Melgamatic

The pictures on FB show that they have built a very high-end range, and it looks much nicer than any of the other indoor ranges I've seen. The amount of glass cases in their showroom holds the promise of enormous inventory, which will be nice. It's 42 minutes from my house according to google maps. The two ranges I belong to are CR (at 45 minutes) and MCRPC (at 45 minutes), so I won't be joining. I hate shooting indoors, and shoot outdoors all winter. If I need to shoot at night I'll join CJRPC or Somerset (I should join Somerset, it's only 25 minutes from my house and you can shoot until 11pm; rifle facilities suck but I have CR and MCRPC for that). If they have good prices on firearms and have inventory deserving of those giant glass cases, I'll certainly looking at buying there.

BH is full of LE-type people, prison guards, various other LE jobs. Most of them don't really look anything like what I normally think of as a cop, but there were various things like cops. The guy was probably some kind of guard.

I have cut many Pelican inserts, and always just used a serrated kitchen knife with no problems at all. Actually, I use an official "Ginsu" knife. I think that's the only thing I use it for anymore.

I don't have all the documentation for the rifles I've bought in NJ!

$10 off $100 retail - code 12101177 $20 off $200 retail - code 22101177 $30 off $300 retail - code 32101177 $50 off $500 retail - code 52101177 All good until 11:59pm CT on 10/31/11. -Dave

I use them all the time. The "factory seconds" pack is a good deal. I've probably bought 10-15 of them, and have never actually found anything that I would have considered a defect. $5.99 for 50 of these targets is 12 cents. I used to print my own targets, use cheap targets, and then I realized with all the money spent on guns, ammo, gas to the range, etc, that saving $1 per trip to the range on cheapo targets was silly. Just got packs of 8" and 12" Caldwell orange peel targets. Nice for sighting in.

That poll is not very scientific, and I wouldn't quote it. A Democrat, or someone who voted for Obama, is not likely to expose themselves on this forum.

They don't put "gun stuff" on their website catalog, just "hunting" stuff. However, for each store they have the week's sales fliers, and they are just online versions of the sales fliers and THOSE contain firearms and ammo info.

In an amazing coincidence, at 4:21pm I got an email from Grafs offering free hazmat when you by 32lbs of smokeless powder, and they'll include another 16lbs of primers or powder in that. Or, they have free shipping with $100 purchase or more, but you have to pay hazmat. Both great deals.

Uppers are not guns, so no regulations....

Wideners and Grafs. They both have "free hazmat shipping" sales a few times a year. Also, TNT Reloading at some PA gun shows.

Reloading is easy, and ends up $3 a shot or so. I probably spent $400 on the reloading equipment. Wideners has great South African surplus ammo, and also the new bullets used (not pulled). The SA ammo is $55/20, or $2.75 per round and you end up with very nice brass, so that's the way to go. I really don't think there were Bohica safety issues; I only know of one that blew p, and the user was testing hand loads. The pictures included some hints that he was using very hot loads before the boom. I wouldn't be shooting mine if I had concerns, and I am safety conscious. Ft Dix and (sort of) Cherry Ridge AR the only easy places for me, but I just wanted one, and depending on political climate they might be an early victim of anti-gunners. BTW, with and upper no one knows you have one...

I just noticed that too. The negative press on the forums may have killed them. It was only three or four people. It's a shame, because the V3 rifle I got is great, but maybe you can't get them anymore. I used to see the company itself selling many on gunbroker (they retailed that way, and that's how I got mine), but they aren't selling any like that anymore. They may well be dead.... If you join the 50 Cal Shooters Association, the magazine is full of ads for various rifles and uppers in all price ranges. 50 Caliber Shooters Association

You can find reviews good and bad for any product on the internet. One Bohica V2 blew up, but the conclusion was due to bad reloads. I haven't heard of any other problems, and the rifle was sure very well made. Safety Harbor also makes a nice rifle.

Just follow the standard NJ rifle rules. Almost anything in bolt-action is OK. There are alternatives to the very nice and very expensive models above. I have a BOHICA 50BMG AR upper, and I've had nothing but reliable performance and very good accuracy with it. There are a number of companies selling high-quality AR-based uppers.

Dillon Super Swage, baby

The Eotech 3x magnifier is an expensive part, around $550, and the 512 sells for around $400. So close to $950 for those two optics pieces new, close to the value of the rifle!

I have one of those, thought it would be great because I don't like my 12-yo son getting lead all over his fingers from pushing the bullets into the magazines. Figured this would keep the lead off him. I've only had mixed success. I find I need to put one bullet in the magazine manually, and then it will load ok. At the end of loading, one bullet is always lose in the loader, so I use that to "prime" the next magazine. I also find the bullets don't always feed well down the "zig zag" ramps, and that putting new bullets into the loader isn't so great either. Also, the knob is hard to turn, so my 12-yo ends up needing my help most of the time. I'd give the product a C-. I've switched over to only using CCI AR Tactical 22LR, and since they are copper plated I worry about lead on my son's fingers less, so we just load the magazines by hand. This is using both new and old stock factory Ruger magazines.

Not sure I want to shoot next to someone who thinks you need a radius map. Just go to the ATF website and download the spreadsheet of all FFL holders in NJ, and there you are. Actually, you won't have to shoot next to me since it turns out to be 45 minutes from me, and so not closer than the 3 ranges I already use. By the way, the ATF listings of all FFLs in each state in Excel format is really handy for finding FFL resources in general! Excel lists of all FFLs in the country

Morris County is a very large county, but unlike the large counties down south it has some of the busiest roads. It's 469 square miles, and travelling from Lincoln Park to Washington Twp could take an hour. So, it matters a lot. I think it is pretty silly that these guys think people are going to drop $250+ for a range they've never seen and can't even find on a map yet. I also think it's silly that they're hiding the address in some strange concept of hiding their location from anti-gun people, and yet seem to be winking that friendlies could find it through hints and photos.

Well, try them if you want to pay possibly even more than MSRP, and possibly get waited on by one of the grumpy old men if they feel like selling a rifle today. Maybe they don't. There's a reason why you find all the younger Effingers sales people now working at other stores....

NJ Firearms Guild in Rahway will have several 10/22's in stock. Some used, maybe some new. OK but not amazing prices. Most firearms stores should have at least one or two 10/22's in stock.

I think you are paying way the heck too much attention to other people's abilities. I'm at the range many times a week, and rarely do I notice other people's group sizes. If someone wants to have a friend spotting, sounds like they have nice friends. If someone wants to buy nice rifles, what the heck does that have to do with you. People who aren't good marksmen don't have the right to friends or nice rifles in your special world?

GoPro's were nice 2+ years ago. They lack a number of important features that they are only finally adding through the unbelievably slow addition of their "back packs" for remote control, etc. Their video is good, but not really pro quality. The latest video cameras in heavy professional racing use are these: Drift HD170 We're selling the two Chase Cam pro setups from our rally car and replacing them with the Drift cameras (which retail for a 5th of what the Chase Cams cost us).

Welcome to the late 90's!!!