wooly bugger

With Sawyer, nothing touches your skin. You spray your clothes (off your body,) let it dry until it forms a bond with the fabric, and you're done. If you're worried about residual chemical, you can wash your clothes once before wearing. I think the marginal risk of being exposed to trace amounts of permethrin is far outweighed by the high likelihood of contracting Lyme and not realizing it until some damage has been done.

I second the recommendation for Sawyer. Before i used it, I would come home with ticks every 3 or 4 hunting outings. I haven't had a single tick in the few years I've been using it. I don't know how this was determined, but I've heard that if you remove a tick within 24 hours, the chance of getting Lyme is very low. So, I would recommend doing a full skin examination periodically while in the field. I've never had Lyme, despite many bites. Also, for peace of mind, your wife's case is very unusual. The vast majority of Lyme suffers do fine if they're treated promptly Edit: Be careful to use the Sawyer's as directed. You don't spray it on your skin. You spray it on your clothes and let them dry overnight. It lasts several washings which, in my case, means I just treat my hunting gear once a year, at the beginning of the season.

I wouldn't make my choice of gun based on current availability. Even though it feels like the new normal, barring another major shock, things will go back to normal, at least at the national level. Of the calibers you mentioned, I shoot only .22. I think things are gradually improving there. You can still buy at mom and pop shops in PA and non-extortionary prices. .22 occasionally pops up on Cabelas and is getting better at Midway. It used to be at Midway, you'd see between 0 and 3 types of .22 available (mostly 5mm or novelty ammo.) Today, it's 10. This is probably going to get me criticized for driving the mania, but what I've learned from this is to have a couple of years of ammo in each caliber, which will reduce the impact of these kinds of shocks in the future. Even now, it's possible to gradually build toward that goal by keeping your eye out and buying opportunisitically.

But you would have stopped before they were handcuffed and unconscious. It's very suspicious that this didn't come up during the trial. I would have thought that a video like this would immediately invalidate any testimony by the police criminals and would have weakened the case against the criminal criminals. Why didn't they bring it up then?

You think K pop is bad? Listen to a little J pop and you'll go running back. There was an article recently about how Korean pop culture has totally overshadowed Japanese. So true. It's all better in Korea. I'm half Japanese, btw. My favorite is 대장금. 이영애 Is very cute.

Hyun Ah is hot. I didn't recognize her from the avatar pic. My wife is addicted to K Drama. Do you watch any?

+1. I think they're the only ones who have our back. Just join.

This is giving me a headache. I'm off to Aimsurplus to buy another case of 7.62x54r...

This is giving me a headache. I'm off to Aimsurplus to buy another case of 7.62x54r...

Yes, the address on your DL that no one but a dealer can confirm is, in fact, and FID card. Do you think out of state dealers are going decipher this monstrous bill and invest in the scanning technology just to serve the tiny NJ market?

I was at EFGA on Tuesday and lost my spotting scope. When I was packing up, I foolishly left my hatchback open at the bottom of the hill, out of sight, while having a long chat with Damjam on the range. I suspect someone saw it sitting in the back of my car and swiped it (thank you for not taking the guns, which would have really sucked.) I went back later to see if I'd left it at the range, but it wasn't there. In case I did leave it at the range, and someone picked it up, I'll offer a $200 reward to get it back.

I thought it was $50 a year

There was a fiscal impact analysis done. To summarize the conclusion: "something like this cost the DMV over $10 million, but we have no idea how much this is going to all cost...."

Can you describe what some of the doubts were? Does the Judiciary Committee have a chance to weigh in before it goes to the floor? Do we have any chance to appeal the process before it goes to the floor? Or, since the committee broke assembly rules, is the assembly the only body that can intervene?

Did they actually get through all 37 bills? As of afternoon they'd only done 3.

As the comments mention, this article makes it sound like there were 5 criminal shootings, when two were self-defense related. Typical SL bs.

What were some of the specific reservations?

Have the state police escorted him out yet?

Are they discussing the bills? I don't see how they're going to get through 37 bills in 1 day unless they're just speeding through them

Careful now... You're inviting a visit from NJSP.

Yes, they'll respond after the vote on Monday. Once again, the committees are screwing with us by announcing their agenda right before the actual meeting.

That's a great letter. I think we should all focus on the $$ and not on our rights. They obviously don't give a rat's ass about the latter, but we can roast them if we can paint them as profligate spenders. I would also focus on that fact that "even" Cryan, who hates guns as much as any of them, wouldn't vote for this POS.

Exactly!!!

Is this even legal? Can we get a court injunction? In any case, this end run gives Christie every reason to veto.

For my inline, I use 777 powder and standard 209 caps. I also use crush rib sabots, which work great. I don't mind swabbing multiple times between shots, because I don't do much target shooting with it. For my side lock (which is what I'm trying to figure out,) I use real BP, #11 caps, and Hornady lubricated conical bullets. From what I'm hearing so far, next time I'm at the range, I'd do a fouling shot with just powder, then spit patch between each shot. I'll also try dry patching between shot. I'll let you all know how it works. Now I really want to try PRB, but not quite ready to buy a dedicated rifle with 1:60 rifling yet.