Blackgun Industries 5.56 M855 Group Buy

[Spritle]

Question, will they ship orders as the rounds are complete or wait until the entire order for 150k is done before shipping?

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Question, will they ship orders as the rounds are complete or wait until the entire order for 150k is done before shipping?

Most of the order is being shipped as freight, so it will all ship at the same time.

[Gtracer]

Question, will they ship orders as the rounds are complete or wait until the entire order for 150k is done before shipping?

Hopefully they ship it all at once as it would be more cost efficient. Just a thought


Thanks for the update Patrick! 10 weeks is a hell of a deal even in a calm market for a order of this size.

Now, maybe some 10mm in that next GB....

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Hopefully they ship it all at once as it would be more cost efficient. Just a thought


Thanks for the update Patrick! 10 weeks is a hell of a deal even in a calm market for a order of this size.

Now, maybe some 10mm in that next GB....

I dont think they will be doing 10mm

[GrayStangGT]

Update ...

Just talked to Jim at Blackgun and he about had a heart attack when I told him the amount of rounds we have ordered.

Clearly he did not understand the power of DFWM

[Gtracer]

I dont think they will be doing 10mm

well, it was worth a try

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Clearly he did not understand the power of DFWM

It surpassed my expatiations by a lot as well ...

[KBScobravert]

Patrick, what was the final tally for paid for rounds in by the deadline?

Hell if I had thought to ask about the checks being held I would have tripled my order. lol

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Patrick, what was the final tally for paid for rounds in by the deadline?

Hell if I had thought to ask about the checks being held I would have tripled my order. lol

152,000

Blackgun has closed the group buy. I can not add any more rounds.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Update ...

Our cost per thousand has gone up a bit due to blackgun's supplier raising the price a bit.

We are going to be paying $390.60 per thousand. Depending on the final freight bill I may need to dip into those secondary checks in order to be able to make the order. I wish I had foreseen a hiccup and figured in a slush fund ... learning quite a bit on running a successful group buy here.

[Sam88gta1]

I wish I would have seen this sooner. I could use a few thousand rounds.

[MULEY4X4]

Patrick. How do you plan to dip into the second check? Do you want us to just send you another check + 2$ per 1000 or whatever it comes out to? Thanks again for doing all of this.

Lastly can you give us a heads up on when your mailing the checks? I don't normally keep large amounts in my checking account in case my debit card etc gets ripped on a online shopping spree.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Patrick. How do you plan to dip into the second check? Do you want us to just send you another check + 2$ per 1000 or whatever it comes out to? Thanks again for doing all of this.

Lastly can you give us a heads up on when your mailing the checks? I don't normally keep large amounts in my checking account in case my debit card etc gets ripped on a online shopping spree.

I will update the thread to give everyone a 2 week window to square there funds away.

I haven't figured out how much of a delta is going to be created by the slight price increase. I need some hard numbers from Blackgun to really nail down the specifics of the problem. It may take me a few weeks to get a good total cost on the group buy due to some of the guys needing there ammo drop shipped. I do not want a $2 check from everyone, it would be a logistical nightmare ... and to be honest I don't have the time right now to collect and catalog 55-60 checks for various amounts. The first round of payment proved to have its fair share of headaches, I can only imagine a second round.

I do want all of you to understand that I am going to do my absolute best to make this as cheap for everyone as I can. The one thing that I can not let happen is for this group buy to cost me or Blackgun money to complete. Not only could that leave a sour taste in my mouth but Blackgun as well ... and we are already talking about doing a handgun ammo group buy after this one is done.

But to answer your first question, I am not sure yet. I need more information before I can come up with a solid plan of action.

-Patrick

[black2002ls]

I will update the thread to give everyone a 2 week window to square there funds away.

I haven't figured out how much of a delta is going to be created by the slight price increase. I need some hard numbers from Blackgun to really nail down the specifics of the problem. It may take me a few weeks to get a good total cost on the group buy due to some of the guys needing there ammo drop shipped. I do not want a $2 check from everyone, it would be a logistical nightmare ... and to be honest I don't have the time right now to collect and catalog 55-60 checks for various amounts. The first round of payment proved to have its fair share of headaches, I can only imagine a second round.

I do want all of you to understand that I am going to do my absolute best to make this as cheap for everyone as I can. The one thing that I can not let happen is for this group buy to cost me or Blackgun money to complete. Not only could that leave a sour taste in my mouth but Blackgun as well ... and we are already talking about doing a handgun ammo group buy after this one is done.

But to answer your first question, I am not sure yet. I need more information before I can come up with a solid plan of action.

-Patrick

I was going to offer to let you keep any overage from my checks, then I realized they are all made out to black gun. Hell, have them process mine and issue you a credit to use on a future order!

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[Pokulski-Blatz]

I was going to offer to let you keep any overage from my checks, then I realized they are all made out to black gun. Hell, have them process mine and issue you a credit to use on a future order!

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Kind offer of you man. I will know more next week on how much the overage is going to be. Might take a few weeks to tack down a hard number.