Old Glock guy

It's been fun, but there is just too much negative energy here and too many new a**holes who post bs and lots of great people who used to post all the time who have left or gone underground. I'm out. Life is too short. I'll be in kona. Hope to see some of you there. Paulo knows how to find me. (Classic meme from Letsrun.com)

Back atcha from Wayne.

Just watching it now. It seems to make a thinly veiled attempt to appear objective, but all the talk about preppers and such is clearly designed to make us appear to be paranoid, radical fringe nuts. They seemed to really enjoy the inflammatory footage they got out of Yeager. It's always interesting to watch a show about guns, but I really don't think this one helped our cause.

That is truly brilliant! The problem is how to package it into a sound bite, as that is all one ever gets to make a case for pro 2A.

Turns out I'm almost as smart as a fifth grader!

Glad that you're OK. Your experience re-affirms my decision not to reload!

Wouldn't it be great if they couldn't reach an agreement and nothing gets passed? Well I can dream, can't I?

I used to think that way, but with the current cost of ammo, I think it might be more economical to load mags at the range and do less shooting, legal issues aside.

I made it over there yesterday, a little after 4:00, and the place was mostly empty. I was coming from an all day class in Parsippany, so I only had long guns with me, per NJ law. Had some fun at the 50 yard range, blasting away with my Mossberg 590 A1, a couple of .22 rifles, and my AR. Felt bad for a little kid in there, who appeared to get upset about the booms from the SG and AR. Luckily for him, I could not afford to shoot much buckshot or .223, so I was mostly popping away with my 15-22 and 10/22. It truly is a great place to shoot, and quite conveniently located for me. My only minor disappointment was that when we took the tour there were steel targets out there, and I was really looking forward to taking a break from putting holes in paper. Unfortunately, they were not out yesterday. Hope they have them back on the range soon. Oh, one funny story: I was fortunate enough to get a parking space in front of the building. As I was taking four long guns, a can of ammo, and a few other things out of my car, a guy driving buy asked me, "Is that the range there?" I wanted to tell him, "No, it's a bank, and I plan on holding it up." But instead, I just smiled and said, "Yes it is."

Check the date on that. It happened a year ago. Good story, but I thought it sounded familiar.

Welcome to the boards. So, what have you got?

Nice article, coming from another old guy. I must admit that it did test my attention span, but it was certainly worth the effort. Where do you plan to have it published? And if I may be so bold as to ask, how old are you?

Here's my current (recent) EDC knife: http://www.amazon.com/Heckler-Koch-Nitrous-Tactical-Folding/dp/B001BG9ZL2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1366685353&sr=8-2&keywords=h%26k+nitrous+blitz It's light and sharp, and seems to get good reviews.

Why the hell do they call themselves "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" when they are really just "Mayors Against Guns"? At least then the acronym would be a cool sounding MAG's.

Well, at the very least, those 3 1/2 inch shells will toughen you up. When you put birdshot in there, you'll be able to shoot all day.

When gold dropped to the 1470's a week ago Friday, I decided it was an opportunity to buy more, since the fundamental issues of deficit spending and debt are still in place. When I bought in last Monday morning at around 1408, I thought I had gotten a fantastic bargain. Watched it drop another $80 or so that day to the 1330's, and all the pundits were saying that gold is dead. At the moment, it's back up to the 1420's, or about $15 an ounce above what I paid for it. Go figure! BTW, I've mostly been buying gold in the form of ETF's that hold bullion, namely GLD and IAU.

Like many of us, I first acquired a firearm for protection, but have subsequently found out that shooting is a helluva lot of fun.

I was there for over an hour this afternoon. Besides knowing how to build a great range, Anthony sure knows how to throw a party!

If you have other handguns, how does the pattern look with them? If they are OK, then it's probably the gun. If that's your only gun and you're a fairly new shooter, speaking from experience, I would say that it's probably you.

The rest of us are just too dumb to see things the way he does.

Well, good luck with CR. They seem to be rather rigid with their rules, but perhaps they might cut you some slack on a weekday. Don't forget that BH is only 23 yards. Not sure if that makes any difference. See you up at CR or TM sometime. I'm at both of those places fairly often.

I'll second this. My GF admitted to having some fear of guns in general, and she felt much more comfortable after taking this class at GFH.

That sounds like a good price for it, compared to what I've been hearing recently. I've been told in classes that AR's need to be kept well-lubed, as opposed to handguns, which do better a bit on the drier side.

For that matter, you could just go over to RTSP, pay the $25, and do your 25 yard zero there.

Damn, I was just about to post that!