Scorpio64

For the record, there has not been one drive by bayoneting in NJ since 1989.

You should probably stay away from Waffle House restaurants too.

Bullets are similar to vehicles in the regard that they all have an intended, and somewhat specialized, purpose. The type of bullet (or ammo) you use depends on the task at hand. If you are hunting, you need something that will expand and cause a lot of hydrostatic shock. If you are shooting long range precision, you need a bullet with a high ballistic coefficient. You will be less concerned with expansion and weight retention and more concerned with punching neat holes in tight groups. There is no magic bullet that is good for everything. You need to consider many factors when hand loading. Bullet weight in relation to barrel twist rate. Powder burn rate, seating depth that is specific to your rifle. Do yourself a favor and buy a reloading manual. It gives you more than basic recipes. You will gain a lot of insight to the nuances to reloading.

There is a Sicilian saying my father used to say to me when I was a kid. I cant remember it in Sicilian, not that it really matters, but it basically goes. "Prepare for winter"

The Day I Almost Burned my Parent's House Down January 1980 something, my parents were in pre-snowbird mode, vacationing in Florida. Left to fend for myself, I decided to make pan fried seasoned small white potatoes and something else that didn't catch fire. Besides almost burning my parent's house down, I don't remember much else from that night. I wasn't paying attention and let the oil get too hot. When I threw in the canned potatoes without draining the water fully.The oil instantly atomized and caused a giant fireball. The fireball was large enough that it singed my hair. I turned off the gas but the oil in the frying pan was still burning and the cabinets had caught fire from the intense blast. The sink was too far away for the squirty thing to reach so I went for the fire extinguisher........ all the way down in the basement. In my father's infinite wisdom, he believed that next to the furnace was a good place to put the one and only extinguisher in the house. So I made a mad dash down two flights of stairs and back up. Pulled the pin and put out the fire. Tthat yellow stuff in ABC extinguishers works great. Fortunately I was in good shape back then and made the round trip in less than a minute. I doubt I could do the same today, and I know for a fact my father would not have been able to do it. The cabinets were solid maple and my mom had painted them in some trendy antique finish in the late 70's. It took just short of an hour to clean up all the yellow stuff. It is very sticky and gets everywhere and is a real pita to clean up, but it's far better than a pile of ash that used to be a home. Lucky for me I put out the fire before any real damage was done. The paint had only blistered a little and I was able to scrub off the burnt paint with steel wool. There was only a small spot that was kinda noticeable but it was under the cabinet. If we didn't have an extinguisher in the house, the fire would have certainly been worse, probably a disaster. If we had one in the kitchen it would have been a lot less worse. There is only a small window of opportunity to put out a fire before it becomes too big to put out yourself. Unless you can run like a cheetah (through fire), having an extinguisher on every floor would be prudent.

Chives, dill and bay leaf repel aphids beetles and other sucking insects.

Window boxes make excellent (and attractive) herb gardens too. Noting like reaching out the kitchen window for some fresh basil.

My neighbor grows eight tomato plants in 5 gallon buckets, they are always massive.

Those dandelions clover and chickweed make great additions to salads.

I dunno man, is there a NJ sword forum.

This I agree with this 100%. People of every generation say "back then, life was simpler", and it was. Now we are constantly connected to something, whether it be the libtarded 24 hour news cycle, streaming tv and movie content, facebook, snap chat, cell phones, computers, and so on. You can't even drive somewhere without being tracked and if you get into an accident, the first thing police do after the first aid folks check you out is download the data from your car's on board computer. Ideally, all these things were meant to make life easier but it has in fact had an opposite effect. We are being kept busy as a distraction to what's going on behind the curtain. That's why so many people these days are single issue voters, there is no way to keep track of everything that's going on. I don't think it's apathy either, it's paying attention to what's on fire right now which leaves little time to give any attention or energy to anything else. We are being run ragged.

I don't think the free speech issue is due to apathy, it is more fear. The left has beaten us into submission with the threat of law suits and violence. College profs can say whatever they want about Barbara Bush, but if someone wants to make a pro 2A statement in class, they get in trouble and auto failed. The left is abusing the first amendment, using it to make conservatives feel guilty and sheepish about saying anything about a minority because of shit that happened over 150 years ago. They are using it to chip away at America and turn it into their ideal socialist paradise and it will happen if we let it. The left, which controls nearly all media in every form has been on a social engineering campaign for decades. They conflate the past with the present and make Americans of white European descent feel bad about shit we had nothing to do with. They use humor to debase and humiliate traditional American values. They twist the constitution to benefit them while removing or changing through policy and law the things that were meant to ensure what they are doing would never happen. Activist judges on scotus not only allowed it to happen, they helped it along. The left is attacking the NRA because it's the protector of the last, and most dangerous to the left amendments. As long as America is armed, they won't be able to throw out the constitution and rewrite it as a socialist republic.

