NJKen

That is sooooo needed rite now. I may go out there on sunday. Ill have to bring my little guy with me but thats good in my book! When mom isnt around he can go to the gun store with me. Ken

Good! Maybee some of us will have a chance now! On topic: I am actually dong very well rite now and expect to see about a 20% raise this year. I own a business with my father and things are picking up to the point where I need to hire at least one more person. I have a part timer rite now that is filling in the gaps for me but things are picking up overall. My part timer may become a full timer and one new hire by the end of spring. Ken

Nice!! Now if NICS works I see some range time is coming this weekend! Ken

I think thats a pretty good start you have there. Its about what I still use now. Ken

It really is that simple! I have done a couple now and as long as you do the paperwork rite and follow the one gun a month rule you will never have a problem. I really prefer FTF over the gunshop any day. At least the gunshop environment lately anyway. Ken

That first one you posted is very complete but not the one I was refering to. This http://www.midwayusa.com/product/646599/rcbs-rock-chucker-supreme-single-stage-press-master-kit is the one I had was refering to. I should have posted a link at the time but I was in a hurry as usual. Ken

I also recommend against the progressive for a first time reloader. The hornady kit posted above is a decent deal and will get you what you want. Now if you want to throw personal preferance into it, go with the RCBS rockchucker supreme relaoding kit. It has a MUCH better scale. The electronic one Hornady has in that kit is a giant pain in the ass! The RCBS one is mechanical and pretty darn accurate. Also, the RCBS powder measure that comes with this kit is actually pretty darn good with a lot of the stick powders that powder measures dont like. Most of the Hornady Hodgden powders throw just fine, the IMR stick powders, not so fine. I would still but a set of hornady .223 dies though because the bullet seating die is the best for the money. If you go with the RCBS setup you can start reloading with that, a case trimmer, and some manner of brass cleaning device. For the cleaner you can go with an inexpensive vibratory bowl of ultrasonic cleaner. Either setup can be had for under $100 if you shop around. Once you dicide on your setup, start a new thread about bullets and powders because mixing the two in one post topic will cause both to swerve off course and thats not good! Ken

This is the worst I remember. I think this one is going to linger for quite some time. I also dont think its entirely warranted either. It would seem as though the sheeple are more panicky and flighty than ever lately. With all the BAN BAN BAN nonsense going on and flighty sheeple its very hard to predict. Ken

Only in sheeple that cant sort through the BS and come up with their own conclusions. The media can make a ham sandwich evil if they want to and there are plenty of people who would belive it and start the anti ham sandwich movement. I cant say it any better than that. There are good and bad people in EVERY career path. To think that LEO's are any different is ridiculous. To bash them as a whole because of a bad one makes no sense. Its just like bashing all gun owners or particular guns because of what one jerk does with them. Nobody here likes that too much now do you? Closing a prison because of a budget problem is just as absurd. The only reason they do crap like this is to prove a point, get media attention, and get the money they needed in the first place. Usually all related to the fact that a politician is dirty and cant do their dam job. Ken Ken

The M1a will have the brass all chewed to hell by the 6th go around. Most people (myself included) dont go past that. The numbers BullzeyeNJ posted can be had with a bolt gun but not the M1a. Ken

I would recomend getting a conventional (single stage) press. You can take your pick but I am happy with the RCBS rockchucker. RCBS sells a primers swaging die that works decent in a single stage press and is available at cheyanne mountain outfiters for about $25. You will need a case trimmer as well since after a loading or two they will be past the 1.76" trim point. I have tried a bunch of trimmers and settled on the WFT trimmer http://www.littlecro...ks.com/wft.html. The only trimmer that I truly believe is a piece of crap is the hornady cam lock trimmer. For components I recomend Salomons shooters supply in Farmingdale. That place has weird hours (or lack of hours) but you cant beat the price. If you go to salomons, bring cash, thats all they accept. Ken

Thats what mine looks like. Ken

That can be tricky. I also load for M1A. My rifle does not need small base resizing dies. I try not to use them if I dont have too because they really work the brass more and shorten its usable life if you dont need them. Basically you will small size the brass then blow it back up to normal size every time you fire it. I do have 1 tight chambered AR that really prefers SB sized brass and one that doesnt care. Unfrotunatly theres no may to tell til you try. Ken

Mine is definitely staked better than yours. The list above says they are not properly staked ? I dont think I agree with on mine but yours fits the bill. I still dont think it would hurt to at least drop an email to them about it. Ken

I have noticed the same thing with that website. I have also noticed that most of the petitions seem to die there. Typical of sheeple Ken

Mine looks nothing like that. I will have to get a picture up to compare with. Ken

Good Grief! What a total CF. Someone called the cops on me and my brotherinlaw for shooting on the farm. It was legal. 2 cruisers and 3 state LOEs showed up. We unloaded and set the guns down on the tailgate of the truck. They started aproaching us and we started approaching them at the same time. No guns drawn, no swat teams. They stated that they where there to investigate a complaint of automatic weapon fire. We told them we where shooting 2 AR15s at the same time and that was it. They didnt even look at our guns any more than just a quick glance. No serial numbers recorded or persons searched. They got in theor cars and left after that. You guys must look more threatening than me and my brotherinlaw or something! Ken

Arrogant Bastard Ale tonight. Ill have to dig back and see what I was drinking when this post came around last time. Ken

Hmm. I didnt know that. Im going to go look it up and do some reading on it. Ken

THE MEDIA! They sensationalize the whole event and sometimes even report completely wrong info to get your attention away from the other media. All the hype and publicity appeal to the other evil doers watching. They see this stupid kid as a hero! I would bet good money that if some weak minded coward where to go on a rampage with a sword and it was covered like this some other coward would too. Once the first one happened it started the ball rolling for the rest. Ive said my piece, Ill get off my box now before I get really angry! Ken

Some people did and some didn't. Primers where difficult to get for quite a while. It taught me to buy them by the 10,000 round case. I'm already noticing more back orders than normal. Stuff is only on back order a few days maybe but its becoming more common. I think there are more people dabbling in reloading now too. I hope it doesn't happen but you never know. Ken

Honestly, nothing suprises me anymore. I dont think anything like that is going to happen. That would be a pretty radical ban that would not sit well with too many people. I really think that some kind of version of the 94 - 04 AWB is on the way in the next year or two. We already are living that ban here so what would really change? Maybe a 10 round MAGAZINE (cant stand the media and government calling them clips) rule? Buy a few pinned 15 round mags and call it a day. Ken

My grammar and spelling suck too when I let it. If I needed to prepare something as important as a resume I would at least take the time to proof read it and have someone else proof read it too. I think the main point here is that if you dont take the time to write a good resume than who would expect you to do a good job. Since you have a good job you either wrote a good resume or where hired by someone that didn't care enough to read your resume! There, there's your bashing!

Yet. Its next, ive seen it before Ken

I wouldnt do it. First problem is there is no way to know what will pass and what wont. If a similar law to the 94 bad passes you will be able to get lowers. Remember, NJ never let the 94 AWB law go. Most of our convoluted gun laws are similar or identical to the 94 - 04 ban. If there is something that looks like it will pass gun makers will ramp up production over night just like they did before the first ban. I have one lower on order that I ordered before all this happened. I thought about ordering more but decided against it. Ken