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ROCK RIVER ARMS AVAILABILITY & ETA
ESTIMATED TIME of ARRIVAL, EXPLAINED
General information regarding RRA manufacturing & shipping.
This page was last updated: 12/30/09
- 12/30/08 - Rock River Arms no longer offers ETA's for rifles ordered. Please see Rock River Arms main web page for their official "NOTICE". As a result of this change we have changed our system to reflect the exact date the order was placed with the RRA factory.
- 06/22/09 - Over the past 45 days factories are seeing a "normalization" in the order channel. However there is a substantial bubble of orders since the November election that must be worked out. The manufacturing backlog though substantial is at least not worsening as in the past.
- 07/08/09-07/22/09 - RRA Elite Comps, Predator Pursuit, National Match & Elite Car A4's have been arriving in substantial numbers. All rifles arriving have either chrome lined or Stainless Steel Barrels.
- 07/25/09 - All orders for RRA Elite Comps, Predator Pursuit & National Match have been filled.
- 07/28/09 - Over the past 45 days there is a trend of arrivals in the the 30-32 week time frame from "Ordered from Factory".
- 07/30/09 - The following RRA rifle models have gone into production; Coyote, Mid-Length, Entry Tactical & Varmint 20". "Into production" means the rifles are currently being assembled on the manufacturing floor. Once rifles go into production there is a 2-4 week time period before shipments start. Pro-Series Models have been needed for sometime. With chrome lined barrels now arriving it is hoped that Pro Series units will start to ship as well.
- 08/12/09 - Pro-Series Government (GOVT1001) have gone into production this week. Customers with GOVT1001 Pro-Series rifle's should expect their rifle to ship from RRA in about a week. Shipment from the RRA factory is usually 4 working days. Within a day or so of rifle arrivals from RRA, local customers and customers with rifles to be shipped will be called and emailed with notification.
- 08/18/09 - Pro-Series Government (GOVT1001) shipping signals from RRA confirm GOV models have started shipping. In addition, Mid-length model 5.56 rifles with Quad-Rails and Stainless Steel barrels as well as Mid-Length 6.8 SPC will be arriving in 2-4 weeks.
- 08/24/09 - All orders for RRA Pro-Series Government (GOVT1001) rifles have been filled.
- 09/8/09 - All orders for RRA Varmint 16's have been filled. Spare 16" Varmints available for immediate sale should arrive in about a week.
- 09/10/09 - According to RRA we have multiple groups of 20" Varmint rifles coming up for shipment from the factory. Currently we are waiting on detailed confirmation as to the exact quantity, configuration, shipping date, etc.. I estimate there's roughly quantity (70) 20" Varmint rifles total among the groups to be shipped.
- 09/11/09 - 20" Varmints - Qty. (45) of the known completed Qty. (70) Varmints, will be shipped from RRA possibly next week.
- 09/11/09 - 20" Coyotes - Qty. (22) Coyote rifles will probably be shipping from RRA in the next week or so.
- 09/14/09 - 16" Chrome lined barrels are in. Entry Tactical Rifles are in process of assembly.
- 09/17/09 - A UPS shipping notice was received today indicating shipment of a combination of (50) Coyote & Varmint rifles from RRA. No further detail on shipment content is currently available. ETA, 4 days. We will email customers notification of their rifles arrival within a day or 2 of arrival.
- 09/23/09 -
20" Varmints and 20" Coyotes arrived today and are in book-in process. According to RRA 18" Varmints are in build up now. Mid-Length rifles with Stainless Steel Barrels should be coming up soon for shipment from RRA, however no shipping confirmation yet.
- 09/24/09 -
RRA Mid-Length rifles with Stainless Steel Barrels & Mid-Length Quad-Rail handguards arrived today.
- 09/29/09 -
RRA Pro Series Elite have gone into production.
- 10/01/09 -
RRA 9mm Pistol lowers have arrived and 9mm rifle build up should start this week or next.
- 10/05/09 -
Shipping has started from the RRA factory for Mid-Length models with Stainless Steel Barrels & R4 style handguards. According to the emails they should start landing next week. More RRA Pro-Series Governments will be in later this week.
- 10/07/09 - Lar-9 9mm pistol lowers and complete 9mm pistols have arrived. Full LAR-9 rifles should be coming up soon. Customers have been called or emailed with 9mm Pistol deposits. We have a couple extra 9mm pistols with quadrails and have posted them to the LAR-9 Pistol section.
