good news from satern today

[mongoosesnipe]

I talked to Deb Satern today and they have finally got their bolt situation worked out, she said flood gates are going to open on orders being filled in about a month

[peligro113]

That sounds a lot better than the 10-12 months I was quoted for a barrel a week ago

[outlaw45]

Sweet, I've been waiting since September '12.

[mongoosesnipe]

That sounds a lot better than the 10-12 months I was quoted for a barrel a week ago

To be fair I have been waiting for about 17 months so you will still wait less than I have you should get in on e Lilja group buy it is supposed to be a 6 week turn around I am pretty tempted to get in on it my self building multiple grendels to avenge lost time...

[jurassic]

I've only been waiting since December, but maybe I'll get lucky.

[Sputnik]

I think the group buy is going to be a bit longer than 6 weeks. I thought I saw somewhere it won't be ready for bolts until the 12 week mark. Regardless, it looks like things are getting better.

[peligro113]

I'm already in the group buy...12 weeks

[mongoosesnipe]

I'm already in the group buy...12 weeks

my bad its 16 weeks from the order being placed still alot less than 10-12 months or 18 in my case

[cory]

Has anyone received a Satern Barrel, yet? Or a shipping confirmation?

[kamrr4437]

There doing me a 5.56 barrel for my wifes build.

[SG4247]

I've had a custom .260 AR-10 barrel on order since Feb 2013 with Satern. Guess I will continue to wait....
I had no idea others were waiting even LONGER for barrels.
The bolt is not an issue in this case.
Glenn

[mongoosesnipe]

Has anyone received a Satern Barrel, yet? Or a shipping confirmation?

I talked to them on Monday and they are still waiting on bolts

[bwaites]

I talked to them on Monday and they are still waiting on bolts

The perpetual problem with the Grendel.

[joker31]

I heard that they are going to be producing in house so it wont be a problem for long.

[bwaites]

I heard that they are going to be producing in house so it wont be a problem for long.

It's not as simple as it seems.
1) produce bolt
2) find supplier to produce PROPER extractor
3) peen bolt
4) send bolt out for heat treating (hope heat treater knows what he is doing)
5) inspect bolts on return
6) polish and clean bolts that pass inspection
7) send bolts out for surface coat (ion bond, hard chrome, ceramic coat, whatever)
8) inspect bolts on return, toss those that don't pass
9) bevel ejector edge
10) wait for proper evtractors, wait some more, and some more....
11) polish extractor edges
12) assemble bolts with ejector/extractor assemblies
13) toss out of spec assemblies after assembled
14) sell remaining bolt assemblies, find you barely have enough for company production
15) order more parts, cut more bolts

Oh yeah....hire people to assemble bolts!

Hope that you find someone local to do heat treatment and coatings...I'm guessing that isn't real easy in rural Iowa!