Melgamatic

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As some of you might remember, I bought my M1 Garand from "The Garand Guy" Tony Giacobbe in Rahway last Spring. We noticed at the range a few weeks ago that my rear sight was loose. I tried bending the rear sight cover as recommended by various sites on the intraweb, and managed just to mangle it up. So, gave Tony a call, told him my sad story and was able to drop by his house Monday early evening. He took a look at it, said "Yup, that's no good, and looks like someone really bent up this cover", and then proceeded to give me all new rear sight pieces and fix it perfectly. No charge, my rifle was still under warranty, even though I had clearly done some of the messing up. I am super happy with my M1, and my buddy also bought one with a chrome lined barrel. He won his first service rifle match using the rifle, first time he shot it! I'm going to buy another M1 in 308 from Tony in the Spring. We are very lucky to have one of the leaders in M1 Garands here in NJ, so easily accessible. His website is: http://www.garandguy.com/index.html -Melgamatic

Depending on price, I would be interested in a couple.

In this month's NRA American Rifleman magazine (came last weekend, for me), there is a big article on hunting with AR-15s, and they have two sidebars on all the different calibers available for AR-15 and AR-10 platforms. Very interesting, and a great place for the information requested in this topic!

Here is the event calendar: http://geocities.com/mcrpcnj/schedule.htm bowling pins are 4th Saturday. Most of the events go year round. I think the Black Powder Shoot ends this month, and maybe something else (Cowboy Shoot?) the rest are year round. Last month we had 19 people at the bowling pin shoot!

This would be fine, if: 1) You had bought the gun from the NJ FFL. You didn't so they have no business collecting sales tax. They, and any business, may not collect sales tax on things they didn't sell. 2) They actually submit the tax collected to NJ. I'd be willing to wager that they don;'t. This is like if the Post Office collected sales tax on stuff they deliver to you. They didn't sell it, they have no idea if you paid sales tax or not, etc. BTW, if the seller was a business that had some dealings within NJ and therefore was required to collect NJ sales tax, would these FFL's then not collect the tax twice? I am a big fan of NJ Firearms Guild, but this practice is borderline fraud, and I don't think anyone should ever support it.

Guests are always allowed, as often as you want, but you need to be a guest of a member to attend a competition. I suspect a large number of the people at some of the events are guests, but they are with a member. So, non-members are welcome, but you have to be with a member. Bowling pins are fun. 8 yards. Semiauto pistols get two tables of 5 pins, and are allowed 7 rounds per mag. Revolvers get two tables of 4 pins. You shoot each table for separate time, one after another. Your score is the sum. YOu can reload as much as you want. Sometimes people have to load 3 or 4 times. However, winning times are often in the 2-3 second range. Even the best shooters can end up with the pin lying down with the small end facing you on the table after a solid hit. You hit it again, it spins around. Very frustrating, but everyone is in a good spirit, cheers for everyone, laughs at bad shooting if the shooter seems like they are having fun, stays quiet during bad shooting if the shooter seems to be having not a good time, etc. -Melg

IIRC = If I recall correctly

Belmar Blvd or Birdsall rd?? Fixed!

Here is a satellite image of the MCR&PClub: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.193877,-74.141107&num=1&t=h&sll=40.169037,-74.194453&sspn=0.13649,0.256119&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=&ll=40.194594,-74.13615&spn=0.010261,0.017252&z=16&iwloc=A Hm, doesn't quite work. If you look at that map, follow Hill Blvd off of Belmar Blvd to the end. Follow the little loop around the bottom of the runway, then take the unpaved road along the bottom of the field and then NW diagonally across the field. The range is the open area at the end. We just got final EPA clearance for the club's own road, which should happen very quickly. It will be a direct shot S off Birdsall Rd.

