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CONTEST JULY2026 Breast Cancer GoFundMe

Enter for a chance to win one of over $1500 in prizes in my July charity fundraiser. I’m helping my sister-in-law battle breast cancer. Watch the prize drawing on my TMI LIvestream on Wednesday, August 5, 20206.

This prize is supplied by Uintah and SVBony and is awarded at their sole discretion and direction. Entries must be received no later than 12pm noon EST on July 31, 2026.

CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS

Prove you have the skills to fill out a form and upload screenshots to get a free entry. And earn bonus entries for donating to the Breast Cancer GoFundMe

BONUS
• Donate $20: Free entry +1 bonus entry
• Donate $50: +3 bonus entries
• Donate $100: +8 bonus entries
• Donate ≥$200: +20 bonus entries

UPLOAD a screenshot of your GoFundMe donation receipt email.

SUBMIT A DONATION SCREENSHOT

FREE ENTRY
1. Subscribe to @MoondogGo.

2. Watch these four videos and take screenshots when the specified objects appear:

• Toadstool Cafe: Yoshi plush toy
• Carmel: Cottage of Sweets store sign
• NY Nintendo World Store: Zelda Master Sword
• Sargent at the MET: The painting titled “Madam X”

3. Use Photoshop, GIMP, Canva, etc. to composite these four screenshots into one image and UPLOAD. Do not upload 4 separate image files (this will disqualify your entry).

SUBMIT COMPOSITE IMAGE

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RULES

NO PURCHASE OR DONATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. MUST BE PRESENT DURING THE LIVESTREAM TO WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. Sponsors and Platforms

Uintah (known as the SPONSOR) and Moondog Industries (known as the CO-SPONSOR) is a video entertainment producer and game promoter based in San Francisco, CA. YouTube, TikTok, Rumble, X and online video platforms (known as PLATFORMS) are not SPONSORS or in any way affiliated with the contest or content.

2. Entry Period

Contest email entries must be received between:
12:00pm EST 24 June 2026
and
12:00pm EST 31 July 2026

3. Eligibility

Void where prohibited by law. Must be a legal resident in the USA. Moondog Industries employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, and employees’ immediate family members are ineligible to participate in the contest/giveaway.

Entrants must be willing and able to appear on YouTube to discuss the contest and post images of the prize on their social feed should they win the contest.

Entrants must be present and able to post comments during the TMI Livestream show to identify themselves in the Chat during the live drawing.

4. Agreement to Rules

By entering the contest, participants agree to abide by the SPONSOR’s Official Rules and decisions. The SPONSOR retains the right to refuse, withdraw, or disqualify entries at their sole discretion. By submitting an entry, the participant agrees to accept the decision of the SPONSOR as final and binding.

5. How to Enter

This contest requires your skill in navigating your phone or computer controls to screen capture an image of the following YouTube channels/Social Media accounts. Subscribe or Follow and make a screen capture of those pages showing a greyed out Subscribe button or indicator that your account is Following that page. If the page is not functioning, please contact contest@moondogindustries.com . One entry per person or per Social Media account. Fraudulent methods of entry, photo retouched, or other methods of circumvention of the rules may result in the SPONSOR invalidating a participant’s entries.

6. Prizes

The winner must be able to receive the prize by e-mail or by physical mail. Prize may be substituted at the sole discretion of the SPONSOR. Acceptance of the prize grants SPONSOR permission to use the winner’s entry, name, and likeness for advertising, promotion, and trade without further compensation or remuneration unless prohibited by law.

7. Odds

The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received.

8. Selection and Notification of the Winner

The winners will be chosen at random by the SPONSOR from among the entrants who demonstrated the skill to navigate the electronic entry and have met the minimum requirements. The selected entrant must respond in the Livestream chat within 1-minute of selection to be designated the Winner. Winners must email contest@moondogindustries.com within 24-hrs of selection to confirm their shipping address. The winner must have a legal address within the US to ship the prize.

