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SI0716U.S FIREARM PRODUCTION 1995–2014 Despite the drop in overall U.S. firearm production, three U.S manufacturers each produced more than 1 million firearms for the third year in a row: Ruger, Remington and Smith & Wesson. For the seventh year in a row, Ruger was the top U.S. firearms manufacturer. In 2014, the company made 1,714,097 firearms, a 21 percent decrease from the 2,180,780 firearms the company produced in 2013. Ruger’s handgun production dropped 28 percent, with a significant decrease in pistols (-35%). Remington was the second largest firearms manufacturer in 2014, moving ahead of Smith & Wesson who dropped to third in overall production. During 2014, Remington was the top U.S. producer of rifles (929,823) and shotguns (457,359). Smith & Wesson’s overall firearm production dropped 11 percent, but the company posted the highest number of handguns made in the U.S. S&W made 1,183,422 handguns in 2014, a 2 percent increase over its 2013 production. 2014 U.S. Production The top U.S. firearms manufacturers in 2014 and their percentages of change from 2013 were: • Ruger: 1,714,097 (-21%) • Remington Arms: 1,409,129 • Smith & Wesson: 1,342,698 (+0.55%) (-11%) TOTAL U.S. FIREARM PRODUCTION BY TYPE YEAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 TOTAL HANDGUNS 1,722,930 1,484,477 1,406,505 1,284,755 1,331,230 1,281,861 946,979 1,088,584 1,121,024 1,022,610 1,077,630 1,403,329 1,610,998 1,819,024 2,415,453 2,817,377 3,170,990 4,155,240 5,167,008 4,377,501 40,705,505 RIFLES 1,440,699 1,424,319 1,281,162 1,345,899 1,569,685 1,583,042 1,284,554 1,515,286 1,430,324 1,325,138 1,431,372 1,496,505 1,610,923 1,746,139 2,248,851 1,830556 2,318,088 3,168,206 3,979,570 3,379,549 37,409,867 SHOTGUNS 1,176,958 926,732 918,759 1,036,520 1,106,995 898,442 679,813 741,325 726,078 731,769 709,313 714,618 645,231 630,710 752,699 743,378 862,401 946,010 1,203,072 935,411 17,086,234 1995–2014 TOTAL 4,340,587 3,835,528 3,606,426 3,667,174 4,007,910 3,763,345 2,911,346 3,345,195 3,277,426 3,079,517 3,218,315 3,614,452 3,867,152 4,195,873 5,417,003 5,391,311 6,351,479 8,872,456 10,349,650 8,692,461 95,201,606 The top handgun manufacturers were: • Smith & Wesson: 1,183,422 (+2%) • Ruger: 1,003,459 (-28%) • SIG SAUER: 433,905 (-21%) The top pistol manufacturers were: • Smith & Wesson: 914,700 (-2%) • Ruger: 722,029 (-35%) • SIG SAUER: 433,905 (-21%) The top revolver manufacturers were: • Ruger: 281,430 (-5%) • Smith & Wesson: 268,722 (+19%) • Heritage Mfg.: 85,464 (-5%) The top rifle producers were: • Remington Arms: 929,823 (+6%) • Ruger: 706,192 (-8%) • Savage Arms: 305,826 (-17%) The top three shotgun companies were: • Remington Arms: 413,535 (-10%) • Mossberg/Maverick Arms: • Savage Arms: 72,346 (-53%) 371,367 (-29%) “U.S. Firearms Industry Today” report, including extended charts, is available at www.shootingindustry.com. 34 JULY 2016 Subscribe to SI DIGITAL www.shootingindustry.comPage 33Page 35

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