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Didn't see a TFR issued, so POTUS wouldn't have been aboard (so the callsign wouldn't have been Marine 1). Maybe training or other prep work for this weekend, when he's supposed to be back in Bedminster and huge swaths of airspace will again be restricted. The charity poker run I was planning to fly just got cancelled AGAIN because of the flight restrictions.

Does anyone know if non-working air rifles are eligible? Article doesn't say.

Had a great show in Millburn last night. Close to 1400 shells, 5" max diameter, 30 minutes of hand-fired goodness. Finished cleanup and left the field about 3:15 am... Someone posted a video of the shoot, but fireworks are best enjoyed live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOdzDE4etpk

Yep. Idaho is the most mountainous state in the union, in terms of % of terrain that is mountainous, but the Snake River plain is dead flat. At least the mountains are visible to the north and south of the river, and the Snake River canyon is pretty deep in places; 500' vertical where I grew up in Twin Falls, and 7400 feet below the peaks in Hells Canyon, on the far west side of the state.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing. Now I'm homesick. I grew up on the Idaho side of the Tetons; used to spend a lot of time there and in Yellowstone as a kid.

The role the state police plays in all of this is exactly equivalent to Sigourney Weaver's character Gwen, on Galaxy Quest. Mindlessly passing information back and forth, while adding no value. Not familiar with Gwen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKjo9dldp2g

Pyrethroids (like permethrin) are just about the perfect insecticide. Non-persistant, and safe to most mammals. One quirk to watch out for; while they are pretty safe for dogs, they are a lot more toxic to cats.

XTreme bullets is 10% off site-wide, plus free shipping. http://www.xtremebullets.com/In-Stock-Now-s/48075.htm?utm_source=eblast&utm_medium=email&utm_content=45-230-rn&utm_campaign=deal-of-the-day

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Nope. I need to find a good-guy discount for non-first responders. :-) Oh, and in keeping with the spirit of the thread, Rock River Arms (https://www.rockriverarms.com) is discounting most of what they sell by 20%. And they ship to NJ. Not sure how long the sale runs.

Title says it all: I'm looking/hoping for a good sale to pop up somewhere on a Vortex Viper scope, probably a 4-16 or 6-24 in the HS-T family, but maybe a PST if the price comes down enough. I might consider equivalent scopes from other manufacturers, but from what I'm seeing, equivalent scopes cost more from other manufacturers...which always brings me back to Vortex. Since the thread is open, feel free to post any other slammin' deals you run across this 4th.

They do lead to harder stuff. I'm sure I started with sparklers as a young child. Now I have a very cool one-day-a-year part-time job as crew chief for a fireworks company, shooting municipal fireworks shows. Here's a shooter's-eye view of the Millburn finale two years ago. There are about 700 shells chain-fused in this one, the biggest shells being 5" diameter. Millburn, NJ 4th of July Finale, 2015

To a point. Different grip angles may take some getting used to, but one can get used to them. Where grip fit is really important, and I'm speaking more as a precision shooter, but the principles apply in general, is in grip diameter. If the grip fits 'correctly' in that regard, the flats of the middle bones of your fingers will lie flat across the front strap of the gun, and increasing your grip strength will then push the grip straight back into the heal of your hand. If the grip is too fat, your hand won't wrap around correctly, and the flats of your finger bones will be off to the right (for a right-handed shooter) of the front strap; if the grip is too small, your hand will wrap around too far, and the flats of the bones will be off to the left of the front strap. Why does that matter? If your grip strength is absolutely the same from shot to shot, it might not...but if it varies a little (and I think it does for everyone), having the flats of your finger bones pushing the grip straight back into the web of your hand means the sights stay aligned, side to side, regardless of variations in grip strength. It eliminates one pesky variable. If your hand is over-wrapped or under-wrapped, changing your grip strength will torque the gun to one side or the other. Point an empty handgun at a wall, overwrap or underwrap your hand on the grip, increase and decrease grip pressure, and watch the sights move side to side.

My town won't pick up brush/branches, and we live on a big lot with a lot of old trees. Our fire pit sees a LOT of use for marshmallow and weenie roasts.

