Rules

Smith & Wesson® Hunting Season Giveaway

Official Rules

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THESE SMITH & WESSON® HUNTING SEASON GIVEAWAY OFFICIAL RULES (“OFFICIAL RULES”) BEFORE ENTERING THIS SWEEPSTAKES. BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR OTHER CONSIDERATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN A PRIZE IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE THE CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS IS A SWEEPSTAKES OF CHANCE. SKILL PLAYS NO PART IN THE DETERMINATION OF WINNERS.

2. SPONSORS.

Smith & Wesson Inc., 1852 Proffitt Springs Road, Maryville, TN 37801;

Pelican Products, Inc 23215 Early Avenue, Torrance CA 90505;

Midwest Industries, Inc W292S4498 Hillside Rd., Waukesha, WI 53189;

Guns Dot Com, LLC PO Box 11131 13800 Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville, MN 55337;

Silencer Shop, 13729 Research Blvd., Suite 630, Austin, TX 78750; and

Winchester Ammunition, 600 Powder Mill Road, East Alton, Illinois 62024

(collectively, “Sponsors”).

3. Description of Sweepstakes and Grand Prize. In the Smith & Wesson Hunting Season Giveaway (the “Sweepstakes”), eligible persons wishing to participate must submit an entry (or entries) in accordance with these Official Rules, during the Sweepstakes Term (defined below).

Sponsors will award one (1) grand prize package immediately following the close of the Sweepstakes Term. The grand prize package includes:

• One (1) Smith & Wesson Model 1854 Traditional Walnet Lever-Action Rifle 44 Magnum ($1,399)
• One (1) Smith & Wesson Model 29 Classics 6.5” Revolver ($1,379)
• One (1) Gemtech Lunar 45 Suppressor ($799)
• One (1) Midwest Industries Lever Stock for Smith & Wesson Model 1854 ($269.95), one (1) Midwest Industries Smith & Wesson Model 1854 Extended Sight System ($339.95), and one (1) Midwest Industries Optic Rail Shell Holder for Smith & Wesson Model 1854 ($109.95)
• One (1) Guns.com gift card with value of $250 ($250)
• One (1) SilencerShop gift card with value of $200 ($200)
  • By entering, Entrant agrees that any tax stamp prize from Silencer Shop must be claimed and used at a Powered By Silencer Shop Dealer in entrant’s state and entrant accepts Silencer Shop’s terms and conditions located at https://www.silencershop.com/terms-and-conditions-for-sales-and-services. To win the Silencer Shop Tax Stamp prize, Entrant must be at least 21 years of age and otherwise authorized to possess a silencer under federal, state, and local laws.
• Six (6) boxes of 20rds each of Winchester Big Bore 240gr Hollow Point 44 Magnum ($275)
• One (1) Pelican 1750 Protector Long Case ($344.95) and three (3) Pelican 1500MP EZ-Click MOLLE Panels ($146.85)

Grand prize package total value is $5,513.65

4. Sweepstakes Term. The Sweepstakes begins Monday, October 7, 2024, at 9:00:00 a.m. US Eastern Time (“EST”) and ends Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 11:59:00 p.m. EST (the “Sweepstakes Term”). All entries must be submitted either via the primary method (landing page: https://www.smith-wesson.com/giveaway), or the alternate method (email), in accordance with these Official Rules to be eligible to win.

5. How to Enter.

A. Primary Method:

Via Landing Page: https://www.smith-wesson.com/giveaway. To enter, fill out the submission form at the landing page link provided.

Enter through the website for the first entry and complete additional entry actions as set forth below for a total of  177 additional entries:

Visit the landing and fill out the submission form at the landing page.

+1 Entry

Visit Smith & Wesson’s Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SmithandWessonInc

+5 Entries

Visit Smith & Wesson on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/smithandwessoninc

+5 Entries

Follow Smith & Wesson's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Smith_WessonInc

• +5 Entries

Subscribe to Smith & Wesson YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@smithandwessoninc

+5 Entries

Visit Pelican.com

            +1 Entry

Visit midwestindustriesinc.com

            +1 Entry

Visit guns.com

            +1 Entry

Visit silencershop.com

            +1 Entry

Visit Winchester.com

            +1 Entry

Refer up to 10 friends to enter the giveaway

+15 entries for every successful referral. (+150 possible entries)

The referee must successfully enter the giveaway through the unique link provided by Viralsweep.

B. Alternate Method:

Via Email: To enter the Sweepstakes via email, send an email to sweepstakes@smith-wesson.com with “Hunting Season Giveaway” in the subject line. An email entry must include the entrant’s first and last name, address, email address and date of birth. Entrants using the alternate method of entry are limited to one hundred and seventy-seven (177) total email entries.

