matt6669

post the 10/22 up here, I'm still looking for a 10/22 to buy and yeah I don't have anything useful to post in this thread, sorry for the hijack

I'll make you a deal tiny, 10 bucks and I'll even treat you and the wife to dinner for the guns. I mean, I think that is quite fair gl with the gun purchases, let us know what you end up with.

I am not a gun guru by any means but I will give you my first hand experience. My first pistol I bought is a Sub Compact Kahr k40 which is obviously a .40S&W. I bought it because I got a KILLER deal at 250 for it used with 3 clips to boot. The Kahrs are pretty much an identical gun to a glock for the most part. Now here are my impressions The .40cal is gonna kick you. Even if you get a full size .40, its STILL going to kick. With a sub compact it kicks like a mother. I was just at the range with Malsua who was standing to the left of me. His response was. " I can feel like a shock wave come and wash over my face every time you fire that thing." .40's definitely have a lot of buck to them but that comes with the territory. Another thing is, yes you can find ammo for it, but boy is it expensive compared to a 9mm bullet or something smaller. The cheapest ammo I can find is Blazer Brass which is a reloadable brass at 50 for 24.00 bucks. Compare that to a 9mm bullet and you'll see a big difference. Now my buddy has both a fullsize and a subcompact glock's in 9mm. I will tell you right off the bat. My accuracy was atleast 50% better than my shooting with my .40cal. Surprisingly my aim between the 9mm fullsize and sub did not change very much. But my aim from my sub .40 to his 9mm's change a lot. If all your planning on using it for is going to the range and home defense. A 9mm is going to have plenty of stopping power for what you want to do. So don't let a ballastics chart tell you to shoot something bigger when in reality you have no need to. If I had to do it all over again, I would of waited to find a used sub compact in 9mm instead of buying the .40. The 9mm is cheaper to shoot, and I also thing its more beginner friendly as well. Boy was that an essay ohh ps. If you want a gun for home defense, I still swear by a shotgun with 00 buckshot. Nothing is going to scare an intruder more than the click back of a shotgun and no one is going to be moving after getting loaded with 00 buckshot at short range.

I'd get a 1911 in .45acp even tho you already have a .45. A 1911 will be my next handgun purchase. I'm trying to decide if I want to spend the money on a nice Kimber or buy a cheaper 1911 and personalize it throughout the years. Outside of that I can't really recommend anything as your arsenal puts mine to shame if you want, you could always donate two guns to the matt needs more guns fund, and then that would open two more options for you FTW!

You may purchase targets when you get there, or you can bring your own. I bring my own real estate sign frames and hang stuff off it. The targets for sale @ the range are mounted on a 2x4 and they stick in the ground. The range itself is just an open field, there is nothing to staple targets to unless you put it there. Something that sticks in the ground is ideal. I wasn't asking about targets. I have my own paper targets. I was asking if I can simply staple my paper targets to existing backers at the range or is the only option making a backer & stake of my own to stick in the ground? I think what is in bold, should answer your question, I would hope.

It's going to be my deer killer for new york state. I'm looking into nikons right now I found a good nikon on ebay brand new for 150ish I just have to save the money. It seems with tuition bills my money disappears before it even hits the bank account And I bought my first gun uh a guess a little over a year and a half ago maybe, that sounds about right.

this is refreshing to know, thats its not only the jeep websites that I go on that get totally off topic. Its also the gun forums that I go on that get totally off topic. Its nice to have some similarity haha

uhhhh unless I am doing something terribly wrong with the calculator, which is a great possibility but 7.00/25 is definitely .28

now if only I could find someone with a .22 that they arn't using and want to unload cheap i'd be in heaven! So far I can say that all my guns get shot though I did pick up a remington 700 and have not had a single free cent to buy a scope for it, so I have not shot it at all. I know, I'm ashamed of myself actually

yeah my leadshot off of cabelas was too high. I ended up getting a lead shot price somewhere else, and it was like 40 cents cheaper. It still came out to be about .50 cents a round versus like .30 cents for store bought so I think ill stick with store bought for the time being.

no bird dog over here, just a big fat lazy chocolate lab thats dumb enough to try and get himself shot instead of the bird I've never bird hunted, so im pretty much a newbie to all of this. Is it a must to have a bird dog to make the birds get airborne, or are there other ways of doing it. Any good places to read a very simple information on bird hunting, nothing too technical for me please and yes, reloading shotshell is crazy expensive, might as well just buy them brand new and save the hulls and hope the prices go back down.

where do you guys do your bird hunting at? My brothers father-in-law belongs to a club i've been thinking about joining but I'm not sure if my talent level deserves joining a club at this point. I'm kinda looking for somewhere to go and try my luck first before i go joining a club just for bird hunting, any ideas??

yeah it seems to be that way, what a shame that you can't even reproduce most of it for cheaper than you can buy it. maybe someday the price of lead will come down some more, but even the powder isn't that cheap either. for a light load, I was looking at like .50cents just for the charge, thats insane.

