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That particular location usually unpacks at around 7:30 in the morning. By the time noon rolls around, they're pretty much out of every handgun caliber.

Ken, if you're talking about those $9 boxes of 9mm, that's a great deal. I'll give you 2 bucks over cost on any 9mm that you don't limit out on. It'd cost me $10 in gas to drive to that Walmart off 84. I'll keep you in mind next time I go. I'll probably make the trip tomorrow or Fri. morning. No markup necessary. I'm there anyway.

Nice to see that the name is gaining some traction.

I'm good for about $175 or so every couple of weeks, depending on how much range time I've put in. I tend to buy about twice what I've shot, so if I shoot 150 rounds of .40, I'll buy 3 boxes next time out, until I have enough to not worry about availability for a while. When I can get the Federal 550 round .22lr value packs, I'll buy the limit, and so will Lynn. Same for 9mm. Now that I got the Taurus back, it'll probably get more expensive since I'll be looking for .38 and .357 as well as everything else.

Any of us are willing to help out. There's a regular weekly meetup at Brick Armory (Lakewood?) each Tuesday, and there's going to be a big all-day group shoot at Cherry Ridge (Highland Lakes) this Sunday. A bunch of the more distant guys are coming up for the event, and if you can make it, there'll be plenty of guns to check out, an informal clay shoot on the shotgun range, and pizza. Check out the event threads. Each event and range has it's own fans, but you're more than welcome to jump in on any of them.

Wow. That would almost be like living in America. I'd be okay with that system, as long as the requirements are no different or more onerous than the current requirements for a FPID card.

You're stressing about this Buy some of each and see what will reliably cycle your firearm then you will have a winner. There is no magic bullet. Some will clog on some types of clothing, others will penetrate and vice versa. Get a good solid personal defense round, not a gimmick and you'll be fine. Placement is more important anyway. It'd be better to put one cheap round nose Wolf round through a heart than to miss or graze with 5 rounds of Extreme Perp Shredder +p. I agree. Work on your shooting skills until you can hit where you're aiming consistently. The type of ammo isn't really an issue as long as you can put a hole where you want it each time you pull the trigger. Any type of ammo will stop the threat presented by a casual intruder/assailant, and that's all you want to do... stop the threat. Stressing over penetration and wound channels and other such technicals isn't really where you should be expending your energies. Even the cheapest range ammo will do the job. I keep the same cheap WalMart ammo in my nightstand gun that I shoot at the range and I'm confident that it works each time I drop the hammer, and that I can put the hole where I want it at the distance I'd be using it. I don't really believe that "Extreme Perp Shredder +p" is going to do any better for me at 22 feet than plain old "Cheapo Practice Ball" if I need to (God forbid) ever use it to defend my family.

Less than a week... getting anxious.

I feel the same way. CR is a great facility, but the lack of some sort of action/defensive shooting activity is a real disappointment. The range at Shongum Sportsmen's Association does an action shooting (IDPA?) event each month that's open to non-members, but it would be nice to have a place to just practice that type of shooting outside of a competition setting. ETA: nice to see another NJGF member joining CR. See ya there.

Just got back from CR. I finally got to shoot the Taurus for real. Damn, that thing is scary accurate. I shot my best group ever with it today. 5 of 7 holes can be covered with a quarter from about 15 yards out, resting from a knee in SA. Ran about 75 .38's through it (didn't have any .357), shot 100 .40's, about 50 9mm, couple of hundred .22, and another 100 on the shotgun range. I'm friggin' sore and tired, and my right cheek looks like my wife slapped the crap out of me. But I had a great time shooting this weekend. I'm off from work tomorrow, and I'm planning to just hang out and do a couple of things around the house, unless I figure out a way to sneak away for some more punishment. I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend, filled with family, fun and frivolity. K

Ken - Awesome. I've been tossing around going to Chester on a Thursday night or Saturday morning but I haven't made the time or got up the nerve yet. Don't let that stop you. It was a ton of fun, and well worth the barely audible snickers from the onlookers. Not really. Everyone was helpful and willing to share their shooting tips (where to aim, how far to lead, sighting tips, etc.). Some of these guys have been shooting as long as I've been breathing.

Simon Peter on 206 in Andover. They have a great reputation among the bowhunters.

A friend of mine is a member of a trap shooting league that meets at the range on the old Hercules property near Wharton. He's been asking me to come down and try it out for a while, and I finally figured what the hell, I'm too dumb to get embarrassed, and I wanted to get some more Godzilla time in before next week. The cost is 4 bucks a round of 25, and there were about 3 groups of 5 shooters rotating at a nice casual pace. I got there at about 9, and was there until about 1. So, 4 hours of shooting and bs'ing around cost 16 bucks for the 4 rounds, and I brought 100 shells that cost 20 bucks. $36.00 for 4 hours of shooting, watching other people shoot, and getting some tips from people who were shooting in the mid to hi 90's or so to my 31. Can't have a better time than that standing up for that kind of coin.

68% is far better than I did today. I shot my very first rounds of official trap today. Shot 4 rounds of 25, sucked royally on the first 2. I think it was just adrenaline, shooting in a new place, a new sport and with mostly strangers. I pretty much forgot what little I know about shooting clays, and just screwed the pooch on the first 50. For the third round, I borrowed a really nice dedicated trap gun from someone, and didn't shoot any better. By the time the fourth round was coming up, I was starting to settle down a bit and tried to stop overthinking what I was doing. That round was just a bit better than the others, but the hits were cleaner, and I didn't feel like they were accidents. Anyway, it was big challenging fun, and I managed to shoot an impressive 31/100 over the 4 rounds. Much more practice is in my future.

You just need to pace yourself, then it only gets very expensive instead of "Holy Crap!" expensive. Congrats to all. Anyone going tomorrow (Monday)? I may show up there for a while.

Greetings from the Northern Frontier.

My son had his 500 set up like that for a while. He tried to push some slugs through it at 50 yds. and couldn't even come close, and it beat the crap out of his wrist. He went back to a regular stock after that.

Not tomorrow... 1 week from tomorrow (9/13)

To everyone who's signing up at CR tomorrow (9/6), have a great day.

If so, can someone make me a dozen or so empties (no primer or powder, just case & bullet) with some nice hollow point fronts. I need them for props when I photograph the revolver. It looks stupid empty, and I don't want live ammo for these shots. Let me know what they'll cost and we'll go from there. TIA. K

Welcome to the group.

I just got my Taurus Tracker .357 back. I'm hoping to get it out to the range some time this weekend for some long overdue shooting.

I went up to Milford this morning to get some shotshells for this weekend and for the meetup next week. $20.97/100 for Winchester Universal #8 2 3/4" 12 ga. shells. They always have shotgun ammo, so I didn't have to worry about them being out of it. While I was there, I saw that they had 3 boxes of Federal bulk .22 lr 550 packs. Got them all at $15.47/550, as well as 2 boxes of .40 S&W WWB ($30.97/100) and their last box of .38 WWB ($32.97/100). I'm only about 30 minutes away, so the trip isn't too bad for me as long as there's something else I plan to get while I'm there. I could go to WM in Newton, but taking the extra time is okay if I can come home with some ammo along with my other WM crap.

Reminded me of the clown car at the circus.