Melgamatic

I think we probably broke it, somehow, so I'm not sure it's a warranty situation. On the other hand, I bought it on 12/21/2009, so I am well within my 2 year warranty...

I purchased a new Remington 1100 20 gauge shotgun for my son last Christmas. We shot only a few rounds this past summer; he's still working on getting used to it and I didn't want to push it. Taking it out of the gun safe recently, I realized the operating handle is gone. It wasn't in the carrying case, and isn't on the floor of the safe, so I can only assume it's on the ground at some range, somewhere. I want to take it to a gunsmith to get it fixed and checked out. I live in the Union County / Westfield area. I haven't been back to the NJ Firearms Guild (the nearest gunsmith) since a year or so ago when they did a poor job and charged me too much to fix the Kimber 1911 I bought from them, so I would rather avoid them. Where else should I go? Any gunsmith suggestions? The other complexity is that I work long hours, and so would prefer someone who can either deal with me on the weekends or during the week after 8pm... Thanks, Dave

He was a good dog, well trained. A very nice animal. He didn't volunteer to sacrifice his life, or devote his life to service. Someone picked him, trained him, and got him to do what he did. If the dog saved me from a collasped building, I'd pet the dog but save my true thanks for the trainers and the handlers. If the trainer or handler died in the line of duty, I'd be all for paying for any kind of service you wanted, and I'd attend. For the dog, I'd like a nice local respectful service, and maybe send a card to the handler. There is no equation between a human first responder, who actually decides to help, and an animal who assists first responders, who has no idea what they are doing and is merely doing what we've trained them to do, without any choice on their part.

Does anyone know what the course of fire is for the "any rifle / any sight" match this coming weekend at Cherry Ridge? It's on the 200/300 range, but no info about if it's 3 position, prone, bench, what? Are there different classes for iron sights / optics, or is everyone in one class? Thanks.

I have one, and it is fantastic.

For a CCI Mini-Mag 36gr HP, zeroed at 100yds, the drop at 200yds is 32". If you aim at a 45 degree angle up, it changes to around 15". At 400yds, the drop with a 45 degree angle is around 191". If you are zeroed at 50 yds (probably more common for a 22LR), the drop at 200yds is 42". So, unless you are shooting at a big angle (as previously mentioned), you're not going to be shooting anywhere near a mile.

Yes, we can easily find all of these in various Christian denominations. Male dominance over women is very common, the others are usually in fringe sects. Catholic women cannot become priests, ya'know?

If you'd like someone to post all the crazy, horrific and hateful stuff that's in the Bible, let me know. There are a lot of real doozies. Hint: a lot of you need to be killing your non-virgin daughters tonight....

So, is this an actual law, or our way of covering ourselves for unclear laws? If it's ok to do face to face in the parking lot across the street, why isn't it OK to do the transaction in the vestibule of the show? Is that an actual law? If I decide to buy a Garand from you, do you then leave the show, abandon your table, go across the street, handle the transaction and come back? How does the local PD understand all the firearms transactions happening across the street? I guess they know what is going on, but do they check that transactions are legal? I am glad this organization is trying to keep the show going, but it seems like it might not be worth it, given the hassles, I'm sad to say.

I saw a picture of George Bush chest bumping an AF Academy graduate as a "bump to top" pictures in the marketplace, and did a google search and found these pictures: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1022718/Pictured-The-moment-George-Bush-chest-bumps-airman.html I'm not a big fan of Bush's, but these pictures increased my opinion of him by around 40%. Pretty cool pics.

So I'm confused about this show and the laws. Why bring guns to this show; you can't sell or buy them there, can you? If you have a Garand that I want to buy, what has to happen? Thanks, Dave

I've been trying to sell my H&K SL8-6 here on the board for a while, mostly because it's easier to sell to someone else from the board here in NJ. I've bought and sold a few rifles, and it's been very easy to deal with other forum members. But, I'd like to buy a 28 gauge shotgun, and I'm also trying to keep net gun costs (just the guns, clearly other expensives are rampant) at 0, so I'm going to finally sell the H&K to pay for the shotgun. Can anyone tell me anything about selling a rifle on gunbroker? Unless the buyer is in NJ, I need to get their FFL's info and send the rifle to the FFL, correct? How does that work, exactly? Does the FFL email me or mail me their paperwork, or do I just need some kind of number? Do I wait to get money before I ship? What forms of payment are safe on gunbroker? I buy and sell on ebay all the time, and use Paypal succesfully (I am aware of the issues, but so far I've been lucky), but not sure what the best method on GB is. Any other tips? I paid $2K for the rifle during the gold rush. New ones sell for ~ $1900 on GB, and used ones seem to sell for ~ $1600. With the three mags and the rails I think I can get close to $1600, but I am wondering how much I'm going to pay in transaction costs. I got a cash offer for $1300 from someone on the board recently, and almost got my asking price a long time ago on the board, but the guy didn't quite have matching paperwork and the deal fell through. My rifle is here, by the way: http://njgunforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4311 Thanks for any advice.

Besides the crap that others have mentioned, they are the sanctioning body for much of shooting sports in the US.

Also many thumbs up for Tony Giacobbe, The Garand Guy. He can do anything. Chrome barrel or not, keep it in 30-06 or go to 308, etc. All barrels probably in stock, and he's probably done 20 of them this week so he knows what he is doing. http://www.garandguy.com/index.html

Any news?

Or, if I wanted to really support gun rights in NJ, I'd send the donation to anyone who will run against Christie in a few years... Not actually sending anyone $300, just pondering the NRA's motives.

Just got a "check" in the mail from the NRA for $700, good towards the $1000 price to move from Life Member to Endowment Life Member. So the price is reduced to $300. I think I got Life for $300, so now I can be an endowment member for $600 total. I'm not quite sure the economics of this. I understand the NRA wants members to be able to quote large numbers, and adding Life members ensures that they keep the membership numbers up (and probably they amortize the cost of the magazine and cover themselves at $300). But, what's their goal in promoting people to Endowment for $300? What do they get out of it? Actually, I guess they get $300 more out of a Life Member, which is $300 more than they usually get.....I get it now.

They're available on gunbroker for $685 buy it now, plus shipping, plus FFL, so mid-7's is about right.

So, have any of our forum FFL's confirmed the NJSP letter? If so, I'm buying one immediately!

If only you could find a perfect used example for $1600 or so.... http://njgunforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4311

This article made me feel that the Appleseed program may be much more politically-motivated than I had previously hoped. I had been pretty excited about it, now I'm not so psyched to spend a weekend with a bunch of guys foaming at the mouth about Obama. The founding during any presidency doesn't tell you much about the political nature of a group. Bush II was more anti-gun than almost any president we've had, despite seeming to enjoy shooting in his personal life, and Obama has managed to pass several major pro-2A laws that had not passed under Bush, even though most people don't think Obama is pro-gun in any way and is actually the spawn of a socialist devil monster. Bush got guns out of Amtrak baggage and out of the federal park system, and somehow they are both OK now. It's never clear.

I read the article and missed mention of racism; which page is that on? I'm a little surprised that the RWVA has $334K in the bank; at this point they shouldn't be charging for Appleseeds at all....

Nope, that's the biggest fallacy. Visit California or the other legalized states and you quickly realize that everyone, EVERYONE, has a prescription or a buyer's card (depending on the state). Just like everyone can get a prescription for Zoloft, Vigra or Ambien if they have a doctor, everyone can get a prescription for Pot in those states....find me a story about someone who's been turned down! You can't! Everyone gets pot! Yay!