Melgamatic

Since when has anyone on this forum had to own just one shotgun. I actually sold my Benelli M2, but of the many other shotguns I own, the UTAS is the most fun.

UTAS made in the US.

I spent three long days in the past week taking NRA Certified Instructor and RSO training with Gun For Hire at the Woodland Park Range, and every expectation I had was far surpassed. I joined as a gold member afterwards because this is where I want to shoot. I could write paragraphs, but it really comes down to just a few things: 1) Every single person who works there (and there are a LOT of them) is friendly, helpful and polite. No grumpy people, no barking, no bad behaviors at all. Everyone is just plain as nice and helpful as you'd want anyone to be. 2) Customer Service. Anthony has built a team that strives for excellent customer service. Anyone I talked with not only helped, but went out of their way to make me happy and comfortable. I wish luxury car dealers had this level of customer service. I can't think of another business I deal with that matches GFH/WPR. 3) Facility. It's just a well-thought out place, clean and well-maintained. They put a lot of thought into how you'd want a range, training facility and cafe to be laid out. The classrooms were spotless, and the chairs comfortable. I had sandwiches from the cafe each day (included in the course fee) and they were delicious and made to order with good quality ingredients. 4) Anthony. I had the pleasure of having Anthony teach 2.5 of my 3 days of classes and find him to be a very impressive guy. He has built this business into something really amazing, and you can see it's his leadership that's making it happen. He is a fun guy in the classroom, but also a very strong teacher. He makes everyone feel at ease, and really knows how to work a classroom. His devotion to helping students and answering his email is impressive, too. After classes all day Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, I joined the range (at the gold level) and went shooting on Sunday. Had to wait maybe 5 minutes, and then enjoyed their wonderful range. RSO's are not only competent, they are friendly. I didn't know that friendly and helpful RSO's really existed, but there are many of they here. One example: I didn't know if it was OK to pick up my brass, so I asked the RSO if it would be OK if I picked up my brass that fell right in my port. He said not only it was OK, but he'd sweep my brass towards me so that it would be easier. I only had one other instructor for 1/2 the RSO course, and he was also great. His style was different than Anthony's, but as he ran us through role playing RSO scenarios, you could appreciate his teaching style and depth of knowledge. The role playing in the RSO course was key. As some of you might remember from my previous posts I really don't care for indoor ranges compared to outdoors, and have really hesitated joining an indoor range. GunForHire and the Woodland Park Range have changed my mind, and although I'll still be outside on sunny days on long rifle ranges, you're going to see my at GFH when it's dark, raining, or I just want an easy shoot. The air in the GFH/WPR range felt so much cleaner than in other indoor ranges I've used. I'm looking forward to taking other NRA Instructor courses as they are offered in the next few months. If you live within a reasonable distance from this place (it turned out I'm closer than I thought, and it takes me about 28 minutes from Fanwood), you need to visit. if you want any kind of NRA or other training that they offer, you should try them. I'm really blown away by this place and all the people. -Dave

http://njgunmap.com/Site/NJ_Gun_Map.html I do not believe there are closer ranges that currently accept new memberships. On the other hand, I avoid shooting inside like the plaque so I might be missing something. Cherry Ridge is almost exactly 45 minutes from Fanwood, and Monmouth County is almost exactly 45 minutes away in the opposite direction (but not currently accepting new members).

When you buy a long gun privately no information goes to the NJSP at all. So they have no idea. When you buy a long gun from an FFL, no information about the long gun is processed by NICS. How would they know?

Signed. Of all the stupid gun laws, this is one of the worst situations you can get into.

tirerack.com for all your tire and steel snow wheel needs... Actually, I went to buy cheap steel wheels for my VW, and they had reasonably aluminum forged wheels for $69 each!

This is actually a really great question. GRIZ, can you point to a place in the laws where it says magazine limits don't apply to the specific class of firearms (in NJ) called BB guns? Interesting (and maybe one of those cans of worms we don't really want to open!)

I was right in the middle of the first panic, so he might have been taking calls out of pity that day. Actually, there were a lot of guys working that day, and Gene wasn't the one answering the phone.

