did know Michelin is a French company. Also Pirelli is Italian and Continental German. Is that supposed to be a big secret? Please tell me what how many people BMW employs in SC has to do with tires? FYI both Honda and Toyota employ about 28,000 each in their factories in the US. Not all in one place. That's all BMW has in the US. You call my statement childish and false? You are the only one who recommended only those three. Is that mean you're right and everyone else is wrong? Calm down AVB-AMG. You turning a simple statement into a personal affront is not good for your physical or emotional health. Is this the big education on tires you said you were going to give me in another thread?

Spam is mostly pork shoulder. It was invented in the 30s by Hormel as pork shoulder was not a popular cut of meat. Spam came to prominence in WW2 when we needed some type of canned meat to feed our troops and allies throughout the world. It became very popular in places where they had a lack of refrigeration and ate a lot of pork. It became popular in Hawaii, the Phillipines, and other places in the Pacific and remains so to this day. Also popular in Vietnam where they got their taste if Spam in the 60s and 70s. Not a healthy meat. But it is meat.

True but there are 16"barrels out there too.

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My error regarding your attachment. However, transporting between homes and riding around with long guns in the trunk are covered elsewhere in the law.

I usually avoid answering the question "how many guns do you have". I usually answer with "a few". If that raises questions I tell them "I also have over 100 cameras".

I will also add, as I've done countless times before, I have never heard of anyone being arrested for an "unreasonable deviation" going or coming to the range.

Please note in your attachment stopping to eat, get gas, use the bathroom and other things are permitted even with handguns if you are going or coming to the range. Transport between between two houses you own is covered elsewhere in the law. IIRC correctly it covers transport between homes, businesses, or other property owned or leased by you.

Just like I eat turkey. I'll pass on the boiled schnitzel with or without mayo.