I took a ride out to Salomon's in hopes they have open back up to maybe score some primers and or  powder there was one guy already waiting there said he had a shotgun shipped there  and someone signed for it but he told me that the neighbor came over to let him know that gene is in Hospice care.    

Well.  This sucks.  For over a decade, Gene has been my go to guy for shooting supplies and runs a great trap club.

Sad to hear. Hope he is doing well. Iconic place.

Gene is a real good guy and there are 1,000 stories to prove this. I bought a MEC 9000 from him: he set it up for my exact load and showed me how to run it in his basement.

Has anyone else heard anything about gene? 

Salomons Google listing now says permanently closed. It's a sad day for us new jersey reloaders.

Hey guys,

Since dicks dicked around and stopped selling shooting stuff...i been on a long hopeless quest to find clays this week. 

I don't know if the market changed on clays but I was paying $6 for 90. Today i paid $26 for a box of 130 by my club. I later remembered Solomons in farmingdale. I went there wednesday and there was a sign on the door "closed until further notice"

 

After a Google search, it says "permanently closed".

 

1. Did something happen to Gene? He was a longtime friend of my late uncle and ata shooter Jim Steinhart.

2. Where else around freehold/howell/Jackson/etc has clays in stock.

 

Thanks guys

I stopped by there the other week to see if they were open there was a guy waiting also neighbor told him gene was in hospice , dont know what happen, haven't heard anything since.

7 minutes ago, FishNHard said:

I stopped by there the other week to see if they were open there was a guy waiting also neighbor told him gene was in hospice , dont know what happen, haven't heard anything since.

Oh man, that's awful. He's a great guy and did ALOT for us shooters

20 minutes ago, jcerillo70 said:

don't know if the market changed on clays but I was paying $6 for 90.

Paying about $7 at Walmart 

1 hour ago, jcerillo70 said:

.i been on a long hopeless quest to find clays this week. 

I believe they are still shooting trap on Sundays and Tuesdays.  The shop is closed, but you can probably still get a coupla few cases of targets.  I think I paid $14/130 last time I was there about five weeks ago.  That may have changed but I would bet you can get clays.

Merged this with another thread already open.

Note - I know Heritage Guild Easton does have clays - they're a little on the pricier side but in stock.  135 box for $19 I believe.

Walmart in East Windsor typical has some. $6 for 90 I believe. I just picked up 5 cases a week ago.

I have not been to the Clinton Walmart in a year+ but I used to get mine there often.

Last times I was at the Boonton Walmart (beginning of April 2021) they had plenty there, around $7 if I remember correctly.

I don't remember if Flanders has them.

 

Now, target loads are a different story...

3 hours ago, Malice4you said:

I have not been to the Clinton Walmart in a year+ but I used to get mine there often.

According to Walmart's website, Clinton and Flemington have 'em.  Not sure how accurate it is.  I know Clinton had them earlier this year but were sold out for a while - not sure if they've restocked but there's a good chance they did.