Alex V

Not one bit. Just consider NJ a lost cause. Hope I am proven wrong, but I also hope I won't be in NJ long enough to see.

Um. If I was a plumber I would not touch that. You need to have the mold remediated first. Could be toxic, could not be, but the plumber should not be the guy making that decision.

The rental portion is easily the most profitable in the business model. Come on! They make you buy their ammo which is well above market value and make you pay for the use of their guns which can easily serve thousands of customers before they show signs of failure. I would venture to say that stores make more money from rentals than from sales. I can't blame them either. I just try and avoid those places as much as possible.

Yeah? And how is that going?

I should start doing home inspections, sounds like easy money. Seriously, all I need to do is fill out an application and pay the fee. Could be good side money for guns and ammo! lol A friend of mine was buying a home a little over a year ago. He asked to attend the home inspection in order to make sure the inspector was not a total doof. I agreed, that's what friends are for, right? The inspector was very hit or miss. He DID see that the electrical panel was of a type not used in 30 years and recommended it would be replaced, but had no idea how much insulation should be in an attic space. [R30 until the 2012 code is adopted then R38] and even argued with me about how thick a batt has to be to be R30. He also missed obvious signs on the foundation where it had been drilled for poison to be injected into the concrete block to kill termites. He seemed to check the silly things like if the range was affixed to the wall to prevent it toppling over but didn't notice/look to see if there was a secondary pan under the air handler in the attic (there wasn't, and I had to tell him). He did't notice that the attic was not properly vented either. My friend asked me to stop pointing out his oversights because he was getting agitated and my friend HATES confrontation. I just kept a list and told him everything after the guy left. Point of the story, I doubt many home inspectors will catch EVERYTHING! They are there for an hour or two and the average size home will require way more time to investigate fully.

I have sympathy for the family, not the guy that offed himself. No concern for him at all. He was a selfish tool that put a business at risk and brought pain to his family. You want to off yourself? Fine, this world is over populated as it is, but why drag an innocent business and employees into it? Loss of revenue, shock and so on, the others at RTSP did not need this one bit. For that reason I have no compassion for the guy who did this. I am just glad this DBag didn't feel the need to take others with him. I feel bad for others in the range and RTSP employees, that's about it. My guess is he rented, which is why I tend to avoid places that rent guns like the plague. I have been to RTSP a few times with a member, but its the only time I will go to a place that rents guns.

Good to know, I have been limited this year to one Vickers and one Rockwell Tac class. The more classes available locally [by worthwhile instructors] the better. The Long Range class looks super interesting but three days is a big commitment.

interested. get some dates/locations up.

Small fucking world!

There are no effective solutions once the house is built. Sure there are band-aid fixes once that the township will accept and the EPA accepts, but they are band-aids at best. Homes are typically built like crap. The 6mil Vapor Barrier used under our slab is shit and does not stop anything. Plus, by the time the slab is pored it has enough holes in it that it may as well not be there. The little pit you can dig with some stone in it, a 3" pvc pipe to the exterior and a blower is a nice gimmick, but does very little in the end. It may evacuate the Radon within a small radius of the pit, but on the other side, you will have plenty of Radon getting passed the 6mil plastic and into the slab, then into the basement air. I have done it right in commercial projects before, and let me tell you, its not what you ever see in homes... unfortunately. We use a min of a 15mil StegoWrap and sometimes a 60mil GeoSeal under the slab with a manifold of perforated piping running under the slab going to a main stack which is either passive [no blower] or active [electric blower]. That works and reduces Radon to essentially zero. YOu may say its overkill for a house, and that's why all you get is 6mil clear plastic and radioactive gas in the basement. Same reason you have 2x4 exterior walls with R13 batts and a huge heating bill in the winter. Sad... but true.

Praszek Renovations - 908-307-4897 Kamil is a really good dude. He does a lot of basement work in Somerset Co. I am an Architect and do the drawings for him sometimes. Basements are fairly simple, but if you are going to do it right, you will need permits. The local Building Department will require signed and sealed drawings for the layout especially plumbing and electrical changes. They also require combustion air calculation to ensure that your furnace and other NG burning equipment in the basement have enough fresh air to keep the burn clean and not produce too much CO. Some towns are more hardcore than others. Shoot me a PM if you need an Architect.

Just got back this past weekend, but SC does not recognize my Florida non resident permit. They don't seem to recognize Utah non-resident either. Oh well.

I was there on Sunday only. Having taken this class before, as I mentioned, taking half of it a second time was worth it for sure. Great class. I shot better this time than last but got knocked out on the Walk Back drill earlier than last time. Oh well.

I'm going to start checking the local stores. I'd really love to handle it before buying. I ordered two guns sight unseen and lucked out (LaRue) but this will be a first bolt gun for me and I want to make sure I like it. Thanks guys!!

So has anyone seen one in a store in Nj?

Totally understand. I, however dont have any such relationship.

Believe me, I get it. But when the price is what it is online, the reasoning behind it is not a concern to me.

Grant knows how to do it. Even if u order it the shipping may be $25 so ur at $455. You can get some of the leases expensive guys in Nj transfer the gun for under $40. Ur all in under $500. So on average u save $40 plus tax. That's 200-250 rounds of ammo.

http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=209301 Dealer won't last selling this for $430? I'm pretty sure Grant has been around for quite a while and will continue to do well in the future.

Though I have bought guns at LGS, as a general rule of thumb now, I agree with you. I find that hard to believe. The average cost of an MP9 FS that I have seen is $539 ($579 at a store that rips u off) online I can order it for $430. Are u telling me the online retailer is loosing money? No way. I think NJ stores charge way more than stores in normal states as well. You can get a case of 5.56 for $349 online now a days. Point me to the LGS that can beat that!

Frank G at SnipersHide says that he shot longer strings with no issues.

I have a NF 2.5-10 and the Steiner is in a different world. I got an AWESOME deal from Liberty Optics for it just as the hype about the new US made 5-25s was reaching its zenith.

I would do the same in your position. If all I had was 5.56 guns I would buy into the 6.5 for sure. I will eventually, but in the short term, its .308 for me. This will be my first bolt gun for sure!

The 6.5 is by far a better round for sure, but I have 7.62x51/.308 ammo already, I am not set up for reloading (yet) and don't want to buy yet another factory round. With the barrel swap being so easy (if the advertising is true) I can easily go to 6.5 in the future. I would change the grip, put a brake on it and go to town. My Steiner 5-25 would hop between the Ruger and the OBS since I don't plan on shooting both and don't have the $ to invest in yet another high end scope. This would hold me over plenty until I can afford a GAP built gun.

Yes and no Vlad. Roughly speaking, with my 7.62 OBR I would be dropping almost 15" at 300y. 1.4Mil could be a miss on a 10" plate. But you would just hold over. I have both a Gen2 Miltod (NF 2.5-10) and an MSR (Steiner 5-25) At 300y, the milldot is more than enough and if you are shooting known distance targets the errors that may occur with a less experienced shooter using a mildot reticle to determine ranges are eliminated. Reticles like the MSR shine when you have to quickly calculate ranges to target. I find that reticle choices are as much personal preference as they are performance driven.