As most of you realize by now there’s been a delay to the Hajimoto Productions side lever for the Umarex Gauntlet series of PCP. The side lever is designed to work with the .177, .22, .25, and .30 caliber versions of the Gauntlet.
While aesthetically the side levers look the same, the mechanics and geometry of each are different. That said, there are several parts that have a close tolerance machining interface that needs to fit perfectly.
These production tolerances are considered during design and during the fabrication stage product mockups or samples are made to guarantee proper size, fit, and finish. It appears that even after the mockup approval, one of the components associated with our side lever cocking system was machined out of specification. It appears the machine shop ran the wrong variation of the code and produced over 1000 parts that cannot be used.
Because of this out of specification part, we were forced to halt all assembly and retail packaging processes. The machine shop prioritized the CNC rework and finished the parts in a reasonable amount of time and then shipped the parts off to the anodizer for finishing.
Well like all things over the past 3 years, schedules are either made or broken based on the supply chain. The anodizer had a few large jobs ahead of our parts but promised to work ours into his production schedule. The issue is that the finish that we specified required a process that cannot be commingled with other finishing processes.
As of November 11, 2022, our parts are prepped and on the finish schedule. That said, we are at the mercy of schedule without compromising the finish of the parts.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we get this issue resolved and stay tuned here for the latest updates regarding this hiccup.
Humbly,
Hajimoto