SPONSOR is not liable for the winner’s failure to receive notification of winning if he or she provided the wrong email address or if their email security settings caused your prize notification to go into the spam or junk folder. If a winner does not respond within 24hrs of selction with a confirmation email, the SPONSOR will select an alternate winner. Receipt of the prize is upon the condition of compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

9. Rights Granted by the Entrant

The SPONSOR, upon submission of an entry into the giveaway or contest, has the right to use the participant’s submission, voice, likeness, image, statements about the contest, etc., for publicity, news, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, and so forth, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation, or remuneration.

Participants shall defend or settle against such claims at their sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the SPONSOR from any suit due to damage of or by the prize.

10. Terms & Conditions

The SPONSOR reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate if unauthorized human intervention, a bug or virus, fraud, or other causes beyond your control impact or corrupt the security, fairness, proper conduct, or administration of the contest/giveaway.

11. Limitation of Liability

Entry into this contest constitutes the participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless the SPONSOR and PLATFORMS, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all claims, liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize.

12. Disputes

As a condition of participating in the promotion, the participant agrees to resolve all disputes with an arbitrator designated by the SPONSOR in the state of California, without resorting to any form of class action. Entrants waive all rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

13. Privacy Policy

Participants agree to abide by all privacy and NDA laws in the State of California and any federal laws of the United State of America.

14. Winners List

Participants may request a list of winners by submitting a request in writing to Moondog Industries for up to 30 days after the contest ends.

15. Social Media Platform Rules

Winners will agree to post a photo of the prize on their social media channels in such a way as does not violate any rules of that platform. The winners also agree to appear for an interview where they will discuss the prize and its performance. If there are functional problems with the prize, the winner agrees to make a good-faith effort to resolve all issues with the SPONSOR prior to posting reviews or opinions about the prize.

16. Affirmation of Acceptance of and Agreement to All of the Official Rules

By entering the contest, the entrant has affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of them. 

Shooting Sports

Victoptics S10 1-10×24 LPVO

The Vict Optics S10 is a 1-10x fiber optic LPVO from VictOptics, the entry-level line of Vector Optics. Out of the box, the S10 doesn’t scream “budget.” The build feels solid with turrets that feel and sound better than some premium LPVOs.

The eyebox is decent for a 1-10x, especially at higher magnification, which is rare in this price range. The fiber optic reticle with a horseshoe and central dot is daylight bright in both red and green.

Street price is under $150, putting it in the same tier as the Monstrum Banshee. I’ve reviewed several Monstrum scopes and like them, but the S10 feels better built with a larger ocular, improved diopter, and better eyebox.

Compared to Vector Optics’ top-tier Continental models with Schott glass, the S10 isn’t as flat, bright, or sharp. But as a budget LPVO the S10 is plenty sharp in real-world use. If you’re looking for an affordable do-it-all LPVO for general-purpose use, home defense, or recreational shooting, this is worth consideration.

SHOP

Amazon:

Link: https://a.co/d/08MW33Sb

Discount code (10% off): MOONDOG39

Shopify

Link: https://vector2007.com/OPSL39

Discount code (12% off): MOONDOG

SPECS

Magnification: 1-10x

Objective: 24 mm

Tube: 30 mm

Focal Plane: Second

Eye Relief: 101 mm / 4.0 in

FOV @ 100 yds: 111-11.1 ft

Parallax:100 yards

Click Value: 1/4 MOA

Elevation Adj: >120 MOA

Windage Adj: >120 MOA

Battery: CR2032

Length 274.0 mm / 10.79 in

Weight (Net) 597 g / 21.1 oz

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TMI 260624 Prime Day Deals

It’s Amazon Prime Day, the semi-annual promotional event where hundreds of products are discounted on Amazon. Lets share some of our best finds.

SPONSOR

Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed.

Read my notes: https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-260624-prime-day-deals/

This episode is sponsored by MattHat jerky.
Use code: MOONDOG to get 15%
Order a free sample using my link https://matthatjerky.com/products/sample-pack?ref=moondog

EARLYBIRD Clue:


THIS WEEK

Moondog2A

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

BRAND CONTEST CLUE

Founded in 1892, this brand transformed American retail by pioneering mail-order catalogs for rural consumers. It later evolved into the nation’s largest brick-and-mortar department store with legendary brands like Craftsman and Kenmore.

