What the hell is wrong will Bianchi's website?!?!

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

What.....did they Chapter 11 overnight???:mad: The site has been down for three days or so!:fire:

Can any of you get in??:banghead:

Thanks!

[W.E.G.]

I'll have to look up the URL.

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

I intentionally didn't post it cuz y'all my find alternate means to get in.

[Archer1945]

Something seems to be going on. I tried two different ways to access the site and neither worked. :banghead: ;)

[Pistol Toter]

What.....did they Chapter 11 overnight???

Boy! I hope not! :what: I like their products. They are readily available and affordable, at least here in Knoxville, and of good quality. I started out using BagMaster, flirted with Fobus and Uncle Mikes, looked at several others; none seemed to fit my bill. I found Bianchi and thus far purchased 6 different styles and sizes. I've never been disapponited with their products. I would surely hate to loose them.

[Ala Dan]

If it continues too be down, look no further than:

Kirkpatrick Leather of Laredo, Texas

Quality products, at affordable prices; and damn nice folks too do buisness
with~! ;) :D

[mikec]

Bianchi's web site whois shows that the name servers are all ARMORHOLDINGS.COM who was bought by BAE earlier this year. Was Bianchi owned by Armor Holding? Armor Holding did own Second Chance, the body armor maker.

After doing some digging I did see a BAE logo on a Bianchi web page.

Maybe they are moving all of the web sites to a common server or that common server has been attacked.

[CrawdaddyJim]

Went to the BAE site and Bianchi was there. The link at that site is also not working.

Probably doing maintanence.

[ArchAngelCD]

From the information below the Domain is paid for up until the middle of next year. I see no reason for Armor Holdings or BAE Systems to pull the site without notice. There must be something wrong with the server and because of the Holiday there isn't anyone there to correct it. Even if the site were down for maintenance there would be a notice up.

bianchi-intl.com

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: BIANCHI-INTL.COM
Registrar: DOMAINDISCOVER
Whois Server: whois.domaindiscover.com
Referral URL: http://www.domaindiscover.com
Name Server: NS1.ARMORHOLDINGS.COM
Name Server: NS2.ARMORHOLDINGS.COM
Name Server: NS3.ARMORHOLDINGS.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 16-jun-2007
Creation Date: 15-jun-1999
Expiration Date: 15-jun-2008

>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:57:49 UTC <<<

NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the
registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is
currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration
date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring
registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to
view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.

Current Registrar: DOMAINDISCOVER
IP Address: 64.29.145.73 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-FLORIDA-FT. LAUDERDALE
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: IIS 6
Lock Status: clientTransferProhibited
Web Site Status: Active
DMOZ: no listings
Y! Directory: see listings
Web Site Title: Bianchi - The World's Finest Holsters, Duty Gear & Accessories
Meta Description: Bianchi International, a manufacturer of quality leather and nylon holsters, accessories and backpacks for law enforcement, military and sporting markets worldwide.
Meta Keywords: backpack, rucksacks, packs, handguns, weapons, arms, law enforcement, military, sporting, outdoor, competition, tactical, cases, pouches, belts, rigs, gun rugs, ballistic nylon, nylon, leather, suede, molded nylon, basketweave, AccuMold, AccuMold Elite, D
Secure: No
E-commerce: Yes
Traffic Ranking: 2
Data as of: 12-Jul-2006

[Gary in Pennsylvania]

WOW!

They're still down!

I wanna buy a holster for my CZ-75D PCR.

This is unusual for such a big name!

[mikec]

You know, some computer guru probably thought that no sane person would be looking at that site the Sunday and Monday before Christmas...

How long does it take for a new name server to propagate across the web? Two- three days?

Maybe a new server, maybe a new hosting location.

[esq_stu]

I had the same experience yesterday. I ended up finding the one I wanted (Black Widow - belt slide/thumb break for Glock 26) on gunbroker.com and ordering it there (from wholesale hunter).

[AirForceShooter]

Supposedly it's been hacked.

AFS

[LegalAlien]

Here is a Bianchi reseller

http://store.packinheatleather.com/index.html

Happy shopping

[OhioPaints]

It's up and running this morning.

Ken

[lance22]

Yup - running just fine.
http://www.bianchi-intl.com/

They were probably upgrading, installing patches, doing server maintenance, switching SQL Servers, changing lines, all sorts of things might require taking the site down for a bit.