Re: Just ordered a X-ray 51
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rotortuner</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What is the wait time?
CJG </div></div>
Ah, one of the most popular questions posed whenever someone posts that they have ordered a Tac Ops platform. A question that on the surface seems innocolous enough and that, <span style="font-style: italic">for one reason or another,</span> always comes up whenever Tac Ops rifles are mentioned. Still, it is a fair question that I will do my best to answer again, and I hope that this thread will remain civil and on-topic.
First of all, Tac Ops does not build cookie-cutter rifles or have weapons or suppressors sitting in inventory. Each and every Tac Ops piece is personally hand-built by Mike Rescigno after an order is placed. While typical delivery time is 12 months, the timeline can and often does vary due to supply-chain influence.
For instance, after all details are worked-out and a deposit is submitted with an order Rescigno orders long lead time parts such as McMillan stocks, which typically require a 6-month lead time.
Another time-killer is often the bottom metal. Williams floor plates are often used in lieu of the factory bottom metal, and it is becoming increasingly common for Williams to repeatedly push back their delivery time lines. <span style="font-style: italic">Sorry, Matt.</span> I know for a fact that production of a couple dozen rifles (including my X-Ray) was delayed last year when when Williams kept changing the delivery date.
Williams makes great products and supplies large contracts, but it took more than 20 weeks to deliver a bottom metal order that was originally quoted at 2 weeks. Thats' a tenfold increase in lead time for a crucial part, because after Rescigno completes the machining he checks all metallic parts before sending them to Birdsong for coating.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">After</span></span> the barreled actions and floor plates are back from Birdsong, Rescigno fits them to their respective stocks. Each stock is tagged with an info card that contains specific build-related data including customer name, order date, rifle model & caliber, action serial number, and any other specifics such as special floor plate engraving designs, ect.
Filling, sanding, smoothing, and fitting are all done prior to bedding. And after bedding is completed all the screws are timed. All this is completed before Tac Ops trademark heavy texturing is applied. Because the texture is applied in multiple stages, requiring curing and sanding between each application the texturing process alone takes a quite a while.
Putting aside the fact that Mike Rescigno personally hand-builds every Tac Ops weapon and suppressor, that those products possess the most demanding machining tolerances, extreme attention-to-detail, most impeccable fit & finish, and are personally test-fired and certified by Mike Rescigno to .25 MOA or better accuracy using factory ammo (FGMM) I consider a delivery time of 12 months very good, but expect to wait longer.
Tac Ops has supplied more than 600 agencies worldwide, including many alphabet agencies such as DEA, DOE, USSS, LASD SEB, Hawaii's SSD, and the Royal Canadian to name but a few.
Here are two quotes from <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">palmik</span></span>'s
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">TacOps order placed!</span></span> thread posted one week ago when a similar questions was asked:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RADcustom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What is the projected completion date? </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: palmik</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hard to say on the ETA, but time is no object for a Hanzo sword of a rifle.</div></div>
Congrats again <span style="font-style: italic">jayjay!</span>
Keith