Limit of one hundred and seventy-seven (177) entries by either the primary method or the alternate method of entry (as detailed above) total per person during the Sweepstakes Term. Entries that do not comply with these Official Rules will not be accepted.

Automated or robotic entries submitted by individuals or organizations will be disqualified. Except as provided herein, any attempt by an entrant to enter using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations, logins, or any other methods to circumvent the entry limits of this Sweepstakes will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Final eligibility for the award of any prize is subject to eligibility verification as set forth below. All entries must be submitted before the end of the Sweepstakes Term to be eligible to win. Sponsors will not verify receipt of entries, and proof of submission will not be deemed proof of receipt by Sponsors. Entry materials are automatically null and void if not obtained through the authorized channels or if any part is late, lost, stolen, incomplete, illegible or unintelligible, invalid, damaged, misdirected, or contains errors, and Sponsors is not responsible or liable in any way for such entries or errors. Sponsors are not obligated to notify a participant of a disqualified entry. Unless required by applicable law, Sponsors are not required to review or respond to any correspondence received from an entrant regarding the Sweepstakes.

6. Odds of Winning. Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of valid entries received. Many will enter, one will win. Only one (1) grand prize package will be awarded to any one (1) winner.

7. Eligibility. Persons residing or stationed in U.S. territories and possessions, U.S. military installations or diplomatic stations in foreign countries, and all other foreign locations are also excluded from and are not eligible for participation in this Sweepstakes. Entrants who legally reside in eligible U.S. states must be twenty-one (21) years old or older at the time of entry and must be able to provide proof of legal residency. Sweepstakes entrants in eligible U.S. states must be able to legally own and possess a firearm in their state of legal residence. This Sweepstakes is not open to any persons who are prohibited by any law from owning or possessing firearms, or to residents of states or jurisdictions where owning/possessing the firearm prize (or any part thereof) is prohibited or restricted by applicable law. Additional eligibility requirements are set forth in these Official Rules. Employees of Sponsors and its agents, affiliates, and subsidiaries and members of their families and immediate households, as well as any persons who were awarded a prize or received any promotional consideration from the Sponsors within six (6) months prior to the beginning of the Sweepstakes Term, are not eligible to participate in this Sweepstakes. All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply. The Sponsors' determination of eligibility, in its sole discretion, shall be final.

8. Winner. Each prize package winner will be selected by random drawing immediately following the close of the Sweepstakes Term. The prize package winners will be notified by email. Each prize package winner must respond to Sponsors via email response to the notification from Sponsors with the prize package winner’s name, address, phone number, and email address within ten (10) days of the email from Sponsors to claim the prize package. Prize package winners must be legally able to own and possess the firearms prize and/or pass a firearms transfer background check (i.e., must not be a “prohibited person” under applicable laws). The firearm portion of the prize package will be awarded through a participating federally licensed firearms dealer retailer located in the state of the prize winners’ legal residence and will not be shipped directly to the prize package winners. Dealer firearm transfer fees and any background check fees are the responsibility of the prize package winners. To be eligible to claim and receive the prize package, the prize package winner(s) must follow the instructions contained in his or her notification and will be required to demonstrate eligibility in accordance with these Official Rules. Potential prize package winners shall be required to complete, sign, and return within ten (10) days following such notification (or an attempted notification), (a) an Affidavit of Eligibility, (b) a Publicity Agreement and Release, and (c) any other necessary documentation as may be required pursuant to these Official Rules or under applicable laws. Prize package winners shall not, as determined by Sponsors acting in its sole discretion, have engaged in conduct or speech that would tend to shock, insult, or offend the community or that would tend to diminish the reputation of Sponsors’ brands; bring Sponsors into public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule; or otherwise reflect unfavorable on Sponsors or the Sweepstakes. If for any reason Sponsors are unable to contact the prize package winner, or the prize package winner fails to timely respond or is otherwise ineligible, the prize package will be awarded via a random drawing to another eligible entrant. Sponsors, and its agents, affiliates, and subsidiaries, may use the prize package winners’ names, likeness, and any other information or content without compensation in advertising or otherwise.

