Dan

Seriously OP? You apparently disagree with being a citizen of our country. It was built from the ground up with ideas like free enterprise and the right to keep and bear arms. You are now giving up on both concepts. I'm not buying this whole price gouging thing is un-American. They are selling ammo at inflated prices and people ARE paying for it. Supply and demand my friend. It's not like we're in the middle of a life and death natural disaster scenario and shop owners are gouging on milk, bread, and gas. Maybe you should give up on healthcare also. It is the biggest price-gouging game that is going on right now... that is truly a life and death scenario.

How F'in skewed is this poll. To ban "high capacity" magazines. To date, nobody has successfully demonstrated evidence or definition as to what consitutes a "high capacity" versus "normal capacity" magazine. NJ already has a law on the books banning "large capacity" magazines, capping to 15 rounds... assumed from our current law to be "normal capacity". Now the media is promoting that 15 rounds is the new "high capacity". Blood is boiling...

Unfortunately like many groups that "go against the grain" when it comes to mainstream media promoted government-backed ideology, they are quickly dismissed and lumped into the whacked-out, conspiracy-nut, racists, "extremist" bin. It is true that lots of times these groups are started for the right reasons and get off to a good start like Oath Keepers and the Tea Party movement, but then unfortunately they draw in crazies that make everyone look bad. My question is when did the Oath Keepers "3%" folks turn into an "anti-government extremist" group which apparently also has roots in anti-semitism and bigotry since it drew the attention of the anti-defamation league? This is exactly what mainstream media and our government keepers have been trying to make the NRA and any gun-rights group to be. They go out of their way to exemplify the few nut-jobs within gun-rights groups and try to portray them as the majority base character. Cuomo for instance has used the "extremist" word many times in interviews and speeches when referring to any pro-gun/civil rights group who was opposed to his anti-gun rights laws.

Wow, messed up. Glad you are OK. Your experience re-affirms my decision to wear safety glasses while reloading is prudent.

I'd love to debate these guys on these mag capacity bans. 22 years ago, the anti-gun folks rammed down the throats of all NJ gun owners a mag ban limit of 15 rounds. "This is it" they said.. "this will save lives, can you get on board with this" they said... "This will be it, it is the number of rounds that will save lives and will not impede on gun owner's rights" they said... Fast forward and now the legislature is now trying to tell us that 15 rounds is unacceptable to "save lives", and now the new magic number is 10 rounds. Backed up by the same damn rhetoric BS they pulled on us 22 years ago. The same freaking BS arguments. No thank you sir, it is obvious that they are simply trying to turn lawful gun owners into criminals, and to make owning a gun in NJ dangerous via ridiculously complicated laws and rules. In 5,10,20 years these same people will be using the same BS tactics to move to 5 or 1 shot magazines.

Will be on the Cheesequake bus on the 30th.

Here comes the "its only for killing as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time" BS warcry of the anti's. I always rebuke that mine must be broken b/c it hasn't hurt anyone.

Never gets old: Don't Talk to the Police http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

I filed for a credit card dispute, then a week later I get a box in the mail with the brass. I'm not sure if its coincidence or not. In any case, I'm happy I got the brass finally, and canceled the dispute.

I had mice a number of years ago. I threw some of those green bait poison blocks that they sell in home depot into my crawlspace. No way for larger animals to get in there, so no worries about affecting other wildlife. The mice were no longer a problem after a week. Whats crazy is I was changing the air filter on my motorcycle. Its a airbox underneath the gas tank. The only way in is a snorkel tube the lowers down to the front of the bike near the radiator. Apparently the little bastards used it as a food storage bin. There was at least 1.5LBs of dry dog food in there. They were stealing the dog food from my utility room, using my crawlspace as a mouse superhighway to the garage, climbing up into the snorkel of the airbox and dropping the food in there. No nests, no feces, nothing other then dog food. I guess they were stockpiling for SHTF.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm happy to see that I can share some misery with others in the same situation! The thing that irks me is that her and my family's plan for a SHTF situation is to come to my house for power, food, water, and protection (yet they don't mention firearms as part of that plan but they imply it)... yet none of them do anything to prepare themselves. Just the typical joking comment "if anything goes wrong we'll just come to your house, ha, ha , ha". Talk about slapping the hand that feeds you and extreme hypocrisy... where she would love for the govt to come and take away my guns, yet is OK with seeking my protection using those same guns while I have them. My mom has been this way my whole life, and unfortunately I do not think there is a way to ever turn her around. She even persuaded my dad to sell his lever action when they got married (shame on him for succumbing!). I'm just going to try to keep quiet for now on. I think its better for everyone as I get all worked up and it makes visiting unpleasant.

Good times as always. Was a long day, but the nice weather and good company made it well worthwhile.

