Largest pistol & revolver manufacturers by number

simonrichter · March 5, 2013, 05:35 PM

does anyone have any ranking of the largest pistol and revolver (not firearms in general) producers worldwide? Just out of curiosity, couldn't find too much on the net, though.

FrankenMauser · March 5, 2013, 05:48 PM

All you need to know can be found here:
http://www.atf.gov/statistics/

The "Annual Firearms Manufacturers And Export Reports" are of particular interest.

simonrichter · March 6, 2013, 05:41 AM

Thanks, very interesting, two facts sting out in particular:

1.) They have a category each for 22, 25, 32, 380 and 9mm, but only one category titled ".50" obviously comprising everything from .40 S&W to .45 ACP and .50 AE, which is a little bit odd. Maybe the guy who made up the data pattern is very fond of mouse guns...

2.) Nicely, they list even single individuals who have built ONE pistol a year. Long live bureaucracy, not only in the EU, it seems.

FrankenMauser · March 6, 2013, 02:35 PM

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Nicely, they list even single individuals who have built ONE pistol a year. Long live bureaucracy, not only in the EU, it seems.

Yep.

Some of those would be home-built firearms that were just registered in that year, so they could be transferred. Others may be one-off firearms that were built by a shop. And, still others could simply be a serial number change/relocation/restoration.

Either way, it's all public record now.

March 5, 2013, 05:35 PM	#1
simonrichter Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 2011 Location: Austria Posts: 757	Largest pistol & revolver manufacturers by number does anyone have any ranking of the largest pistol and revolver (not firearms in general) producers worldwide? Just out of curiosity, couldn't find too much on the net, though. __________________ "Get off of my lawn!" Walt Kowalski . ISSC PAR .223

March 5, 2013, 05:48 PM	#2
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	All you need to know can be found here: http://www.atf.gov/statistics/ The "Annual Firearms Manufacturers And Export Reports" are of particular interest. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

March 6, 2013, 05:41 AM	#3
simonrichter Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 2011 Location: Austria Posts: 757	Thanks, very interesting, two facts sting out in particular: 1.) They have a category each for 22, 25, 32, 380 and 9mm, but only one category titled ".50" obviously comprising everything from .40 S&W to .45 ACP and .50 AE, which is a little bit odd. Maybe the guy who made up the data pattern is very fond of mouse guns... 2.) Nicely, they list even single individuals who have built ONE pistol a year. Long live bureaucracy, not only in the EU, it seems. __________________ "Get off of my lawn!" Walt Kowalski . ISSC PAR .223