Everything posted by 10X
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Firework pictures.
Here is a 'before' picture, as we were chain fusing the finale for a municipal show on the 4th. About 570 shells here, plus attached ground cakes. Main body cakes can be seen on the field in the background; the main body itself and the opening salvo are behind where the photographer was standing.
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The Best Fighting Pistol Ever Made?
A quality 1911. Nothing else has the track record.
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Lou's Firearms - Customer Review
Yeah, you'll have to buy two of everything now...
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Flight radar
It willl show flights on an IFR flight plan or sometimes VFR flights if they are getting traffic advisories-unless they have their tail number blocked. Another cool thing if you have an iPhone with Siri is to say "ask wolfram what flights are overhead". It will go through the wolfram website and tell you what is above your position.
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Fireworks
Montville has a good sized show tonight. I'm lead shooter for the milburn show July 4, though it's a smaller show- their field isn't that big
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a little bit of humor, while we get bent
We have a constitution?
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So you can carry in NJ with out of state permit??? [Mod edit]No you can not!
The sentence in bold says 'no'. It's poorly written, but it still says 'no'.
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Topical Pesticides for Ticks
I don't recall how their activities differ against ticks, but cypermethrin is generally more active against insects than permethrin. As for mammalian toxicity, they're not too bad. They are significantly more toxic to cats than to dogs, for some reason. Stepping outside class Mammalia, pyrethroids are very toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates, but in broad terms they're pretty environmentally-friendly.
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FIRING AN AK-47 UNDERWATER "BETTER"
Only if by 'better' you mean the bullet travels a greatly reduced distance at a greatly reduced velocity.
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Any reviews of .22lr Eley Subsonic40 gr. HP?
Funny thing is, Eley competition grade ammo (they make a number of flavors) has only gone up in price a little bit since the craziness began, and it's one of the easiest brands to find. Probably because it was so expensive to begin with. Tenex, their top of the line stuff, was about $17 for a box of 50 a year ago, and it's $20-22 now. Big bucks, but a fairly small % increase. Even Cheaper than Dirt has it for $23-24. Compare this to low end stuff, the cheap plinking ammo we all miss so much. Thunderbolt, Wildcat, etc were $2 for 50 not that long ago, and now it's hard to find under $4, it's commonly $6 or more online, and Cheaper than Dirt has it for about $15. Huge markups on the cheap ammo. The high end ammo isn't for everyone, but if you can make good use of the accuracy it provides, it's a relative bargain right now, even if the price is high.
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Primer Interchangeability?
Doesn't work that way for shotshells, though. Substituting primer brands makes a much bigger difference in published pressure figures. Ditto for substituting wads, or hulls. Shotshells are just fussier--you need to dig through more loading data to find something for your your exact mix of components. This wasn't a big deal during happier times when you'd find a load you like, and just keep buying the same components over and over. It's more of a headache now, when limited component availability requires some flexibility.
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Fiocchi .22LR at Grafs, $117 for 1575 rounds in drybox, delivered
Best price I've seen in awhile. http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/26165
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Any reviews of .22lr Eley Subsonic40 gr. HP?
I'm very familiar with the brand. Eley makes some of the most accurate, ultrapremium 22LR ammo around (and target .22 is always subsonic). That said, I've not used this particular variety of Eley ammo--it's a few levels down the Eley hierarchy. But I'd not hesitate to try it--it's a very reputable brand.
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S2723 Revises Firearm Purchaser ID and handgun purchase permits (Sweeney, Norcross, Weinberg)
Bloomberg was a Democrat before holding office, a Republican for his first two elections, and an independent for his third. So if you have enough money and a focus on advancing yourself, not any particular ideology, you can do it.
