Melgamatic

First day open is this coming Friday, with some kind of sneak peek on Wednesday. I sure hope they have a "Lodge" and carry ammo...

I'm not sure how legal this one is, but it's the one that I'd probably use.

I think everyone is eligible for USAA now, no longer veterans and their families. I've had it for a long time because my wife's dad is a veteran. However, I don't think USAA has the best prices anymore. They have great service, are always very nice, seem to look out for you, etc. They're just not the cheapest like they used to be.

Seriously, Mitt has taken more concrete actions than Obama! He may be the guy to vote for, but he's certainly rabidly anti-gun.

I don't think it's true. I have an H&K and a Beretta that I am purposely not cleaning. Both are operating great, not a single flaw, FTF, FTE, etc, between them. Eventually I'll clean them, but not for another few thousand rounds...

Up for sale is my Lee Enfield No 4 Mk 1. All number matching. This is a very nice example. Also included is a set of loading dies, some loaded ammo with my recipes, ~100 rounds of either brand new or once loaded brass and some high-end Sierra bullets. Here are a ton of photos. This is a very nice example. It shoots well, but I find myself not shooting it very much so it should go to someone who will really enjoy it. This rifle is great for the military bolt action matches at various ranges. $500, including all the reloading stuff.... I live in Fanwood, shoot at MCRPC. Need FID and matching DL, yadda yadda. -Dave

I'd buy a few extras now, because they're not going to be around forever...

A lot of 4G in Lindenwold? I ask, sarcastically, because there isn't even much 4G in midtown Manhattan....

Not only that, but they have charged my credit card. So, website said in stock on day 1, day 2 they charged my credit card, day 3 they tell me my order has been cancelled. Sounds like a place that is bad news. I'll be taking them to NJ small claims court for the interest on the days they hold my money, as I've done before.

I ordered after the first post, and just got an email cancellation, telling me they were out of stock and not backorderable....

A 38/357 lever gun is only purposed for cowboy shooting, and has no place anywhere near a deer. I am pretty sure that the caliber isn't even legal for hunting in most states. If you must put an optic on it, make it some nice iron sights like those designed for lever guns: http://xssights.com/index.php?nID=scopemounts&cID=Scope%20Mounts&pID=scopemounts and just use the ghost rings. Or, better yet, sell the 357/38 for the enormous prices those are commanding these days and buy a 30-30, 45/70 or 44 rifle for half the money you just made, and buy a great optic.

Duplicate thread! It's higher than Cabelas on sale, but certainly the cheapest for the last few weeks.

I've used this on uneven sparse dirt/grass/gravel ground at the MCRPC and it worked great!

A few years ago they only had a few hundred members, mostly the same old men for the past 20 years. Around the gun craze time, people starting joining in droves (due to the ease of joining, super low fees and general low key environment). At first they held at 500 members, now I think they approved to 550, but above that they have to start thinking about renegotiating insurance, etc. Remember that when they had 200 members, the same 20 guys used the range and 180 never went. Now they have several hundred new members, many of whom actually go to the range. They probably have 200 people who use the range now, which blows their mind. Recent improvements like the new access road are big steps forward, and they just rebuild the berms on the rifle range. But, the new road also removed some parking, and the overflow parking on the farm side of the old access road is gone, so they've actually lost parking. At most you can fit 20 cars, and that's if every parks well. I'm glad they are capping members at the current level, because some of the charm is being lost with the crowds. For my first two years I never waited for anything. In fact, my first two years I barely ever saw another member except during organized events. These days, you might have to wait a little to get a slot. Also, remember this is a very not-fancy place...not designed for a lot of people. Really still designed for the same 20 grumpy old men who used it exclusively for the 20 years before. Don't worry, there will be open slots regularly, I'm sure. There is no waiting list yet, and I think some of the people used to the "private range" will get fed up and not rejoin....

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I think that's why he wants someone to do it for him. I interpreted the request as the name of an FFL who would accept the gun FOR him and pin the stock before transferring it to him...

I have never made it directly home from picking up permits. Somehow, I've always stopped at a store on the way home and picked up whatever I was waiting for...

I have bought and sold maybe a dozen or more rifles on this forum, and I think about 80% of the sale transactions have taken place in random parking lots....sometimes the parking lot in front of a big gun store, but also in a Best Buy, a Radio Shack, and various other places. We've always been discrete, and I've lamented not being able to hold them up in the light for a long time, but I've always assumed that what we were doing was relatively legal....

I just watched this week's episode of Top Shot. I enjoy the shooting competitions a lot, but am completely uninterested in the reality show / personality aspects. On Tivo, it took me 34 minutes to watch the entire episode. That's skipping all the commercials and anything not on the range, plus most of the "nomination range." I watched all the range time, practice, explanations, etc. The show is great, and if you don't like the reality crap like me, record it and just enjoy the shooting competition. The FN Five-sevenN seemed like a pretty cool pistol, and I'm not sure if the targets were just easier this week or what, but people seemed to have much more accuracy overall than I've seen them with any other pistols. It got me interested.

Looking for a Marlin 1894C in 38 special / 357 magnum with octagonal barrel. New is OK, but would actually prefer an older model. Will pay market (aka, way too high) prices. -Dave

I was a moderate Ted Nugent fan until this week. I liked his music when I was a kid, enjoyed his various antics, even watched his terrible shooting and eating what you shot "reality" show. I might have even read his blog a few times, and his website was entertaining. Then, this week, he acted like a complete moron. He sounded like a lunatic in his presentation, and gave the anti-gun crowd more fodder than anyone who hasn't committed a crime ever has. (Although, I guess he might have committed a crime. I heard him on a followup interview on some conservative talk show telling the host that he helped train the Secret Service agents...geesh. And then he goes on to talk about all the raids he goes on with the Federal Marshalls?) He has become Steven Seagal, law agent. Ugh.

I know that after they delivered a few hundred guns they changed a bunch of minor, but important, things and started making those (version 2). Both main problems that guy mentioned are related to the version 2 improvements, so I wonder what version he got. I'm not sure how you tell which version a shotgun is...I've seen auctions on gunbroker that mentioned they were version 2, but not sure how you confirm that.

I would use my best gun and best ammo, and if that was my most expensive gun then so be it. I think you are really thinking about false economies; if you are in a situation like this the price of a gun should be about 48th on your list of priorities, maybe lower.

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