I recently ran across an offer by the Forgotten Weapons YouTube channel for a chance to win an unusual rifle, a Remington M1903A4 US military sniper rifle and scope. Drawing chances were based on purchasing a cup with an image of Ian holding the rifle through the Get Entered to Win web site. I had no use for another cup, and not much more use for the rifle, but I have a keen interest in military sniping and the contest did attract my attention.

The chance of winning the rifle was miniscule but I like the channel and decided I’d support it with a purchase of an entry cup.

When received, one side bore the image I expected:





The other side, however, was nothing about Forgotten Weapons, but rather a garish advertisement for the company that evidently handles the contest. In addition, ever since entering the contest I’ve been inundated with emails from the company. Strike 1.





And then I turned the cup over: Strikes 2 and 3, and ejection from the game.





I’m not a fanatic about avoiding Chinese made products; some things are simply unavailable from other sources. (Will you ever care, America?) But to use something like that to promote a contest involving this particular rifle struck a sensitive nerve. Adding insult to insult was a sort-of American flag in the logo, and then its red star at the top reminded me that I had spent an Army career during the Cold War and Vietnam War with Communists as the enemies; that was the proverbial cherry on top of the sundae.

So, what to do?

Because the drawing involved a sniper rifle, it occurred to me that a suitable response should also involve a semiprecision rifle, my JP-15, and thus:








(The huge red letters of the logo did serve as a convenient aiming point, so there was that.)

Petty? Juvenile? I’ll just call it satisfying.

And the mess? I deliberately chose a public range that is already covered in trash, but I did pick up at least 95% of my fragments, plus some trash that wasn’t mine.

Shameful and sad.

Perhaps consider sending feedback and pics to the cause; maybe that will encourage them to consider more carefully with whom they partner.

I was going to add a comment to the video that advertised the drawing, but it's evidently been taken down. I can't find any direct contact info for the FW guy himself. I may say something as a comment to the two other videos that describe the rifle, but haven't decided.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
I can't find any direct contact info for the FW guy himself. I may say something as a comment to the two other videos that describe the rifle, but haven't decided.

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But are you willing to pay for a US made cup that cost 5 or 10 times more than the Chinese made cup?

A hard cold fact is most people aren’t.

In fact, are there even any companies in this country that do that kind of thing? I’m not even sure there are. So much of that type of work has been farmed out to other countries.

This is just so WRONG!!!!

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Originally posted by PASig:
A hard cold fact is most people aren’t.

This complaint wasn't about cups in general, but the specific situation I described. If a US-made cup hadn't been available (and I'm not going to try to find out one way or another), innumerable other options were possible.

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Okay, I had to find out (with a 15-second Internet search):
https://www.cafepress.com/+,14..._term=-pid-149749979

As an update I did post my complaint in the section for another Forgotten Weapons video and drawing.
It will be interesting to see if it elicits any response.

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