When I read Remington had stated 8/12 as being the on shelf date, I asked a local dealer if he could get one for me.  He was going to try to get a laser and a non laser model and I could pick which I wanted.  He sent me a message on 8/2/16 that his distributor had them in.  He said if I wanted a laser model, there were not enough to fill his backorder, but he could get the non laser now. I just hope "now" means no later than the 12th.  The key takeaway is that they are supposedly in distributors hands.