top 20 Pistol Manufacturers by volume Y 2000

[dZ]

further Kernooding in the ATF data:
http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/stats/afmer/afmer2000.pdf

TOTAL______LICENSE NAME
233598______STURM RUGER & CO INC
116664______BRYCO ARMS
90532______BERETTA U S A CORPORATION
70015______SMITH & WESSON CORP
61957______SOUTHWEST METAL FINISHING LLC
49670______BEEMILLER INC
49075______KIMBER MFG INC
42447______KEL TEC CNC INDUSTRIES INC
28723______DAVIS INDUSTRIES
26470______COLT'S MANUFACTURING CO INC
23021______SPRINGFIELD INC
21584______PHOENIX ARMS
20391______SMITH & WESSON CORP
18996______ARMS TECHNOLOGY INC
10786______TAURUS INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING INC
9329______THOMPSON CENTER ARMS CO INC
8500______MUELLER, WALTER W MUELLER, JEFFREY W
8150______BLACK CREEK INC
7790______HASKELL MANUFACTURING INC
7491______LEINAD INC

the attached tab delimed text file is broken out by caliber

heres the gross total by caliber:
to 22_____to 25______to 32_______to 380________to 9mm______to 50_______TOTAL
184,577____23,198____60,527______108,523________277,176______308,900____962,901

 

[bastiat]

116664______BRYCO ARMS

I didn't realize the 'expensive paperweight' industry was that large.

 

[Blue Duck357]

Two questions:

Why is S/W listed twice selling both 70K and 20 K guns? and who is "Southwest Metal Finishing"?

 

[dZ]

the first S&W is:
60410395 SMITH & WESSON CORP 2100 ROOSEVELT AVE SPRINGFIELD MA

the second is:
60106460 SMITH & WESSON CORP 19 AVIATION DR HOULTON ME


southwest is:
98638161 SOUTHWEST METAL FINISHING LLC 2002 W CAMPUS DR TEMPE AZ

they must be a contract manufacturer or a division of Ruger
i think these numbers must represent some double counting
if colt makes a frame and sells it to a custom shop
does it count as 2 manufacturings?

didja know Krebs made 10 pistols in 2000?
Olympic made 339 45's
Glock is not on the list since they don't manufacture any in the States