Chris Schneck

It hurts that a lot of the really cool products for paintball are made in the USA, not that I have anything against the USA, but I really really really hate cross border shipping. Duties are usually arbitrary, UPS / DHL / Fedex often have insane brokerage fees and if somethings wrong and you want to return a product for  repair or replacement it just ads to the already high cost of cross border shipping.

Not long after I bought a Tac 9 Covert rifle package I wanted to add a nice sized red dot sight. The only thing I found that had a large enough field of view AND had see through flip up lens covers was an OpsGear 42mm red dot sight. Not only does it look just badass on top of the weaver sight riser that comes with the Tac 9 Covert, it really helps placing that first shot.

So the time came that one of the flip up lense covers for my 42mm red dot needed to be replaced. I contacted OpsGear directly and to my dismay they don’t carry replacement see through flip up lens covers, they instead recommended that I get in touch with a local sporting goods store. Well, honestly, that’s no help.

With a little searching I discovered that a company named NcStar manufactures an identical 42mm red dot sight, complete with the flip up lens covers that I was looking for. Again there was a catch, they were in the USA, and I hate shipping from the USA. The email I sent to NcStar asking for the location of a Canadian distributor was promptly answered and they handed me over to a fellow in Ontario by the name of James McKay.

Not only was James sympathetic to my situation, he even called his rep at NcStar on my behalf to see if there was anything they could do about my situation. Within 2 weeks James had my replacement flip up lens covers in Canada and on their way to me. The cost of the replacement flip up lens covers was reasonable, the shipping costs were reasonable and James even phoned me to keep me up to date on the status of things.

If youre in Canada don’t hesitate to check out NcStar’s Online Catalogue and Contact James McKay to order. They have quite the selection of optics and accessories for milsim paintballers.

James “Jim” McKay
www.riflescope-shop.com
KJ Sales
255 Pigeon Creek Road
Janetville, Ontario
L0B 1K0

Tags: bipod, lense cover, ncstar, optics, red dot, scope, sight riser, weaver

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