Update as of 6/19/24

As of this moment, I have 87 guns to tear down & prep plus a bunch of nipples
to make, a few repair jobs and an assortment of little stuff like belt hooks to ship.

We have a weird situation going on right now.
A crate of guns that was inbound from overseas went missing.
It turned up four days later at the FedEx Freight International Hub in Memphis, TN
where it was supposed to go through the US Customs clearnce process.
The problem is that when the crate was found in the warehouse it was empty!
Someone had opened it, taken all of the guns out of it then closed it back up.
There is an investigation underway at FedEx.
Now one would think that there would be security cameras everywhere there and
that it would be very difficult to sneak 5' long gun boxes out of a secured free trade zone warehouse,
but you'd be wrong I guess.

The orders that were SUPPOSED to be filled by the missing crate are highlit in yellow below.
We'll have to just wait and see how that plays out.
The guns COULD be hidden in the warehouse and may turn up.
I'm not going to hold my breath until it happens.
In 30+ years of doing this stuff, this is a new one!

The backordered musket cases finally came in after a 6 month wait.
The factory in Ohio that makes them is having trouble getting people
to come to work so they are way behind in producing stuff.
It is a strange world out there!

Stuff we are out of and is currently backordered:
- All bayonets. They aren't giving me any hints about when we'll see the resupply.
I am trying to find another bayonet vendor or two to take up the slack.
-Musket sized hammerstalls. Got a ton of pistol sized, but ran out of musket sized.
-Slings
I hate running out of stuff as keeping track of backorders is a lot of extra work for me but
it is a weird world out there and random stuff is hard to get suddenly for no clear reason.
We will probably cancel & refund some backordered items when shipping some orders
instead of holding up the whole order while waiting for a sling or a hammerstall.
That way we can get your other stuff you you and you can find a hammerstall
at your next event instead of the whole invoice being held up.

The guns that are here are the orders highlit in blue below.
Each one is just as much a priority as all of the others.

There are a few accessory orders in green down near the bottom of the list that I'll be packing up to ship ASAP.
They are highlit in green.
Please don't nag me about small non-gun orders like belt hooks and spring vices.
We ship USPS boxes once a week at best.
Remember, this a rural gun shop, not Amazon.com!
There is no full time, highly automated shipping department.

Historical Shooting Inc shooting classes are in full swing and time slots are filling up fast for the summer.
While you are waiting for your musket to be built, come on up and take a
historic firearms class so you'll know what to do with it when it arrives!

This is the list of current orders I am working on.

I will TRY to update this list when I get a chance, usually on Monday towards the end of the workday because
Monday is paperwork day but I cannot guarantee this...shop work always takes priority over paperwork.
Generally it get updated monthly because I'm just swamped with work here and can't spare hours of HTML code writing every week.

Please DO NOT contact me and tell me it hasn't been updated in a few days, my priority is working on your gun.

Emails from people complaining that the list is not up to date get deleted without a reply.

Please DO NOT contact me and complain that someone lower on the list than you is marked “Ready to prep”. It is because I had one of that model ready to go already.

Please read and understand the following instructions before asking me questions about your place on the list

HOW TO READ THIS LIST:

-All orders below are listed by invoice number, regardless of what was ordered

-For orders in black letters on white background, your item is not built yet

-Orange background means the invoice is on layaway and not paid for yet.

-Red highlights are a note for me, like a special task to perform or there is something I need to ask for clarification on

-Blue background means the gun is complete but still has to go through the shop and be reworked to make it fully functional

When looking yourself up to see where you are, don't look at your overall place in line, what matters is how many of the same model you ordered are ahead of you.

This list is primarily for my use to know what to work on next. I share this info as a courtesy only.

As each order is filled, it is removed from the list and everyone else below moves up. Any specific info on a particular order is on the right hand column.

This is the ONLY information available about the status of your order, please do not ask for any other information.

Accessory - only orders are pulled out of the lineup from time to time unless something Is backordered.

WHAT THE NOTES MEAN

The notes are self explanatory but people routinely write to me to ask what words mean instead of simply consulting a dictionary.

“Ready to prep” means the gun is complete, has arrived here at our shop but still needs to be torn down, inspected, vented, reworked if needed and tested.
This could take an hour or this could take a couple of days, depending on what that particular gun needs.

“Expected in next shipment” means it is complete and on it's way to us from the shop overseas, it will be marked
as such until it arrives here and is uncrated & logged in, at such time it will be marked "Ready to prep"

“Waiting for rest of payment” means the gun is prepped & tested, but was purchased via deposit and we are waiting for the rest of the payment

“Paid in full” means that the gun was on layaway and shows the balance is paid in full