Recent content by Stantonhog

Hope your order ships, just want to warn you an order they cancelled on me last year list as "processed"

My order from 10/13/13 for minimags was canceled back in January 2014 because my billing address was New York, and in 2014 the no mail order of ammunition went into effect. Only annoying thing was I had received an email that my order may be in jeopardy about 10 days prior to the cancellation...

I've had a timney on back order with them for over a month. I ordered a cmc trigger at the same time and even though they said both were back orders, they sent the cmc one right away.

Funnier still, now they are showing the 3 pack in stock also. Smith & Wesson® Factory Rifle Magazine – Per 3 : Cabela's

Midwayusa has them in stock right now, limit 2 per person, 16.99 each, figure 5 for shipping and handling, so just under 20 each. I figure its worth about 25 each to me so just made it a flat 50 by doing the NRA roundup.

My 3 pack order from cabelas on 1/4/13 just shipped today.

The article you are referring to was an April fools joke on thetruthaboutguns.com. About the only way the batf could catch up on the backlog and get processing down to 5-7 days would just be to deny all applications, so it wouldn't be good news anyway.

Sorry to stick my nose in on this, but I just read mcmillian's post on this and think you may be referring to him. He said the "seasoning" recommendation of a barrel was a marketing gimmick, basically the idea of cleaning after first every shot and then every couple of shots to season the barrel...