Yes I know I'm a post whore anyway So another thing I was looking into was shotshell reloading since I already have the press, all I would need to buy is a new charging bar. So I started looking into reloading a bunch of shells that I already have from ammo that I had bought. If I did my calculations right by taking prices off of cabelas.com now that doesn't include shipping or anything, I just wanted base prices but. For a 2-3/4 #8 1-1/8 wt light load target shot, I can buy brand new federal top gun for like 7 bucks per 25. that gives me a shell price of .28 cents. If I were to reload that same shot, using an old hull, im looking at .99 cents a shell. Thats just insane. No wonder everyone is saying they don't reload shotshell these days. Its cheaper to go buy them brand new.

sounds good nick. Let me know when your back, I live only 15 minutes from the ridge, so I can swing by whenever really. M

you can have em! Any chance you'll be at Cherry Ridge in the near future? I'm not sure if your a member there or not I can't remember but you did say you have some .40 casings too right, we could swap same day?

Thanks a lot for the information, it looks like I will be waiting til august to take the gunforhire class then since in NY they don't do a hands on as a hunter education class BOO

Ok, here's the lowdown as far as I understand it. I figured i'd post it here, so if someone had the same question, its right here for them. If you are shooting from a smooth bore barrel you have two choices: 1. You can go out and buy a rifled choke tube, they run about 35 bucks no biggie. Then you can shoot any normal slug through your gun. You can shoot slugs like sabot sluts etc, just as long as they are NOT rifled slugs. 2. You can go out and buy either a Cylinder or an Improved cylinder choke tube. The pro's say to use a Improved Cylinder, I'm assuming its tighter so better accuracy. Now you can go out and buy winchester, federal, remington and brenneke KOs rifled slugs to now shoot through your gun. These slugs are more on the cheaper side than a sabot slug, but you are limited to your distance. With a rifled slug, your max distance is going to be about 75 yards, they say its getting touchy at 100, but its doable. Also with a smooth bore barrel you are limited to your sighting options. For me, I'm going the old route, iron sights all the way! ORRRR you can go out and buy a rifled barrel whether it be with a cantilever or not. With a rifled barrel you can shoot the sabot and etc slugs. With these slugs, 100+ yards are easily obtainable but they recommend you go to a range and do some testing. With this setup, your sighting options are endless so pick away. What I've come down to is this I am going to go out and buy an improved cylinder and some rifled slugs from a couple of the manufactures. I am going to go to the range and test them out, and see what works best for me. I plan on hunting deer in Jersey this year. If I end up liking deer hunting in Jersey, I am probably going to go out and buy a H&R ultra slug hunter shotgun. Its a break away, single shot shotgun. You can find it brand new for about 250 bucks or about the same price as a good remington rifled barrel for my existing 870. Then you always have the trusty blackpowder setup, which is a whole season by itself in Jersey that you can also look into. I hope this rant helps someone someday as I never knew all the options that I had and don't trust everything someone tells you at a gunshop just because its a gunshop

ehhh ill let you know. I havn't really inspected it. My father and I were just talking about it tonight so I havn't gone and looked in the buckets but I will tomorrow. M

ok so I'm not the only one who wouldn't shoot it. Now the more important question, what the hell do I do with it?

Yikes, I'm not sure you want to shoot these thing. A lot of them are OLD paper cases that have been in my basement for 24 years atleast. They have gone through a moisture cycle like you would not believe. Anyone who wants them can have them! I'll even take a picture for you this weekend, then you can decide

wow those are some crazy pictures. Almost makes you want to keep slugs loaded in the shotgun for home defense And thanks for the link, im headed over there right now to do some reading and I will check out those slugs as well b/c I paid almost 2 bucks a slug, thats insane!

Ok, does anyone know what I can do with some very old shotgun ammunition. I have about 3 spackle buckets full of loaded shotgun shells from back in the day when my father use to reload. I am talking about atleast 24 years old ammo here. Does anyone know if I can take it to my local pd to hand over or what?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Matt

awesome thanks a lot for the post, that helped a lot. Do you happen to know of any good shotgun forums laying around. Also what brand slug are you shooting. These remington buckhammers cost me 13.00 bucks for 5 slugs, that is crazy expensive if you ask me. Also do you know if you can actually reload these shells, or can you only buy em new. Thanks Matt

heh im kinda the other end of the state from you. I'm in North Jersey in West Milford but thanks for the offer. I will look into the RCBS kit, but if I remember correctly I think that kit is sorta pricey. I think I am really leaning towards the lee classic turret, I probably wont' buy for another week or so, so if anyone comes up with anything please let me know. M