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If you want to get involved in the eminent domain issue, the final hearing is tonight at 7 pm: Dear fellow airport operators and supporters: Readington Township has scheduled the second and final reading of an ordinance authorizing it to use eminent domain to take over the entire Solberg Airport from the Solberg's who have owned and operated it for over 70 years. Please spread the word and ask people to come to this meeting: Readington Township Middle School 48 Readington Road Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 7 pm Directions from Route 22: Turn off Route 22 at the intersection of Route 523 heading south towards Flemington. Turn left at first traffic light at the intersection of Readington Road. Continue on Readington Road until you come to the Readington Middle School on the left. All are encouraged to come. Please come and spread the word. Show up early if you can. Thank you. Suzy Solberg Nagle Note: the issue at hand is seizure of the ENTIRE airport property. The town decided some time ago that the earlier plan to sieze 600+ acres of open, safety buffer space around the airport while leaving the runway, taxiway, and buildings for the family to operate wasn't draconian enough. They're going after all of it. This airport is a gem, and also home to the QuickChek Balloon Festival, summer moorings for the blimps that cover your favorite sporting events, and a critical navigation beacon (the Solberg VOR). http://www.solbergairport.com/eminentdomain/story/story.html

Good to see it available, and it's fine plinking ammo... ...but I wish they'd stop printing 'match' and 'target' on bulk ammunition packs. If it's in a bulk pack, it's not match ammo.

I was there...running the Kimber in stock division. Great time.

I personally wouldn't bother with a chronograph, unless you need to make a certain power factor for competition. You'll know your approximate velocity from the published loading data, and that's generally good enough. Consistent velocity does contribute to accuracy, but you can let the group size continue to be the measure of that. I've no experience with the pistol rest you linked to. Interested to hear from anyone who has used it. I use this rest: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/742540/mtm-pistol-shooting-rest It's low tech, and fairly inexpensive, but nowhere near as good as a ransom rest, and probably not as good as the rest you linked to (unless that one has major flaws of some kind). Since you already have two bullet weights and three powders, and can experiment with OAL, I think you have plenty of variables to work with. Sure, other powder or bullets might do better still, but you'll go nuts trying to find them. Find the best combo among what you have. Later on, you can try to improve on it with different components.

It's never going to be a bullseye gun...you might consider working up a load that is absolutely reliable in it, and calling it a day. With iron sights and a 3.6" barrel, your groups are mostly reflecting your ability to shoot a short barreled gun with iron sights. Changes in group size due to subtle differences in the load will be hard to spot. Shooting groups from a rest requires practice just like unsupported shooting--the groups will tighten up over time, even without changing the load. So, boring as it is, you need to shoot a lot of them. Also, a single 5-shot group with each load won't tell you what is working best. You'll need to average multiple groups (I'd not consider anything less than 5, 5 shot groups to be useful), shot in a random order so the affects of fatigue don't skew the results for the groups shot last. That's also tedious, I know. Your approach to varying OAL and charge weight sounds fine. I'd probably make slightly larger changes (at least .2 gr, and .02") between lots to avoid having to test so many combinations. As others have noted, a different powder or different bullet might make an even larger difference, but then you are left with testing still more combinations. For serious target use, one would want to avoid mixed brass in favor of single-manufacturer brass, or better still, single-lot brass, but I'm not sure you could spot the difference in this case.

I've lost almost a month before. Chief signs and I get the call to pick up, but the detective I have to pick them up from is never available, won't return calls, blows off appointments. Last time I resorted to hanging around the pd for an hour unannounced and grabbing him when he came out. I got my permits, but if I hadn't resorted to an ambush I'd still be waiting.

Guess you'll just have to visit all three Hooters, to make sure you find the one next to the gun show. See--that wasn't a hard problem to solve.

Well said, 302W!

Best response yet! I'm going to borrow it. I'll even waive the 2 year wait. When the POTUS secret service detail starts using smart guns, I'll do the same. Not good enough for them? Not good enough for me.

I can't answer your question, but enjoy the cave diving! Florida, or the Yucatan? Shredded fingers sounds more like Florida.

I did, but they were all lost in a boating accident.

Some aircraft are approved to run on mogas (it's great when they are), but unfortunately most piston planes are not.

I'll preface this by saying I don't know for sure...but I'm thinking the backpack is a bad idea. Too much like carrying the weapon on your person.

I've been shooting steel at Tenafly the past few months. The matches are small and very newbie-friendly, and they are willing to accommodate any equipment gaps you might have--no problem starting from low ready.

While there are wily deer that actually get hunted in NJ, most local deer are so used to humans in close proximity that you can challenge yourself by trying to get close enough to hit them with a stick...

I'm flashing back to the inspired ending of the Newhart show. After 8 years on the air, the final episode ended with Bob Newhart's Dick Louden character getting hit in the head by a golf ball as he steps out of the Vermont inn he ran with his wife, played by Mary Frann. The screen goes black. When the lights come back up, Bob is in character as Dr. Bob Hartley, who he played for 6 years-a decade earlier-in The Bob Newhart show. He's in bed--in the set instantly recognizable from the old show. His wife rolls over, and we see she is now Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife on the old show. Bob tells her 'you won't believe the dream I just had...' And the Newhart show ended in 1990 with the theme music and credits from the old Bob Newhart show which ended in 1978.

I wouldn't start with raw meat in the crock pot. It could be done safely, sure, but browning the meat first changes the flavor profile in a good way. I also favor cubed beef over ground in chili. I chop up london broil into pieces averaging maybe 3/8" on a side. It takes time, but sets your entry apart from all of those using hamburger.

Nice pic of the bridge. I've seen the Port Authority put up toll boths on worse...

Yes it is! Thanks for the heads-up.

Bullseye is a great place to start. There is a wealth of good information here: http://www.njpistol.com/ It covers where to find local matches, where to find leagues, a bullseye FAQ, tips for new shooters, etc. http://www.bullseyepistol.com/ is also very good. The link in your post seems garbled, but I know that's the site you meant.

Years back, Idaho Fish and Game came to the schools and taught an hour or two of gun/hunter safety to the state's 6th graders. At least some districts also got to go to the range for live firing with .22 rifles. I don't know if this is still done. The state has a very high rate of gun ownership, and a very low rate of firearms accidents. Education is why.

We don't even need tougher background checks.. The problem in this case (and recent other shootings) is that the data never made it into the system. Gotta fix that.

We all hate you. :-)

I've heard them described as: A swirling mass of metal fatigue Surrounding an oil leak.

I don't think you'll find aircraft for $90 per hour anymore (I think the flight schools are more in the $120+ range, depending on the plane), and the instructor will be another $40-$60 or so per hour on top of the aircraft time. Helicopter time is probably triple that--they're crazy expensive, but by all accounts a blast to fly. The best advice I was given when I started out was to find a non-profit flying club that accepts student pilots, and who has instructors among their membership. That'll save you money--but only for fixed-wing flying. I've not heard of any helicopter clubs. In theory, one can get a fixed-wing certificate in as little as 35 flight hours at some schools, but that's all but unheard of. I think the national average is closer to 70 hours (at least 10 hours of which will be solo, so at least for that portion you aren't paying for an instructor's time). In NY/NJ airspace, the average is likely higher still. Best thing you can do to minimize the hours required is to save up so that you can fly a few times a week and knock the rating out as fast as you can. When you stretch the lessons out, too much time in the plane is spent re-learning what you forgot from the previous lesson.