CFL's suck, unless you are going to leave them on for extended periods. Turning them on and off a lot will cut their life by 1/10 of the advertised time from my experience. LED's are here and ready for prime-time. Turn them on and off all you want, and if you get the proper type, they can dim just fine in any regular incandescent dimmer. I have replaced most of the heavily used and higher drain incandescent lights with LEDs. They work well so far. I replaced 7 , 75W PAR 30 spotlights in my kitchen with equivalent LED versions. They work great, and I now use 60watts versus 525watts when they are all on full power. I have also replaced my front porch and post light to LEDs. I can leave them on all night long and not feel guilty in burning 100W (15W instead combined). I only get the "warm white" , aka under 3,000 kelvin color temp models. I can't stand blue-white light.

There are many variables when it comes to surviving a financial collapse. What I have read from the Argentinian collapse, physical cash will be the most valuable at first. The govt will close all the banks, and CC companies will freeze accounts in the event of a currency hyperinflation situation. They will ration withdrawals, making hard cash in hand the most valuable and wanted thing for making purchases. Forget your checkbooks and credit/debit cards. Just look at the hard cash in circulation versus what is electronically stored for an idea. Even now, if you wanted to withdraw $20K in cash, its not like banks have that sitting around. They don't have rooms full of money like in the movies. You have to order it ahead of time and make arrangements. This would be impossible in a collapse situation. After that will most likely come precious metals. Look at how many "cash for gold" places there are now. Imagine that x20. You will have to shop these places in order to find the one that gouges you the least when it comes to trading PM's for cash. You may find a merchant who is skilled enough or willing to take the risk in terms of trading goods for PM's. Easily recognizable PM coinage would be the best. Jewelery would come second as it takes more skill to determine if they are fake. Just IMO.

Fancy new photo ID cards and "electronic" background checks, to me that sounds like they are getting rid of the old paper based P2P's, and perhaps the current "electronic" NICS check that is done while at your favorite gun dealer will be all that is needed to purchase pistols and long guns? That wouldn't be too bad. If it keeps the antiquated P2P's, then its just dumb and backwards as usual.

Means time to buy

"stolen" from "unprotected" warehouses. Yea suuurrrreeeee Somebody paid someone off to look the other way no doubt. I wonder who in the middle east would need to get hold of so many guns on the black market. Mmmmmm? I guess the USA figures they will get their guns from somewhere anyway, they may as well pay US workers to build them rather then Russia or China....

Would love to see all guns banned. What do you do? I'm amazed that I was raised by my own mother sometimes. She is the definitive Obama supporter. She would happily give up her rights for a promise of government safety. She would love it if I had to turn in all my firearms. She believes the government will take care of us, and knows what is best for us. No matter what logic that I use with her, nothing sinks in. Her eyes glaze over with big "hope and change" O's. Yes, my own mother is the type of person that I most disagree with, but of course I still love with all of my heart.

Its a great rifle unless you want to reload your brass is what I understand from research. The chambers are fluted to aid in brass extraction, so leaves flute marks on the brass. Also the extractor/deflector appears to really chew up the rim. Was the main reason that I never purchased one as I reload for .308.

I've emailed and snail mailed my Senator , Sam Thompson. Though a bit ambiguous, he does show promise by insinuating there are many proposed "useless" laws on the subject of gun control, and how he will not go overboard. I may try to set up a face to face meeting with him as well.

Much appreciated. If it gets bad I may take you up on last resort.

CLP for regular overall cleanings (even bore) and wipe down... also smells good. - G96 Gun Treatment Wet lube - Slip2K EWL Grease - Magnalube Copper remover for once in awhile - KG-12 Bore solvent for stubborn stuff - Hoppes #9 Semi-Auto formula

Thats more then generous of you. I also got a PM from another upstanding forum member offering the same for a "donation". This is really a great community to be part of! If I really did need them that bad, I would definately take up these offers and see if there was anything I had that that was needed in turn. That being said, I am OK for now and should be able to get through this shooting season with what I have. The order back in Feb was a "just in case" order. As I said in my PM to the other gentleman, if you really were looking to offload them, feel free to shoot me a PM with a price. But again, just to be clear, I probably won't need them to finish the season, so you would most likely be more well off to hold on to them or make some profit taking advantage of the current market. Thanks again guys.

I replaced my Charbroil that lasted only about 4 years (after 2 warranty claims even). I know have a Weber Genesis, couldn't be happier. It came with stainless steel grates, which are good for easy cleaning. I did want cast iron grates, since they seem to cook better getting those nice grill marks on food as they hold heat better then stainless. Quick phone call to Weber, and a reasonable cost, had the caste iron grates shipped to my door.

Just a heads up on this vendor. I have used them in the past and have liked their products. Unfortunately they have taken a down turn. I ordered 1000 9mm brass cases back on Feb 12th. The site said that they were "Available" in green letters. They have charged my card that same day. Being the situation that we are in , I gave them a month to deliver. Then I started sending emails and voice mails to their main number, and even used their website contact form. All I asked was for an ETA, being very reasonable that all I would like is some communication here. I did not get a response to any form of inquiry I made. Here it is almost 2 months later. My last voice mail stated that if I did not get a call-back in 24 hours, I will initiate a dispute with my credit card company, which I just started a few minutes ago. Granted their site now says "6-8 week delays, etc"; but that was not there when I placed the order. It is also not an excuse for not responding to my various inquiries. Their website : http://www.firstclas...etsandbrass.com