My 1877 story had some similarity. A friend placed an order while we were on an unintended shop tour. Shiloh had a original torn down and had some initial run parts in various stages of batch production, this before they generally announced it was going to be added to their line up.
In fairness, it seems Goodman faces longer waits for his '77s also. It is completely subjective, but current production Shilohs that I've looked over seem to have lost a bit of fit and finish quality, ten years ago they would have been a sight unseen no brainer to me, over CSharps. Today, I'd prefer to closely look either over if the opportunity was available.
I agree with many of the others to keep the used market in mind. Hang in there Sgj, it'll happen.
