Anyone Have Current Sales Data?

[MiGS]

Just curious if there was info on S&W's current best selling revolver?

My assumption is J-frame, maybe 642??

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

There's some government agency, the AFT I believe, that publish an annual report on the number gun's sold by Company. They break it down into semi-autos and revolvers. Something about chamberings (caliber). But no more detail than that.

I think the M642 would be a good guess on most produced current S&W revolver. What would be next, or close, that new plastic 38 Bodyguard thing? The robots can spit them out like Oscar Mayer hot dogs.

 

[petepeterson]

I, too, would be interested in that data. I would think the 686 line would be up there. Do they really sell a lot of those plastic bodyguards? I don't think I know anyone that has one.

 

[loeman]

Yeah, great question. I'd like to read this data too. Hope someone will come along who knows. I'm just replying to keep the thread alive and well.

 

[clayflingythingy]

https://www.atf.gov/file/3341/download

Latest ATF report.

J frames no doubt rule the sales #'s.

 

[g8rb8]

https://www.atf.gov/file/3341/download

Latest ATF report.

J frames no doubt rule the sales #'s.

Interesting stats regarding handgun sales 2013:
-Semi-autos:Revolvers ratio = 6.1 to 1

-S&W sold 225,777 revolvers or about one-third of all revolvers

-S&W sold approx. 166,000 .38/.357 caliber or about 3/4 of revolvers sold by S&W

-A company called Charco (Charter Arms???) sold about 51,000 revolvers

-CZ sold only 4 revolvers

-Robar and a few others sold only one revolver

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

I wonder if MISC. FIREARMS includes full auto weapons.