It sounds like they declared bankruptcy at least once, maybe twice before. In this situation, I would have been reluctant to give them any money before I saw the finished product. Pull out now, get your money back, and tell them to call if the bbl's show. If they go bankrupt again, I belive they don't have to give you your money back, at least not anytime soon. But your right, it is a pretty gun. But I just saw yesterday in blackpowder guns and hunting magazine, a new rifle that looks like it is based on the Remington 700, that holds 200 grains of pyrodex, and they claim will kill larger animals oput to 400 yards. You might want to check that one out?