Originally Posted By: Dtech
Don't get me wrong. As it's been pointed out by a couple of folks that have not ordered from me, "13 months is a long time" and I am very grateful for those that have waited. I don't like long lead-times anymore than anyone else. I just have to try and figure out a way to get the lead-times down, and keep them down. I don't want to ever have to move my shop again, or see an election like we did a few years ago.
Amen to the election issues. Yeah the wait time is a long time for a very good reason, Dedicated Technology builds absolutely fantastic rifles and has even more fantastic after the sale customer service. I bought a .223 upper from ole Mike and it was the most accurate rifle of any kind I had ever owned. At the time I wanted the .204 upper and could not afford it as the barrels were more expensive so I settled for the .223. After 15 months I decided I would sell the .223 upper and get a .204 from Mike. When I called the wait time was 7 months, being impatient and wanting it now I called another former sponsor here who had a much smaller lead time of 3 weeks and got the same component upper as Mike could have got me. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER SETTLED. I wish i had never sold the .223 DTech upper I had and I should have been patient and went through Mike anyways.
The new .204 was chopping brass the first time, and then it would not feed when I got it back. Sure the smith said send it back and I will send you a check back for your shipping charges with the repaired upper. I never saw the shipping charges returned to me by the smith on wither occasion I had to send it back. And yes it shoots fine now, but the quality of the product and service was less than you will get with Mike. I never had problem one with the Dtech product itself. I had chambering problems at first called Mike he said push the shoulder back on the brass a bit and you will be set. Sure enough 5 Minutes later the problem was fixed and shooting very well. MORE THAN WORTH THE WAIT.