OK folks, I spent a little time on my lunch hour tracking down some information.
A member at another forum with access to NSSF data has verified that ammo numbers posted are incorrect.
I spoke with Jessica, a Sturm Ruger customer rep. in Prescott, AZ who assured me production is currently and has been for some time at capacity. Consider the information on Ruger to be debunked.
I spoke with Dave at Hodgdon Powder Co. who chuckled at my inquiry, one of many he received this week. I explained the "report" to him and he assured me powder is shipping. Hodgdon purchases its powders from 3 sources; one in Canada, one in Florida and one in Australia. January 2013 shipments exceeded Hodgdon's previous record month by 19%. That was, if I recall correctly November 2008.
I could not reach Remington so I checked ATF.gov and pulled up production figures for 2008. I posted these elsewhere so I'll paste them here.
Pistols produced (2 facilities combined): 303,834
Revolvers produced: 215,955
Rifles produced: 38,373
For a combined total of 558,161 or 1,529.2082 guns/day on a 365 day production schedule. That is a slightly higher figure than contained in Mr. Ross' report, 5X higher. It is my belief in having reviewed S&W's reports and news releases of increased sales that the ATF numbers are closer to actual production numbers, if slightly smaller than current numbers based on record sales reported to shareholders for 2012.
I firmly believe that further investigation would yield similar results as every true industry professional I have contacted has dispelled the information contained in the "report". I have drawn my own conclusions.