Hey guys and gals. Just a heads up that its Christmas season and the high pressure portable compressors are moving fast. I only have a few left and am waiting for the next shipment to arrive. The issue is that the demand was so high that the shipment has been delayed and I fear I will run out before December 14th which is when I was supposed to receive the additional skid.
What I would hate to see happen is that folks wanting to have their compressor for Christmas, may miss the opportunity afforded by in this inventory wave.
Because of COVID-19 I was forced to revamp and reconfigure my physical arrangement in order to comply with State required non-essential business operation. I worked around the clock to get all orders caught up and shipped before reopening to accept orders once again.
Any of you that have done business with Hajimoto Productions in the past know that we pride ourselves on processing and shipping orders very quickly but this pandemic has changed things and we ask that you be patient and know that your order is being processed and shipped but just at a reduced rate than what we typically execute.
For example, our Gauntlet order which normally takes 3-5 days to arrive took over 3 weeks to show up, so these types of things will obviously cause a ripple effect and delays which is completely out of my control.
Another variable that we have little control over is the supply chain of materials and components used to make some final products. A lot of the specialized CNC produced parts have had their production slowed because of this pandemic and as I start getting supplies in I will be reoffering the completed parts again.
Currently, there is no way for you the customer to know if a certain item is in stock or not until you try and add it to your cart. The only other way we can handle out of stock items is to hide all out of stock items. This method will cause more confusion as parts that the customer expects to find will be gone or the person browsing will not even know said part exists.
In closing, I would like to thank you all for your continued support as we all navigate through this pandemic. I wish you and your loved one good health and prosperity.
Thank you in advance for your continued patience and business.
As we all know this virus is having a huge effect on business and inventories. Hajimoto Productions, while a design and production organization offers services and product which are indirectly affiliated with other business. There will be certain items that are temporarily unavailable due to my part distributors shutting down. That said, I will continue to offer products that I have in stock but will need to list them as OUT OF STOCK once I sell what I have.
Once this crisis is over and supply chains start to move again, I will quickly refill my inventory and offer a full product inventory once again. I wish all of you well and hope you and your loved ones stay healthy during this trying time.
A little while back I shared on social media and a few other outlets that the production cycle of the HE Gauntlet was complete. I never made an official announcement here on the Hajimoto Productions website though and this would be that post.
I would like to thank all of those that have supported this venture and I am proud knowing that all of you that have this limited edition has something very special.
I will of course be offering other limited edition in the future but I need to position the release in such a way that it does not misaglign with the next incoming wave of offerings by the manufacturers.
Thank you all again for your support, Best Regards, Hajimoto
Hello Airheads!!
I have pushed through and caught up to order
requests. So I and am lifting the moratorium on accepting new orders. Thank you
once again for hanging in there with me as I get through the hunting and
Christmas rush. Please note guys and girls that the 2019 Hajimoto Edition
Gauntlet is sold out and will not return. I will work on another color scheme
and version but that limited edition version has been retired. Those of you
that have one will have comfort knowing you have one of a very limited
production series and I thank you for allowing me to build it for you.
I will still be offering completely modded and tuned Gauntlets which can have
all the features and functionality of the HE just not the color scheme.
As most of you know I am a huge fan of the entry-level PCP known as the Umarex Gauntlet which comes in .177, .22 and .25 calibers. I have been pretty vocal to Umarex regarding the issues that Gauntlet has which could be addressed relatively easily and not really incur any additional machining/fabrication time to correct. The issue is that there are thousands of these parts that are already rolling off the line and an introduction into an already rolling production line will cause a huge ripple effect in delivering the product on time.
So as with most manufacturers, the product will go through generational upgrades and changes over time. Well, some of the comments that folks have made are finding their way to the generational evolution of the Gauntlet. Some of the main issues with the Gauntlet were: Weak Barrel Support Cracked Air Strippers Difficulty Cocking
The poor barrel stiffness issue caused huge point of impact changes with only slight physical contact with the barrel shroud was made. The POI issue was solved by the community with things like barrel bands, woodblocks and other ingenious ways to support the barrel shroud. I offered a barrel band which introduced additional support from the bottle to the barrel shroud, Well Umarex picked up on this issue and quickly designed an integrated barrel shroud support system that attached to the bottle block. This barrel shroud support that is being included on the then new .25 Caliber, was promised to previous Gauntlet owners as a part that would eventually be available. It was also said that this new improvement would be included on any fractional generation .177/.22 caliber Gauntlets produced.
The Umarex Gauntlet barrel shroud support on the .25 worked really well and folks were banging Umrarex's doors down to be able to add this to their .177/.22 Gauntlets. The addition of the support required some drilling and mechanical fastening which could be installed improperly and cause additional issues that the manufacturer was not ready to accept. So after a few 30 or parts were sold the support line was lit up with calls of installer error or difficulty installing the part. Umarex quickly stopped offering the part and offered the support as a service that they would perform and send the rifle back to the shooter. As you can imagine this additional shipping back and forth made the shipping companies a lot of money and also put the airgun owner in a position where they were without their beloved Gauntlet for a week or more plus the shipping cost.
Well as I stated earlier, the factory is retrofitting existing stock with the upgrades like Barrel Shroud Support. Beefer Air Stripper. Better fitting o-ring on Air Stripper. Stronger screws at the bottle block.
