Old Glock guy

Yes, that was the back of my head, with the blue hat!

I was one of those firing away. I knew nothing about it in advance, but just happened to be there by coincidence. In fact, I was mildly reprimanded by Steve the RO (nice guy, BTW), for rapid firing with the TV cameras rolling. (It was just my M&P 15/22, and I didn't think anyone would notice.)

Amen to that!

Damn, that is a nice looking gun! Wish I could think of some use for it, so I could justify getting one. I already have three pump action Mossbergs, a couple of 500's, one with a 20" barrel and the other with a 28" (couldn't just swap out the barrel on the 20" because the mag tube is too long); and a 590A1. What do you do with yours? Do you shoot it somewhere, or just keep it by your bed for HD?

I've been very happy with my Stag Arms Model 2. I originally wanted to get the M&P, but for some reason they were not readily available at the time (just about a year ago). Picked up the SA M2 from RTSP for around $850. I've only added a sling attachment and a red dot sight (Aimpoint PRO). I've run it through a couple of pretty intense classes (for me, at least), and it was flawless.

Not sure if it matters at this point, but this would be my attitude as well.

Looks like it's going to be released this Wednesday, 11/21. The trailers look good, but then again, they usually do. Are we going to get an NJGF group together to go see it?

Congratulations on your new 590A1! I've got a similar one, and I love it. Had a 500 before I got it, but I just became enamored with the sturdy, badass look of the 590A1. I agree with most of Scrap's enthusiasm, but unfortunately, you cannot switch out barrels with the 500's. Not sure if they make longer barrels for the 590's, but I don't think so. You could check Mossberg's website for further info. As for what you can do with it, I'm still struggling with that one. Like you, mine is for HD/SD and training classes. I've mostly used it to blast away at cardboard, but yesterday, as an experiment I took it up to Thunder Mountain to try it out at the practice trap range. It worked really well for those short, close, floaters, even with the 18 1/2" barrel and no choke. But I don't think it would be useful for regular trap, where the clays get out there pretty quickly. I didn't get a chance to try it for skeet, but I'll get back to you when I do. Good luck with yours!

This is not a spoiler, as I have not read the comics, but I will say that Carol is definitely alive. If she had died, it would have been another dramatic moment, and I'm sure the writers would not have wasted the impact of that by just letting her slip away offscreen. OTOH, if she happens to have died, she and T-Dog are going to have to be dealt with as walkers at some point, and as someone else noted, the women folk are gettin' pretty scarce.

And that would leave us with Crazy Uncle Joe Biden in charge, hardly a comforting thought.

People often say that there are no dumb questions, but I think most would make an exception for this one. (Sorry OP, no offense.) Hollow point issues aside, there are only three possible outcomes from carrying concealed without a permit that I can think of, none of them good: 1) Your best case: You carry for years, don't get caught, and don't need to use your weapon to defend yourself. You have not gained anything, but have needlessly risked prison time and your right to own firearms. 2) Your next best case: You use your weapon to save your life from a violent attacker. At least you're still alive, but you will most likely still serve prison time and lose your right to own firearms. 3) Your worst case: You don't need to defend yourself with your weapon, but you get caught carrying illegally. You're going to jail with nothing gained.

This is the case in my town as well.

Nice work Nick!

I got my M500 from Mastodon. Good guys, good service, good prices. What's not to like?

Cool! I'm going to look further into that.

Brutal episode Sunday night. I found it tough to watch. Anyone else tune in?

Hello from another North Jersey guy.

I'm not going anywhere until I can get some gas without waiting for hours, but have fun over there.

Since you don't have that choice, get out and vote for Romney. At the very least, you will have a better chance of keeping your guns. And BTW, I agree with the poster who said that Romney could carry NJ, although his chances were greatly hurt by Hurricane (or whatever) Sandy.

As you can see from the subsequent posts, this is dead on. Personally, I lean more toward the latter.

Sorry I could not join you guys. Had the same issue with limited gasoline that others reported. Stayed close to home the whole weekend. No shooting for me in the past couple of weeks, and I'm really starting to feel the ache.

Huge lines at the stations that are open here in Wayne and the surrounding areas. In fact, I'm looking at one right now outside my office window that stretches farther than I can see. It's been like that all day the last couple of days, or at least until the gasoline runs out. I have just a five minute drive from my home to office, so if I don't travel too far, I should be OK for a couple of weeks or so. Sadly, that means no shooting for me.

I had not given much thought to something someone brought up earlier on this thread. I know that we can't use deadly force to defend property here in NJ (nor would I want to); but what about in defending our food, water, and other essential items from looters? Anyone have anything to offer on that?

That's really retarded that they won't just re-issue it. (With an homage to Ann Coulter, if anyone gets the reference.)

Funny you wrote that, because two items I was going to mention that have made life a lot easier for me have been instant coffee, which I just thought of a few weeks ago; and an LED lantern, which provided plenty of light to read and to move around the house. This is a great topic. I looked at this event as a chance to test my preparations. (As of this morning, my house was still without power.) I sat down and wrote out a couple of pages of notes on where I was adequately prepared and where I could use improvement. I have plenty of food, water, and other supplies. And I was able to keep my house somewhat warm with the wood stove insert in my fireplace. OTOH, I wonder what would happen if we lost power from a blizzard in frigid temperatures. How would we keep our pipes from freezing? I do not have a generator, and I'm still not sure how I feel about them. I don't know if the convenience they provide is worth the inconvenience of having to haul, store, and rotate gasoline. Plus there is the danger of CO fumes and the possibility of being a target for looters, as others have mentioned. I might tolerate the last two considerations if I could run a generator on either propane, heating oil, or solar power. I guess the bottom line is that our preparations are always a work in progress, and this storm presented the opportunity to test them under conditions that for most of us were not life-threatening.