Table 1.
Firearm manufacturing characteristics of top domestic producers (over 50,000 firearms produced in 2017).
| Federal firearms licensed manufacturers | Types of firearms produced | Number of firearms manufactured (includes rifles, pistols, shotguns, revolvers, and miscellaneous), n (%) | |
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Rifles, n (%) | Pistols, n (%) |
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| Sturm, Ruger & Company | 661,155 (40.52) | 781,623 (47.91) | 1,631,554 (19.50) |
| Smith & Wesson Corp | 265,356 (17.62) | 1,032,450 (68.54) | 1,506,256 (18.00) |
| Remington Arms | 448,513 (55.28) | 59,581 (7.34) | 811,421 (9.70) |
| Sig Sauer Inc | 35,920 (6.27) | 536,774 (93.73) | 572,694 (6.84) |
| Maverick Arms Inc | 80,275 (16.08) | 0 (0.00) | 499,100 (5.97) |
| Henry Rac Holding Corp | 235,037 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 235,037 (2.81) |
| Heritage Manufacturing | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 226,065 (2.70) |
| Kimber Mfg Inc | 11,378 (5.25) | 183,858 (84.89) | 216,585 (2.59) |
| WM C Anderson Inc | 2295 (1.07) | 1448 (0.67) | 215,125 (2.57) |
| Glock Inc | 0 (0.00) | 175,696 (100.00) | 175,696 (2.10) |
| Palmetto State Armory | 28,562 (17.80) | 3326 (2.07) | 160,417 (1.92) |
| Springfield Inc | 69,352 (46.01) | 81,377 (53.99) | 150,729 (1.80) |
| SCCY Industries LLC | 0 (0.00) | 150,647 (100.00) | 150,647 (1.80) |
| Kel Tec CNC Industries | 66,235 (43.97) | 58,982 (39.16) | 150,630 (1.80) |
| Radical Firearms LLC | 88,430 (96.96) | 2775 (3.04) | 91,205 (1.09) |
| Strassells Machine Inc | 40,511 (46.82) | 46,015 (53.18) | 86,526 (1.03) |
| Aero Precision LLC | 1490 (1.87) | 2 (0.00) | 79,525 (0.95) |
| Beretta USA Corp | 2778 (3.60) | 57,411 (74.35) | 77,214 (0.92) |
| FN America LLC | 15,614 (20.25) | 61,510 (79.75) | 77,124 (0.92) |
| Taurus International | 103 (0.15) | 69,123 (100.00) | 69,226 (0.83) |
| Colt's Manufacturing | 13,942 (23.40) | 31,987 (53.68) | 59,591 (0.71) |
| Browning Arms | 668 (1.30) | 50,331 (97.82) | 51,452 (0.61) |
| Diamondback Firearms | 26,960 (52.63) | 24,270 (47.37) | 51,230 (0.61) |
| Total among top manufacturers (listed) | 2094,574 (28.52) | 3,409,186 (46.41) | 7,345,049 (87.79) |