Everything posted by plode
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Doing what VP Biden told me to do!
Every LGS I've been in has had both 12 and 20. Dicks has it- the one in Mays Landing and Millville never ran out during the chaos.
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Doing what VP Biden told me to do!
I haven't seen a shortage of shotgun ammo, yet.
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Good deal on .45 at Sportsman's Guide
Silver Bear. Steel cased. Zinc-plated with steel case Berdan primed Non-reloadable Not corrosive Muzzle velocity: 1,000 F.P.S. Muzzle Energy: 206 ft. lbs.
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7 months for a Permit to Purchase Pistol
I wrote letters to everyone listed above, AND NJSP internal affairs. Here is the one I wrote to internal affairs: I also had a tid bit about the NICS situation which was taking 2 weeks but that isn't applicable anymore. Feel free to copy/past/edit for your information. I got my permits prior to internal affairs receiving my letter(137 day mark), but the investigatior called when they did receive it, and we had about a 20 minute conversation about it. When I apply again, after the 30 day mark, my first letter is going to internal affairs. On the day they got my letter, the investigator had already called the firearms unit, and the local barracks. He also gave me some contact information in the firearms unit for the future. The investigator previously worked in the firearms unit, so I guess he had some contacts in there. Other than a letter to Senator Jeff Van Drew, that was the only letter I got a personal phone call about, and the guy seemed like he was chomping at the bit to ream someones neck for not doing their job.
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SW MP15 Sport
The mil spec measures 1.148 inches in diameter, and the commercial spec measures 1.168 inches in diameter.
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7 months for a Permit to Purchase Pistol
I was just at a gun shop on Saturday, met a girl there buying a pistol(well, paying for it anyway). She doesn't even have her FID or P2P. She is there telling her friend, oh, I'll just go out to the State Police barracks tomorrow and I'll apply for the stuff I need. We'll go shooting next weekend.(the gun shop doesn't have a range) :lol: The average citizen has no idea.
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Coyote
Yeah, this was what I was thinking after someone mentioned the legality above. Makes sense. It may have had rabies or something...that may be why it was aggressive. Or trying to protect its food. Would be nice if NJ allowed a sportsman carry of a handgun...that would have worked alot better than a .22. Unfortunately the farm he hunted at got sold, and the new owners are developers who want to build age restricted homes. It's a shame because of the loss of habitat for the wildlife. It used to be a corn farm, but the owner passed away and has sat unused for several years. Now there are a ton of rabbits in the field around and it's a prime place for coyote hunting at night. We even found a fox carcass the one day, it had got eaten by something(I'd imagine a coyote). Still a good bit of deer around, but the numbers have definitely dropped since the corn farming stopped.
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Coyote
I didn't inspect his rifle to see what rounds he was actually using, I just know it was a .22 rifle. They could have very well been shorts. I guess he was wrong in loading more than 3 rounds, but I'm glad he had that many as that coyote was coming towards us still after the third shot. But, thank you for that information.
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Ham/cb for dummies
FCC ULS. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp Click on your call sign, then click the admin button, and you'll see the procedural records in there. If you did a change of address to a p.o. box, it should show that change, and your previous address as well, unfortunately.
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Coyote
According to the proposal, it'll be legal to hunt coyotes with an AR. My friend shot a couple coyotes last year early in the winter. One was incidental to going out and putting corn around his tree stand. He had his .22LR with him because he also had traps set for other animals and the gun is to dispatch any live animals in the traps. This wasn't us going hunting coyote, we just so happened to come across one. From what I understand, most coyotes are scared of humans and should run away, but this one wanted to eat us for dinner. We came across one coyote apparently chowing down on something caught in my friends trap. I was there. This one was vicious, growled at us, showing its teeth and began walking towards us. We started backing off, but it kept coming for us. He shot it once right in the head, and it wobbled, and then continued on its slow but aggressive walk towards us. Bam, another shot, hit in the neck. This time it fell, but then got back up within 15 seconds. Shoots it again, another head shot, and it continues walking towards us. At this point, it's still standing, face covered in blood, blood running out of its mouth. He squeezes off another round, almost at point blank range, another head shot, and the coyote falls...He pokes it with the barrel of the gun and it bites the barrel of the gun! We backed off and let it sit/die for a good half hour until we were sure it was dead. I don't know if we had a zombie coyote or what, but it was insane. 4 head shots with a .22lr to take it down. I told him next time we're taking something bigger with us. Again, we weren't out to hunt coyotes, this was just a case of self defense. Link- Dead coyote picture(I figure not everyone would want to see bloody/dead animal pictures): http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz342/awdm2/E320268E-FB62-43D3-9CD7-47C25D5E0564-24177-000016949C52825B_zpsa4a3f4fc.jpg He called to let F&W know about it, left a message and never heard anything back. So, in the proposal it says it will allow hunting coyote with .22LR, but I urge anyone going to use a semi-auto .22lr...you will need multiple shots to take the coyote down.
