Old Glock guy

We all were. Ours looked so puny by comparison. Nice training with you on Sunday. Pretty cool that four of the five of us have now weighed in on this thread.

Here's one such discussion: http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/32242-notes-from-florida/page__hl__%2Bfirearm+%2Bflorida__fromsearch__1

Welcome from Wayne. I'm jealous that you will soon have a brand new range right in your neighborhood!

I believe I remember reading in the rules that they will let you shoot handguns on the 100 yard range if you can demonstrate thay you can hit targets on the 50 yard range. I'm not sure exactly who verifies that, but if you're really interested, I'll check with the RO's next time I'm up there.

I do that all the time when I'm trying to clean in that area.

Nice reviews gentleman. It was indeed a fun and informative afternoon. I have little to add, other than that Joe and Chuck seemed a bit more mellow than usual; possibly because they had been teaching all day, or possibly because, as Joe noted, it gets kind of dangerous yelling at people in the dark. Shot my Glock 19 with Trijicon night sights and a hand held light. I haven't had a glitch at any of these classes shooting that or my Glock 34. Thank goodness for that, because there's enough stress just doing emergency reloads. Once again, it was nice training with some fellow NJGF members, who I now consider friends. (Hey, we made up 60% of the class!) IPW and Mrs. Wombat, sorry you weren't there with us. Hope you get to join us soon. (Really, the dog getting skunked? Well, glad to hear it wasn't the kids getting sick again.)

Well, I'm happy to report that I survived the two days of training with just some minor bumps and bruises, mostly from all the falling we did. The weekend was action-packed, with lots of info and plenty of practice in techniques to incapacitate a sociopathic attacker. It dealt with both the physical and mental aspects of violence. Some of the preliminary pictures and videos of violent encounters were so graphic that one young lady passed out in the first half hour. Not coincidentally, she was the only one that did not return for the second day. I was expecting a collection of hulking, martial arts types, so I was surprised by how the two dozen or so of us in the group just looked like a bunch of "average" people. While there is no substitute for a firearm to defend one's life and that of one's family, this method is the next best thing. It's especially valuable to those of us in NJ who can't have a CCW. While it's unlikely that I will ever need this information, I think of it like the disability policy on which I've paid premiums for over 30 years, hoping that I'm never going to need to collect on it. If anyone would like further info, feel free to pm me or check their website.

I agree that the guys at RTSP are top notch. I know Brad, Rick (aka Fred), Peter, and Dieter. Who's Mike? Anyway, congrats on your new gun. It looks really nice. Good luck with it!

When I watched that, I was thinking that those are good-hearted, well-intentioned people who unfortunately, just don't have a clue. It seems so simplistic to them, and others like them, that if we want to put an end to gun violence, we need to get rid of guns. It would be interesting to see how they would respond when asked what they would do if confronted by a sociopath who meant to cause them, or their families, serious harm.

Wombat, once again a great review from you! Sorry I couldn't be there, as I was attending a two day Target Focus Training course in New York. (I'll be happy to provide details when I see you, if you like.) Sounds like it was a pretty intense day! I'm hoping to make it to LL2 on Sunday, so I'll look forward to catching up with you then.

I like that!

That's a good price. I paid around $370 plus tax and NICS. I believe MSRP is around $390, but it becomes moot if you can't find them.

FWIW, I'm OK with killing Carl. Possibly Lori too. Since Glenn and Maggie are hooked up; and it looks like Darryl and Carol (nice rhyming couple!) have the hots for each other; and T-Bone would probably be a good match with Maggie's sister; that would leave Rick and Hershel to fight over Andrea. (Did I leave anyone out?)

So there really is going to be a range in West Paterson/Woodland Park after all! I love RTSP, but this place is going to be less than 20 minutes from my house. Oh happy day!

I thought it was a pretty good season finale. I'm sure it won't create the same amount of buzz as, "Who shot J.R.?" (anyone old enough to remember that?), but not bad. I agree that it's going to be tough to wait until October to find out what's happening. Anyone else find it annoying that once again they all almost get killed because Carl is missing. Lori, keep your eye on your damn kid! I loved Hershel's line to the effect that, "Jesus promised that the dead would rise up, but I wasn't picturing it like this!"

Unless they are armed as well. There's a saying among preppers to the effect that looting is not a substitute for a plan.

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LOL to that! Hey, what's the deal that all the contestants now try to be real cool and nonchalant when they are interviewed about a challenge. They all seem to say, "That challenge looked like it was really going to be a lot of fun! I couldn't wait to try it." I found it refreshing when someone (Terry, I think) said of a particular challenge, "It looked like it was going to really hard."

Haven't viewed them yet, but thanks to you I just ordered them. Should be a good prep before I take a tactical carbine course at GFH or MDTS.

Is he a member of this forum?

If you're only at the stage of considering trap shooting, why not go up to Thunder Mountain in Ringwood once or twice to break some clays without having to make any commitment and see if you like it. That would also give you a chance to try some different guns. I have not done so yet, but I plan on trying it soon. People tell me it's a bit pricey, but if you're only going a few times to check it out, it can't be too bad.

I wasn't much of a fan of dry firing until I got that Laserlyte sysem. Now I feel that not only is there a purpose to my practice, but it's fun as well. BTW, I never understood why it's called "dry" firing. It's not like what we do the rest of the time is wet firing. I believe the term "cold" firing would be more appropriate. After all, we say, "The line is hot. The line is cold." You never hear anyone say, "The line is wet. The line is dry." Just sayin'.

I'll second that! IMHO, she's the hottest woman on the show. I thought I saw it here, but perhaps it was somewhere else, that Shane may have become infected when he cut his hand after stabbing a walker or two on the bus. OTOH, that wouldn't account for that kid turning into a zombie, so it may be true, as others here have said, that everyone is already infected and awaiting a fate of re-animation upon death (from anything other than head trauma).

Interesting discussion. Got 11 right, but man, that was painfully slow!

Just noticed that I joined exactly a year ago. Thanks everyone for all that I've learned and for all the information and entertainment that this site has provided me. I had only started shooting about a month before that, so even though it feels like I've been at it for a long time, this whole thing is still relatively new to me. I've been fortunate enough to have met a few of you, and I'm hoping to meet many more of you in the coming months. OGG