Kingsoverqueens

Argh. The last thing I planned on buying this week was a spotting scope. I don't mean to insult you with a low offer, but this was not in the budget this week. Would you accept $40? I can pick it up tonight after baseball.

Would this be good for shorter distance? It seems like it would be way more than I need for a 25 or 50 yard range.

Crap. My son shot in the Youth HIgh Power League this morning, so I shot a round of 5 stand and then watched him. If I had known you guys all were down there i would have walked over. Granted, I have no clue what any of you knobs look like, but still, I could have. The boy scouts were over at the high power range twice, but never mentioned slurpees.

I'm a new member of CJRPC and have enjoyed myself very much at that club. One of my son's is now shooting in the Junior League and we've shot in their trap shoots, in the pits, etc. Its a great club. With that said, I shot in one of the indoor "informal" action shoots at Old Bridge on June 1st, and was welcome with open arms. After the match we went to the diner for a nosh and I felt like I was with long lost friends. It seems like a great club. If it were closer I wouldn't hesitate for a second to join there. Congratulations on your decision. You made a good choice.

Thanks Harry. Seems like you and me had the same idea, huh. I saw some of the threads on Eno's forum. After seeing the PVC setups I'm pretty sure my plywood base isn't going to be light enough. I'll check out material cost on PVC and then weight the option of the aluminum ones on Eno's site. I think they were 20 or 30 bucks plus shipping.

I'd like to build target stands so I can build stages and practice USPSA at my range and was looking for ideas on target stands. I don't weld and would prefer not to have them made from metal anyway, due to the weight. Was thinking of a 2 x 2 piece of plywood with a flange, a male threaded adapter and a section of pipe. Slip the furring strip into the pipe and call it a day. Easy to transport and not to heavy, or expensive. Anyone done anything like this and willing to share their idea?

I am not a prohibited person and have a FID, and my own pistol which was purchased with permit. My wife also has a FID and 2 P2P we'd like to use. I wanted to get her a gun, but would like the ability to use it too. She's not always at the range when I am. In fact, she's hardly ever at the range when I am.

Not me. I'm a rule follower.

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but the whole thing sucks. <and the congregations says....amen>

A friend of mine who is in Law Enforcement.

I'm having a hard time with this one. My wife has a permit to purchse, FID, the whole magilla. I'm going to buy her a gun. Rather, "she's" going to buy the gun using her permit. I just get to pay for it. Yay me. I've read, to the best of my ability, the laws on this subject, and as best I can tell, and can't determine if I would be running afoul of those laws if I were to bring and use that gun to the range without her being present. I've spoken to different Law Enforcemtn friends and received different advice. One says its perfectly OK. The other says no. My gun in the gun shop says the person who "lends" you the gun must be withen your immediate proximity (earshot). To futher complicate the issue, I can't even fathom a situation when I'd be challenged and have to prove ownerhship of the gun. It will be transported in a hard case locked in the trunk seperate from ammo, just like it should be. The whole thing baffles me.

Travel baseball prevents me from attending. Season is over soon and I'll be able to make one of these shoots.

A friend of mine offered to part with his Sig 239 (40 cal) together with 3 boxes of ammo, 2 holsters and the original box and paperwork. Asking price is $500.00. Is it me or is that very inexpensive? I'm not really in the market for a compact in 40 but at that price it's hard to resist. Any thoughts?

Just to come back with status on this topic, I purchased an Uncle Mikes kydex holster from retailer on Ebay. $24 bucks shipped. It arrived yesterday and fits my gun perfectly, is easy to draw from and reholster. Mag pouches are also on the way from another online retailer. Would have preferred to buy them at Brick and Mortar but my guy only sells leather. I'll continue to learn and keep an eye on Blade tech. The lead time together with my infamiliary iwth the products kept me from buying from them. We'll see how things go in the future, but for now I have a much better holster than the one I borrowed and will be much more comfortable during my next shoot. Thanks to all who replied.

