Ruger Temporarily Suspends New Orders!

[SurfaceTension]

Amazing what happens when you increase R&D and start producing lines of products that people want!

[alfsauve]

I think I read somewhere, (maybe in Guns magazine?) that they had already passed the million mark and where on track to do 1.2 million.   Also that they would continue the $1/gun contribution to NRA/ILA above the $1million mark.

Corporate news says they got a million "orders" in Q1 of this year alone.   They just can't ship them that fast.

[MikeBjerum]

Must be nice to run a company who's production facilities are so over booked with orders, new orders have to be refused.

And I don't blame them at all for not rushing to expand their facilities ASAP....should the election go the way we would like, there will be a steep decline in the demand for firearms......and plenty of time to ramp up if it doesn't ....

Smith and Wesson is in a similar situation.  I do not know what their exact plan is for trying to fill orders, but they are so backlogged that they are not giving reasonable delivery dates to dealers.  They give a date far off in the future, and then dealers are surprised when it shows in three months.

I know a local big box store and a couple mom and pop shops that are socking everything they can into guns and ammo right now.  They started out of fear of a possible BHO reelection, but right now are just hoping to keep something on the shelves as fall approaches.