Hello
I ran across this thread while doing a search for an issue I'm having with Mech- Tech.
I own an older .45 1911 CCU that I've used in 3 gun and Steel Challenge matches. It's never given me any problems with any reload I've used in it. From major power loads for IPSC to light bullseye loads for Steel Challenge matches.
My wife owned a Glock 17 CCU until it was recently lost/stolen when shipped to our house.
This is a little fyi if ever you need to send in your unit to Mech-Tech.
I sent the G17 back to Mech -Tech for the second time to repair a broken extractor pin.
After waiting a while I called them to ask the status of my CCU. I was told that it had been shipped and delivered to my house a week before, on a day we were out. I told them it wasn't here, and that I hadn't been notified that it was being shipped. So I called Fed-X to see if it had been delivered to the wrong address. They told me that it was left at my front door because the shipper hadn't requested a signature upon delivery. They also told me that Mech-Tech hadn't taken out any insurance so Fed-x wasn't libel.
I called Mech-Tech back to see what they were going to do for me. The answer was "nothing". They said they shipped and it was delivered and that's it. That they don't ever take out insurance or request a signature unless the customer wants to pay for it.
I explained that on the two occasions that I sent the CCU to them, I had taken out insurance and requested a signature from them,. I told them that no one had notified me that the unit was going to be shipped back to me. Had they done that, I would have paid for the insurance and a required signature upon delivery.
So now I'm out a Glock17 CCU and some thief has it and who knows what it'll be used for or where it is.
If Mech-Tech had simply required a signature, Fed-X wouldn't have left it at the door.
So my advise would be that if Mech-Tech is going to ship something to you, be sure to insure it and request a signature. I've never had anything like this happen to me before