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  • 20-09-2007 5:55pm
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    ironsight
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    Does anybody have an idea as to the actual length of time it is currently taking for Glock to deliver a new firearm from Austria to a local dealer?

    I know of three people who are presently waiting up to a month after giving the new FC's and Article 7's to a dealer, and I was curious.


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    rrpc
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    All I know is that generally parcel post can be anything from 2 days to a week from that area.

    A month seems to be excessive.


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    sidneyreilly
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    Two or three recently took about 5 days.


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    fishdog
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    If you want a pistol quickly (Glock or whatever) simply buy it in Northern Ireland. All of the RFDs in ROI do that because they can not import directly. They then have to make some money so they will have to charge you more than the Northern Ireland price. Also it is more proiftable if they pick up sevral pistols from the north at the same time, this leads to further delays. It is quite simple to buy a firearm in the north, the hardest part is getting your ROI firearms certificate.


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    rrpc
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    It's just as easy to get it from mainland Europe as it is from the north. Same rules apply and it will be posted directly to you.


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    Our man in Havana
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    ironsight wrote:
    Does anybody have an idea as to the actual length of time it is currently taking for Glock to deliver a new firearm from Austria to a local dealer?

    I know of three people who are presently waiting up to a month after giving the new FC's and Article 7's to a dealer, and I was curious.
    Did you manage to get a FAC after for the glock? I remember you had a lot of trouble with the super.


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    ironsight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭ironsight


    Yes Bond 007.... i got it in the end, once the solicitors letter hit his desk to inform him we were going to court, I got it the next day.. rather strange that isnt it.

    Mine took about a week to arrive, but I know of 2 guys waiting almost 5 weeks now for theirs to come into the country.


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    fishdog
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    It's just as easy to get it from mainland Europe as it is from the north. Same rules apply and it will be posted directly to you.

    Yes you are correct. The north can be a little easier to deal with if the firearm develops a problem.


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    sidneyreilly
    Registered Users Posts: 649 ✭✭✭sidneyreilly


    fishdog wrote:
    Yes you are correct. The north can be a little easier to deal with if the firearm develops a problem.

    True. However in most cases you will likely be returning the firearm or part of it to the amnufacturer/distributer anyway. If you recall that rather "spectacular" failure of my Glock I had to return the receiver directly to Glock in Austria. Brand new receiver was returned to me in about three weeks FOC.


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