PRIME DAY

Prime Day is a shopping event with deals exclusively for Amazon Prime members. Amazon held it’s first Prime Day on July 15, 2015, to commemorate the website’s 20th anniversary. Each year it has grown though some have critizied brands for hiking up prices before Prime and Black Friday, only to bring them down to “normal” prices for Prime Day.

Arken Optics

20% off discount code MOONDOG on 

Discovery Optics

  1. Amazon Prime Day (June 23–26): We will offer a 20% discount on our Amazon store.
  2. Father’s Day Promotion (June 21–26): Our official website will also have a 20% discount event.
  3. Your Affiliate Discount Code: To match these major sales, your personal discount code will also be upgraded/adjusted to a 20% discount during this period!

SVBony

20% Off

OSight

●Osight XE: $224.99 (10% OFF)

●Osight XR: $269.99 (10% OFF)

●Osight SE 6MOA RD: $143.99 (20% OFF)

Veuroid 

Discounts up to 25% their S1 4k dashcams

OpticsPlanet

12% Off to sitewide Counter-Prime 

AMAZON PRIME DEALS

JACKERY 2000 wH 50%

https://amzn.to/4w8N6Cn

Anker 100k wH 50%

https://amzn.to/4baYxBh

ProHear earmuffs 

https://amzn.to/4gCyKFE

Sony Headphones

https://amzn.to/3SJUIN3

Sennheiser audiophile headphones 50%

https://amzn.to/4w8Nl0f

Instant Pot pressure cooker 50%

https://amzn.to/4g5ARlm

Under Armor mens sneakers 53%

https://amzn.to/3SreixC

Adidas Lite Racer mens running shoes 53%

https://amzn.to/4y5GQNF

Catan game 45% 

https://amzn.to/4uULRWk

Caldwell TackDriver rifle rest

https://amzn.to/4uQiLr3

OFFERS

CL1P Tech

10% discount
https://cl1ptech.com/discount/MOONDOG2A

Anarchy Outdoors
Get 5% this month using code MOONDOG2A
https://www.anarchyoutdoors.com



FINAL BRAND CONTEST CLUE

Despite pioneering mail-order retail, this brand closed its catalog mail-order business in 1993 to concentrate on its brick-and-morter stores, completely missing the internet-driven e-commerce revolution. It merged with K-Mart in 2005. It declared bankruptcy in 2018, and today only 5 stores remain in Florida.

JUNE CONTEST

CVLife Red Dot and an OClip Pro S

MOONDOG Contests

BREAST CANCER GOFUNDME EARLY ACCESS

CONTEST JULY2026 GoFundMe for Breast Cancer
Shooting Sports

OSight XE enclosed red dot

The Osite XR and XE are the most feature-packed reflex red dots on the market with pop-up rear iron sights, a user-selectable reticle with both 2 and 6 MOA dots, and a fully enclosed emitter housing. But this new XE model adds the most requested upgrade in an OSight optic: a side battery tray for easy coin battery replacement.

One of the most standout features is that the XE is an enclosed emitter red dot that is the same size as normal reflex RMRs. An enclosed emitter has a protective pane of glass that seals the primary reflective lens, keeping rain, mud, dust, or debris from fouling the critical surface. If the outer glass gets dirty, a quick wipe with a wet napkin — or spit and your thumb in a pinch — gets you back in the fight. This is a genuine game-changer for anyone running optics exposed to the elements on pistols, rifles, or shotguns.

The XE has the widest options of reticle I’ve seen: you can switch between a 2 MOA dot for precision shooting or a 6 MOA dot for faster acquisition in dynamic shooting. You also get a 32 MOA circle, circle-dot combinations for long range or easier recoil acquisition. This means the XE can adapt to your shooting style or use case, without buying a new optic.

The XE has a truly unique feature: press a button on the side and usable rear sights pop up. Don’t want them? Press them down, and they tuck away. Useful to have a choice, though the pop-up aspect is a bit of a gimmick.

The pop-up sights do bring up concerns about water ingress. But it is IPX7 rated. I tested this by dropping the XE into a pitcher of water and checking it after an hour. No water or fogging was visible in the enclosed housing after the test and the unit remained fully functional.