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For what its worth, it was important for me to buy my first gun from someone with whom I'd established a relationship. I'm one of those guys who's always "Got a guy" for this or for that. I still remember the man we purchased my Remington 1100 from 32 years ago. I'm strange that way. Relationships are very important to me. I gave both Shore Shot and Brick Armory the opportuntiy to become "My guy" and they never took the bait.

Yes, across the street from the diner.

Pushy? That's the last word in the world that I'd use to describe him. At least in my experience anyway. It is funny how he keeps putting guns in your hand. "Hey, do me a favor and hold this for me for a second." lol To me the place feels like a gun shop should feel. Comfortable. Like Cheers, where everyone knows your name.

I'll play. We (I) started this process in January. I'd had a shotgun since I was 12 but decided it was time to get into shooting as something my oldest son and I could do together. I asked a freind about ranges and was directed to Shore Shot. Did some research online and went there on a Saturday morning. VERY busy shop. I waited my turn (with my 14 y/o son) and explained that we were new shooters and this was our first step in the process. The guy behind the counter gave us a 22 revolver, ammo and some targets, rang me up (forgot to take my DL b/t/w) and off we went to shoot. No instruction, no info, just pointed to the eye/ear rack and off we went to the range. First impression, the range is a dump. We shot the box of 22 (the gun was a POS that wouldn't fire reliably in double action) and decided we'd like to try a 9mm. Now we get to the confusion about my license. Lets just say it was an issue, but not my fault. Whatever. So he rings me up for the rental on the 9 and ammo. I learned later that he overcharged me for the ammo but no big deal in the grand scheme of things. We went through that, again, no instruction, no info, nada. Twice they turned brand new shooters into the range without so much as showing me where the safety was or how to load the gun. I told them flat out we were brand new shooters. Good thing we play a lot of Call of Duty and Battlefield I guess. And they say video games aren't any good for you. lol We returned the gun when finished retrieved my license with not so much a question of "Did you enjoy yourself?" "Do you have any questions?" Nothing. Granted, the place was busy on a Saturday morning. I get that. We left feeling "unsatisfied" for lack of a better word, so we drove around looking for another gun store, and found ourselves in L & H. Nirvana! I explained we were new shooters in the early stages of the process of ownerhship. Tim was outstanding with us, generous in sharing his knowlege and patient with our questions. We looked at just about everything he had in the case and while it was also busy, he never neglected his other customers or us. We were there for 3 hours and it felt like home. I applied for my permits and in the meantime continued my search, finding myself in Brick Armory twice (facilities are much nicer) and back at Shore Shot, twice. Neither place provided anything close to the service and attention I got at L & H. After finishing my research decided on a PX4 in 9, but Tim couldn't get one with NJ legal mags, so I got a 92FS he had in stock. I'll buy from him when possible and at his suggestion if he can't get something he's happy to act as the FFL. I prefer to buy at local shops and for now L & H has provided the type of service deserving of my dollars and loyalty. We also joined CJRPC and are having a great time.

We were considering the Remington but would interested in hearing about your rifle.

I didn't know that. Thanks!

I understand. I have the slide conversion kit for my Beretta 92FS. But for what I spent on that I could have bought a dedicated .22 and had two pistols. I don't really want a 1911 in 45. This is really a beginners gun for my kid that I might use at OBRAMs or the like. From what I've read the mfg's have done a good job to mimic the look and feel of the .22 verision so that it's close to the real deal. Is that not true?

Thanks for the replies. I'll check out Colt. EB Sports, when you say "They make the 22LR for sig" do you mean that GSG makes the gun FOR Sig to be sold as a Sig, or that (They) Sig makes a 1911?

We've abandon the idea of a pink mosquito, much to my daughters dismay, and am now on the hunt for a good 1911 style. If that doesn't pan out then the Wal P22 or Sig 229 may be options.

Can anyone recommend a good 1911 style pistol chambered in .22 LR? We're looking for a dedicated 22 for plinking and perhaps light competition. My kid loves the look of a traditional 1911 so that's where I'm leaning.