Hi. Actually, I have never been in contact with Brownells. I don't know who your contact is, but they lied.
Nobody was left hanging either. I filled all orders that were paid for. I stopped making the clamps for a number of reasons. Mostly because I couldn't get anyone to make them correctly and I didn't have the time to do it myself. I got ripped off severely by a few people who made a bunch of crap. Unfortunately I paid up front and got screwed. I still got my product out because I redid each one personally. I got tired of dealing with shops I couldn't trust and didn't want my name associated with that so I stopped making them.
I left Michigan in the fall of 2007 because my plant decided to move my job to Mexico. Those were my issues. After the last of the clamps were completed and shipped, I took a job in Texas for an aircraft manufacturer doing CNC work. I am a journeyman tool and die maker as well. I dusted off this project that I actually started in 2005. I finished the CAD work, applied for my patent in February 2009 and have started the manufacturing process. Today, these are made in Michigan at a shop I actually worked for so I know the owner and trust the work. I even had samples made to make sure and they were excellent. When I worked there, they didn't have a cnc machine or I would have had them do it the whole time.
Now I'm back and now you know a little more about me. By the way, I am also a Canadian Citizen!
By the way, I do ship out of Canada as well as the USA.