9. Prize Restrictions. The prize package consists of the items specifically listed in these Official Rules only. Sponsors shall choose all components of each prize package in its sole discretion. The prize package (including all components and accessories) is subject to availability and may be subject to additional federal, state, or local restrictions (including but not limited to restrictions on magazine capacity and other firearm characteristics). No substitution or cash equivalent of the prize package (or portion of any prize package) will be granted except at Sponsors’ sole discretion due to unavailability of, or compliance restrictions concerning, a prize package (or portion of a prize package) for any reason. Any substitution by Sponsors of the prize package or portion of the prize package shall be made with an item of comparable or greater value. For the firearm portion of prize package, Sponsors is responsible only for delivery of the firearm prize to a participating federally licensed firearms dealer located in the state of the prize package winner’s official residence. Sponsors are not responsible for prize utility, quality, or other attributes. The prize package (or any portion of the prize package) is not transferable or assignable to any other party.

10. Sweepstakes Materials. By entering into this Sweepstakes, you grant to Sponsors an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable right and license to distribute, reproduce, modify, perform, and display, and otherwise use any and all content, information, posting, communication, message or other materials (including your name, image or likeness) provided by you (“Sweepstakes Materials”) for Sponsors’ use in the normal conduct of its business, including but not limited to marketing, promotional, and sales activities. Subject to these Official Rules, you understand that all Sweepstakes Materials will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary information.

11. Privacy. Participating in this Sweepstakes requires providing certain Personal Identifying Information to Sponsors. Sponsors collect Personal Identifying Information from all entrants participating in this Sweepstakes (whether or not an entrant is selected as a prize package winner). This information consists of:

• Identifiers: first name, last name, date of birth, state of residence, and email address
• Internet Activity: IP address of the device used to submit entry information, Language entry source, and date of entry.

You will not be required to disclose personal financial information to enter the Sweepstakes. The winner of the Sweepstakes will be required to submit additional Personal Identifying Information in the form of first name, last name, date of birth, residential address (street, city, state, and zip code), email address, a valid, government-issued photo identification, contact telephone number, and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) for prizes with a value over $600.00. The collection and use of collected Personal Identifying Information shall be governed by Smith & Wesson’s Privacy Policy (identified below) for the purpose of facilitating this Sweepstakes.

Consumer Directed Sharing: Participating in this Sweepstakes requires the sharing of your information with the Participating Companies as described below for the purpose of facilitating this Sweepstakes. The Sponsors and the Participating Companies will treat your Personal Information in accordance with their respective privacy policies, links to which are provided below.

By entering this Sweepstakes, you agree that Sponsors and Participating Companies may also use your Personal Identifying Information to send you future marketing communications regarding the promotion of its products, offers, and events.  For the purposes of the Sweepstakes and these Official Rules, Participating Companies shall mean the Sponsors and AppHub LLC (d/b/a ViralSweep) with location of 116 Huntington Ave, 115^th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 acting as the third-party vendor facilitating these Sweepstakes.

12. Opt Out: You may unsubscribe from the receipt of such marketing communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link on each email or in accordance with the process set forth below for the Sponsors and Participating Companies.

13. Additional Sharing of Winners’ Information: If an entrant it chosen as a winner, their first name and last initial, city and state, will be shared on a publicly available winner’s list from Sponsors, or as required by applicable law.

14. Right to Know: You have the right to request that the Sponsors and Participating Companies disclose what personal information they collect, use, disclose, and sell (if applicable). You may make this request by contacting the Sponsors and Participating Companies using the contact information (telephone or email) provided below. You may also designate an agent to make a request on your behalf by submitting a written request and designation of agent to the Sponsors and Participating Companies. In either case, in order to verify your identity you will need to provide the Sponsors with a copy of a valid government-issued identification which contains information that accurately corresponds to the information you provided in the submission of your entry into this Sweepstakes. The Sponsors and Participating Companies will verify the information on the copy of the identification provided against the Sweepstakes entry information provided.

15. Right to Delete: You have the right to request that the Sponsors and Participating Companies delete personal information they collect, use, disclose, and sell (if applicable). You may make this request by contacting the Sponsors and Participating Companies using the contact information (telephone or email) provided below. To verify your identity, you will need to provide the Sponsors and Participating Companies with a copy of a valid government-issued identification which contains information that accurately corresponds to the information you provided in the submission of your entry into this Sweepstakes. The Sponsors and Participating Companies will verify the information on the copy of the identification provided against the Sweepstakes entry information provided.

16. No Discrimination: You have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred to you under applicable data protection laws.

By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants acknowledge that they are disclosing their Personal Information to Sponsors. If entrants choose to opt-in, they are disclosing their personal information to Participating Companies as well.

