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Well as long as the cork is still good and they haven't been in a hot environment for any length of time they should be OK. If you want to spring for a few reasonable bucks try a bottle of The Widow (Veuve Clicquot). Currently in the mid $40's. I used to spring for more when I was working, but frankly my pallet doesn't deserve the expenditure. I did the blind taste tests to prove it. One of these days I'll open the Krug on the bottom rack in the cellar.

I reckon so.

No problem at all. Pizza Bob is the only Forum member I'm sure I've met in person. So sometimes all the chatter does escape me. But I'll 'endeavor to persevere'. I enjoy the commentary with or without personal experience.

How and where have they been stored? I have opened younger bottles of Champagne from my cellar that aged and they were crap because the cork had issues. Regardless, try wine-searcher.com and give it the particulars. See what it comes up with. More recently, I've given up on the big names, because I've enjoyed drinking Mumm Napa for much less. Blindfold me and then ask me.

I sense there's some inside baseball going on here. Oh well.

Anybody here go out for smoke breaks at work? I'm an ex-smoker so I don't do that any more. But a female 7-11 clerk did go out for hers around 4 A.M. in Missouri. An armed robber thought this was his chance for easy pickings. It didn't turn out that way. R.I.P.

You're welcome. I thought the guy made a lot of sense. Good luck with your choice. My next safe will be a Zanotti ZA-II 5'. That's a little bigger than the Winchester at Tractor. The cost starts at $1,652. That's three times more expensive. But the door strength is better, and the portability is key for me right now. Getting that Winchester down the basement stairs was one thing. Getting it back up will be another.

The weight has nothing to do with it. It's the gauge of steel used in the door along with its formation. The bottom line is these RSC safes are only rated to withstand an attack with hand tools (pry bars etc.) for around 5 minutes. For power tools even less. Also, getting the safe on it's back is key to a pry bar attack. That's why bolting the safe to the floor is key. There are numerous YouTube videos on this subject. Please read the Gun Safes Review Guy and he will give it all to you in excruciating detail.

And 54% had ZERO murders! Those are two results of a new report released yesterday from John Lott's Crime Prevention Research Center. Take a good look at the map in close up in a separate tab. You can clearly see NJ counties. Their classifications will most likely not surprise you. Up here in Sussex County there's not much happening. But I know for a fact we have plenty of firearms. If this map doesn't convince someone that murder is a people problem, not a gun problem, nothing will.

I agree. That's the one I bought and I'm very happy with it. I'm just not pretending it will stop any serious attempt at forced entry that lasts more than five minutes. Hence the alarm. It is of course effective against smash and grab jobs, guests, and unexpected children in the house (of which we have none). It does have an RSC rating and some fire protection.

Everything you said makes sense Emma. And if it were a responsible commercial operation they would be implemented. But as far as firearms permits processing goes, neither the NJSP or their Democrat masters are interested in improving the system. The whole point of the system is to slow you up. Or make you give up entirely.

Hey Newtonian: if you haven't already seen this, then take a look. There may be other options for you more cost effective and/or more secure depending on your specific requirements. The main point is anything rated less than RSC might be a waste of money. And even RSCs offer minimal protection. Read especially the section on doors. I slid my Winchester 600 lb. from Tractor Supply down the basement stairs while restrained by rigging straps and a sturdy rope wrapped around the steel post in the garage several times for a winch effect. Then moved it with a heavy duty dolly. Bolted it to the floor in a concrete block alcove. And I have a monitored alarm system so anyone who breaks in doesn't have all day to work on it. That was the best I could afford and do. REAL UL T-classified safes are in the thousands. I think my next safe will be from Zanotti Armor. You should look at them too. Read his review and comparison of them. I have their current price list and their ZA-II starts at $1,700.

Or as my wife would put it "not often enough!". Where's the Speed Stick?

This story turned out OK, but oh boy, I think there were some major tactical mistakes made here. Could have been a real disaster for the victims. An armed robber tries to pull one off at a convenience store, but an armed employee responds. The video is self-explanatory.

Every time I take a shower. Uh oh.

Is that the old 'mouth wrapped around the tailpipe" thing?

'John Wick' decides to buy some sneakers. Three 'salty lookin' dudes' decide to rob the store in Nashville. It didn't work out well for them. Nice shooting! (Kudos to Dirty Harry for the colorful description.)

In this state or any other, there will only be One Wife. Nice try though!

When my wife started shooting she was definitely a Glock Girl. That 2x4 grip fit well with her large hands. And still does. Uh oh. Then she shot PPQs. And Sig SAOs. And then VP9s. The world is wide. And variety is the spice of life. But then, of course, there's only One Wife.

I don't know anyone who applied, other than Jeff Muller who was kidnapped, beaten and taken to Missouri. And even when those 'biker guys' went on trial and he was the only witness to the crime, they still wouldn't grant Jeff a permit. Until he joined the lawsuit! Then magically his application was switched to a different judge who granted the permit. And the STATE initiated that move, not Jeff. If 10,000 of us applied we'd all be refused, and it would be clear NJ is a no-issue state. But then what? No New Jersey court would have a problem with that.

So the answer is "No". The reason you feel such trepidation is that you live in New Jersey. But in this case, it is unfounded.

As long as there's only ONE secretary typing permits (at least for all northern NJ), unless their 'new software' automatically spits out the printed permits nothing is going to improve. And by the beginning of NEXT year, the new Democrat governor will be passing so many anti-gun bills permit delays will be the least of your problems. Or perhaps they won't have to issue ANY permits. That'll go really quick! NO!

Yes, I did. BTW I left out her M&P. In .45 of course. You now see one reason why we have a harmonious household. I'm sure anecdotally a lot of women are hesitant to try .45. My wife's tall and has the same size hands as mine, so she has no issues with large frames or grips. And I give her a LOT of credit for trying out any handgun I've suggested. No snowflake she! Now that I think of it, the last woman I took to the range for her first handgun experience actually selected a Glock 21 as her only handgun for the time being. Bought one after we finished trying out a variety. And she was 70+.

Hey Bob, thanx for that article. It's a good one to file. For the OP: I checked the sights on two P226 Elites in 9mm. They are both Siglite night sights. Both front sights are clearly marked #8. One rear sight clearly has "MH3 AM" printed on it, while the other has "MH3 AK", both markings on the right edge of the sights. Both have a minuscule stamping below those markings that is probably an 8 with a circle around it. I say probably because even with a magnifying glass I wouldn't bet my life it's an 8. But it probably is. Both pistols shoot on target as expected.

Don't tell my wife that. Colt Government Series 70, PPQ 45, Glock 21. And definitely no trans thing going on in this house!