W2MC

Well.........my membership in NJ2AS lapsed a month or so ago, and I was debating if I wanted to re-up, or not. Thank you for helping make my decision.

They all have their issues, but my major beef with Dodge is particularly the durangos. Both of em were rustbuckets (and in places where rust isnt supposed to form, let alone blow thru....the hood???) stupid electrical problems, and they had a 'secret' recall on water leaking down from a faulty cowl onto the top of the motor. That leak, combined with a crappy plastic intake that had warped and unbeknownst to me was sucking air - allowed the engine to waterlock and destroy itself upon start up, one fateful morning. A durango with 135,000 and a blown engine isnt worth much, or worth fixing. GOOD POINT......my son's buick lesabre-an ex-midstate connecticut car- had this issue a few years ago. Ended-up replacing all the brake lines. Not particularly difficult, but we had to crawl all over underneath the car.

Cant speak for new - but I had an early 90's dodge van and two 04 dodge Durangos...the van wasnt too bad, but all the plasticy-stuff started breaking after a few years. The durangos were both just junk....rust buckets with so-so electrics and big engines that lived hard and died young. My ford van (mid 90's) ran and ran. had problems with the front end (ball joints-common to the breed) and an oil pump that went out at about 150,000 miles. It still made it home, with a horse/trailer in tow, on just about no oil pressure, then ran another 50-70,000 miles till I let it go. The '99 F250 is sitting in the driveway, still running strong with about 135,000 on it. Had to do some front end work at about 115,000 miles, and the air conditioner has decided to take a holiday....not sure why yet. But its old enough to vote, running strong and just starting to show signs of rust 'round the edges. I wont buy another dodge.

Exactly. A stupid dog owner nearly killed my wife; and if I remember right broke a bone or two. Stupid owner let her dog run free on the trail, and went after and seriously spooked her horse, who reared, threw my wife, and took off. Wife to the hospital; horse was found about 5 miles away.

Yeah, "Tonka" does look a lot like a coyote. "Elizabeth Mongno said she was walking her Alaskan Shepherd, Tonka, on Wednesday when the dog spotted a deer and darted into the woods next to her house. As she waited for the 1-year-old dog to return, Mongno says she heard a pop and a yelp. She immediately knew something was wrong. About 10 minutes later, she found Tonka about 50 feet from her property line. "I let out a blood-curdling scream, yelling 'Someone killed my dog, who killed my dog?'" said Mongno, of Readington. Police said a hunter mistook the dog for a coyote chasing a deer and shot the Alaskan Shepherd with a crossbow. Under state law, hunters are permitted to shoot coyote."

Have one of each....standard wooden stock (from around 1987) and a takedown from their anniversary year. Like em both, but I really like the takedown.

run it till it drops

A tow truck?

Currently enjoying one - the stout - at Zed's Now enjoying a second one...

Thinking of taking a ride there this evening, anyway.....

Father's b-day was yesterday....today (saturday) is a possibility

I cant agree, Siderman. Coordinated effort is what is needed. "In-your-face" political protest can be a worthwhile tool, but if you don't know what is going on, at best you're just making noise, and at worst you're part of the problem.

Yeah...what I was thinking as well. Reading some of the newer comments over on f-book, I don't think Alex realizes that he was being used....

Wow.....just wow. I read Alex's rant last week with some bemusement...while he made some points that I agree with, I could see no rhyme nor reason behind making his statements in such a public forum. I also thought that this article did nothing to further the cause here in NJ, and had just put a match to any bridge between NJ2AS and the other organizations in the state. Now I read Smokin .50's comments that the NJ2AS never consulted with the proposed range, and the article (above) where they were in discussions since June to sell to the car dealer...I'm no longer bemused. I'm flabergasted. Ranting and raving without first doing your homework? Then bitching and moaning in a public forum about the groups who apparently DID do their homework? That's a failure

I'd be in.......

Well.......The shoe analogy works to a point. Once you clear the relative quality hurdle, Its not so much about what you paid, but how well it fits. If the cheaper shoe (or shotgun) fits, its the one for you.

A pix? show up to just about any event. the Smokin .50 mobile will be there

Also why a gas autoloader (like the S&W 1000) might be a better choice for a 12 gauge for mrs peel.....

Surprising (the lighter part). between my 96 and a beretta 686, I thought the beretta was the lighter gun. An almost new Remington Peerless just popped-up on the NJ hunter board. http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/forums/82-classifieds-free/286458-remington-peerless-12-ga-over-under-shotgun.html

Actually, if you're looking for a nice 'do everything' shotgun at a nice price, Jon (the other Jon, not me ) is selling a s&w model 1000 semi auto on here right now If I was looking for a first shotgun....I'd be talking to Jon Edit - I have a hunting friend who has one as a Mossberg ... its the same shotgun, made by Howa in Japan. He is tough on his one and only shotgun, going out in the salt marshes for goose as well as chasing deer with my bunch. He's been shooting this one gun for 20 plus years, and it shows the use and abuse....but he just cleans/oils it occasionally, and it keeps shooting.

Hey! I love mine! (the older ones) (actually an Xpert 96, but the same thing w/o the scrollwork-made by Olin-Kodensha in the late 70s - early 80s) But, then again, I am not particularly recoil-shy.

Had an early 90's Marquis, and it was also a fine ride down the road, and the trunk...the trunk.....my wife would fill it up with bags of horse feed. There's a reason they call these mafia staff cars...you could put two bodies in there and not notice it riding down the road. Only major work it needed was valve stem seals; something the early 4.6 v8's were known for.

I've owned several ex-rentals, including the current Mazda 5 my wife drives. Never had a problem with any of 'em that I could attribute to being an ex-rental.

Like everything else, there are good shotguns, and there are cheap shotguns, but there are very few good, cheap shotguns

"Field Grade Browning" covers a lot of territory.......