M1Sales service and turn-around question
 

First post at QB. A few days ago I ordered a 300-221 upper from M1 Sales. Got a confirmation email of the order but no shipping date. My credit card has not been billed yet and am wondering if anyone has any experience with these guys.

Their phone line seems to be constantly busy and I've not received an answer to my email.

Anybody have an idea of typical turn-around time with them?

Thanks

Turn around time is now pretty long.
Just wait.
You will like it when you finally get it!
I've had a M1S 300-221 upper for a couple of years & am VERY pleased w/it.
You need to load a short COAL as it is not exactly the same throat as 300 Whisper.
It will shoot sub 1" groups if you do what you should.
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m1 turnaround
 

I ordered a bbl on 12/12. Got email notification same day. Credit card was charged early March. Bbl arrived last week.

Hope yours turns around quicker.

nate

There is a general backlog on AR bits and bobs with everyone. It started around November 4th of last year. I'm not sure what the cause was. But suddenly, everyone and their brother decided that it would be good to own a "black rifle".

I was ahead of the crest of the wave when I built my custom AR in 223 (farmed out the barrel & gas block part). Ended up behind the wave when research into this mysterious thing called 30/221 or 300-221 or any other number of names turned out to be the trademarked 300 Whisper. Further research convinced me that I had to have an upper for my AR in this caliber.

Went to order the upper bits to send to the same guy who did the barrel... And found out about the delays. I only got my completed upper rather recently. I'm totally stoked. I'm working on saving up for or building a can (Form 1). Probably going to buy one on the F4.

You may want to get your reloading dies while you wait. I got redding dies from Midway and had to wait on those too. Same deal with bullets, powder, etc.

Some things are worth the wait.

Thanks for the replies, guys.

I've got my dies already (Redding from Graf and Sons) and am trying to decide on bullets and brass. I'm leaning toward the 208 Amax both for cost and my experience with the 105 Amax in my .243 win.

As for brass I'm undecided as to whether to go with the .221 fireball or to cut down .223 Rem. cases. Suggestions?

FWIW, all my 300-221 brass is mixed, once fired, 223 cut down. I got it from 320pf because he can produce lots of it quickly and I would have to do each one individually by hand.

Virgin 223 is cheaper than 221 Fireball.

I called M1S a couple of weeks ago and they said they were 5-6 months behind on barreled uppers. Hopefully the turnaround time on fireball uppers is shorter.

I ordered a 300\221 barrel (AR15) from M1 and received it within 2 weeks after being told it would take 4 to 6 weeks.
4 days after the ordering the original barrel, I ordered a second barrel for a friend after he got very excited about the calibur. That barrel came 3 weeks after my initial order.
UPS tracking number was recieved for the first barrel but not for the second or the Yankee Hill flash hider I ordered for the second barrel later.

Mega upper
16 inch M1 barrel
Vortex 9mm flash suppresor
Yankee Hill folding front sight\gas block
M1 bolt group
Sightron 3x9 scope on a Larue mount
Yankee Hill folding rear sight
GG&G Carbine length forestock
Spikes lower
Timney 3lb trigger group
Vltor milspec buffer tube and basic carbine modstock

It took them just shy of 11 weeks to get my kit to me. I had them do some non typical items like thread 5/8 24 and drill in the pistol position. I've not found the accuracy sweet spot yet, but the gun runs just fine.

Jim

5/8-24 threading is non typical? That's the standard on the AR-10 and other .308 auto loaders. I was also under the impression that pistol position was the standard place to port the 300-221. There pretty much isn't a .30 cal can you can't buy with 5/8-24 thread mount.