XDJohnTact

Oh man, I love that video! That would be worth the trip to Tuckerton for the decoy festival. I always read about it after it is over.

Pictures as promised.

Welcome from Toms River.

+1 plus you can check weather and news, listen to music, watch videos and movies and a lot more. I have used mine for a level for hanging pictures.

Here's my K10/22 with his little brother. Both shoot very well. Even though the pistol is the "Hunter" model, both are bull barrel guns and made for target shooting, you would not want to carry either out in the field all day

I have the Lee Loadmaster. It is OK, but I wish I had sprung for the Dillon. The primer attachment is problematic (I end up doing a session of de-priming cartridges and then using the Lee Auto-Primer by hand). Also, I can never seem to get the cartridge feeder to work by itself, I always have to give it a little assist. Even with these quirks, I can always load up four or five boxes of shells in an hour.

They may have improved the feed ramp angle, but my friend had an early mosquito and it was a jam-o-matic. I looked at a used one when I was buying my Ruger and the guy behind the counter would not even let me hold it He said it was a piece of junk. As long as i have been dealing with him, his advice has been dead on so I trusted his judgment and steered clear.

I have heard many good things about Old Bridge. My son has shot a few steel meets there and liked it, and it is pretty close to Woodbridge. It takes you an hour to get from Woodbridge to Lakewood? You sure you got that parking brake off?

Welcome to the site. many of us shoot in Lakewod but I am sure there are places closer to you in Camden County.

Self taught, bought my first pistol in '66, my brother gave me his .22 auto rifle when he came out of the service in '69. Shot very, very little since '70. Ffast Forward to 2007 and my son decides he wants to take up shooting so we start all over from scratch.

Great article on cosmoline removal, I am stoked!

Thanks guys! I am the tinkering type of guy. I love to buy used and fix things up. Even the three new guns I bought (plus my son's two) were "tweaked" by me with trigger jobs and springs.

OK, all this talk of buying a cheap surplus rifle and cleaning it up to a shooter/collector piece has sparked some interest. My son's friend in PA bought a Garand a couple of years ago and has a lot of fun shooting it. I shot it last year through iron sights at 200 yards but I really had no idea what i was shooting at. I think my old eyes would need a scope for those distances? So it leaves me with a couple of questions? Which surplus rifle is best to start with and how does one go about cleaning all the cosmoline out of the rifle and stock to get started?

My son shoots Lefty and while he shoots my K10/22 target quite well, I am thinking of putting on a Boyd's Evolution stock on it. I also have the double charging handle on my Storm Cx4 but have not switched the ejection port since, after all, it is my toy.

OMG, what a slacker I am...way down on page 3

I agree with S-J, and having hollow points is just asking for trouble. Heck, although legal to have in your home and SD weapon, God forbid you have to use it, the prosecutor would argue that you were looking for an opportunity to kill somebody.

Wow, can you say whore on this forum?

Congrats! Good shooting!

Hello from next door in Toms River.

My friend has a Marlin Model 27S .25 Caliber Rimfire with Scope he inherited from his grandfather. Needs a good cleaning but looks pretty good for an 80 year old rifle. I'll post up a pic after I get her cleaned up a bit. Does anyone know the history or value on one of these pieces? Of course, he thinks is is worth a lot He also has a couple of hundred rounds of .25 Rimfire ammunition , which is good because it is probably impossible to get anymore. Also, he has a few pistols he wants to get blued, do we have a gunsmith or vendor on this site that does this type of work? Or can someone recommend someone in or around Central Jersey? Thanks!

"Nothing other than they have their google analytics keeping there eye on you... :geek: :mrgreen:" Are you suggesting they make reports on what sights people are visiting and give them to "big brother"? And yes, Google was doing the same thing to me last night and this morning?

I have been reloading for a very short time and would love some "professional" instruction. I like the Montana gold 124gr for 9mm. What do most of you guys use? Always looking for a good formula and we usually load "light" for our tactical meets to reduce recoil and time on second shot.

I have been using Bullseye and Winchester 231 with good results.

Contact info or address for Soloman's. Do they have all supplies or just bullets? The Hazmat fees for Primers and Powders online really kills you.

Coming into this post late but I have to agree with Max on many of his points. I bought a .22lr as my first pistol and shot it for almost a year before stepping up. We went to a "fun shoot" on Monday night at SS and were hooked, but we needed a larger gun to shoot. I applied for my permit (I always get two at a time, and this time it really paid off) and my son and I shot many rentals at SS to see what we want. He decided on a 4" XD-9 and, on a whim and not to get the same gun as he did, bought a S&W M&P.40. I chose .40 because I had bought a Storm CX-4 in .40 a few months before. I loved the gun, my son loved the gun...the problem was I could not shoot it! Sure, it had a big kick, but I don't think that was my problem. It would group for anybody that picked it up, except me? It just did not "fit" me. THIS is why it is important to test fire a gun before buying it! There were no rentals or shooters at SS to try before I bought it and I figured, with all the good reports, it would be fine. I ended up selling it and buying my XD-9 Tactical (good thing I had a spare permit). It shoots great and I love it. A little trigger work and it is sweet and my son and I do very well with our pair of XDs. So, test before you buy and get a back up permit for $2.00, "just in case".