I know this because, in one of my recent airgun orders of 12 rifles, all the .22 caliber versions were upgraded. Take a look at the photos here and you will see that they are hard at work to improve the Gauntlet for the end-user and this is awesome to see. The images I provided are of a .22 caliber and show the improvements that were made to an existing stock rifle, the reason I know this is that the star washer imprints in the pressure tube are clearly visible. I also have erased the last digits of the serial number as this will be in the hands of a customer at some point and I do not what their serial number used by some unscrupulous characters that may exist out there ? I will continue to report changes as I discover them and will try my best to field any questions you may have. Be Safe! Hajimoto
As most of you know I am a huge fan of the entry-level PCP known
as the Umarex Gauntlet which comes in .177, .22 and .25 calibers. I have been
pretty vocal to Umarex regarding the issues that Gauntlet has which could be
addressed relatively easily and not really incur any additional
machining/fabrication time to correct. The issue is that there are thousands of
these parts that are already rolling off the line and an introduction into an
already rolling production line will cause a huge ripple effect in delivering
the product on time.
So as with most manufacturers, the product will go through
generational upgrades and changes over time. Well, some of the comments that
folks have made are finding their way to the generational evolution of the
Gauntlet. Some of the main issues with the Gauntlet were:
Weak Barrel Support
Cracked Air Strippers
Difficulty Cocking
The poor barrel stiffness issue caused huge point of impact
changes with only slight physical contact with the barrel shroud was made. The
POI issue was solved by the community with things like barrel bands, woodblocks
and other ingenious ways to support the barrel shroud. I offered a barrel band
which introduced additional support from the bottle to the barrel shroud, Well
Umarex picked up on this issue and quickly designed an integrated barrel shroud
support system that attached to the bottle block. This barrel shroud support
that is being included on the then new .25 Caliber, was promised to previous
Gauntlet owners as a part that would eventually be available. It was also said
that this new improvement would be included on any fractional generation
.177/.22 caliber Gauntlets produced.
The Umarex Gauntlet barrel shroud support on the .25 worked well
and folks were banging Umarex's doors down to be able to add this to their
.177/.22 Gauntlets. The addition of the support required some drilling and
mechanical fastening which could be installed improperly and cause additional
issues that the manufacturer was not ready to accept. So, after a few 30 or parts
were sold the support line was lit up with calls of installer error or
difficulty installing the part. Umarex quickly stopped offering the part and
offered the support as a service that they would perform and send the rifle
back to the shooter. As you can imagine this additional shipping back and forth
made the shipping companies a lot of money and put the airgun owner in a
position where they were without their beloved Gauntlet for a week or more plus
the shipping cost.
Well as I stated earlier, the factory is retrofitting existing
stock with the upgrades like:
Barrel Shroud Support.
Beefier Air Stripper.
Better fitting O-ring on Air Stripper.
Stronger screws at the bottle block.
I know this because, in one of my recent airgun orders of 12 rifles, all the .22 caliber versions were upgraded. Look at the photos here and you will see that they are hard at work to improve the Gauntlet for the end-user and this is awesome to see. The images I provided are of a .22 caliber and show the improvements that were made to an existing stock rifle, the reason I know this is that the star washer imprints in the pressure tube are clearly visible. I also have erased the last digits of the serial number as this will be in the hands of a customer at some point and I do not what their serial number used by some unscrupulous characters that may exist out there ? I will continue to report changes as I discover them and will try my best to field any questions you may have. Be Safe! Hajimoto
Hello my air gun friends! Today I am announcing that the Hajimoto Productions moratorium has been lifted! I have worked very hard to get all the tunes, builds and custom orders out the door. I have also replenished all the parts and add-on that where wiped out from the hunting season rush.
As I have explained before and just to be clear, I do not
entertain backorders. It has been my practice to open or close sales acceptance
based on workload. If I have so much work that delivery times exceed my 15-day
maximum turnaround time, I hit the pause button. My logic is, if I am having a
hard time managing the current flow, why start a line of waiting customers that
can wait upwards to weeks just to be in another line to get their orders
processed. I operate by the first come, first served rule.
I would like to thank you all for your patience during these
times of RED LIGHT.
Hey guys! As you know over the past 1.5 months or so I have been hit hard by tuning requests and sales of tuned Gauntlets. As I posted a week or so ago, I place a moratorium on taking any additional orders until I got caught up. Well since that time, almost every mod I produce has been sold out.
So I apologize if almost every item you try to place in you rcart pops up as "SOLD OUT" but I am working diligently working to get those inventories back on line and open the gates once more.
I will be restocked and ready to receive orders for airguns, tunes and parts on Monday 10/12/2019. I will make another post to the news once I have things ready to go.
As most of you know I was hit with a substantial amount of Hajimoto Tunes and Gun Requests for the 2019 Hunting Season. Because I do not offer backorders, I adjust accepting additional orders so I do not exceed my self imposed maximum turn around time of 14 days. Typically my workload allows me to receive, build or tune a rifle and ship to the customer within 10 days or less.
I forecast that I will start accepting orders again within 7-10 days. That means somewhere around October 14th 2019 or so I will be accepting orders for tunes, builds and purchases of Hajimoto Tuned rifles. I will be posting this change here on the home page of the site so it will be easy to see the green light that I am receiving orders once again.
Please keep in mind that the Christmas season is fast approaching and this is typically another very busy time for me so we will be seeing this surge effect again soon. So if you are thinking of having services or purchases as a gift, act early.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding,
Hajimoto Productions.
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