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Zimmerman found not guilty
Media outlets like CNN were labeling Zimmerman as a "White Hispanic". Things were worded a certain way to provoke a reaction.
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Zimmerman found not guilty
This is why we can't have nice things:
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Zimmerman found not guilty
This is from the Vancouver hockey riot in 2011, not Miami.
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Ham/cb for dummies
Unless with your initial license "application" you used your P.O. Box, a certain database will still display your address, and the change of address. When you look at mine, I can still see the address I lived at 10 years ago in the database. One reason I don't want Amateur Radio license plates...a determined road rager could track me down
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Ham/cb for dummies
I'd like to remind some folks that this is a gun forum, and by giving out your Ham call sign on here, most of the time you are also giving out public access to your home address. Put two and two together and....voila criminals and anti-gunners have your address.
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Ham/cb for dummies
I suggest going Ham then, and using a local VHF/UHF repeater system. 35 miles is pretty much impossible with FRS, and CB for that matter(yes, it is possible, but not likely to work). You'd need a big antenna. GMRS might work, but GMRS repeaters are not as common as ham repeaters.
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Ham/cb for dummies
I guess it depends on who you want to talk to and or how far you want to talk. I'm a Ham radio operator...have talked to other hams all over the globe.
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best gun shop in south jersey
I went there less than a month ago, was checking out an S&W M&P45C in the case. I asked to see it. The kid working there swept me with it 3 times, never cleared the gun before he handed it to me, and the price was $700. I asked if it was correct and he told me yes. It regularly sells for $550-575. I'll never go in that place again.
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What is your go to EDC blade
SOG Flash II.
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In ground pool opinions
When I was a volunteer firefighter, we weren't allowed to fill pools. The water we filled our tankers with was from a city water source, so essentially it would be theft if we took their water and filled your pool with it. A donation to our FD doesn't do anything about the 20,000 gallons of water we take from NJ American Water Company to fill your pool
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Neutering an AR upper
I bought a Yankee Hill Phantom muzzle brake, and had it pinned and welded by a gun shop for $20.
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Other hobbies.
Find out if you have a local ham radio club. If so, attend some meetings and meet some of the guys. Typically it's an "older" hobby, so a lot of the members are older folk, but a lot of them know their stuff and will help you get your license and on the air. As far as learning, you can buy a book from the ARRL(Amateur Radio Relay League), they run the testing for the FCC for the licenses among lots of other things. http://www.arrl.org/getting-licensed
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In ground pool opinions
I don't know...it is labeled as Soda Ash, so I guess it is PH plus, my bad. Whatever it is, it keeps our pool perfect on the test strips we use, as well as water samples we've taken to the pool store and had analyzed. I'm pretty positive we have acidic soil, as we add over a hundred pounds of lime to the lawn every spring. Acidic soil, water from a well, I would imagine the water we add to the pool is acidic. It always keeps the PH level in check if we add water from the hose and whatnot.
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In ground pool opinions
As far as chemicals, down here in Cape May County we have very acidic water. We typically use a tri-chlor granular "chlorine"(has stabilizer, chlorine and algaecide in it) and PH minus(soda ash). Cost wise, we bought a 40lb container of tri-chlor which was $134 dollars, and PH minus was like $9.00. We'll use about 25lbs of the tri-chlor per year, so that'll last us almost 2 seasons.
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In ground pool opinions
Our pool was right around 25K. It was a fiberglass drop in unit, and we required a good amount of fill to keep the pool bottom above the water table. At the regular ground level where the pool was, if you dig down 7 feet you hit water. The company raised the ground level a good 4 feet so we wouldn't have any issues. That price also included the concrete around the pool. We have a natural gas heater, but had some issues with it last year, so it's currently disconnected. The pool company never put a 3 way valve in, so every drop of water that went to the filter/pump went through the heater. From what I've read online, this is NOT the way to install it. Well the heater core sprung several leaks last year from what appears to be corrosion, and we had to take it out of the system. New heater cores are $625. We bypassed it for this year. So we're contemplating installing a solar heater, in addition to replacing the heater core and installing a valve so we can shut the flow off to the heater so it doesn't take such a beating. The natural gas heater does eat up a ton of gas and costs a good amount, but does heat the pool fairly quickly. Pool was 88-90 degrees today with no heater, so we don't have to rush into putting anything in until it cools off.