Melgamatic

Anyone who has shot both have any input? The word on the street is that the Marlin is much cheaper (I think MSRP is $195), comes with a bunch of the stuff you need to add onto the Ruger (trigger, swivels, etc) and only needs tech-sights sights to become excellent. I didn't realize the Marlin had sold a lot more than the Ruger; with all the talk about Rugers you would think they would have outsold the Marlin 10:1! Anyone use the Marlin much? -Melg

That seems particularly silly. If they don't trust other LEO's to be references, what is the world coming to?

I use very nice brass for shooting off the bench, and then switch to Rem, Win or PMC brass when retrieval is in doubt. Weekend before last we shot bench and offhand from 100yards, then prone from 100 yards, then offhand from 50 yards. I was in position #6, and all my brass at offhand went straight into the woods. 0 rounds retrieved from 10 shot. I was really glad I wasn't using my best brass. BTW, I read another post about brass catchers on another forum, and super hot brass melting and sticking into the nylon nets is a frequent problem, too.

The brass catchers that attach to your rifle can sometimes cause problems. I was talking about it at the MCR&PC with a few old timers a week ago, and many of them had seen empty cases bounce back into the receiver and cause a jam. If the net or deflector isn't aimed right sometimes the cases get shot back at the rifle. There are deflectors you can get, but if not aimed/designed right can dent the cases pretty badly. Some rifles seem to place all their empties forwards (my M1 does this for 7 of 8 shots every time, with the final one going to my right rear), some very random (my DPMS 308), and some place them in a very nice pile, 8' to the side (my Colt). I think it's going to be hard to do anything useful in an indoor range, other than the above suggestion of stopping every few shots to pick up the brass you can find. Just don't use your Lapua, Hornady or Nosler brass at the indoor range!

I just ordered 5000 SR and 5000 LR. Slightly pricey, with shipping and hazard fee around $31/1000. http://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=278|284|737 I'm not a super big fan of Wolf ammo, but Wolf primers have a reputation in the reloading world as being some of the best, most consistent primers. -Melgamatic

That's an H&K SL8-6.

What does that mean?

Box of Truth on the Judge: http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot41.htm

The Box of Truth, as always, has a very nice short piece about chokes, with some practical testing of what chokes actually do: http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot44.htm

Not anymore...

Has anyone ever taken any trap shooting lessons? I can hit 19 or 20 out of 25 without too much trouble, but I can't get past that level. I think some pro lessons might be the trick. I see that Griffin & Howe has lessons at their Farm off Route 206 in Sussex county, and I know Orvis has a shooting school in Westchester. Are there other trap shooting / sport shooting schools in NJ; does anyone have any experience? I know they're expensive, but spending $200 (for an hour at G&H) or $400 (for a day at Orvis) seems like a relatively good investment if it improved my score a couple points. -Melgamatic

I'd like to see someone manage to get something nice out of Sarco. :?: We needs some tips and tricks for Sarco! The store appears to be full of crap, although their Shotgun News tabloid ads seem to have good stuff....

Actually, it's the opposite for me. I have a stack of hard cases that came with rifles, and I never use them. I have a bunch of soft cases that always get used (just bought a 52" long one to fit my long-barreled DPMS LR-208 with a big sight. So, for me, hard cases aren't so useful. I guess when I sell a rifle it will enhance the value, but that's about that.

I have a Savage Mark II BTVS http://www.savagearms.com/markiibtvs.htm which I purchased at Bullethole for around $250 or $300, if I recall correctly. I also purchased an inexpensive Nikon scope for it. At 50 yards, I can put as many bullets through the same hole as you'd like me to, over and over again. We put a coke can upside down on a stick at the 50 yard line, and we can punch out the middle of the "o" in Coke, and keeping putting them through there. I don't expect the Henry survival to be quite that good.... On the other hand, it is really small and light, and I suspect my 10 year old son will enjoy shooting it. The Savage is a little heavy for offhand shooting, although he is an ace with it on the benchrest.

Yes, but a $205 rifle is probably a good place to try it!

I just this afternoon bought one of these at Cheyenne Mountain. $205, plus their $15 nics fee. It's much smaller than I thought it would be. They only had the silver version, and unlike the previous poster I don't really like the "US Survival" written on it in blue "stencil" font, paint, so maybe I'll have some fun and paint it camo or something.

I see that your have NRA Range Safety Officer training scheduled on 11/7. I'm sure the information is there, but I'm having a hard time parsing it: what courses or training is prerequisite for that course? It looks like I will be working either the rifle or shotgun areas at the Boy Scout National Jamboree, in the summer of 2010, and need to get RSO training before then. Thanks, Melgamatic

Yup, I missed this thread: http://njgunforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=376&hilit=murphy Oh well.

Anyone know this store in Kendall Park? They are supposedly a Henry dealer.

Ultrasonic parts cleaners are used for many things. You can buy inexpensive ones which are aimed at jewelry, but which do a great job on gun parts, race engine parts, etc. We used to use them all the time for wheel bearing parts. I just read an article somewhere (Shotgun News?) about using an ultrasonic cleaner for just this! Parts cleaners, like you use for big car parts, which basically pump a solvent over the part, can be nice, but they are a PITA to keep in your house or garage. It's basically a big container of nasty solvent covered by an iffy lid......

There are at least two players, currently playing, who have been convicted in the past 5 years of killing someone while DUI. That's much worse than paying for dog fights (he was convicted for paying for it, not for doing any of it). Dog fighting is bad; killing people under DUI is much worse, IMHO.

I tried 23 minutes after the initial post and they were gone.

If only there was some cool website you could go to which would draw maps of any location..... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=millington,+nj&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=40.681389,59.414063&ie=UTF8&ll=40.677514,-74.518204&spn=0.305157,0.464172&z=11&iwloc=A

There are four or five very strong, easy to remember points that I'm going to try to remember for my next debate. Some of the Constitutional points, like #12 and #14 are really great counter-arguments to frequent anti-gun arguments.

It is a 3 times a month tabloid format shooting newspaper, mostly ads, with a few pages of interesting historical articles. You can buy it in most Barnes and Noble. Look in the rack with the other large format tabloid-style magazines (Wine Enthusiast, etc), not where the other gun magazines are. Here is the website; http://www.shotgunnews.com/ For knowing what's available, and at what prices, there isn't a substitute.