Melgamatic

I don't know what kind of hogs these were, but feral hogs (all over the southern half of the country, and getting closer), are mean dangerous animals and relatively hard to hunt!

I agree, but I'm not going to buy gun-related products from a company that is an avowed opponent of the 2A...

So are you guys taking delivery of these uppers with flash hiders? Are we not worried about constructive possession, or whatever that was called?

I'm going to buy an MRAD in 338 this weekend.... (Not because of this, but it makes me feel even better about the purchase!)

Take the same amount of time and send your NJ legislators an email. Maybe you can't fax, maybe you don't want to call, but in the same amount of time it takes to reply to this post you can send emails. Copy your own text into a file so that you don't have to rewrite your personal letter. Use the nraila.org website to send the right emails. Takes less than one minute if you have your text ready to cut and paste. I've sent my two assemblylamers, the gov and Sweeney two emails each today, please do the same. It matters.

You don't support them until you click on the advertising links.

I didn't see him reach out; can you post a link?

I think it's a nice sentiment, and I'm happy they are doing it. Also, I would be shocked if any government agencies actually bought anything from CTD.

I don't know which 10-K you read, but the official one I read says they made $1.062B in US income, lost $568mm in Foreign, for a total profit of $494mm. In 2012 they plan to pay $559mm in Federal taxes, $45mm in state and $22mm in foreign taxes. They do have deferred tax expenses of $172mm, but plan to pay around $441mm in taxes for 2012. They also state in their 10-K that their effective tax rate in 2012 is 89.3% (up from 41.0% in 2011).

I was just about to buy a complete DPMS 30 RAR upper, and went to look at ammo and brass. There is none in stock anywhere, and it seems like that might have been the situation even before the current shortages. Does anyone have a 30RAR rifle? Has anyone ever seen any brass for it actually in stock anywhere? Thanks, Dave

32,000 ??? How can that possibly be true? Do you think they are counting things like armored car drivers that can only carry during work hours?

You can use the njgunmap.com website to find info about ranges, gun stores, FFLs and other gun-related stuff. http://www.njgunmap.com If you find any updates required, just PM me. -Dave

After spending close to $20K there, and trying to buy a custom action from a custom boutique gunsmith, they still didn't want my business. I think Joe the owner quoted me $125 for that transfer....

I load either with A-Max or some sweet South African new old stock bullets that are thankfully non-magnetic. Even using A-Max bullets, I find my per shot costs less than most "surplus" ugly machine gun ammo. Reloading 50 BMG is so much fun. You have to buy everything bigger!

No to defend them, but have you compared specs between a 308 win and a 50 BMG? First off, a typical 308 win is 168gr, a typical 50 BMG is 690gr. At 200yds, the 308 has muzzle energy of around 1800 ft lbs, the 50 BMG has 13,000 ft lbs, or rough 7x the energy. So yes, a 50 BMG is more likely to cause sparking as metal (a lot more of it) hits rock (a heck of a lot harder). I couldn't find specs at 300yds, but I suspect the 50 BMG has more than 7x the energy at that range. As for the debris, I think they probably want to keep erosion in check, and trees is how you do that. My gripe is not that I have to use non-steel ammo in my 50BMG, but that they restrict the hours so tightly.

In general, you should try to buy more than one long gun a month.

Natchez is running around 2 weeks for shipping. Much slower than normal, but I've ordered multiple times from Natchez during this craziness and they've reliably showed up, just slow.

I drive between NYC and Union County every day, both ways. 30 miles on the heaviest trafficked highways in the entire world. AT&T drops me 2-3 times every single drive. Verizon never, ever drops me. I have two AT&T phones, and curse them every day.

HG charges one rate for guns they can't get, and a much higher rate for guns they could have gotten for you. I tried to get a custom receiver for a benchrest gun shipped to them, and I think Rahway wanted $100...

Aardvark, Armadillo, they're all the same to me....

Better yet, BUY SOMETHING FROM THEM when you send them your thank you letter. Make up for one of the sales. I have LaRue Tactical mounts on two of my rifles, and they are the best in the world. Plus, they send you an Aardvark bottle opener and maybe even some BBQ rub if you are lucky. BUY SOMETHING FROM THEM.

I used to buy from them sometimes, especially when they had Remington gun club target loads on sale (and I'd buy 5+ cases at a time when that happened). Haven't been back since Sandy, because of a combination of their anti-2A position and just general annoyance at the customer service any time I've had to buy anything there.

Just checked out natchezss.com and see that they have have some stock in all calibers, with either a 10-box or 5-box limit per item per day depending on that item's demand. Got 10 boxes of one caliber and 5 boxes of another. One was normal prize, the other on sale for $2/box off. Natchez is a great company. They ship quickly, have a ton of stock, and instead of gouging are actually putting sale prices on some ammo. Their website also allows you to quickly toggle to see only in stock items, which is something all webstores should have.

I think it looks great.

This is an annual, or maybe even semi-annual, event. It's a nice time, and the seminars are usually pretty good.