Ruger: 2,000,000 orders on backlog

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One thing you can depend on, the manufacturers won't do much of anything to increase production.

In the first quarter of 2013, capital expenditures totaled $7.7 million, much of it related to new products and the expansion of production capacity. We expect to invest approximately $30 million for capital expenditures during 2013.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/29/sturm-ruger-company-inc-reports-first-quarter-full/

hang fire said:
Had a tour of the Sturm Ruger pistol plant in Prescott, AZ
Wife’s younger brother is the chief manufacturing engineer at the Sturm Ruger pistol plant in Prescott, AZ. He treated us to a tour of the plant, and I was most impressed.

He explained each step of the production process, the speed of the fully automated CNC tooling, which makes the pistol’s production possible, is amazing and something to behold. He led us through for just one pistol, whereas a completed gun is boxed for shipment every 30 seconds, and it was just one of the many different models made in the plant. All CF pistol barrel rifling is broach cut while fully submerged in an oil bath, and watching it was like zip, done. Watching round steel billets transformed into slides and barrels at such speed, was hard to follow.

They are months behind for filling outstanding orders, and have had to stop taking new orders for three months to fill existing orders. Every day over 40,000 rounds of ammunition is fired, just for the proof testing of guns being shipped.

There are over 800 employees in the plant working two long shifts and they are adding new space and machine tooling to increase production even further.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=714003
 
One thing you can depend on, the manufacturers won't do much of anything to increase production. Especially if it's new machines and floor space. There might be a couple of hours of overtime a week, but past that, not gonna happen. The gun industry just plods along at the same output, regardless of demand. With the govt out there banning anything gun related, probably a wise choice....They might get shut down if the Dems have their way..
Not true for Ruger, and I am speaking from first hand observation.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=714003&highlight=ruger+tour
 
Ruger has a very diverse product line and they are continuing to introduce new models all the time. It will be a long while before they will be able to catch up and have all model lines delivered.
 
all that money gun and ammo makers paid the govt to ban norinco who sold quality guns at a fraction of the price and would have made every gun out there has paid off. this is what they want people crawling thru mud to get a gun then turning around and crawling to get ammo for it paying many times what they are worth. capitalism my a$$
 
As has been mentioned, these orders are from retailers who are responding to the panic shoppers who, themselves, are desparately looking for weapons.

But now that the panic has temporarily subsided, retailers are free to cancel the orders.

"2,000,000 orders on backlog" isn't necessarily a substantive victory for us.

Personally, I hadda go to gunbroker and buy a 98% Ruger #1 cause nobody, including Buds, had any new ones. It's a great gun though. I only paid $750 for it.

Now if I could only find some ammo .............

Seriously, if obummer has any brains at all, he and biden have surreptitiously bought stock in Smith and Wesson and Ruger. They have been wonderful for the balance sheets and income statements of gun companies.

Pity Glock isn't publically traded.
 
Splattergun says it quite well. Any business needs a backlog to properly plan production with issues related to material inventories, production schedules and staffing. Backlog is different from back order.
 
I would imagine that the orders estimated for 1st quarter 2013. But, those are pretty amazing trends. Ruger is hopping!

Every day over 40,000 rounds of ammunition is fired, just for the proof testing of guns being shipped.

That is hard to believe. I wonder if Ruger has trouble finding ammunition?
 
The only issue with this becomes one of quality control - if Ruger (or any of the others with a backlog) goes full bore to catch up, quality is going to suffer
I've already experienced that with S&W in regards to the junky trgger on my M&P40 VTAC. Instead of seding it back to S&W I'm letting my gunsmith fix it. My gunsmith is simply great.
 
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