Thanks so much for this insight and makes eminent sense. Those who have experienced manufacturing production systems certainly know the difference between very small batches (one-off bespoke), cluster batches, and large mass production. Of course, no mass production continuous flow manager wants to do small batches, it requires a different type of production approach.
On a related subject, here's what the data is starting to show (I will update in future posts):
Wartime Production (1941-Q2/1945): ~1025 Snipers produced, 9% accounted for
War's End Production (Q3-4/1945): 219 Snipers produced, 21% accounted for
Post War Production (1946): 376 Snipers produced, 23% accounted for
This means the total produced was in the range of (low) 1,588 to (high) 1,620 (not including the experimental models). As more data comes in we will get more clear what is most accurate and I will share the data base analysis.