It's been quite the story with this gun. For those not in the know, a small manufacturer called Hill and Mac Gunworks, was just one of many outfits producing reactive targets, selling parts kits, and maybe the occasional parts kit build. They took the gun community by storm several years ago by promising relatively affordable ($1800) Stg-44 clones in 8mm kurz, 7.62x39, 5.56, and possibly also .300 blk. If I'm not mistaken the original ETA was something like 4/2016. They took many full-price pre-orders, but to date there have been no deliveries. Repeated delays were cited as excuses, often attributed to outside suppliers not meeting standards. The latest update on their site comes from 10/2018 and says they have almost all of the kinks worked out.
I myself didn't buy in. Didn't really want to be a beta-tester, especially for something I really didn't see much need for, but have been genuinely interested in getting one "eventually." I did expect there to be delays but certainly not for it take several years and counting.
I'm wondering: Did anyone here actually pre-order one? Are you still waiting/holding out hope? Did you cancel/get your money back? Has HMG been more communicative to customers than the general public? Anyone have any insight or speculation as to whether these will ever see the light of day?
I myself didn't buy in. Didn't really want to be a beta-tester, especially for something I really didn't see much need for, but have been genuinely interested in getting one "eventually." I did expect there to be delays but certainly not for it take several years and counting.
I'm wondering: Did anyone here actually pre-order one? Are you still waiting/holding out hope? Did you cancel/get your money back? Has HMG been more communicative to customers than the general public? Anyone have any insight or speculation as to whether these will ever see the light of day?