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Great weather + good company = big fun. Matt is getting the hang of it. He was hitting them pretty consistently.

Aside from today being 10/10/10, this month has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays, an arrangement of the calendar that happens only once every 825 years. Yep, a wealth of useless information am I.

I'm not gonna make the CR meet this time. I was at an SEO expo for 3 days this week, and there are things I have to do to the site before I forget about them. I will take a couple of hours off to meet you guys at Sparta for some trap. I'm looking forward to that. It looks like this may be the largest group yet at Sparta.

Mazel Tov!! Best wishes to the family, Don.

Welcome to the group.

Showoff! I truly believe that it's important to support the smaller vendors. Yeah, they don't have the economies of scale that Dick's or other chain operations have, but they're the ones who are out there supporting the shooting community. It may be in their own self-interest to do so, but the result is the same. I was in Skylands Sports the other day, just stopping by to thank them for supporting the site, and the conversation got around to youth shooting and 4H in NJ. As it turns out, even in this crappy economy, and even though business sucks, and even though they've only been in business for less than 2 years or so, they're making arrangements to sponsor the NJ 4H program by providing ammo for the local programs at less than their cost. If Dick's did that, there would picket lines outside every store in NJ. The small vendors are an anchor for the entire shooting community, and they deserve all the support we can provide. Without them, the entire community (that's us) would suffer.

Happy Birthday!!

Fish, You need to get the lingo right, or the Libtards will get confused: ARSENAL - one or more firearm, BB gun, slingshot or pointed stick CACHE - one or more rounds of ammunition, anything larger than a .22 blank is "military grade (or style) high-power bullets" or "child killer (cop killer) military armor piercing ammunition" Remember, they're not very imaginative, so let's try our best not to put them in too much of a kerfuffle. K

Cool. Looks like we may have a nice group this week.

Welcome to the group.

Meltzer's has revised their njShoot coupon to include some more items: $10off/10%off...your choice firearm specials $10 off any NEW firearm in stock ~~~ 10% off any USED firearm in stock 10% off all in-stock gun cases and shooting supplies (excludes ammo & firearms) $10 off any HUNTING or WORK boot in stock over $60 Edit to Add: Anytime a vendor adds or changes their coupon on njShoot, I plan on passing it along in an e-mail announcement. Just submit the form on the main page to get on the mailing list.

My favorite gun is my dad's 1945 Remington Targetmaster. It's beat to crap, cracked stock, worn finish, a patina from removed rust, etc. Basically, it's a piece of junk, but I'll never part with it, and I shoot it regularly. When the guys show up at the silo range with their scoped and accurized bolt guns, or their AR type .22's. I just sit there and play with my ancient, single shot, iron sighted POS and have a grand old time. For me, it's about the nostalgia and the memories. YMMV.

Riding? Or spectating?

Sorry guys, I've been out of touch since Monday. I've been out of the office at a convention in the city, leaving the house at 6 and not getting home 'til around 8 or 9, so I've been off the forum. At this moment, I don't know if I'll be making the meetup at CR. There's a possibility that my mom will be visiting this weekend, and if she does, I won't subject Lynn to her for an entire day. I'll still be able to get out to Sparta for a couple of hours, but the all day thing will piss off my lovely wife, and I don't need the aggravation. I'll know later in the week for sure. K

Greetings and welcome.

Interesting screen name. Welcome to the group.

Nice video, Mark. Thanks. That camera does a nice job.

Not a complete Fudd yet. The Fuddenstein transformation isn't complete until you start smoking cigars while shooting skeet. Maybe next year.

Cool. Gun money.

Looks like it was a great day. Crowded?

HELL FROZE OVER!! Matt actually showed up. His new gun is pretty nice, and seems to shoot well. Another fun afternoon with the guys. We need to get bigger groups together for trap Sundays. Too much fun to keep to ourselves.

43 bucks will cover it, Mark. Cut that in half if you only want 1 box.

Great. At least I won't be alone.

Have fun, Troy. Should be a nice day for it.

Let's get a decent group together. That way we can all watch Matt not show up again. K