B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

[Kasey]

Hello SH members,

Wanted to give a heads up here. A contract for the Atlas Bipods came in today and as it follows one awarded late September we are stopping sales to civilians for Atlas bipods until further notice.

<span style="font-weight: bold">We will be fulfilling ALL Atlas orders that we have at close of business Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.</span>

Our plan is to continue to fulfill monthly allotments for our dealers currently in that program. But we will not be adding any new or current dealers not on this monthly Atlas program, to this program.

We should be able to offer direct civilian sales late December 2011, if no additional contracts are awarded.

Please visit our DEALERS page for your Atlas bipod needs.

Thank you for your support, your participation in our success is appreciated.

edited to add;

This is our call. I drew the line on the wait time for the Atlas at 10 weeks, even without this contract we were getting close to failing on that obligation.

 

[cookietheswede]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Congratulations on the contract. Hope you make some good money to come out with some new awesome products like the rest.

 

[MrLebowski]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Congrats on getting the contract.

At times they were hard to get before this contract, now it may be even harder to track one down.

 

[Tripwire]

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Is this a contractual obligation that you cease civilian sales, or is it that you can't keep up with the demand of doing both?

 

[Kasey]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

thanks guys, (there are some new products we'll be rolling out in the coming weeks and I hope you think they are awesome!).

Tripwire, good question, this is our call. I drew the line on the wait time for the Atlas at 10 weeks, even without this contract we were getting close to failing on that obligation.

 

[Tripwire]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Sounds like you might need to expand then, if this keeps up.

This economy could use more problems like yours......

 

[dieselgeek]

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Dang I just tried to order one today from mile high. They don't know when they will have them in stock

 

[EXTREMEPREJUDICE]

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Props to you, it takes integrity to make a call like this. Congrats on the success, and thanks for not selling out and contracting them to be manufactured overseas just to meet demand, like many others have done!

 

[Chiller]

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Congrats sir....Of the problems to have.....you have a good one.

 

[gstaylorg]

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With all of these contracts, you're buying the pitchers next time we go out (LOL). Congrats!

 

[Broadway]

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Congrat on the contract. Your honesty is certainly appreciated.

 

[96C]

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Congratulations work Kasey, good news for you!

 

[ORD]

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Thanks for your continued commitment to all of our brave men and women in harm's way around the world!! Kasey...you and all the folks at B&T are the definition of "Class Act!!"

 

[Sportin Wood]

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Congrats on the contract Kasey. Does that mean starting late December the wait time is next to nil??

 

[Kasey]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Thanks guys, we could not have done it without your input and support.

StanwoodSpartan, LOL, I have no skill in making accurate time-line predictions. This is what I know, we have been blessed. We have been and continue to get RFQ's (Request for Quote) that seem to turn into PO's (Purchase Order) at a later date. There are several RFQ's currently out there that could drop as PO's at any time. Add SHOT to that mix makes "next to nil" sounds like something I might predict!

 

[gtriever]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Congrats, and thanks for letting us know what's going on. Best of luck, and we can wait while you take care of the front line guys.

 

[Luke]

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If anyone needs one I'll sell mine for $5,000. Supply and demand

 

[gstaylorg]

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I predicted this would happen (link below; 5 posts down). However, now the going price is apparently up to 5 large (LOL). Must be the inflation rate.

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2430931&page=1

 

[ggmanning]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Good problem to have. I resisted buying an Atlas for several years and gave in a few months ago. It is obvious why you got a contract.....you have a fine and versatile product.

 

[Kasey]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Thanks again for the support.

I want to try and clarify our situation and civilian sales.

We will continue to ship bipods to our DEALERS that are in our Atlas monthly allotment program (that was one reason we started that program, to at least be able to establish a known quantity for our dealers). So civilians can still get Atlas bipods through our dealers in that program.

What has thrown us off our production plans are the purchase orders we are getting now that we quoted 6 months ago. And when we got two of them, back to back, that basically would result in doubling our back-log status, I felt we needed to idle back somewhere. Stopping our (B&T) direct sales to civilians seemed a logical call.

 

[dogman]

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Congrats. I love my Atlas bipods. Lisa Bynum is my go-to girl for purchasing.

 

[FARGO]

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Congrats on the contract!

 

[Rifle Barrel Blanks]

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Mr. Kasey, does this include sales to military as well?

 

[Kasey]

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jcvibby, B&T will continue to take LEO/Military orders.

We are simply directing civilian sales to our dealers.

 

[Bruiser_Joe]

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Kasey i still love you

 

[taseal]

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I wonder who won the contract. I doubt any 11B will be seeing this. lol

 

[gugubica]

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Congrats, man! Kicking ass and taking names. Take care of these guys first, I will always be fine with that.

I am glad the powers that be are getting these to our guys.

To your continued success.

 

[Triad]

Re: B&T stops civilian sales of V8 Atlas Bipods.

Good for you Kasey, way to go.

Triad has a pretty good supply of Atlas bipods built up right now, and will continue to keep them and the accessories is stock. Here is a direct link to the Atlas on the Triad site.

http://www.triadtactical.com/Accu-Shot-Atlas-Bipod.html