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Current Orders Status
Here's the current production status:
- CSP-1 S-Presses. We are getting much closer to having a run of them finished.
I hope to be shipping them to folks with pending orders within the next 45-60 days, possibly sooner. Our thanks to all the good
folks who placed their orders for the coming production run, and have been waiting so patiently while we built dies, presses and
the swaging tools which go with them.
- CSP-2 Mega Mite Press. At last, we are shipping CSP-2 Mega Mites! The entire first production run sold out before it was half done, and we doubled
the production size. Now a good portion of the doubled run has been pre-sold also, but we will have enough for some inventory once all the presses on order
now have been shipped. If you want one of these 70-lb high precision 50 BMG reloading and general purpose swaging presses, this would be a very good
time to place an order. Once this double-size production run is sold out, it may be a quite a while before we are able to make more. (There are only
a handful of us, and a lot of R&D folks needing top end high powered presses.)
- Hydro Presses. Normally we can build a new CHP-1 within 2-3 weeks. We sold so many that we ran out of cabinets and machined parts, but we just
finished a long production run of those items, and once we have built and shipped those presses now in the order queue, we'll be back to the 2-3
week shipping for a little while. There may be a 30-60 day dry spell while we redesign the top panel graphics and lexan overlay, after that, so
if you need a CHP-1 within the next 60-90 days, it would be a good idea to order one now and get it before we use up the existing supply of top panel
graphics. Yeah, I know, it's a minor thing compared to all the other important parts, but the devil is in the details! Can't ship without it. Besides,
who knows if the price will have to be more after the next quarter? Metals and fuel prices have skyrocketed, affecting the price of nearly all heavy
items that must be transported, machined or cast.
- SIM-TEST ballistic test medium: now in stock and ready for instant delivery! We ship pallet loads of this to various government agencies,
not only for bullet testing but for testing helmets, gloves, vests, any kind of trauma simulation sensor-equipped tests, and for medical
research (simulates adipose and brain tissue for impact and penetration testing with hypodermic needles, radiation therapy, etc.). You can use
it over and over again, unlike gellatin. It can be used at room temperature, and simply melted and recast any number of times. Very
economical in the long run. Sold in aproximately 10 lb blocks or 58-60 lb cartons (weight varies a little with exact size of the blocks).
Density of 1.3 gm/cc, 100% water soluable at 140-deg F. Makes bullet "wounds" that look like the real thing and act that way, not like the
over-dramatic results from less resiliant clay, wet paper, wax, etc., so you get closer to real life results.
- HCT-1, HCT-2, and HCT-3 Cannelure, Knurling, and Bullet Grooving tools. We have excellent inventory now, for the time being, thanks
to our newest employee, who was a police commissioner and insurance agency owner with a strong interest in this field. We feel lucky
to have someone of his ability and intelligence, even if it is just a result of retirement boredom! Stan has been helping us get ahead
by making parts and assembling these popular tools, so we'll have a good supply for the immediate future. (I've never seen so many
finished hand cannelure tools in one spot before! Usually we assemble much smaller quantities at one time.)
- Custom Die Orders. Orders placed in March and April are now being shipped. All regular time hours are devoted to getting those
orders completed as quickly as possible, between runs of press parts.
While it is still impossible to predict the completion date of pending die work, we do have some time available on weekends to do
rush overtime jobs. If your order needs to be completed within 30 days or less, guaranteed delivery, then it can be done on the
weekend with an overtime crew for 2x the regular 40-hour work week price. It won't put anyone else behind, or put you ahead of
anyone in the normal queue. It will put your order out of the queue, and into a time slot that isn't part of the 40 hour work week.
That costs me twice as much as doing it in its normal turn, because I must pay overtime rate to the die-makers, and pay state and
federal taxes based on that rate, plus pay additional shop overhead costs for running an extra couple of days. Dies are primarily
the cost of labor and shop overhead, since the material cost isn't great in a swage die. This is where the 2x standard price comes
in. It is just what it costs extra to do it out of sequence on overtime. It doesn't change what the company makes. The extra all
goes to the die-makers who give up their family time to do a specific job when they would otherwise be home, and to the government
for giving up...well, I'm not sure exactly what they give up for the additional taxes on overtime pay, but I'm sure it is worth
every cent.
- Bullet Jackets. We have good stock on hand of benchrest quality .224, and .243 bullet jackets. We've begun packaging
same press run, same lot number jackets in bulk cartons at a discount price. Look for J-22-BOX and J-6m-BOX for the discounted quantity
packaging. Good news on the .308 Versatile Benchrest jackets...we now have about 50,000 ready to ship. The most economical way to get
them is in cartons of 1,300 jackets (like getting about 50 jackets free compared to buying bags of 250).
You may want to stock up on 30 caliber jackets while they are available. Copper is not a bad investment! It
never seems to drop in price over the long run (just periodic fluctuations on its way up). With more power generation and consumption,
more automobiles, more appliances, and other modern products being used in the world every year, the use of copper just keeps going up.
The only metal that conducts electricity or heat better and is reasonably available is silver!
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