I don't know if anyone else here noticed, but cjncasting.com has been down for a number of days. This worried me, as I REALLY like their cast bullets; high quality, good prices, and cheap shipping. I was afraid they'd gone out of business. Not to worry, I just spoke with Carl, the owner/operator. He's getting his own domain and putting up a new website. I forgot to ask if the URL will be the same, but in any event, the site should be up and accepting orders within the next few days.

All are 9's, most brass was already fired from one of mine, but range brass does get mixed in. The chamber check dies should pick up bulged bases; when I clear the jammed rounds, they don't look visibly different (and they still fit the chamber check die). My best guess is that I have three unusually tight chambers and unusually loose reloading dies and chamber check dies. That seems highly unlikely, but I don't know how else to account for it. Barrels are OEM; I only shoot these for GSSF, where aftermarket barrels move one into the unlimited division (where I'd get pummeled, since the guns are otherwise stock).

So they are! I'm happy with my Civilian finish, not so much subcompact and Master Stock. Now begins the month-long wait to see what I won in the former, and may have lucked into via random assignment in the latter. I was at the match Saturday--I thought it ran very smoothly. Much less waiting time than last year, and the turnout was about as high.

The stats are the same for three different models of Glocks. I'm going to try small base reloading dies next, which I think will help, but ammo loaded on standard dies that fits fine in both the Midway and the Hornady chamber check dies won't allow the guns to go into battery--and jam it up tighter than hell in the process--at the rate of about 1 in 400 rounds. I don't see that problem with the same ammo in the SA or S&W.

I compete with both...and the Glocks malfunction a LOT more than the 1911's. Admittedly, I'm comparing some pretty good 1911's, but I'm getting a failure to feed every 2000 to 8000 rounds (depending on the gun, and that's the only failure mode I've seen) with the 1911's. With the Glocks, I get a round locking up the action so tight it requires serious work to get the slide back, about every 400 rounds. And that's with ammo that has all been chamber checked. So in my hands, the 1911's are 5X to 20X more reliable than the Glocks.

I'll be there. Don't yet know which day.

Sorry, HE has it right. Evaporation is liquid to gas, sublimation is solid to gas. Like when dry ice disappears without first melting into a liquid.

I can't offer a quantitative comparison, but I REALLY like the 10/22T. The laminated stock and hammer forged spiral bull barrel are beautiful. It's got real heft to it, and it's very accurate for a semiauto.

There is a 25 yard indoor range, with a dozen or more firing points and key-card access for members. Any non-magnum handgun, plus .22 rifles, are allowed. There is a big club room and a kitchen. The club has an amazingly successful junior rifle team; they've put a couple of kids on the national team. The range has turning targets, but no target carriers; instead the benches can be slid forwards and backwards, allowing firing from 7 to 25 yards (but obviously everyone present needs to agree on on the distance at which the benches are set). The high power rifle 'range' is the best solution they could come up with when the neighbors/town were going to disallow outdoor shooting. There are two buried pipes, 100 yards long, with an underground blockhouse and two shooting ports (bench firing only) at one end, and an underground blockhouse where you hang the targets at the other end. Yes, shooting a high power rifle in an underground concrete blockhouse into an underground concrete pipe is as loud as you'd think it would be. Maybe louder. There were trap fields there years ago, but the town forced them to shut down. There is a very nice outdoor archery range that I keep meaning to take advantage of. Edit: Krdsrk types faster than I do (or maybe I'm just verbose)

Your wife may come to see it differently... My wife gave me the smoker for Christmas 2 1/2 years ago. Now, every time I use it--every time without exception--when we sit down to eat she tells me that giving me that smoker was the best idea she ever had. Great eats, and she's off the hook for cooking and cleanup on smoker days. Oh--and keep a notebook with the details of everything you cook. It's very helpful to be able to go back and see how much charcoal was used, how much and what type of smoke wood was used, when more was added, temperatures, times, how the meat was prepared before and during smoking, etc etc. It's more complicated than slapping a steak on the grill. But oh, so worth it.

All good recommendations, as all have a strong following. But don't rule out the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker--they also have a huge fan base; I'm very happy with mine. I've got the mid-size, 18.5" diameter, as it will just fit a small turkey, and it's a great size for ribs, brisket, etc. Whatever you get, add a good digital thermometer with meat and smoker interior probes, and a remote readout (and, ideally, a temperature alarm function, so you can nap during those really long smoking sessions). I ended up with this one, which I really like: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CTZ17QO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1