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Not a lot of people read my blog. To those who do, I hope you realize how your misinformation about who you’ve voted for has stripped our rights. So I ask…. you going to make the same mistake again! There’s a fine line between voting for who you believe in and voting in someone who manipulates you into believing. I hate to say that voting for anyone is better than voting for Obama, but it’s a pretty tough race!

After taking the AR to the range yesterday, I decided I really want to have a longer range scope for it. The red dot is nice for quick target acquisition, but for longer distances I need some power. Not only am I having problems with squinting over long periods, but as I’m using my non-dominant eye, things just get worse. On the way home I was watching the headlights (daytime running, so ya know) of an oncoming truck and I could have sworn there were 4 lights; 2 over 2. When the truck got closer though… there were only 2 total. Not a good feeling when you’re having problems seeing.

Anyway… back to my original post. I’ve pretty much decided on a Nikon M-223 2-8×32 BDC. Right now Nikon is offering a free M223 mount with the purchase of an eligible scope.

Now, free should be… well FREE! This doesn’t appear to be the case with Cals Sporting Armory though. I initially looked at the page shown in the pic below and thought about how wonderful a deal is for that scope with a free m-223 mount! However, if you read the fine print in the bottom box, you have to click another link to get the free scope. So, I clicked that link and what did I find? Seems like the old switcheroo.

You can see in the picture above that the MFG PART# is the same, the UPC# is the same and even the Stock Status is the same. What’s different though is the price… or to be exact the “Sale Price”.

The difference between the two ‘packages’ is $66.98. So, it would appear that the ‘free’ scope isn’t really free after all. In fact, it really looks like you’re paying $66.98 for a mount with a $99.95 retail price. While receiving a $32.98 (essentially 1/3) discount on a scope mount is good, when you look at the bigger picture… FREE is still not free.

Sounds like false advertising to me. Either that or fraud, if they’re getting reimbursed by Nikon. I’ll be contacting Cal’s about this and will comment soon.

UPDATE 1: I just received the following email from Cal’s Sporting Armory

Hello,

The Nikon M-223 scopes are offered two ways on our site. Nikon is running a promo that offers a free scope mount. The Nikon promo is no real deal, all they did was jack up the dealer price and thus the retail price on the package. Our normal price on these M-223 scopes is lower than their promo offer. We buy the scopes two ways… just the scope and then their promo offer with the so called free mount, so that’s why the scopes are offered two ways on our site.

The Nikon promo deal will save you money if you want their M-223 mount. Most of our customers don’t want to use the Nikon mount, so they don’t buy the Nikon promo package they buy the scope offered without the mount and then by the mount they want to use… like the American Defense Ad-Recon-1 mount.

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I’ll surely be contacting Nikon next to see what’s up with that!

UPDATE 2: Still no email response from Nikon. 16:45 CDT 2011-05-17

UPDATE 3: Well… I got a response, but not an answer yet. Looks like I’m going to get shuffled around some.

Subject
Free Nikon M-223 mount?
Discussion Thread
Response Via Email (Ed S.)	05/20/2011 02:37 PM
Dear Mr. Buskov:  We have forwarded your email to Sport and Recreational Optics (SRO) at our headquarters in New York. Sincerely, Ed

UPDATE 4: I actually got a response survey about my ‘service experience’. Since My question hasn’t been answered… I really don’t have much positive to say.

It was quite a wonderful day today. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the wind was blowing, and I was out shooting! No better day could have been had. In addition, I was able to properly dispose of my unused hard drive. Pretty sure the government isn’t going to be able to retrieve those secret rail gun plans I sold the USSR from this drive.

Today, Governor Steve Beshear signed into law two pro-gun bills. House Bill 308, with an NRA-supported amendment, will provide a pathway to restoring gun rights. House Bill 313 will allow for concealed carry in a vehicle’s installed compartment.

House Bill 308, sponsored by state Representative Bob Damron (D-39), will implement the federal NICS Improvements Amendments Act of 2007 by enabling persons who have lost their firearm rights because of a mental health-related commitment or adjudication to petition a court to have them restored. Before granting a petition, the court will have to find that the person is not likely to act in a manner that is dangerous to public safety and that granting the requested relief would not be contrary to the public interest. This bill will ensure that people who can safely and responsibly possess firearms are not unnecessarily deprived of their rights.

House Bill 313, sponsored by state Representative Will Coursey (D-6), will allow an individual to carry a loaded or unloaded firearm in an enclosed compartment originally installed by the manufacturer in a motor vehicle. The firearm will not be considered a concealed firearm under state law and the occupant will not need a concealed carry permit to transport a firearm in this manner. Previous law required a firearm to be stored in a glove compartment even though some vehicles do not come with one factory-installed.

Thank you to everyone who contacted their elected officials in support HB 308 and HB 313!

I submitted a new holster design to Comp-Tac today. Because each of these clips are meant to be used independently, they don’t align very well when used together. If a new clip can be made to fit within the green lines, that would allow the cant of the holster to be forward as designed, while still allowing the user to have a more stable platform. I’ll keep you updated on Comp-Tac’s response.

I finally had the opportunity to take some One on One training from Guy Minnis at Hard Target Firearms Training. It was quite enjoyable and very informative. While I was able to get shots on target fairly easily, lots of previous practice, I definitely had some bad habits with both my hand positioning and my holster skills.

He gave me a number of tactics to work on at home and I think that I’ll be able to overcome the negative habits I’ve learned so far. I’m really looking forward to more advanced classes, but the basics that I’m learning now are necessary.

Having an instructor who makes learning fun makes all the difference.

Spotting a Hidden Handgun

Found this on the web today. Haven’t really thought much about it, but I have noticed some bulges in others coats from time to time. Have a look. Next time you’re in Wally World see if you can spot the MWAG.