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STRONGNUFF wrote:New update this morning to " Mailed" !

I must admit that it takes forever for the first update, but after that it moves along pretty fast.
Time get purchase a new CC gun, been eying the S&W Shield .40

I just got back from the range where I shot my newly purchased S&W M&P Shield 9mm for the first time...and it shoots VERY sweet! Very nice trigger action (though it's a little lighter than I prefer), handles recoil VERY nicely and shoots VERY accurately. Wished the mag held more than 8 rounds, but that's the price to pay for the slim frame. I highly recommend the Shield.

I also shot my recently purchased S&W 380 bodyguard (also for the first time)...and was not very impressed. Didn't like the DAO trigger action (hard and unpredictable) and I had 1 failure to fire, 1 stove pipe and 2 failures to load in just 80 rounds fired. I realize the gun is new, but I've never had ANY gun with that many functional problems in only 80 rounds in my life! I may not keep the 380 Bodyguard - right now, I can't depend on it.

** Update: I got rid of the S&W Bodyguard 380 this afternoon...replaced it with a Taurus TCP 380. I like the trigger MUCH better on Taurus - not nearly as long and heavy as the Bodyguard's.

I received my CHL in the mail yesterday - 85 days mailbox to mailbox (mailed in materials on 11/4/13). <Happy Dance!>

* Interesting to note - my on-line status first showed "mailed" on 1/22/14. Since it was 7:00 AM when I checked, I naturally assumed that it meant it was actually mailed the day before (on 1/21/14), since "mailed" is past tense (and I didn't think they had mailed it earlier than 7 AM that morning). When I received my CHL today - I noticed that the postmark on the envelope was "01/24/2014" meaning that they not only didn't mail it the day before, but 2 days AFTER it was posted as mailed (1/22/14).

Sooooo...the date when you see your status change to "mailed" may not actually be the date they mail it.

Also, for anyone who might be curious - they mailed it USPS First Class Mail (mailed on Friday 1/24 and I received it Tuesday 1/28...and I live in the Dallas area).

Recap:

11/04/13: Mailed materials

01/18/14: Status changed from "waiting on the receipt of the required documents" to "background check" (75 days before status first changed after mailing!)

01/19/14: Status changed to "concealed handgun license: manufacturing pending"

01/21/14: Status changed to "concealed handgun license: manufacturing"

01/22/14: Status changed to "concealed handgun license: mailed"

01/28/14: Received CHL in the mail (and as prescribed by recent legislation, it has "Veteran" printed on it)