Regardless of a persons circumstance, it all comes down to this; How important is retaining 2A rights (or any other right) to an individual. If it is truly a top priority, people find a way, no matter what. If a person feels something else is more important, and they are willing to have a right taken from them without a fight, then it will be taken. The premise is actually quite simple, but the individual dynamics are complicated based on self interests. The reasons for not getting involved can range from apathy, fear, and even impotence. There are more good reasons why people should get involved than not, but people can always find (rationalize) one to opt out. And, no matter how you look at it, that is a problem. We need to figure out a way to get around it that works for most. Come up with a convincing, rational argument to encourage involvement.

Not skeet. I shoot trap at Howell Trap Club (Gene Salomon's) and at the njgf clay shoots. Sunday, I will be trying out my new to me 1974 Marlin 336C 30-30 for the first time, spending some quality time with my SPR, also, testing/patterning some new federal buckshot in my 18.5" bbl 870 and Shockwave, and will probably do some 22lr shoot'n as well.

Well, CJRPC is without a doubt a nice pace. I've heard about their set up, and had a peek at the sat images, and it looks awesome. But, I'm afraid, it's a little too costly for my budget. I shoot clays two to three times a month but rifle is only a few times a year and I can't justify the cost of membership. But I certainly would never turn down an invite

I'll be heading out to R14 Sunday morning, probably around 10:00. Anyone else planning on being there?

That may seem like a paltry number, but if we could get 1/4 (15k) of them to show up in Trenton, it would seem like a mob. 1/2 (29k) would make them shit cobblestones. Even if gun owners are becoming a minority in NJ, we can still make a difference. It's been working for other groups for decades.

fixed that for the both of ya.

I don't think apathy is the sole reason people are not showing up or getting involved. There is plenty of apathy out there, but I think the silent majority is not apathetic at all, I think there are a multitude of reasons people with a vested interest are not getting involved. We just need to nail those reasons down. In sales, the way you make a deal is by overcoming objections. Price too high, quality not good, wrong color, too heavy, there are a million ways a deal can fall through. Successful salesmen are successful because they know how to overcome objections. We need to engage people and find out why they are not going to rallies, writing e-mails to elected officials and so on. More than half the people I know that have guns don't even shoot them on a regular basis. It's an uphill battle and we need soldiers who are also diplomats.

Bob Kislin's in Red Bank, Kislins in Ocean, Sportmans Center in Neptune, A shop in Atlantic Highlands I cant remember, Another on rt35 in Hazlet.

If all they are here for is ammo prices or what gun to buy, they won't even be paying attention to threads like this. If they are here to find out what their roll is in the future of 2A in NJ, then they need to see the ugly truths. You can't cure an infection by not looking at it.

Random first posters have their own minds and will make them up when they join. Some will jump in, many will lurk and a few will just split. So what, these discussions, no mater how unpalatable they are, must happen or we will never get anywhere. We need to address this issue like mature rational adults. If it makes people feel uncomfortable for not being active sooner or at all, then so be it. It means they have a conscience and that's a good sign.

This isn't chewing on our own. It's just the facts, whether we like them or not, and they have to be faced and dealt with if we are going to come up with an appropriate strategy to get people involved. Not speaking up because it makes people feel uncomfortable is a mistake millions of good Germans (the silent majority) made in 1939.

I'll tell ya what will happen. 20% will turn in their guns/mags or register ie comply. The rest will do nothing, just like they did when NJ decided to keep the AWB. People don't realize how serious the situation is. If they classify a detachable mag and 1 more feature as mil features and tack it on to the awb, then the AR15 is done for because the only remaining feature is the pistol grip. Basically, they are eliminating the non military features to shove it down our throats. Pistil grips are not exclusive to the AR15 and if they extend the pistol grip ban, even if it is part of a one piece wood stock, then ALL semi autos are done for.

Not if you use an overseeder. They are a pain in the ass and expensive to buy or rent but they always work. Seed does not wash off because it's a half inch under ground.