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News regarding PA CCW reciprocity
GAPP is based in north-central jersey, and teaches the course in Easton (among other places) from time to time. http://www.gappnj.com/
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Cabela's has MiniMag .22
Popped up on gunbot half an hour ago, and it's still there at the moment. 375 rounds in the Troy Landry bulk box, $28, limit 1, but shipping was $9, so the final price wasn't too bad. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Ammunition/Rimfire-Ammunition%7C/pc/104792580/c/104691780/sc/104536080/CCI-Troy-Landry-Signature-Series-Rimfire-Ammo/1409699.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fshooting-ammunition-rimfire-ammunition%2F_%2FN-1100192%2F&rid=11&WT.mc_id=cj3946285&WT.tsrc=AFF
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T&T Reloading, PA
They also don't give out their location on their website-the info there will get you within a mile or so of the shop and no closer. They are NOT on either of the two roads mentioned on their website. Baffling. Someone on this board did post an actual street address for them fairly recently-a search should turn it up. That said, they have stuff that's hard to find at pretty good prices; only some on display, the rest you'll have to ask for. I was particularly impressed with their selection of powder. They had primers but limited purchase to roughly the value of the other stuff you bought Come with a list, with alternate selections ready to go. You may find exactly what you want, or you may be able to leave with something you can substitute.
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iPhone Optics?
I've got this mental image of a future Seal Team creeping stealthily into the Taliban stronghold when somebody's sight-phone rings...
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iPhone Optics?
Perfect for the gamer who wants to play Call of Duty on their iPhone, complete with a live-fire controller.
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First Hangun Advice
While there are wrong answers to this question (though not in this thread, so far), there is more than one right answer--as we're seeing. My answer for what is best for someone new to handguns is a three-gun progression (in order, but keep all three--don't trade one in for the next). I realize this is answering a question that is not exactly what you asked, but here goes: First, a quality .22 semiautomatic. Someday .22LR will again be easier to find and afford, and this will encourage more practice time. Also, the .22 doesn't cause or mask bad habits in a new shooter the way a centerfire round will. And get adjustable sights, certainly here and on the revolver, but my own preference is to have adjustable sights on all three guns. Second, a quality .357 revolver. It will allow stepping up to centerfire power gently, with 38 special loads, while still allowing for some very powerful loads at the top of the .357 range. Third, a quality 1911-pattern .45 ACP, though I realize there is plenty of room for discussion here on both the platform and the caliber. Those three guns will span a tremendous range of capabilities, and none are likely to sit unused in the safe. Find someone competent to coach you (shooters are usually very happy to help a noobie), and make sure you get good gun safety practices hardwired. Then focus on precision slow fire on paper targets until you have a firm grasp of the basics of grip, sight alignment, and trigger squeeze. Then you can spend your time blasting away at whatever kind of shooting makes you happy. Oh--and if you want to progress as a marksman, I strongly recommend competition of some kind. It can be local, it can be low key, it will almost certainly be fun...but most of all, nothing makes you improve as quickly as the knowledge that someone is watching and keeping score.
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UTAH CCW?
Supply and demand, plus I think that to become a Utah-approved instructor, you have to go to Utah for the certification. (could be wrong on that point, but if it's true, it does add a fair bit of overhead).
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Close Call
The guy in the tree stand handled it perfectly. It wouldn't have been easy given his uncertainty about the outcome, but he done good.
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CABELAS : winchester m22 22lr
Gander Mountain just had CCI Mini Mag turn up for $7.50/hundred. Within two minutes of it appearing on gunbot.net, I had the website open and added the limit of five to my cart. Spent 30 seconds on a quick search to see if they had any other .22. Back to cart, quantity had been reduced to 4, as that's all they had left. Hit checkout, quantity went to zero. Sold out. Gawd, I'm getting tired of this.
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Top 5 NJ Gun Laws You should know
Maybe just print a map, highlighting where all of the bridges out of NJ and into PA and DE are located.
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Cheaper then dirt
Today they have Armscorp .22 LR for $199 a brick, CCI Mini Mag for $60 per hundred. Gougers indeed--they're off my list.