For any questions or concerns about the Sponsors’ privacy policy please use the contact methods provided below:

• Smith & Wesson Inc. Privacy Policy URL: https://www.smith-wesson.com/privacy-policy
• How to opt out of the processing of information: See “Choices About Your Information” in Smith & Wesson’s Privacy Policy
• What to do with any questions or concerns: email dataprivacy@smith-wesson.com, or call toll free 1-800-331-0852.
• How long is Personal Identifying Information retained: three (3) years.

17. Taxes / Fees. All taxes or incidental expenses are the sole responsibility of the prize package winners. Rights to the prize package (or any portion thereof) are not transferable. Except as provided herein, the prize package (or any portion thereof) may not be substituted or redeemed for cash or other consideration. Each prize package winner will be required to complete and submit an IRS Form W-9 to Sponsors before any prize can be delivered.

18. Announcement of the Winner. For the name of the prize package winners, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sponsors at the following address:

• Smith & Wesson Inc.
  Attn: Smith & Wesson Hunting Season Giveaway
  1852 Proffitt Springs Road, Maryville, TN 37801

Vermont residents may omit return postage. Requests for the names of the prize package winners must be received within sixty (60) days of the last day of the Sweepstakes Term.

19. No Sponsorship by Facebook. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook, Inc. or its parent, affiliates, or subsidiaries.

20. Void Where Prohibited. The Sweepstakes is void where restricted by applicable law, subject to tax, or otherwise prohibited. The Sweepstakes is strictly for entertainment purposes and may not be used in connection with any form of gambling.

21. Changes to Official Rules. Sponsors reserves the right to change the Official Rules or cancel the Sweepstakes at any time without further obligation or liability.

22. Disclaimer of Liability. Sponsors is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to any printing or typographical errors in any Sweepstakes materials, or for any technical or human error, which may occur in the processing of entries in the Sweepstakes. Sponsors have no liability or responsibility for entrant’s participation in or attempt to participate in the Sweepstakes or ability or inability to enter the Sweepstakes. Sponsors are not responsible for any personal injury or property damage or losses of any kind whatsoever which may be sustained by entrant’s or any other person’s computer equipment, smart phone, or mobile device resulting from participation or attempted participation in the Sweepstakes. Sponsors assume no responsibility for any incomplete, misdirected, late, or lost entries, or any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, garbled or corrupted data transmitted, inaccessibility of any entry website, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries or entry data, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic or Internet connectivity or any other online or telephone network communication problems, errors or limitations of any Internet or telephone service providers, servers, hosts or other providers, failure of any online transmissions to be sent or received, or traffic congestion on the Internet or any entry website. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, whether as a result of tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsors which affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes, then Sponsors reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, or otherwise suspend the Sweepstakes. In the event that proper administration of the Sweepstakes is prevented by such similar causes as contemplated above, Sponsors will pick the prize winner(s) from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such action.

Entrants agree that Sponsors, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, Facebook, Inc., and their respective officers, managers, members, directors, employees, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any and all liability, including but not limited to any liability arising from or related to death, injury, loss or damage of any kind, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize, participation or attempted participation in this Sweepstakes, or while traveling to, preparing for or participating in any prize-related activity.

23. Disqualification. Sponsors reserve the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of any of the Sweepstakes; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Sponsors, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents, will be the sole judge of all matters relating to this Sweepstakes.

24. General. By entering this Sweepstakes, each entrant warrants that: (a) the entrant has read, understood, and followed these Official Rules; (b) the entrant agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Sponsors; and (c) the entrant is eligible pursuant to these Official Rules. Each potential prize winner may be subject to verification and investigation before being awarded any prizes. This Sweepstakes shall be governed by Tennessee law. By participating in this Sweepstakes, entrants agree that, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and Tennessee state courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Sweepstakes and that the exclusive venue shall be in courts of competent jurisdiction sitting in either Blount County or Knox County in the State of Tennessee; (2) any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event shall there be a claim or award of attorneys’ fees or costs; and (3) under no circumstances will entrants be permitted to obtain, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and/or consequential damages or any other damages of any sort whatsoever, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

In case of a dispute over the identity of an entrant who submitted the winning entry, the authorized account holder of the email account associated with that entry will be deemed the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is deemed the natural person who is assigned the email account by the email services provider. Such owner must: (a) comply with these Official Rules; (b) be the person who completed the act of entering; and, (c) in Sponsors’ sole discretion, may be required to provide proof of ownership of the email account.

© 2024 Smith & Wesson Inc. All rights reserved. Smith & Wesson®, M&P®, Gemtech® and associated logo(s) are trademarks of Smith & Wesson Inc. Any other trademarks in this Sweepstakes and these Official Rules are the properties of their respective owners.