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Let's call it the delayed Christmas Miracle. How ya been, Matt? Hey, Jon.

Hey, Mark. I was hoping the regular Sparta meetup thing was happening in my absence, but apparently not. I didn't get out but a handful of times last season, and half of the time I just turned around and went home because there was nobody else at the trap field. I don't like shooting alone, and I would never drag Pete away from his skeet buddies to pull trap for me if I'm the only one there.

Thanks, Mike. I've missed you guys. K

Hey, gang, I've been out of the loop for a while. What's new? Everyone okay?

Disappointed maybe, not disillusioned. I had no expectations that it would be anything more than an exercise. Just been a combination of a crappy summer, spending more time on photography, and the forum starting to get a bit stale. I still lurk around, and will be around more as horse season winds down. Be careful what you wish for.

A big non-event up here in the northwestern frontier. A little rain, a little wind, a little local ponding. Nothing to write home about.

Greetings and welcome.

Out of Brooklyn about 30 or so years now.

My asss is full of hair. I'm just not suicidal (well, not in that way. I do smoke). How the hell do I know whether or not I smell tasty to a bear?

I have bears visiting regularly. My beagle treed one on the other side of the fence just a couple of days ago. I had one last year come up to the back door and pull down a bird feeder that was hanging 8 feet up. As was mentioned before, you couldn't pay me to sleep in the woods in this part of the state.

There's always next year... or the year after.

Glad it worked out well for you.

I waved back. You missed it.

I was on the handgun range with Lynn for about an hour or so. First 2 slots on the left side. Got there around 10:30, was home eating lunch by one. It started getting too hot to be enjoyable. The range started getting crowded just as we were leaving. Quite a few guys with day passes for their female companions. I like seeing that. More women in the community is a good thing.

Nice safe. Enjoy.

Greetings and welcome.

Mostly because it's irrelevant. The organization is apparently thrilled with the job he's doing, and is of the opinion that he's worth every penny of whatever they're paying him. Through his activities, national attention is being brought to the NJ shooting community, the NRA seems to be in his corner (for whatever that;s worth) and membership is skyrocketing. Any organization, of any type, would write a blank check to anyone who could accomplish that.

Wow. I think this may be my first post in the Reloading forum, and it's for this nonsense. One of the guys at work is doing a promotional package for his band, and for some reason foreign to me, he wants to include a piece of prop ammo. If anyone is interested, here are the details: 50 pieces of either .223 or some flavor of .30, deprimed (or with a spent primer) with a bullet set in an empty cartridge. His budget is $50. Just PM me if you're interested.

The entire Weinrich clan will probably be there on Sunday, but most likely around 10 or 11. If you guys are around, I'll find you.

I think handing out or posting a flyer AT Cherry Ridge complaining about Cherry Ridge may not be the best tactic. It may be better to take a more subtle, backchannel course of action. I know you're pissed off, but frankly, if you're that dismayed, don't renew. That'll teach them.

I was unable to renew online because my member number was wrong in the system. It took 17 weeks to get my new cards, and in the meantime, we just used our old ones with no problems or drama. We told Gene about the issue, and he said that they're having a lot of issues with membership renewals and to just keep using the old ones until the new ones come in. I asked him about people who didn't renew and just keep showing up, and he pretty much said that it'll be a problem until they're informed that the paperwork is fully caught up, and then they'll be able to weed out the stragglers. Yeah, the volunteers who were doing the membership paperwork dropped the ball. There were people who paid their fees and never made it into the database. Going to an outside company seemed like a reasonable idea, but it looks like whatever company they hired is having issues slogging through the member lists. CR is a good place, but it could be much better. Last year, there were rumors that they were putting in a 5-stand setup on the shotgun field, but that never happened. I can understand them not wanting to do anything major for political reasons, and I don't know the details of their relationship with the state, but I'm sure they don't want any additional attention from the various agencies. Better to have a range that is as it is than to lose it for nothing other than NJ anti gun politics. Covers over the silo range would be nice, though.

Greetings and welcome.

Welcome to the group.

Welcome to the group.

Greetings and welcome.