Ballseye's Firearms Accessories Tournament - Contest 2

Okay folks, this is it: Ballseye's Firearms Accessories Tournament - Contest 2. To enter this contest, follow all rules that are listed within this particular blog post, and all rules found in the right hand column of my blog page under the header: Ballseye's Firearms' Accessories Tournament Rules (yes this is a clickable link to those rules).

This time around the prize for the winner of this contest will be a ClearI 4x32 Range estimating Scope (that is what it is called on the outside of the box anyway). This fine nice piece of shooting optics was manufactured in China (where else?) and distributed in the good old U.S. of A. by Clearview Investments, Inc. of Versailles, KY. Yes that is it in the pic to the above. It comes as is, which right now is as new in the box, but no guarantee or warranty from me, and no accounting as to what may take place in shipping - though I will try to package it well.

In order to enter this contest, Ballseye's Firearms Accessories Tournament Contest 2, please send me an email telling me your best guess as to how many boxes of ammunition are contained within the trunk today November 6, 2008 as pictured in the photo of the trunk in this blog post. The person coming closest to the actual amount of boxes of ammunition within the trunk (as in the trunk today, as counted by me today, and regardless of any change to the number of boxes after today) will be the winner. See general rules in sidebar to right regarding ties and other important information. You must be 18 or older to enter this contest, and I will require a copy of government issued photo ID be emailed to me (such as copy of driver's license) by the winner in order to claim this prize. If you do not comply with that and all other rules you are ineligible to win the prize, but they should be pretty easy to comply with. General Rules: Ballseye's Firearms' Accessories Tournament Rules. Winner will be selected and announced on or about ThanksGiving Day 2008. You can enter the contest up until 10:00 AM EST on Thanksgiving 2008 (U.S. Thanksgiving).

Hopefully I will be holding these contests the first week of every month, but look more often because I may also hold another contest at mid-month now and then.

Good luck,

Glenn B

How Could I Resist - It Was A Package Deal

Yes I am short on funds, yes I am trying to save up for a new gun, yes I have been hit with a lot of unexpected bills lately, yes my son's college tuition is due by July 31st (ouch - man have state university tuition costs skyrocketed); but how could I resist a deal like this. I mean even if the scope is a piece of trash, and I am not saying it is but just that it could be at this price, so long as the scope mount/receiver cover is of decent quality this is a good deal. Supposedly the cover/mount is all steel.

What exactly is it? Well, it's a scope mount and rifle scope for a Yugo SKS that is being offered by Centerfire Systems at: http://www.centerfiresystems.com/pkg106.aspx. I never heard of this outfit before, but I found them while searching for info on a SAIGA in .308. Once I saw this ad on their home page, I was hooked. Of course, I realize that any scope mounted as far back on an SKS as this will be will probably want to scoop my right eye right out of its socket with each shot fired, but I have other plans for the mount than using the scope that comes with it. My hope is to mount a 1" tube red dot sight in the mount. That will not protrude anywhere nearly as far back as would even the so called "mini compact scope" that comes with the package. Of course, since the scope comes with the deal, I'll have to mount it before buying a red dot scope, just to see how it works albeit facing the risk to my becoming a cyclops. Who knows - it may be just the thing for an SKS. For the price of $34.98 I cannot go far wrong, that is of course barring losing an eye to this set-up. Sure the ad says $24.99, but I am adding $9.99 they charge for shipping accessories.

I have already ordered it, and once I have received it, I suppose I'll have to make a trip to the range with Brendan and a couple of good pairs of shooting glasses to check it out. Once I do, I'll let you know what I think of it.

All the best,
Glenn B