Too late for me. Here is my story as of an hour ago.
I have a rather long troublesome story to tell. It is difficult for me to know in which groups to reveal it.
After much due diligence I decided to buy a new air gun. I talk to many people I know from the various groups including this one. I was going to buy a Brocock compatible target regulated but was dissuaded by the great results so many people were having with their Kral guns that were set up by Troy Hammer. And, after all the requests I had for my configuration, it was still $100 less than the Brocock.
I sent him $799 via PayPal on September 12. I said take your time as I’ll rather have it right than fast. He assured me that a couple-few weeks at worst due to the request of putting a regulator into it.
After a few weeks I asked what was happening. He said he was having a hell of a time getting a regulator to work in it. But give him some more time, which I did.
Then came EBR and he went, but I still had no gun. I started chatting with him several times a week. He assured me it was ready to ship, multiple times.
Then he broke his phone and lost his passwords. Then a 2nd relative died (“we” actually found that to be true on the internet). Still no gun and silence.
Finally one of the other group members told me he managed to get Brie, Troy’s wife, to have Air Venturi to ship him his compressor. I started trying to get her. No answer.
I immediately started a PayPal dispute.
Finally, Tuesday December 4, Troy got back to me in text. And said many things including all his testing. That was the last of his communications. I text him that I will remove the dispute when I get a tracking number. He never looked at text again. I tried phone calls and all manor of contacts.
After his first disappearance, when he said he was running a business off his cell phone, I configured a used Dell computer and shipped it to him with a monitor, free, including shipping, just to help him out. He did get it.
Yesterday was the end of the dispute, 2 stage process with PayPal. He lost by not responding even to them. 1 hour ago I got an email from PayPal that they fully refunded my money.
Regardless, not knowing the Hammer outcome, Monday I had already ordered the Brocock from Donnie Reed at Baker Airguns. They shipped the next day.