...where you can stand around waiving money and nobody will get you what you want?
Seriously, like a lot of you I'm "working on a build", actually more that one. My yet to be assembled F-TR rifle I started trying to put together last year. I ordered the action from Defiance in Oct, they promised a delivery by April, they delivered in January! That's as good as it gets. Stock = 3 months, Barrel = don't ask. I've actually got one I picked up from Bruno's but it's not exactly what I want I got it figuring I'd just get it mounted and go. Reamer, ordered from PTG in April, <span style="font-weight: bold">still waiting</span>.
What happened here was that I figured out that my smith doesn't have a reamer with a long enough throat, so I decided that I'd just order one for myself. That pretty much ended any chance that I'll shoot this build in competition this year.
My hunting build. Took advantage of the Rock Creek group buy to get a 7mm barrel to build a 7-08 - 4 months, got the trued action in days from someone selling them on Accurate shooter. Ordered the reamer (see above) at the same time I ordered the H&S DBM. Well, last month the DBM got delivered, still waiting on a reamer.
In the mean time I am shooting Camp Perry next week, realized 2 weeks ago that I was low on 185LRBTs and tried to get some. Yea, right. Not in stock anywhere. One supplier did initially predict that they would have them in stock on the Aug 2 when I told them to cancel the thousand dollar back order. Called them back yesterday, nope, not in stock. (I am covered for enough to make up the shortage for Perry and the State Championships the first week in Sept, but that's another shooter helping me out)
There is nothing in this game that doesn't have a waiting period, and with damned few exceptions, the businesses you deal with do not deliver on time, and usually it's not even close. I love Rock Creek's solution - Don't ask, you'll get it when you get it. At least they don't BS you.
Seriously, like a lot of you I'm "working on a build", actually more that one. My yet to be assembled F-TR rifle I started trying to put together last year. I ordered the action from Defiance in Oct, they promised a delivery by April, they delivered in January! That's as good as it gets. Stock = 3 months, Barrel = don't ask. I've actually got one I picked up from Bruno's but it's not exactly what I want I got it figuring I'd just get it mounted and go. Reamer, ordered from PTG in April, <span style="font-weight: bold">still waiting</span>.
What happened here was that I figured out that my smith doesn't have a reamer with a long enough throat, so I decided that I'd just order one for myself. That pretty much ended any chance that I'll shoot this build in competition this year.
My hunting build. Took advantage of the Rock Creek group buy to get a 7mm barrel to build a 7-08 - 4 months, got the trued action in days from someone selling them on Accurate shooter. Ordered the reamer (see above) at the same time I ordered the H&S DBM. Well, last month the DBM got delivered, still waiting on a reamer.
In the mean time I am shooting Camp Perry next week, realized 2 weeks ago that I was low on 185LRBTs and tried to get some. Yea, right. Not in stock anywhere. One supplier did initially predict that they would have them in stock on the Aug 2 when I told them to cancel the thousand dollar back order. Called them back yesterday, nope, not in stock. (I am covered for enough to make up the shortage for Perry and the State Championships the first week in Sept, but that's another shooter helping me out)
There is nothing in this game that doesn't have a waiting period, and with damned few exceptions, the businesses you deal with do not deliver on time, and usually it's not even close. I love Rock Creek's solution - Don't ask, you'll get it when you get it. At least they don't BS you.