The grumpy old men at the MCR&PC don't bother you very much. They mostly don't actually shoot, and you only see them at the monthly meetings (of which you only need to attend 1 when you join). They have 400+ members, but you see the same 20 people at all the competitions and other times. Those people are all very nice, anxious to help or leave you alone, etc. No one ever thinks about picking up your brass, telling you what you are doing is wrong (unless you are really waving the gun around or something), etc. The newsletter has a lot of grumpy old man flavor to it, but who cares?

I belong to Monmouth County R&P Club, for around a year. I like it, I enjoy the comradery at the competitions. I participate in bowling pin shoot, trap, CMP rifle and 3-gun military shoots, and also shoot along quite a bit. Good points: very low key, fun activities most weekend mornings, no one tells you what to do, outdoors range, 100yrd range, very inexpensive at $100/year. Bad points: very rustic, no roof, portapotty only, no running water, activities take up most weekend mornings, lots of grumpy old men. -Melgamatic

I don't understand, is he self-publishing this book? Why can't you buy it through normal bookstore channels, Amazon, etc? I'm surprised it's such a backdoor effort.... :occasion-happyhalloween: (trying out the new smilies)

I have bought many of my long guns there, and also my Kimber and Buckmark. They seem to be just about overflowing right now. When I bought my Kimber they only had 3 or 4 left, but they have a whole case available right now, probably 15 different Kimber 1911 models. They added a rack of used guns in the middle of the showroom, and all the pistol cases and rifle racks are chock full. They have a neat selection of Cooper varmint / benchrest-type rifles. Very expensive, but they come with a paper with three holes that are slightly larger than one hole to demonstrate how great they are. Next year when they have Cooper days with 10% off I might buy one. Ammo has been in reasonable supply there lately, although they've been selling out of 45ACP quickly, and I think their price on 45 is a little high. -Melg

Gnome hunting at the range!

Just to close this out, I received my parts from RCBS in the mail yesterday. Exactly the right parts, correct number, etc. My second primer tool now works. RCBS will get as much of my reloading tool business as I can give them.

I just voted without being a member, registering, anything. 71% right to bear arms 29% gun control

Finland is pretty tough on Gun Control:

I think NJ Firearms Guild probably has more handguns than Cheyenne. It's hard to tell at Cheyenne with the silly way they have them displayed....

They have just about every brand. Mostly new, but a few used rifles and shotguns too. They also sell reloading supplies, although they are in the same condition as most dealers right now. They specialize in high-accuracy varmint rifles too, with a great selection of expensive Cooper rifles and the brass and bullets for those.

Burger Heaven, just off Madison Ave on 53rd st.

I have reloading equipment from all the major vendors, but RCBS has produced a few of the items I like the most; my RCBS automatic powder dispenser / scale system, my trickler, and my primer tool. I bought an RCBS hand primer tool at Cabelas a few months ago. Unfortunately, although the box appeared factory sealed, it was missing the whole top platform, shell holder, springs, etc, from the top of the tool. It took me a while to figure out it was missing as I tried to figure out how this thing could possibly be used to insert primers! I ended up buying another RCBS tool (this time with all the parts), and I love it. Several months passed, and I realized that if I got the spare parts for my first tool, I could just keep one setup for large primers, one for small primers, and I wouldn't have to change the internal parts when I switched. I sent an email to RCBS with the necessary part numbers, and I told them that I would be happy to pay for the parts, and that the parts had probably been taken from the tool while it was on the shelf at Cabelas, and then had been sealed back up. Got an email today from RCBS that they were sending me all the parts, and that they would be free, including shipping. Just a very short pleasant email. I know that other people have had similar experiences with Hornaday, Dillon, Lee, etc. Just wanted to let you know that RCBS also has fantastic service. It seems like the metallic reloading equipment sector is populated with a bunch of companies that treat their customers right! What a great thing!

I am not really sure that "you can do XXX legal process yourself" is ever a good idea.

Does Dick's in NJ carry Ruger 10/22's?

He should visit Bullet Hole to see exactly how much stuff you can cram into a tiny little store!