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The state of the US Firearms industry.

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:06 am
by xl_target
Here are production figures for the US Firearms industry.

It is interesting to note that Ruger is the overall leading firearms manufacturer (by the number of firearms sold).
Surprisingly, they sell more handguns than Smith and Wesson. While there are a lot of .22 LR handguns being sold, I was surprised at the sheer number of .380 handguns that Ruger has sold. I had no idea that the caliber was so popular.

It is also surprising to note that brands like CZ and H&K come in close to the custom gun shops like Wilson, Ed Brown, etc. I didn't realize that their numbers were so low.

http://www.carolinaguntalk.com/PDFs/US% ... rticle.pdf

Re: The state of the US Firearms industry.

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:18 am
by Sakobav
Interesting XL which pistol or revolver would that be in .38

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Re: The state of the US Firearms industry.

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:59 am
by xl_target
ngrewal wrote:Interesting XL which pistol or revolver would that be in .38

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I would say that the .380 pistol that Ruger has sold in such large numbers is the Ruger LCP.

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http://www.ruger.com/products/lcp/models.html

I'm also surprised that Glock comes in a distant 14th in pistol production. Even little Keltec sell three times as many pistols as Glock!

Re: The state of the US Firearms industry.

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:49 am
by Bhargav
Oh wow I am not surprised. Ruger is very famous for its customer service. I am already eyeing their ruger mark iii in 22lr.

Re: The state of the US Firearms industry.

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:43 am
by Bill Poole
they separate manufacturing from import. Apparently, Glock manufactured in the US 31000 but imported 431000 or so from Austria.... i didn't know they made that many in the US!

Poole

Re: The state of the US Firearms industry.

Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:12 am
by Hammerhead
This is the reason for .380

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