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  • Blackgun Industries 5.56 M855 Group Buy Update

    Well guys, between the manufacture not being able to give me a solid delivery date over the last week and safety concerns of mine we have had to cancel the order. There were some other issues that were rather concerning that I cant get into due to the NDA I had to sign to discuss some of the internal problem plaguing the company. The company is made up of a partnership between Jim O'Shaughnessy and a company called MAST Technologies. MAST is creating a situation where our deal fell through, I will be glad to elaborate on that if you call me to discuss the deal further.

    I did some chrono testing of the ammo with CJ a few weeks ago and saw some crazy variances in velocity so we did some more digging. It seems that these rounds were not being set to a uniform depth and there was a large degree of variance from round to round. You can see what I am talking about in this picture here of the reman ammo I got in a month ago. This is the same lot that Roscoe got, he may want to take a look at his ammo as well.




    Notice that the cannelures are of varying depths. The variations in bullet depth are what I attributed the velocity variances to.

    I also noticed that there was a crappy bullet crimp on many of the rounds ... it didn't fall into the cannelures and the crimp was light enough to allow for bullet setback. Here is a video of me pushing a bullet into the case a bit with rather light pressures.



    Between the consistency issue and the fact that I don't think the can deliver based on the information, I can't in good conscious continue this group buy.

    I hope you all understand, I am pissed as FUCK about the deal going south. I understand if some of you feel malice towards me, but understand ... I got fucked here too. Not only am I not getting ammo, but this is going to cost me money as well.

    I have been told by Jim that if there are any questions you can contact him at jim@blackgunammo.com or his personal cell phone (415) 515-9967. Additionally you can call me at any time and I will fill you in further to the best of my ability.

    AS FAR AS REFUNDING YOUR PAYMENT


    I can handle this a few different ways.

    For those of you that paid by check. You can PM me your name and I can destroy the checks associated with your order. Second option is to pick up the checks from me. I will make myself as available as I can over the next few days to get everything back to you guys.

    For those of you that paid with PayPal, I will be refunding your payment to you tomorrow.

    For those of you that paid with money orders, I will return those to you so that you may get a refund.



    I can not stress my apologies enough. We all got fucked in this deal.


    -Patrick
    817-800-8419

  • #2
    Well this sucks
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Gtracer View Post
      Well this sucks
      No shit ... Not only am I out ammo but this is going to cost my money out of my pocket also. I can't tell you how fucking mad I am.

      I hope that everyone affected will spread what happened around the internet.

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      • #4
        Well, now I can take that money and buy my reloading set.

        Patrick pm me what the deal is gonna cost you.
        Fuck you. We're going to Costco.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by kbscobravert View Post
          Well, now I can take that money and buy my reloading set.

          Patrick pm me what the deal is gonna cost you.
          Don't worry about it man, I will chalk it up to the cost of trying to get a group buy running.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Pokulski-Blatz View Post
            Don't worry about it man, I will chalk it up to the cost of trying to get a group buy running.
            Well, one thing we learned. DFWMustangs can put together 156,000 round group buys. lol

            dear ammoman.com and freedommunitions.com, .....
            Fuck you. We're going to Costco.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by kbscobravert View Post
              Well, one thing we learned. DFWMustangs can put together 156,000 round group buys. lol

              dear ammoman.com and freedommunitions.com, .....
              If we can find another supplier I am down for trying again. I just don't want to be left holding the bag again.

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              • #8
                Well this blows.
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                -- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

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                • #9
                  All Paypal payments have been refunded.

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                  • #10
                    Patrick, out of curiosity. How many thousands were coming to DFW vs how many individual separate shipments to outside of DFW were there gonna be? I have an email into Ammoman and Freedommunitions right now. Knowing that we can amass 150,000, I am gonna see what kind of leverage that gives us. I know ammoman does not do much in reloads but he imports by the connex full.
                    Fuck you. We're going to Costco.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by kbscobravert View Post
                      Patrick, out of curiosity. How many thousands were coming to DFW vs how many individual separate shipments to outside of DFW were there gonna be? I have an email into Ammoman and Freedommunitions right now. Knowing that we can amass 150,000, I am gonna see what kind of leverage that gives us. I know ammoman does not do much in reloads but he imports by the connex full.
                      119,500 Local
                      32,500 Drop Ship

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Pokulski-Blatz View Post
                        119,500 Local
                        32,500 Drop Ship
                        Perfect.
                        Fuck you. We're going to Costco.

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                        • #13
                          I saw a thread on AR15.Com that was also talking about inconsistencies in the depth the primers were set in each casing. I don't remember if it was causing issues but sucks that they have no quality control.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by spederman View Post
                            I saw a thread on AR15.Com that was also talking about inconsistencies in the depth the primers were set in each casing. I don't remember if it was causing issues but sucks that they have no quality control.
                            Mind linking me to that thread in a PM? I heard there was some stuff on arfcom, just haven't seen it yet.

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                            • #15
                              Tempted to mail them a box of voided and torn up checks .....

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