[vorticity]

I don't have tights or a feather to wear, but I can confirm that the MidwayUSA email is correct, having received one yesterday. I had a few M1A mags on backorder for a month, originally to be 'back in stock' on the 25th, and the email I got confirmed that they are shipping anything that they have in stock separate from other items in advance of another potential ban. I've since gotten tracking numbers for the mags, which are on their way.

My sense was that Midway keeps a small buffer of stocked goods, and that their 25th of January in-stock date for this item was really more of a date when they'd have *enough* items in stock to maintain a steady flow of sales. If an EO came down the pipeline that prevented them from selling those items, they didn't want their customers with those items on backorder to be caught in limbo, especially if they had some (just not enough) of those items on the warehouse floor. My guess is they went through the orders by time placed and matched that to stock in-hand, and shipped everything they had left on a first-ordered, first-served basis.

I thought it was a nice touch on the part of Midway, making sure that a.) their customers don't get screwed, and b.) they're not stuck with product that they can't sell.