Gun Industry statistics needed for research paper

**mak47** · September 13th, 2009, 11:35 AM

Hey everybody,

I'm working on a research paper for school on the gun industry. It's not political but is more of an economic profile of the industry itself.

Does anybody know where I can find statistics on sales numbers? There's lots of different blog postings out there but those aren't going to be considered reliable sources.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

**JayBell** · September 13th, 2009, 03:44 PM

check http://www.atf.gov they have industry statistics by quarter if i remember right...at least for excise taxes, and other production numbers.

site is down at the moment.. oddly.

**Xringshooter** · September 15th, 2009, 08:34 PM

Try going to the National Association of Federally Licensed Firearms Dealers, Inc. www.amfire.com or the Professional Gun Retailers Association (PGRA, Inc., 401 E. Las Olas Blvd, #348, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33301) They may be able to help.

**RobW** · September 16th, 2009, 07:40 PM

Check the NSSF research page at http://www.nssf.org/IndustryResearch/stats.cfm

I used this info to write a paper a while back.

--RobW

**JayBell** · September 16th, 2009, 09:14 PM

heres ATF statistics on manufacturing, up to 2007...

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/stats/index.htm

**max384** · September 17th, 2009, 11:21 AM

American Firearms is the world's largest association for firearms retailers. They have crime statistics as well as firearms production statistics.

http://www.amfire.com/statistics.asp

**Steve_NEPhila** · September 17th, 2009, 11:43 AM

A good source for economic info is of course financial reports, as all publicly held companies must publish them. I am aware that not all gun manufacturers are publicly held. However, looking into some financial reports will give you a better grasp on profitability, legal issues, expense ratios and the like. If you are doing a report on the industry and do not address profitability and cost (manufacturing costs, overhead, material, waste etc) and it is a business analysis you can expect to do poorly.