Jdkarmy Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Just wondering where I am in respect to timing, placed my order on Jan 13th. Wondering if anyone near my order date has received there tube yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladinjme Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Ordered Dec 19th, received Mar 25th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdkarmy Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Thx, and jealous... Anyone else after Dec 19th received theirs? Guessing im a few weeks out then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungPatriot Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I have an FFT tube for sale if you are interested: http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_7_92/1151582_FS__Benelli_M4_US_Titanium_Full_Length_Mag_Tube__Freedom_Fighter_Tactical____225_Shipped.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGSD Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Ordered mine on December 19, 2012. Got it around March 25th as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I have four tubes on order from 02/17/2013. Payment was taken about three weeks ago. Current lead times are about 12 - 16 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raaze12 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I ordered mine on January 13th too. Nothing yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooter Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 why didnt you guys buy a socomguy tube?...makes no sense and he has a few left...at most its 1 week to receive and at $145 you can save coin over the carrier comp tube...its steel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasam Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 why didnt you guys buy a socomguy tube?...makes no sense and he has a few left...at most its 1 week to receive and at $145 you can save coin over the carrier comp tube...its steel... don't forget the carriercomp includes the follower and spring. so the price difference isn't all that great. little weight savings never hurt. and the machining is pretty damn nice on the carriercomp, not that socomguys tube isn't already nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Most are after the 5.5 ounce weight savings with the carriercomp tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOCOMguy Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Carriercomp is, no doubt a high quality product, no bad mouthing here. I bit lighter, yes; I figure only about 3.6 oz. Thats based on my calculation of the weight of a TI tube vs my 4130 steel tube that weighs 8.5 oz. Anyone have a loose TI tube that give us an exact weight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDA1 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Just wondering where I am in respect to timing, placed my order on Jan 13th. Wondering if anyone near my order date has received there tube yet? http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/showthread.php/31890-Carriercomp-order?p=176820 We should be getting closer, I was told last month that orders in January would be 3-4 months from order date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbully Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Wow! I just noticed they have stopped taking orders until they catch up. I ordered 2/26 and was charged 3/25. I've been hearing shipping is usually about 2 months after you're charged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdkarmy Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 For whomever has already received their tube, does carriercomp send an e-mail with tracking when it shipped? Or did the tube just arrive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thazy2 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Just installed the ext. tube from socomguy 30mins ago. It is very nice! Took of all 15mins. But i also have an order out for the carriercomp for many months. Hope i get it soon. How difficult can it be just to slap out tubes if you already have the machines and files? I wish my business had this problem. I would be up all night with out sleeping, vacation and SEX just to fill these orders. BTW, the melting point of the OEM loctite is 253 deg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Not sure what kind of equipment carriercomp is using. Ie; a manual lathe or more unlikely, a CNC lathe. On a manual lathe, someone has to sit there and babysit the operations. There is a lot of room for error too. Working with titanium isn't the easiest of materials to machine either. It's sticky and galls easily. My guess is the tube itself starts out at a larger overall diameter and is longer than what we receive. It is longer so the lathe's jaws have something to grab onto. Knowing Kip, he's probably putting the tube in a 4 jaw chuck and using a steady rest. Setting up the 4 jaw is time consuming to get it perfect. My guess is the threaded ends are then done first. Anyone doing lathe operations knows this is a tedious process to get done perfectly. You'd then have to sit there and do a bunch of auto feed passes over the entire length of the tube to profile it down to the proper overall diameter. You'd then have to apply the taper to the base of the tube where it steps up. My guess is he has a DRO (Digital Read Out) to assist with speeding up the operations. The tube is probably then parted off. Then each end is faced and the sharp edges are knocked off. My rough guess is that a skilled operator probably has at least two hours of work on one of these extensions when using a manual mill, even with an auto feed. I'd be interested to hear real numbers from carriercomp and SOCOM guy. I have a feeling that FFT's tubes are done on a CNC lathe, but that is just a guess on my part. Having a little experience in this field (very little really) I can tell you that it would be mind numbingly boring to do this kind of work for eight hours a day. Once the boredom sets in, mistakes start occurring kind of like in reloading. You then end up with an expensive wind chime. The tube then needs to be bead blasted. Then prepped to be Cerakoted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thazy2 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Omg! U sir just took the fun out of upgrading. Here I thought Kip was just slapping them out with a 3d printer. kidding I had no idea. That is too much work for $200, unless your unemployed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I aim to please! 189 bucks minus the materials, consumable tooling, licensing, paint and shop overhead. Good thing Kip married Marcy and switched her to good old fashion family slave labor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deercop Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I ordered my tube on 12/21/12, received it on 4/8/13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDA1 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 I ordered my tube on 12/21/12, received it on 4/8/13. Good to know, right at 3 1/2 months (and the last update I had from Kip and Marcy was 3-4 months). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Just to pass along some news regarding carriercomp wait times. According to their Facebook, they have stopped taking orders for magazine tubes and are trying to catch up with the back log. We're looking at an additional 3-4 months of wait time due to the massive demand. So orders placed in February won't likely ship until July/August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdkarmy Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Hmm, I hope thats not the case, it seems like people who ordered a couple weeks before me are just recently receiving their orders, I e-mailed Kip and Marcy a couple weeks back and this is the reply I got, "I'm afraid my initial estimate of 3 months may have been a bit premature. We have encountered an unforeseen problem, which is our suppliers not being able to keep up with all the raw materials needed to complete such a high volume of orders! It is difficult to say with any certainty at all, but I am going to have to extend the expected lead time to about 4 months from your order day, which would still be a couple of months from now. We are sorry to have to give you bad news, and can understand if you do not want to continue to wait. Please let us know. Thanks!" I hope they mean 3-4 months from order date maybe more like 4 months and not an additional 3-4 months meaning 6-7 months total... Will keep my fingers crossed. I couldnt find their facebook either, what is it listed under? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDA1 Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 "I'm afraid my initial estimate of 3 months may have been a bit premature. We have encountered an unforeseen problem, which is our suppliers not being able to keep up with all the raw materials needed to complete such a high volume of orders! It is difficult to say with any certainty at all, but I am going to have to extend the expected lead time to about 4 months from your order day, which would still be a couple of months from now. We are sorry to have to give you bad news, and can understand if you do not want to continue to wait. Please let us know. Thanks!" I emailed them on March 7th (I ordered mid-January) and I was told orders placed in December and January were going to be 3-4 months, I am still hopeful I will see my tube by mid-May. According to an eariler post: http://www.benelliusa.com/forum/showthread.php/31954-carriercomp-lead-times-on-tubes-anyone-get-theirs?p=177561#post177561 Their December order came in at 3 1/2 months from their order date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspcrx Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Same info here. I ordered mine right after Christmas and have not received it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangerDanger Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Search for carriercomp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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