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All of these have been added (it only takes a few seconds each). http://www.njgunmap.com (just redirects to the google map) I reserved a pin color for the WMA areas, but I really need someone to sit down and write out the actual locations for them. The state website has great maps of each area, but not how to get to the area, etc. If someone can get me the actual locations (either GPS coords, or a street number, or even a road intersection) I'll add them in quickly, but I don't have time to research each location. Thanks, Dave

Anyone know if this business still exists? Their URL has clearly now been hijacked: http://www.rutgersgunbooks.com So maybe they're gone?

I was looking for a short road trip yesterday, so headed up to the Gander Mountain in Middletown, NY. THis was around 75 minutes from my place in Union County. First off, this Gander Mountain is much bigger and nicer than the other one I visited in Scranton, which was pretty run down. They had a selection of handguns, a reasonable selection of long guns (including a lot of Savage and Remington rifles in various calibers, which was nice), and a very good selection of shot guns. THey had a nice gun safe display with some very big models, reasonable ammo selection (the rifle ammo was open to touch, pistol ammo behind the counter), some reloading supplies. And, everything was 20% more expensive than other places.... Everything was either at full retail price or possibly higher. Federal 50 BMG ammo was 50% higher than normal. 223 ammo was 10-25% higher. 22LR ammo was tons higher, $25-$27 per box, with CCI Minimags at $10 instead of the normal $8 per plastic sleeve. I couldn't believe how expensive hunting clothing was, much much higher than Cabelas. Next time I'm looking for a roadtrip I'll go 90 minutes West instead of 75 minutes North and hit Cabelas. -DAve

You can now just go to http://www.njgunmap.com which just redirects you to the google map. This makes the URL easier to know. I used it on the road myself yesterday.

I go to a lot of the stores in NJ very regularly. I think NJ Firearms Guild in Rahway might have the most handguns in stock. They have an awful lot. Cheyenne might have the most long guns in stock. Funny thing is that if you had a specific model in mind, I might bet that it would be in the Bullet Hole's case. Small store, very cramped, but somehow they end up having the things you actually want, a lot of the time. -Dave

The NJSP will provide collectors the ability to buy multiple guns, just as the laws actually allow CCWs. They are processes for obtaining both, but both are unobtanium.

I joined the Fifty Caliber Shooters Association today....I'll post a photo of why middle of next week....

http://www.gunshows-usa.com/penn.htm

I have the list of WMA areas in NJ from the state site: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/wmaland.htm but it's hard to find them on the maps. I want to add them to our NJ Gun stuff map. Does anyone know of a list, or webpage, or whatever, that has either GPS coordinates or a rough street address for each of the WMA's in NJ? Thanks, Dave

Intended to add one or two new places to the NJ shooting map today, ended up adding 11 ranges, 2 training / schools and 2 stores. Unfortunately, most of them are nowhere near me, but found a very friendly pistol club with 22 cal leagues around 8 minutes from my house! http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&source=hp&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=102727359301441126003.00047be349a968b8509d2&t=h&z=8

Wow, check it out!!! http://suburbanpistolleague.com/

I added all the NJ Dicks stores in, but used a different color pin (green) so you can tell it's a Dicks and not an actual gun store when you look at the map. The URL is http://uucurl.com/x.php?p=3209 or http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=102727359301441126003.00047be349a968b8509d2 if you like a longer URL. -Dave

Done. Can you check that the pin is in the right location? Thanks, Dave

Are you a regular or life member?

This is a very, very good idea.

Yes, but that offer is typically $750. There are many people getting coupons which allow their friends (or anyone, it turns out) to get upgrades to Life for $300. Most of these offers seemed to be either early 2008 or early 2009. Not sure if anyone is getting these offers now... -Dave

I know that some NRA life members have been getting coupons they can pass to friends, which provide significant discounts to becoming an NRA Life Member (the 4/2009 discount was life membership for $300). If any NRA life members on this forum get one of these coupons, I'd like to use one. Thanks, Dave

I was shooting in 15 degrees, snow flurries and 20+ mph winds on Sunday. Only managed 20 shots before I ws too frozen....

It's not so perfect here either. I'll let it go at that. I guess I need to step up my controversy level. I've never had any problem with anyone here.

Well-known internet filter SmartFilter blocks 1911.org as "pornography"....

I think they are actually cut down 20's. I bought a number of 30-round mags at a PA show (intending to shorten them myself), and realized after comparing my 15-round units that the bevels on the magazines didn't line up. They are both the same model Magpul, but the 20-round units have a bevel line at the correct place for trimming, whereas the 30-round mags have a flat where you need to trim. I never trimmed them or brought them home to NJ. I gave the 30-round mags to my dad who lives in PA. I have around 6 or 8 of the Tips Hardware 15-round mags. Two held 16 rounds, one holds 14 rounds. They need to trim them at a specific depth, and then there is a plastic rod in the bottom that tunes the actual depth to 15 rounds. If the rod is too long or too short you end up with slightly incorrect counts. I replaced the short rods with longer rods, trimmed the long rod, and glued the rods into place on all mine for better durability. That said, I'd buy more of the Tips Hardware units if I wasn't a 2-hour drive away. -Dave

Thanks everyone, the problem was resolved. I had mac cloning on because a million years ago all the broadband providers required it, since they only allowed you to hook up "one" device; that's changed over the past 5+ years, but it never hurt anything. The problem was that I never did a full "hard reset" on the router, which includes power cycling while holding down a tiny red button on the back panel for more than 30 seconds. Once done, everything worked. Thanks, Dave

Interesting. Cheyenne Mountain split from Harry's, and they now handle the gun/hunting part of the business, in the same new strip mall as Harry's. I have actually bought powder from Cheyenne in the past few months! They have a big red wooden powder safe just next to the door at the end of the rifle rack going into the back room. Maybe they are cutting out that part of the business, but they sometimes have powder, at least recently...

This seems to have that problem, but I'm not sure.... https://www.njfirearms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=65&category_id=3&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=109&vmcchk=1&Itemid=109

I was shooting at the 200yd range this morning. I had to scrap the ice and snow off the shooting table first. Then, my towel wouldn't stay down, so I had to staple that down. My seat pad kept blowing away, so I stapled that down too. Finally got some nice shooting done, very happy, considering the 20-30+ mph winds.... It was really, really cold....