Melgamatic

I suppose you only buy computers and phones made in the US of US parts? I guess you have neither.

Pictures from this morning at the 200-yd range at CR:

I think it's pretty cool. I have quite a few lever action rifles, but none by Mossberg and none in 30-30. It's probably very light, so I'm curious about the recoil. Davidson's doesn't list it in the Gallery of Guns yet, but most of those models are around $550 MSRP and $380 - $420 in the Gun Genie. I'll buy one and let you guys know how it shoots. I wonder if Paul will order one for me, or if it's too bling for him? -Dave

Like many others, I paid $300 for life, them $300 for Endowment, $200 for benefactor then $300 for patron. I think the MSRP of that was at least $5k....

Actually, 1MM / 50 states = 20,000 per state. So, if those numbers were true, NJ has 2x the average expected NRA membership!

The Garand Guy has his (reasonably high volume business) running out of his basement in a completely residential area. No separate door or anything. He answers his front door and you follow him through the living room down into the basement. One of the world's largest benchrest rifle dealers is in Lake Hopatcong ("The World's Largest Inventory of Benchrest Rifles") and he's also in a plain old house, although he does have a basement door that goes into a separate area. There are lots of these home-based FFL's, but they're mostly old guys that probably setup in the 1960's.

20 rounds is more important to me than CCW, but it may actually be harder in this environment. I think anti-gun people focus on magazine capacity more than anything else, and it's become the most public gun-control issue. When you think about the tragedy with Congresswoman Giffords and all the bystanders, the media and opportunistic anti-gun people focused more on the magazine capacity the gunman used. No one tried seriously to ban Glocks, but they all started talking about magazine capacity. I think capacity is a hot-button issue, and it might be hard to change.

If you get gun magazines, you've probably seen the ads for www.ffl123.com, a company that promises to get you your home-based FFL, or 150% of your money back. http://www.ffl123.com I know that this will probably fail in NJ, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever paid $39 for their kit and can tell me what's in it. Has anyone done this in another state, maybe? If you're just going to post "it won't work in NJ" you don't need to bother, because I'm already there with you, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried it; I'm interested in the failure modes as much as a success story. -Dave

They are higher priced , but I am OK with that. They're 5-10% below MSRP with CC, a few % less with cash. However, they have a vast selection of handguns, more than any other store I've seen in NJ and most other states. A few weeks ago I went in with a permit, told them I had no idea what I wanted to buy, and had 30-40 different handguns in my hands over an hour or so (I bought an XD(M) 3.8 in 40). I bought an M1A there last week. SLightly more than I would have paid other places, but they had 8 or 9 different models to touch. Anytime I've wanted a lever-action rifle they've had 10-15 different models, new and used, in 5+ calibers. So, I agree, they are pricey, but I'm willing to give them the extra $$ in exchange for me being able to see and touch 100's and 100's of different pistols. The new store in Branchburg appears to be much higher priced, lower selection, and the staff doesn't have the owner on site so there's no chance of discounts, unfortunately.

Bought a Springfield M1A this past Friday at NJ Firearms Guild in Rahway. Got the model MA9822, which is the loaded model with Walnut stock, National Match stainless barrel, NM sights and match 2-stage 4.5lb trigger. Put around 100 rounds through it this morning in the cold. What a great rifle. No group was bigger than 1-2" at 100yds, and it was only an inch or two off from bullseye with the factory initial sighting. Moved the front post a few thousandths to the left and it was dead on. Only shot it from a rest this morning, but will probably head to CR tomorrow (after goose hunting early in the AM) and try it out on the 200yd range. The guys at MCRPC's high power competitions are in big trouble! I paid slightly more than I would have at some of our FFL's if I had ordered it, but I'm feeling stronger about buying from the FAG in Rahway, becase they have many 100's of guns in stock, let me fondle them, and I'm willing to support their inventory!

I recently purchased a nice XD(M) 3.8 in 40 from the NJ Firearms Guild in Rahway. Came with a compact 11-round mag and a longer 12-round mag with the grip extender. Very nice, lots of fun to shoot. I was actually shooting it this morning at the MCRPC.

For me, reloading has nothing to do with money. It's all about finding the correct loads and projectiles for my rifles and conditions. For the rifles that are less accurate, I just buy regular ammo in bulk. For all my more accurate rifles, I reload. For some I have multiple recipes depending on range, purpose, etc. Pistols, I mostly just buy or reload in bulk (and that's a money thing).

I use brake cleaner on gun parts all the time.

Actually, I would not only get a lawyer immediately, I would stop posting about the incident in any way. Everything posted here is going to be found by the prosecutor, and you don't want to write anything which could be misinterpreted (or possibly make the prosecutor more anxious to push ahead). Give us an update after it's over, though. Good luck.

Some of them have already sold in NJ retail stores for this price, we learned....

True, and yet we know that at least one store (an ex-sponsor, at that) did exactly this, earlier this week!

I'm anxious to buy a KelTec KSG (at or close to MSRP) as soon as possible, and I think there are a few others in the same boat. If you see one in stock in an NJ store (and don't buy it yourself) please post it here. I'd buy one this afternoon if I could....

There are many sporting clays facilities that will only allow break-open guns, e.g., O/U. You cannot use a pump or SA. For a one-shotgun person wanting to shoot some form of clay sports, you want an O/U. Later, you can buy the others (cheap!) and use them when possible.

That's good, because all the Scandinavian countries have much, much stricter gun laws than we'll ever see, even in NJ.

I think it's cute that you think 2000 rounds is "buying in bulk." Not sure how much I have, but I think many, many people have 5K+ rounds of 22LR sitting about...

Remington Hypersonic Steel, 3 1/2" with 1 3/8 oz of BB. 1700fps. Got another goose this weekend, dropped around 80-90yds away, and I didn't lead it very much.

I bet they haven't been made in the US in 20 years. How old is yours?

They are completely different. If the distance is the same, and price not an issue, you should go with the CJ. If you just want a 100yd low-key informal place to shoot, for cheap, then MC is the right place. MC has three pistol pits, and a combined 50yd/100yd range. The trap range goes over the rifle range, and pretty much uses up the 3rd pistol pit and the rifle range, so you can't really use it except for when there is an organized event. CJ has a bunch of everything. MC is slowly making things better (the new access road finally opened, so you don't have to drive almost across the airport runway to get there), and they are moving berms, but it really is run by a bunch of old men that don't do anything quickly. They don't care what you shoot, and no one looks sideways at black rifles, etc, but they aren't going to improve the "rural" character anytime soon. If no running water and a portapotty aren't your style....

According to this schedule for 2012, 12/31/11 is on the list of holidays, right? Actually, the list of holidays isn't really indicated to be a list of holidays, but since Christmas and Thanksgiving are also on the list, I'm guessing that it is actually the list of holidays. Was going to pick up my NJGF upper from Mastodon, but looks like I have to wait! They are closed on Monday 1/2 also, which is a bummer. http://www.shoreshotpistolrange.com/pdf/NICS.pdf -Dave

My fingerprints have been good in Fanwood for 12 years. They stick with the exact law, so there you go...