How many AR-15's are there in the US ? Gun Stats ...

[gunDriller]

So, the government is talking about making AR-15's and AR-10's illegal.

So I did a brief web-search.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s1C2-zqV6n5QndPlu8zFdA4VpPUp-nEd4EvY71oazKQ/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

Interesting spreadsheet.

If DPMS sold 90,000+ firearms in 2008, since most of their gear is AR-15/10 compatible (I have 2 DPMS uppers, one AR15, one AR10), call it 60,000 a year (AR-15's & AR-10's).


"114 million handguns, 110 million rifles, and 86 million shotguns"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/20/assault_rifle_stats_how_many_assault_rifles_are_th ere_in_america.html

I go to a large range with a lot of shooters. Among people shooting rifles, I would say at least 1/2 are shooting modular rifles with the ability to use larger capacity mags.

So conservatively - I'm thinking at least 20% of those 110 million rifles are AR-15/10 type.

22 million rifles is a lot of firearms for the government to think about seizing.


"In 2012, Slate.com crunched numbers from a variety of manufacturers, as well as federal statistics on background checks, and extrapolated that nearly 3.3 million AR-15s were in the country. But that was before Newtown and calls for bans, which drove sales through the roof.

In congressional testimony last year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation estimated assault-style weapons domestically in the range of 5 million to 8.2 million."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/03/military-style-ar-rifles-market-saturated/19836755/


On the Google Docs list, Colt and Smith & Wesson are the only 2 of 8 that aren't into AR-15's.

DPMS, Rock River, Stag, Olympic, Bushmaster, Armalite - based on their websites & staring at their ads, they are really into the modular/ AR type rifles.

Not listed - Savage & Winchester (rifles mostly).

Also not listed - smaller makers like Hardened Arms & Palmetto State.

[mick silver]

i wish people would stop saying their assault-style weapons they are not they just look like they are . i have shot assault weapons the stuff sold here is nothing like the real thing just in looks

[madfranks]

i wish people would stop saying their assault-style weapons they are not they just look like they are . i have shot assault weapons the stuff sold here is nothing like the real thing just in looks

Yes. The word "assault" is a verb, an action, defined as initiating a physical attack on someone. It has nothing to do with the gun itself. If you use an AR-15 to defend your family, you are not assaulting anyone, and since it is more probable that law abiding Americans would use such a gun for defense, they should be called "defense rifles," not assault rifles.

[mick silver]

http://www.veteranstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fff_677.jpghttp://www.veteranstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MOS_8764.jpg

[Ponce]

And that's not counting they tiny gun store, like the one in my town, who also makes them... "The Cobra"

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[gunDriller]

http://www.veteranstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fff_677.jpghttp://www.veteranstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MOS_8764.jpg

Beautiful gun. Is it a Bushmaster ? The diameter on the barrel makes me think it's one of the big AR15 adaptations (.50 Beowulf, 458 Socom, 450 Bushmaster).

I guess that special rail, 5 sided ? might be a clue.

[madfranks]

And that's not counting they tiny gun store, like the one in my town, who also makes them... "The Cobra"

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Cobra Firearms?

[Ponce]

yes

[Norweger]

Not enough is the answer.

[Ponce]

I am now a little bit of base, it show them to be a dealer....but...at the same time they make their own weapons, rifles, so that I will have to check with them.... by the way, they are really nice weapons.... starting next month they are making the place trice as big.

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[mick silver]

458 Socom
ar 223 556

[gunDriller]

458 Socom
ar 223 556

if this was a video game i'd be dead - didn't even notice the 2 rifles.

2 different scopes, 2 different muzzle brakes ... now i get it :)

I think the answer is more like 15 million, maybe 20 million.

There were a lot of army surplus AR's - I have some surplus 30-06 but no rifle for it yet !


Thought I'd focus my budget on AR's for the time being.


The Jews don't like the Gentiles to have weapons which equal or exceed that of the Praetorian Guard/ Shabbas Goyim that are paid to protect TBTB.