It’s no hyperbole to say the Osite XE is possibly the perfect pistol reflex sight for most users. It checks every box: the most common RMR footprint, unmatched reticle flexibility, backup iron sights, excellent durability, easy maintenance, and it’s priced about $150 less than many competitors. If you prefer a rechargeable option, check out the XR model.

SHOP

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H29GZFZR?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.1G5MKBA0LHSVM&linkCode=tr1&tag=moondogindu05-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.1G5MKBA0LHSVM_1781546845789

SPECS

XE

Magnification: 1x

Footprint: RMR

Reticle: 2 MOA dot, 6 MOA dot, 32 MOA circle

Window Size: 23 × 18 mm

Weight: 1.8 oz

Windage Travel: ± 45 MOA

Elevation Travel: ± 45 MOA

Click Value: 1 MOA

Battery: CR1632

Battery Life: Up to 105,000 hrs

Material: 7075-T6 aluminum

IPX: 7 waterproof

Travel

Tommy’s Joynt San Francisco

Near City Hall, Tommy’s Joynt is an easily overlooked San Francisco landmark that doesn’t show up on most people’s radar. Opened in 1947, Tommy’s is the oldest Hofbrau in California.

Hofbrau’s offer beer and German-American comfort food. Large portions at reasonable prices (for San Francisco, that’s anything not insanely overpriced). Tommy’s is famous for its pastrami, turkey, corned and roast beef, made freshly in-house. 

In addition to honest comfort food, Tommy’s offers a wall full of local and imported beers at its bar. In warm summer days, Tommy’s opens its rooftop biergarten. Opened by local singer and radio D.J Tommy Harris, Tommy’s served late-night grub to musicians finishing their gigs at local clubs and stages.

In 2020, rumors spread that Tommy’s was closed for good. Despite reopening after the citywide COVID shutdowns, viral social media posts still circulated that Tommy’s was closing or that the property would be sold to developers. I spoke to one of Tommy’s owners at the bar, and he completely dispelled the rumors.

Gadgets

OLight OClip Ultra

The OClip Ultra is a tougher, beefier version of the OClip Pro. Physically, it has slightly more squared-off edges and replaces the red beam with a high-intensity UV. Under the hood, it ups the battery capacity and white-beam output 30 lumens.

But the biggest difference isn’t visible. The Ultra is made with Olight’s proprietary O-Aluminum, which is 1.73 times harder than standard 6061 aluminum. The Ultra is more scratch and dent-resistant but OLight still hasn’t improved the water-tightness of the unit, water got into the unit during my water hose test.

The OClip is designed to clip on pockets, backpack straps or even a hat brim. As a shoulder-mounted lamp, it works great. But as a headlamp, its right-angle beam points down at your feet and into your eyes.

If you don’t need a red light but need the toughness for a work lamp, the Ultra is a good choice.

BUY IT

Amazon https://amzn.to/3Z1KTcR

SPECS

Max Output (Floodlight) 530 Lumens

Max Output (Spotlight) 450 Lumens

Max Beam Distance 130 meters / 142 yards

UV Output 365-370nm (approx. 800mW)

Battery Capacity 580 mAh built-in Lithium-ion

Battery Life Up to 144 hours (on lowest moonlight mode)

Charging Interface USB-C (approx. 1.5-hour charge time)

Dimensions 2.24 x 1.11 x 1.10 inches (57 x 28.3 x 27.9 mm)

Weight 1.94 oz (55 g) including battery

Water Resistance IPX6

Body Material OAL™ (proprietary super aluminum)

Social

TMI 260616 Cyclops Joe MIA

We’re talking with Joe Rhea aka YouTube’s “Cyclops Joe Reviews”. His YouTube channel was recently taken down. What happened?

Read my notes: https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-260616-cyclops-joe-mia/

This episode is sponsored by MattHat jerky.
Use code: MOONDOG to get 15%
Order a free sample using my link https://matthatjerky.com/products/sample-pack?ref=moondog

SPONSOR

EARLYBIRD Clue:

SPECIAL GUEST

Joe Rhea is a popular YouTube Content Creator known as “Cyclopse Joe”. He started his channel over 10 years ago and is known for making entertaining and at times profane rifle scope and rifle reviews.


