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. 2020 Mar 27;22(3):e15736. doi: 10.2196/15736

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 (%)

Rifles, n (%) Pistols, n (%)
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)