And if my experience several years ago was typical, phone callers can add hours to the time it takes to get a purchase made in the store sometimes. Seems like every time they were almost ready to take my cash (to put in the coffee can with all their giant wad o cash) someone would call up, ask something, and the guy would be gone 15 minutes finding something...

10 minutes to MD, 18 minutes to PA. Close to Harrisburg and a bunch of other good-sized cities.

You may be able to virtual office or telecommute, but a lot of WV does not have decent connectivity. It's also a bad meth area / drug abuse area. That said, I like the Martinsburg / Charlestown area a lot.

Yes, very nice offer. Let me figure out how we're going to do this and I'll contact you. Thank you very much. -Dave (Also NRA Life Member)

I'm one of the scoutmasters for a large Boy Scout troop, and our SPL (senior patrol leader, the boy in charge) is anxious to get our troop shooting more. The scouts all shoot 22's and shotguns at summer camp and other places, but we're looking to do more troop shooting trips. The BSA has a complex set of rules about shooting events other than those at council camps and summer camps. There is a big manual, etc. In order to make this happen, we need to get a few leaders trained as RSO's and at least one (probably me) trained as an NRA shotgun instructor. I took NRA RSO training 2 or 3 years ago at a club, but the paperwork was immediately lost and I'll need to take that again, soon. So, in the next month or two I'd like to take NRA RSO, NRA basic instructor and NRA shotgun. I can take a few days off work if necessary to take weekday courses, although weekend courses might be easier. I looked at Gun For Hire's schedule, and they have all of them offered, but not necessarily frequently or conveniently. Their 1/11/14 RSO course might work. Are there other places around (say up to an hour into PA) that offer these courses frequently? What's the fastest way to get all three courses under my belt? -Dave

Yes, sorry, got confused. You are right. With tax, Dick's total is $342, so it will end up $262 with the rebate.

This is a very good deal. MSRP on that scope is $479. Dicks has it for 20% off at $399. Leupold rebate brings it down to $319, plus free shipping. Nice.

Last night there was a shootout (!!!!) in little, quiet Fanwood. Here's two stories: http://www.thealternativepress.com/articles/fanwood-man-in-custody-after-allegedly-firing-wea http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2013/11/fanwood_man_holds_police_at_bay_for_seven_hours.html#incart_river_default The article indicates that the man shot at police, police shot back, and after 7 hours of standoff they brought him in alive and unharmed. So, kudos to the Fanwood police who managed to bring a guy in alive and unharmed even after trading shots with him! I'm not sure the Fanwood police fire their guns on duty more than every decade or two, let alone face a barricaded shooter. I'm pretty sure they haven't fired since I've lived here almost 20 years. Impressive that they kept the situation under control.

That's a nice looking dog. If you have facebook, post it there. I see a lot of pet adoptions happening there.

That's a bad law, and a law that impacts our freedoms, but it's not the "dumbest." I can at least imagine what people are thinking when they created the law. Here's the dumbest: slingshots are guns.

Wow, that's the single craziest thing I've ever heard in a store! Most of the other crazy things you hear are based on some confusion about actual law, or are common mistakes, and you can figure out where the bad info came from. This one is absolutely bonkers!

It turns out not to be fake, to my amazement. Article about how their tranquilized the deer, removed the arrow, patched it up and plan to let it go: http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/11/finally_nj_biologist_find_deer_and_remove_arrow_from_its_head.html#incart_river_default

Just ordered the light from gunbroker. I have the tactical choke, no sling yet...

Nevertheless, replacing a 10/22 barrel is fun and easy. There are many great companies selling accurate barrels, and it's an easy job you can do yourself.

All the fault is with the trainer back at the bench. It's bad to leave loaded firearms on the bench, but if no one touches them, no tragedy. To me, there is just a single person at fault here.

You must be leaving after me. At 6:30am there is only 80mph traffic, with a slight delay merging onto the bridge in Bayonne right before 14A. 15 minutes earlier, there is no delay at all.