BRAND CONTEST CLUE

This brand was North America’s largest ultra-low-cost air carrier before ceasing flight operations on May 2, 2026.

THIS WEEK

Moondog2A

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

OFFERS

CL1P Tech

10% discount this month (until April 30)
https://cl1ptech.com/discount/MOONDOG2A

Anarchy Outdoors
Get 5% this month using code MOONDOG2A
https://www.anarchyoutdoors.com



FINAL BRAND CONTEST CLUE

This defunct brand was founded in 1964 as a trucking company that pivoted to operating charter flights in 1983. They pioneered the ultra-low-cost airline model. They were the punchline to many jokes and memes for their upcharging and nickle-and-dime pricing tactics.

JUNE CONTEST

CVLife Red Dot and an OClip Pro S

MOONDOG Contests

NITECORE MAY CONTEST DRAWING

Shooting Sports

BCA BC10 Bolt Action 308 AR Fixed

A few months ago, I tested the Bear Creek Arsenal’s BC10, a budget-priced bolt-action AR chambered in .308/7.62×51. BCA is known for making budget-priced ARs and components, but also for cutting corners on QC and construction. My experience with my BC10 was a rough action that with a bolt that would lock up and groupings on target that looked like a novice shot them.

After I published the video, I received some helpful comments from BC10 owners on how to improve the action. Some said they had to cycle the bolt a ‘couple hundred’ times before it broke in. I didn’t have that spare time or patience.

I stripped down the rifle, swabbed and cleaned the barrel, took apart the bolt, and cleaned all the moving parts with CLP. Following the same process as with the BCA BC15 I recently fixed, I carefully polished the bolt face lugs that engaged the star chamber. I was careful not to grind metal or round out the lugs. My goal was to mechanically simulate running the bolt hundreds of times, rubbing off the Parkerizing or whatever black finish BCA coats their parts with. After reassembly, the bolt no longer lock up, though the action still felt a bit rough. Next time I clean the bolt, I’ll sand smooth the guide block on the top of the bolt. But for now, I wanted to test the lug tune-up.

In addition to my goal of fixing the bolt’s action, I also wanted to see if this improved the BC10’s shooting performance. I wanted to make sure the optic could reliably maintain zero, so I put in one of my most reliable scopes. I installed an ED-LHT 3-15×50 with a new heavy-duty DGSM mount.

At the range, the BC15’s bolt was a significantly improved experience. The bolt cycled without locking through the first couple of cartridges failed to eject properly (possibly due to some buffing compound that might have stuck in the ejector?) It makes me wonder why BCA didn’t polish the bolt lugs, at the factory, this would add perhaps 5 minutes of work on their part. A pittance that most users would have gladly paid an extra $25 in retail price. It seems short-sighted on BCA to leave it to users to fix their headache, which only reinforces negative feedback on their products.

Sadly, while my fix helped the action of the bolt, it did nothing for how the rifle shot. My groups were just as bad as my first test (and that rifle was straight out of the box with all of the packing grease!) I would get at least one random flyer in each 5-shot group, and the group themselves were over 3 MOA. This .308 bolt-action AR was grouping more like Mil-Spec 5.56 AR at 100 yards.

The main benefit of the BC10 is its price. Unfortunately, my Savage Axis bolt-action rifle outshoots my AR10 and was even cheaper.

SHOP

Bear Creek Arsenal BC10 in .308 https://alnk.to/gzZKwzC

Discovery Optics ED-LHT 3-15×50
https://discoveryopt.com/   (10% discount link: MOONDOG)  

Discovery Optics DGSM mount https://amzn.to/4vtJCtD

OSight X multi-reticle red dot https://amzn.to/4vz1jbd

Osight Picatinny adapter https://amzn.to/3S6H7z5

SPECS

Magnification 3x-15x
Objective 50mm
Field of View 12.6M-2.5M@100YDS
Eye relief 88mm-83mm
Exit pupil 11.97mm-3.3mm
Tube diameter 30mm
Click Value 0.1MRAD
Elevation Adj ±23.2MRAD
Windage Adj ±17MRAD
Length 333mm
Weight 792g (27.9 oz)

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