jeff47

Both turkeys I've shot were with 2&3/4in shells that I had floating around, I think they were #4. I shot them both with my O/U with a full choke within about 25 yards. You don't need anything magical. As mentioned above, once you know what your gun can do with a particular load, shooting them once they are in range is the easy part.

FYI if you're near Union County and are looking for some M855, I just bought another 300 rds of American Eagle M855 (The 150 round green cardboard boxes) from Dicks in Union on Rt 22 about 10 minutes ago. I happened to be in looking for something else and saw it. The guy told me that they weren't supposed to get any more in but that when they unloaded the truck this morning they found that they had a few cases. At $80 per box (That's their normal price, $75 plus $5 tax) its almost $0.54 per round but who knows what's going to happen with it. Good luck.

Not really a surprise considering they banned 7n6 only a few months ago for the same reason. I wonder if the 7n6 ban was a test run for the m855 or if someone pointed out that m855 bullet had the same non-armor piercing make up as the non-armor piercing 7n6 bullets that are now classified as AP? I picked up 300 rounds of m855 from Dicks for $100 with their coupon and now the same stuff 2 weeks later is more than twice that if you can find it. Pretty sad.

I just bought 1250 rds of remanufactured 40 cal for $286 shipped which works out to less than $0.23/rd delivered. Like everyone else said, keep an eye out for their $5 shipping and their caliber specific deals of the day and if you're a new customer than bonus for you. I've had no problems with any of the rounds I purchased from them in the last 2 years.

I have a couple of the eotech xps2, one of which I've been running on my AR for a couple of years and through about 4 different carbine courses with no issues. The ring can appear pixilated especially if you have an astigmatism, or the brightness is set too high. Ironically that goes away completely if you're using it at range with a magnifier.

No, Tac Con even includes a letter from the ATF declaring it to be legal. It just creates an incredibly light trigger pull and extremely short trigger reset. Its very controllable and a lot of fun though I would probably recommend against installing it on your defensive carbine that you keep next to your bed at night because it has such a light trigger pull.

I took a carbine 3 class at GFH a few months back in PA and one of the instructors lent me his carbine with a tac con trigger for the final exercise. I suck at bump firing but it was very easy to fire 2-3 rounds at a time in a controlled manner. It was pretty cool, the only downside is that I had to transition to pistol before anyone else.

I'll have to respectively disagree with you on steel core. 7.62 x39 steel core has been illegal for importation for almost 2 decades and at this point if you can find it, its at a premium where as 5.56 steel core is everywhere lately. Some with green tips and some without. That and not all of us want to drive an hour + for the occasional manipulation drills when there is a perfectly good indoor range 10 minutes away. Personally I'd love to just open my back door and shoot, but where I live currently, they frown on that.

I obviously missed something but what happened to Backwoods? I see they no longer have a spot as a vendor?

I bought my Charles Daly O/U from Griffin and Howe off of their used rack for a pretty reasonable price, though that was about 14years ago. If you've never been to Griffin and Howe its well worth the trip just to look at their collection, though most of their stuff is pretty steep as ogfarmer mentioned.

A second a Ruger Black hawk. I love mine and a single action is a great time.

They did not have a warrant and I considered telling them that for about 2 seconds until I realized that if I did that there was a chance they could come back with a warrant and 8 more friends and tear my house apart. I have a wife and 2 young children and honestly while it sort of sucked to do it I did not want to chance the alternative. One of my big gripes with police and the feds over the last 5 years is that in many instances they could have showed up with 2 people, done some basic old school police work and been on their way. Instead they default to smashing someone's door down, wrecking the place and stressing everyone out requiring years of therapy for the kids (before the kids stop sleeping under the bed every night because of the 'bad men' they fear could smash down the door at any moment) because they had bad info or the guy was a non-violent first time offender that would have come along quietly. In this case I feel I was given that choice and acted accordingly. They got what they needed, they realized what I was about (I like to tinker) and they told me they would ignore any additional things that came their way with my name attached going forward. So no worries (I hope) but it was an eye opener. Another funny thing is that they could care less about any of my other firearms (including a couple I had picked up since then), they only wanted to see those 8. I totally agree that it could have happened in any state (since it was the ATF and not NJSP), I just didn't expect it to happen to me. Its not like I had ordered 50 lowers. The total list over 9+ months time consisted of 3 lowers (from 2 different vendors) 3 AK style receivers, a K98 and something else random. Not exactly a purchase pattern that I would expect to set off alarm bells and I've never heard of anyone else who's had a similar experience.

I don't know of any local either but if you wind up having to order one, NoDak Spud builds them as well. I've been eying up their OD Green 10/22 Receiver for $165. Unfortunately once you add in the transfer cost of a receiver its not much less than a cheap 10/22. If you do find one locally I'd be interested in one as well.

