This email came Friday:
Thanks for all the orders! I thought it would be good to give you guys an update. Last week I sent out an email that talked about shipping, bullet machines, and a price increase. Well, a ton has happened just this week so I need to update you on what is going on.
Our #1 priority this week has been getting as many orders filled as possible. We had a couple of machines that really needed some TLC and they finally decided that they wouldn't run until they were given some special attention. We were able to get them all up and running again. This was perfect timing because we were mostly out of lead and copper anyway. Speaking of lead and copper, that was what I spent a good part of my week trying to nail down. I'm SOOO happy to tell you that I was able to secure the lead and copper we will need to fill all the open orders plus the ones that are still coming in. We are expecting another shipment of copper and lead next week with weekly releases thereafter until we are all caught up.
OH! I almost forgot! We finally got all four of our lead core machines running. This is new for us. Believe it or not, we have been making all 9 of our different bullets on just two lead core machines until just last week. It has been a ton of work having to continuously change machines back and forth among the different weight cores. The fourth core machine went online just yesterday. These two new machines will be able to feed the new FMJ machine with capacity to spare! Plus, we won't have to shut down as often to switch machines back and forth among the different weights. WIN!
This brings up another point. The two new bullet machines that were supposed to have shipped to us last week were delayed because the usual trucking companies didn't really want to take that load for us. The good news is that bribes were solicited and paid so they were finally picked up and are on the way to our loving home. We hope to have them installed and making 370 additional bullets per minute by Friday next week. It may take a little longer but I think we can do it.
Lastly, the reason you haven't seen a price increase yet is because it is the lowest thing on our priority list. It will eventually happen, but Joe and I have just been too busy with far more important things like customer service and order processing to get around to it. So, this time I'm not going to give you a date, I'm just gonna say that it's coming. Probably next week.
Once again. Thank you so much for the orders and for your patience with our delayed shipping. Things are about to speed up. Oh, and I wanted to let you know that if you've ordered something that is in stock and you need it right away please let us know. We have so many orders we've yet to process that the stuff that is in stock and ready to ship hasn't even been printed off yet. That will be priority #1 next week but feel free to let us know if you need your in-stock stuff quickly. We want everyone to get their orders as fast as humanly possible.