Interesting article on firearms sales trends
03-04-2017, 08:51 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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Interesting article on firearms sales trends
I found this interesting and thought many here would too. So here it is to share. Some surprising information.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/...in-the-us.aspx
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/...in-the-us.aspx
Last edited by uncle matt; 03-05-2017 at 09:02 AM.
03-04-2017, 10:44 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Gonna say this is either spam or you copied the wrong link.
The article linked is about a murderer getting transferred from one prison to another - not sure why that is news at all, but it certainly doesn't have anything to do with firearms sales trends in any way.
The article linked is about a murderer getting transferred from one prison to another - not sure why that is news at all, but it certainly doesn't have anything to do with firearms sales trends in any way.
03-05-2017, 09:02 AM
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Don't know how that happened but I fixed the link.
03-05-2017, 09:24 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Glad you fixed it...
Not really surprised, but very disappointed to see pistols out selling revolvers 4 to 1 in the 2015 data. Kinda surprised to see rifles out selling shotguns 4 to 1 as well though. Guess there just aren't as many sportsmen any more. Really suggests recreational, non-sporting, and defensive firearms purchases really do rule the roost.
Didn't expect to see as many handguns as rifles. I really would have thought more folks bought rifles, since that's traditionally been the "first firearm" for most folks. But I suppose it does make sense, as firearms ownership is becoming more of an urban trend, those folks don't have room to shoot a rifle, but want a protection handgun.
Very disappointing statistics though, as a lover of all things firearm...
On the other hand, I LOVE seeing that almost 10% of the US population purchased a firearm in 2016!!
Not really surprised, but very disappointed to see pistols out selling revolvers 4 to 1 in the 2015 data. Kinda surprised to see rifles out selling shotguns 4 to 1 as well though. Guess there just aren't as many sportsmen any more. Really suggests recreational, non-sporting, and defensive firearms purchases really do rule the roost.
Didn't expect to see as many handguns as rifles. I really would have thought more folks bought rifles, since that's traditionally been the "first firearm" for most folks. But I suppose it does make sense, as firearms ownership is becoming more of an urban trend, those folks don't have room to shoot a rifle, but want a protection handgun.
Very disappointing statistics though, as a lover of all things firearm...
On the other hand, I LOVE seeing that almost 10% of the US population purchased a firearm in 2016!!
03-18-2017, 08:00 AM
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Glad you fixed it...
Not really surprised, but very disappointed to see pistols out selling revolvers 4 to 1 in the 2015 data. Kinda surprised to see rifles out selling shotguns 4 to 1 as well though. Guess there just aren't as many sportsmen any more. Really suggests recreational, non-sporting, and defensive firearms purchases really do rule the roost.
Didn't expect to see as many handguns as rifles. I really would have thought more folks bought rifles, since that's traditionally been the "first firearm" for most folks. But I suppose it does make sense, as firearms ownership is becoming more of an urban trend, those folks don't have room to shoot a rifle, but want a protection handgun.
Very disappointing statistics though, as a lover of all things firearm...
On the other hand, I LOVE seeing that almost 10% of the US population purchased a firearm in 2016!!
Not really surprised, but very disappointed to see pistols out selling revolvers 4 to 1 in the 2015 data. Kinda surprised to see rifles out selling shotguns 4 to 1 as well though. Guess there just aren't as many sportsmen any more. Really suggests recreational, non-sporting, and defensive firearms purchases really do rule the roost.
Didn't expect to see as many handguns as rifles. I really would have thought more folks bought rifles, since that's traditionally been the "first firearm" for most folks. But I suppose it does make sense, as firearms ownership is becoming more of an urban trend, those folks don't have room to shoot a rifle, but want a protection handgun.
Very disappointing statistics though, as a lover of all things firearm...
On the other hand, I LOVE seeing that almost 10% of the US population purchased a firearm in 2016!!
It is not really surprising to see more handguns than long guns purchased. In the last few years the big growth in gun sales has been in self-defense hand guns and to a lesser degree long guns. In long guns the biggest growth has been in ARs and the like, aka modern sporting rifles.
The market for sporting long guns is pretty saturated. There are a lot of reasons for this. The number of hunters is growing slowly. At some point what people have more than meets their needs. Long guns are not shoes, they take decades to wear out. My primary deer rifle (I have others), for example, was made in 1959 and my primary shotguns were made in 1965 and 1985. There is no real need or advantage in replacing them. Despite what the gun porn writers say a new bolt action rifle in whatever caliber is not a major improvement over a well made older bolt action rifle in a similar caliber. Until then what are you supposed to do with a long gun, throw it out so you can get the latest fashion? I know I won't. Each of my sporting guns is filled with memories of hunts past and, for the shot guns the memories of my departed 4 legged companions.
The 27.5 million or so firearms, which includes used as well as new) are not spread equally through the population. It is unlikely that 10% of the population is buying a firearm in any given year and I am sure that a lot of folks are buying more than one. On the other hand the ATF number has lots of problems. It is not clear what that number means. It is just a count of background checks and may include failed checks or checks involving the purchase of multiple firearms. It also does not include many private sales or for that matter gifts or inheritance.