FWIW I had 2 agents from the ATF stop by my house about 2 years ago with a list of about 8 rifles, lowers and receivers including their serial numbers make model etc. that I had purchased over the previous year or so. I purchased these from multiple vendors and had them transferred through the same FFL through multiple transactions over time. Apparently there is a list and I was on it. They suspected I was illegally manufacturing and selling guns and wanted to verify that I had them in my possession. When I had trouble coming up with one of them I noticed them exchange a look that seemed to say "I guess we're going to have to kick this guys ass and fill out extra paperwork this afternoon". Fortunately I realized I had mixed it up with another rifle and with that behind us we had an amusing and much more relaxed conversation about how moronic NJ laws are and that they couldn't care less if I had 12 cases of 30 round mags as long as I didn't break federal law.. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

If you build from an 80% there are 2 types of 80% receivers, flats with holes and pre-bent with no holes. To bend a flat you'll need a bending jig and a press. For a pre-bent you'll need just a template, drill bits of the proper size and some time. With both types you'll need to heat treat the fire control holes and the ejector tip of the rail at a minimum. You can buy heat treated pre-bent receivers but these are going to be much harder to drill. You can spot weld the rails in or you can even try plug welding them with a MIG or TIG. Unless you are planning on building a large number of these the $100 for serialized receiver will definitely be cheaper. Of course once you build one you will probably want to build several more. If you cruise the akfiles (or whatever your preferred AK board is) you should be able to pick up some of the tools used and then resell them when you're done to recoup most of your cash. If you or your friend are handy you can also build some of the riveting jigs, barrel press tool etc. from scrap for a relatively low price. I've built several rifles including a Romanian RPK and its been a blast to learn about how to build and operate them though I can almost guarantee it will cost more than you think.

Tom, I'd like to see the video, maybe they have a history of poor oversight, I agree a mag with 2 rds in it would have made more sense. I personally have no problem with a child firing something FA but it depends on the firearm and the level of oversight. Children have been killed but so have adults. I read a few years a go a cop testing a Mac10 that was confiscated shot himself in the head and died as he didn't realize that the gun had been modified to full auto and ran away on him. mipafox, I'm not sure what model it was but I believe an uzi micro has about twice the cyclic rate of fire as a full size uzi, about 1200 rds/min as opposed to a more manageable 600 for the larger model but someone can correct me if I'm mistaken. My condolences to all involved

I just became a patron member. You can sign into your account on the NRA site and select the 'don't hassle me' option. Well worth it with Bloombergs nearly unlimited wallet against us.

I own both a Mossberg 590 and a quality O/U (quality, not crazy, I work for a living). While I have shot clays with my 590 and I love that gun, I find my O/U to be far superior for shooting trap. I could personally care less what you want to shoot and you do need to have skill to shoot well. However if you really think a field gun is just as good for shooting clays as a quality shotgun built explicitly for shooting clays, you're mistaken.

That didn't stop CA from suing a number of out of state vendors recently including Copes for selling mag rebuild kits. They had no real case but the legal fees are painful to deal with and all they really wanted to do was choke off the supply of magazines. Mission accomplished unfortunately.

I just registered on your site and I'm looking forward to it. I'll see you at 9:30am.

Gluten is a binding agent found in many grains/ flours including wheat. This is why gluten free baked goods often suck because you need to add guar or xanthen gum as a binding agent in order to get a similar consistency. My wife is allergic to gluten, corn and soy so she has real issues attempting to eat anywhere but our house but she does manage to crank out some awesome baked goods. One option is biscotti with gluten free oat flour. Not only do they taste good (oat flour is somewhat sweeter) but they last a while as they are twice baked, similar to hardtack but they taste a lot better. Go Picnic also has gluten free options. I take them for lunch occasionally and they are MRE like

That was a great class and the video came out really well. I was the one in the black shirt.

I prefer a semi auto pistol for defense but revolvers are still simpler to operate and pretty much failure resistant. I have on 2 occasions (using factory ammo) had a bulged case that wouldn't chamber. I've probably put 10-12K rounds through that pistol but the only remediation you have to take with a revolver if it doesn't fire is to pull the trigger again. No fine motor skills are required. I agree that revolvers are slower to reload in general, but have you seen Jerry Miculek reload one? Like everyone else said it really depends on what you are looking for. If I were to make a general list:I would recommend buying or at least trying: Striker fired, semi auto pistol Single action or DA/SA semi auto pistol A Revolver. I have a single action revolver and not only is it a fun gun to shoot but its the one everyone wants to shoot when I break it out. I agree with wooly bugger, if I could own only one shotgun a pump is both the cheapest and most versatile option, though I'm a Mossberg fan. For Rifle/Carbines: AR (The most popular rifle in the US) AK (The most popular rifle in the world. And instead of arguing over whether the AR or AK is the best, just buy one of each) Something in .22 for plinking and practicing fundamentals as said above Something in 308, .30-06 or 7.62x54R A Lever action. (Why not?) Some people own dozens of high value shotguns, or almost exclusively WW2 era pistols. So try out as many things as possible and get anything that strikes your fancy. What ever you do, learn how to operate them properly. Its amazing how different operating a pump shotgun is on a lazy afternoon vs with someone screaming in your face calling out targets at various ranges and being forced to cycle different loads through the gun to hit those targets effectively.

I met Steve for the first time on Saturday when I picked up a new S&W Shield. Great guy, smooth transaction and at a fair price. I certainly wouldn't hesitate to purchase from him again. Thanks Steve! - Jeff

I'd have to agree, there is no question you would get far more with a private sale. The gun shops have to make money too and 10% is probably not going to be worth their time to liquidate an entire collection. I can certainly understand you not wanting to list them all individually but you are going to wind up paying for that convenience.