Melgamatic

I bought one on my trip to Cabela's on Friday. Managed to shoot at 25 clay birds at the WMA on Saturday right before the rain, and hit 21, so it works and doesn't reduce my shooting ability, anyway. More data later, but I love the way this shotgun feels. It is amazing.

where is this shop, and what is the auction handle on gunbroker? thanks, dave

I'm taking tomorrow off to head to Cabelas, since I have a 10% coupon (and which doesn't exclude firearms, as they sometimes do). If I like the way this shotgun feels I'm going to buy it. Goose hunting season is getting close!

You don't want to post the name of a terrible, ignorant and aggressively stupid FFL? Because you want the rest of us to figure it out accidentally when we try him out? You need to post it.

I'm at Madison/Park and 52nd. Guys at their desks said they felt it, but I was in a conference room across the street (55 E52nd st, Park Ave Plaza) and we didn't feel it.

Or the Gander Mountain in Middletown, NY?

100% of the time I see a giant gold badge suction cupped to the front window of a car they are driving like complete asshats. Usually in an Escalade. I got out of my way to drive slowly in front of them. It's fun.

What you really want is the little tiny yellow NJSP insignia decal. Maybe 1.5" wide, 3/4" tall. Hard to see, hard to get, seems to do wonders in stops if you're polite.

It's cheaper than a) getting carjacked at Armament in Hillside, b) getting rear-ended while slowing down to pull into Armament's driveway off Rt 22, c) NJFAGs in Rahway or d) gas to drive the 90 minutes town to TJ as I've been doing....

For some reason never tried that gunbroker FFL-finder, and when I did I found Yanchok's Gun Shop in Warren, which is about 15 minutes from my house (and therefore around 60-90 minutes closer to my house than the excellent FFL's I've been using). Does anybody have any specific information about Yanchok's Gun Shop?

Looking for a new autoloader for goose hunting, thinking about a Remington Versa Max, like this: Versa Max waterfowl Takes 3.5" shells, seems to be a very nice shotgun. Anyone here have any actual, hands-on experience with it? Thanks.

A new sign went up in the Target shopping center on Rt 22 eastbound in Union just recently for a new Dick's. There is nothing there yet, but it looks like they'll go into the abandoned Circuit City store. Dick's isn't the greatest store in the world, but at least there would be someplace I could pick up misc stuff on my way home from work. It would be amazing if they sold ammo, hunting stuff, etc, but who knows in Union.

Many. Title 13, Chapter 54. NJAC 13:54-1.2 Definitions: "Assault firearms" means: ii. A semi-automatic pistol that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least two of the following: (1) An ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistol outside of the pistol grip; (2) A threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrel extender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer; (3) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand without being burned; (4) Manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the pistol is unloaded; and/or (5) A semi-automatic version of an automatic firearm;

In many towns, the 6' or so from the street to some part of your lawn, often including all the sidewalk if you have one, is actually town property and not yours. For example, my front property line is actually around 2' closer to my house than where you might guess if you were to look at where the lawn hits the street. So, your mailbox could easily not be on your actual property.

President Medvedev likes his weaponry: Heather SR-2 submachine gun Unknown handgun Grenade launcher and finally a real AK.

Read the first post. I did not say it was an AK, just that it looked like one.

From the front page of the NY Times today, a picture of Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev holding "a sniper rifle during a visit to a military brigade in southern Russia." I know that you can still buy new AKs but I didn't realize that current military production still looks the same, with wood stock and an old-fashioned looking scope! Interesting looking barrel, too! (And what's the deal with those hats? I know that military costumes around the world are pretty wacky, but those super tall hats make the guys look silly.)

Just an FYI, the registration for the Hunter Education course at Cherry Ridge on 9/10 just opened up on the NJ Fish & Wildlife website. If you want to attend you should register soon - they almost always fill up pretty quickly. -dave

Once you order from them a few times, your email inbox will be filled with coupon codes. A day rarely goes by that I don't get sales emails or special coupons from Cabelas, Midway, Natchez, Midsouth, CTD, etc....

Midway has it in stock at a slightly high price, but for testing and measuring probably perfect.

If they're just adding it to the powder, that's not so cool, and you're right, anyone who reloads could do it easily. For $1250 you could set yourself up with a reloading press with all the accessories and build your own. If they're doing what they should do, and actually include the ashes into the actual bullets in the bullet swagin process....now that would be cool!

Why does the guy in the first Youtube video shoot the last two magazines with his penis?

I have hired and kept employed a number a people I'd rather didn't own guns. One of them eventually went too nutty and we had to fire him, but he was a good compiler programmer. (He's now in NYS prison for kidnapping and raping a woman, so it's probably a good thing he didn't have a gun). But, my preference about whether or not my nutty programmers own guns doesn't impact their right to do so...

Just like CCW isn't banned in NJ; you can get your permit if you meet the requirements. 50BMG is allowed on some Thursdays, for a few hours middays. It hasn't been announced on the phone line as promised for a long time, so there has been no time. In other words, unless someone makes the announcement on the phone line, and you are either unemployed, retired or work non-typical hours, or can take vacation days, you cannot shoot 50BMG at CR. They already ban most 50BMG bullets, as most attract magnets. If you do spend the money for expensive bullets, like Hornady AMAX, you can't get a day to shoot. The fire thing is a old maid's tale, and they don't pre-wet anything. I love CR, but they are as responsible for the downfall of 50BMG in NJ as any politician trying to ban them.

I camp extensively in heavy bear areas, and lead groups of 20-30 boy scouts aged 11-18 into the same areas heavily populated by bears. I have had bears walk through the campsite as I've brushed my teeth more than once. They won't bother you. They don't care about you, unless you threaten a cub. They want your food. Never take any smellable into your tent, including any food, soap, toothpaste, deodorant or bug spray. Put them in a smellables container, and put it where a bear can't get it. Either suspend it 12' in the air, at least 10' from the nearest tree, using multiple ropes, or put it in a car or bear box. Most campsites in bear areas have metal bear boxes. The campsite I stayed in for the past week in the Adirondacks was right at a bear den, and used heavy steel job boxes. However, we also keep everything in the bear box in a smellable container, because if the bear smells stuff in the 200lb+ bear box, he'll toss it like it's a tin can. The only times bears go near tents is when morons have food in their tents, or even snickers wrappers in their pockets. Leave all foodstuffs out of your tent and there is no danger. When walking through the woods, make noise so you don't startle them. We were walking down a camp road at 1am without flashlights and managed to startle one poor bear nearly to death. He crashed back into the woods so fast he had to have hit his head on something.... In NW New Jersey there are so many bears in campsites that I started wearing earplugs so they wouldn't wake me up when moving our patrol boxes around (even though they had no smellables). Control your smellables, never have them in the tent, and you are fine. By the way, even when bears tear through tents to get to the snickers wrappers, they don't bother the little boys, just the snickers wrappers.... -Scoutmaster Dave