- 10/13/09 - Complete AR4002 Rifle Kits are in.
- 10/23/09 - Entry Tactical Rifle will start arriving next week. We may be receiving multiple shipments, which has been the pattern in the past with other models.
- 11/05/09 -
Entry Tactical Rifles have been arriving this week and there will be even more next week.
- 12/01/09 -
Mid-Length tactical rifles have gone into production. Specifically, Mid-Length rifles which have standard R4 handguards and Daniel Defense Quad-Rail configurations. Based on history, we should start to receive shipping notices in 3-4 weeks with shipments arriving 4-5 days from notice.
- 12/16/09 -
Rock River Arms will no longer offer Mid-Length LAR-8 Rifles with Daniel Defense Quad-Rails. Currently there is no news regarding any substitution,
- 12/23/09 -
Mid-Length
tactical rifles are arriving with more expected over the next coming weeks.
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NSSF - National Shooting Sports Foundation
May 2009 Firearms NICS Checks - Source www.nssf.org
Data
released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) reported 1,023,102 checks in May 2009. This figure is a 15.4
percent increase from the 886,183 reported in May 2008.
The
May increase follows a 30.3 percent increase in April, a 29.2 percent
gain in March and rises of 23 percent in February, 28 percent in
January, 24 percent in December and 42 percent in November when a
record 1,529,635 background checks were performed. |
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NSSF - National Shooting Sports Foundation
August 2009 Firearms NICS Checks - Source www.nssf.org
Background checks on the sale of firearms were up 12.3 percent in August,
according to data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS). A total of 1,074,757 checks were reported for the month, up
from 956,872 in August 2008.
The
May increase follows a 30.3 percent increase in April, a 29.2 percent
gain in March and rises of 23 percent in February, 28 percent in
January, 24 percent in December and 42 percent in November when a
record 1,529,635 background checks were performed. |
Rock River Arms continues to adjust the arrival time as do other manufacturers. Since the election, general product arrivals times continue to increase with some easing on certain models. Bottom line, the supply / demand issue has gotten better as more and more models come on-line for production.
Select any of the main category links on the RRA main page for current inventory availability and pricing on various RRA models. All rifles are posted as to their inventory status of in-stock or not. If not in-stock, each rifle listed indicates the "Availability" and next to it the date the rifle was ordered from the Rock River Arms factory (see "ORDERED FROM FACTORY...".
In the past, all rifle arrival lead times were based on actual historical arrival times from the Rock River Arms factory. Since the November election the lead times for arrivals have increased. As a result of the election and surge in sales, we have limited historical data to estimate possible ETA's since November the 4th, 2008. Generally, Rock River Arms estimates a number of weeks for production of a rifle from the date the order is submitted to the factory. The ETA is a general production estimation and in no way is an exact and precise arrival date. The date given as ordered from the factory next to each rifle is an exact date, however the estimated time of arrival is somewhat of a moving target. As a general course, in order to estimate some idea of a rifles arrival, add the following MINIMUM number of weeks to the posted ORDERED FROM FACTORY date:
20 weeks minimum
(See chart below for details)
Note (1): Currently barrels are the issue for all manufacturers. Expect at least 6 weeks longer for chrome lined barrels and 12-16 weeks longer for Stainless Steel barrels. Rifles with Chrome-Moly barrels are arriving on average in the above minimum time period.
Other manufacturers are not immune from the long wait scenario. Here is a list of the current waits stated from the following AR15 style rifle manufacturers:
DPMS - 8 to 12 Months
Stag Arms - 6 to7 Months
In short, if the rifle is AR15 style and has a barrel, expect similar delays industry wide.
Many times rifles do not arrive in the same order they are ordered from the factory. When rifles are manufactured at the RRA facility all rifles are built in batches of like types. All orders built in a batch may be orders received in an entire month or several months. Depending on the order and the date the order was placed with the factory, your rifle build, even though placed well before others may be built with others ordered at a later time. This is the way manufacturing works as it is the most cost effective and efficient manner possible.
If you are under a specific deadline, about to be deployed or want that special gun for your hunting trip in a specific certain period of time, do not estimate forward of the date that the rifle was ordered as a precise measure of arrival as it is not.
We appreciate your patience during these difficult production supply shortages. We are doubling up our orders and rifle manufactures are doubling up their efforts to do everything possible to get the rifle of your dreams in your hands as soon as possible.
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