Sixtytwo327

This. I'm not shooting nearly as much, even though I've got quite a few cases stockpiled. Personally, I'm worried this is going to become the "new normal."

Does it line up with my loads? Yes, it does. I have 40 gr. solid, 38 gr. JHP, 36 gr. JHP high velocity and a 1700 fps JHP Aguila Hyper Maximum round that I shoot. I have click adjustments for all, and I have to say, they're pretty good. I try not to comment about things I've never had experience with - but I do have experience with this, and seriously, you should give them a chance. I'm not a Nikon fanboy, but I do own two Nikon scopes (among others) and have looked through them plenty. The BDC on my Nikon ProStaff 3-9 ($100 after a $50 rebate) on my Savage MKII BTVS is, well, rather incredible. If you've never tried the Spot On system, I highly recommend it. It is not a gimmick. Nikon also offers Mil-dot scopes, like my 6-18x40 Side Focus Buckmasters, which is also a great scope I got for about $300. Aluminum one-piece body, glass lenses, three sets of turrets and a sun shade included. It's not a high-end Nightforce or US Optics. And while Nikon scopes are not going to be carried by Special Forces dudes doing scary rugged things, for civilian shooters like me, who sand a few thousand rounds a year, Nikon offers great value. I was going to build a varmint AR and slap the 6-18 on top before this pricing madness. It's hanging out in my safe. You can try it if you like.

"Master Handgunning" by Charles Stephens. Good book. Answers all your questions.

As much as I love a good post-apocalypse survival story, my lessons are the same as after Sandy. Stockpile so you can enjoy a hobby, but don't expect to bug out with 5,000 rounds of anything, even 22, and live off the land or something. As for common calibers, it's a mixed blessing. If all your pistols are, say, 9mm, its easy. If they're a mix of 357 sig, 38, 45, 9, 10, 380, etc., its more difficult to stock any meaningful amount of traning and defense calibers for that many types, unless you're rich... and if you are, ammo shortages are a moot point because you can pay 10x market price with ease.

Equals "I read on some Internet forum."

This is 2013, not 1913. Every major manufacturer has high-tech equipment and churns out a good product. All of the guns you mentioned are great; personal preference trumps here. Walk into a store, hold several, then buy the one you like and go have fun shooting.

Personally, I think this looks fake. Who performed the redaction and what are the Zip Codes? Why is a letter from Fredericksburg VA directing a man in Michigan to seek coverage from a Montana insurance policy located in California? Also, there are grammatical inconsistencies, plus horrible pixelation. Benefit of the doubt, if this is real, there are still a lot of questions - such as, was this a commercial vehicle registered as personal use? Did he pay his premiums? What were the terms of the insurance contract he agreed to? If his coverage specifically stated, "No Guns," and he used it to transport guns, GEICO has every right to cancel his policy. Sorry, not trying to kick sand in anyone's face, but I need more info.

LOL sorry, had a moment of financial sobriety, and then I remembered where I was... $300 is tough though. I feel like for just $100 more, you're into a whole other quality range - but isn't it always just $100 more?

Let it expire. If you cant afford $300 for a gun, you can't afford to feed and maintain it, either, and you'll just end up wasting the money. Sorry, just my own personal experience talking.

Did not know that; that would be a good piece to track down for the collection. Why do I have the feeling my family of .22s is about to gain a new member?

22 Short is still around and available and works in most modern bolt- or lever-action rifles. Cost is about the same for quality 22LR - which is to say pretty cheap. Back when shooting galleries were actual shooting galleries, I believe .22 Short was the caliber of choice. If you're looking for an interesting conversation piece for the collection, go for it.

I know what you mean... but every politician in JC is going to be anti-gun. And since they're both anti-gun, I at least want one who pretends to care about his constituents.

Healy is a piece of crap. I'm already involved in campaigns to get him thrown out of office based on his (outrageous, pathetic, disgusting lack of) response to Sandy. One more reason.

Other thread here, for the curious. http://m14forum.com/m14/129801-hypathetical-scenarios.html

The pic is from Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, an Australian flick from 1981 starring Mel Gibson. It's the second movie in the Mad Max trilogy. In this awful movie, set in the Australian post-apocalyptic desert wasteland, a gang of vicious outlaws have surrounded an outpost of survivors who built a walled city around one of the last oil wells. The leader of the outlaws is named Humongous, pictured above. He and his army of villains -- who wear football pads, leather and hockey masks, and who drive '57 Chevys and dune buggys -- lay siege to the outpost until Mel Gibson shows up and road battles ensue. Humongous's prize possession in this flick is an S&W 29 with a giant scope, shown below. When OP said he wanted to scope his .44, this is the first thing that came to mind. Did no one else grow up watching horrible sci-fi?

Honestly, all this advice is useless and your guns suck. If you want to put a scope on a revolver, there is only one man you should listen to: The humongous. The Lord Humongous. The warrior of the wasteland. The Ayatollah of Rock 'n Rolla.

+1 for that The CX4 is a cool gun; that plus cash is plenty fair.

No way. You can sell your AR right now and have enough to buy both those guns. Unless this friend saved your life or something.

Caso's in Jersey City. Go there and ask Frank or Lisa questions and listen to everything they say. Also, Jersey City has 3.5% sales tax.

Decent stuff, I'm in for at least three.

+1 for Savage. Their centerfire bolt guns are not as popular as their rimfires, but from the people I've spoken to, they are extremely nice and quite underrated. I have a MKII; it's a tack driver. Only other advice is, for precision rifle, spend about 60/40 on the rifle/optics. If your budget is $1000, $600 for the gun, $400 for the scope. Good luck with it.

For what it's worth, when I look through a red-dot scope, it looks like the semi-completed death-star in Star Wars Episode VI. I found that test on the Aimpoint web site here. Scroll to the question: "My dot doesn't look round; is it defective?" If your dot does not appear to be perfectly round, the distortion is probably caused by the way that your eye perceives the dot, rather than by some mechanical defect. Due to differences in the lenses in different individuals' eyes, round objects that subtend areas near 3 minutes of angle may appear distorted in a variety of ways depending on the individual and other environmental influences. Inexpensive red dot sights sometimes have manufacturing defects that can cause the dot to be an odd shape. ... If the dot does not roll with the sight, the distortion is caused in the way your eye perceives the dot. This is not to say that you don't have good vision. You can see clearly and still see a distortion in objects this small. I don't know if a more expensive optic will fix the problem. My Bushnell is on a Ruger 22/45. Good luck with it.

Seconded. I have a Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 BDC 150 (this one) on a Savage MKII. The BDC is not a gimmick - I shoot one-hole groups at 50, then can center-punch clay pigeons @ 100 - 125 yards without touching the turrets. And I'm not that good of a shot. Nikon manufacturers high-end scientific equipment and camera lenses, and is one of the few companies with the technology to manufacture aspherical glass (others are Canon, Zeiss, etc.). You can get really good other scopes in the same $100-$150 price range that will serve you well, but (IMHO) Nikons is the best value for the money. I think they have a silver one. Put some flip up overs one it and you're good.

I hear you. When I moved to Jersey, I had to sell both of mine. I was pretty mad about it, too. Later, I realized they were a pair of gigantic money-sucks that kept me from getting into other shooting disciplines. With ARs, the endless accessorizing just got old to me. If you love the AR style - power to you, enjoy for as long as you can. To the OP, no, I don't miss my ARs at all.