Anti-Revolver Bias?

[Ride1949]

Been over 10 years since I've posted & things have changed. My semi auto collection has & is being downsized. My PC9/P85 & Camp9/S&W 469 sets aren't going anywhere & the 1941 P38 is staying put. I'll keep the 10-22 carbine of course but the rest are going or have gone bye bye.

I do however have a long barrel Blackhawk in every caliber that starts with a 3 that Ruger made. The 32-20/32 mag was pricey & doesn't do .327 but I can live with that.

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The Single Six is also 32 H&R Mag.

I got an Old Army a few years after they went out of production during whichever ammo crisis it was then. That started me off on BP & recently I've got that itch pretty bad. I got a new Uberti 1851 a few months ago. Beautiful gun.

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A 1858 Navy 36 & 1858 New Army 44 Revolving Rifle are my new short list.

Carry pieces are still the KT P11 & P32 with a Taurus 32 mag J Frame added to the rotation.

The gun that always makes a newbie grin & on a couple occasions converted them is the 38/357 Blackhawk. Makes them want to "kiss their horse & head off into the sunset with the schoolmarm"


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I'm pretty fond of my 1851 Navy too. I don't have an Old Army yet though. The money and availability never seem to come at the same time.

 

[vlavalle]

I sure hope not . I learned to shoot using a 44 mag Blackhawk. Shot PPC for 16 years using revolvers. Quit when the league went to semi autos, as did many other competitors. League just about died. New younger guys kept it alive I guess. Have not heard anything from anyone in years. Not saying that I don't like or have semi auto pistol but prefer revolvers and carry on or two everyday

I did some online research, and in 2018, 85% of handguns (probably just those made in America) were semi-auto pistols. That means that 15% were revolvers! To put this into perspective, 4,545,993 handguns were manufactured, and of those, 3,881,158 were pistols. This means that 682,000 handguns were revolvers, which is a big number. In 2019, 3.631 million handguns were manufactured (yes, it went down), and of these, 581 K were revolvers (16%). In 2020 handgun sales went up considerably - to 6.5 million! While there was this great jump in handguns sales in 2020, the percentage of revolvers sold vs. semis (pistols) stayed the essentially same - 15.6%. So, clearly the revolver is NOT dead!!! I have not been able to find 2021 nor 2022 stats yet. If anyone wants to see this info for 2020, I created an Excel file all are welcome to, which includes rifles and shotguns, as well as to my ballistics file that covers 35 handgun and 25 rifle calibers.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

I did some online research, and in 2018, 85% of handguns (probably just those made in America) were semi-auto pistols. That means that 15% were revolvers! To put this into perspective, 4,545,993 handguns were manufactured, and of those, 3,881,158 were pistols. This means that 682,000 handguns were revolvers, which is a big number. In 2019, 3.631 million handguns were manufactured (yes, it went down), and of these, 581 K were revolvers (16%). In 2020 handgun sales went up considerably - to 6.5 million! While there was this great jump in handguns sales in 2020, the percentage of revolvers sold vs. semis (pistols) stayed the essentially same - 15.6%. So, clearly the revolver is NOT dead!!! I have not been able to find 2021 nor 2022 stats yet. If anyone wants to see this info for 2020, I created an Excel file all are welcome to, which includes rifles and shotguns, as well as to my ballistics file that covers 35 handgun and 25 rifle calibers.

GREAT and informative post-Thank you

 

[dannyd]

If Bill Ruger was still with us in this Woke society I would be sending him Flowers. Love my Ruger's

 

[vlavalle]

If Bill Ruger was still with us in this Woke society I would be sending him Flowers. Love my Ruger's

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Part of my research on gun manufacturing is the following:
"Just three gun manufacturers are responsible for 58% of the pistols made in America.
These include Smith & Wesson Corp., Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc., and SIG SAUER Inc." (from https://www.zippia.com/advice/firearm-industry-statistics/) Keep in mind that this refers to only pistols, and does not include revolvers. There is a lot of interesting gun manufacturing info on this website.

 

[vito]

Part of my research on gun manufacturing is the following:
"Just three gun manufacturers are responsible for 58% of the pistols made in America.
These include Smith & Wesson Corp., Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc., and SIG SAUER Inc." (from https://www.zippia.com/advice/firearm-industry-statistics/) Keep in mind that this refers to only pistols, and does not include revolvers. There is a lot of interesting gun manufacturing info on this website.

But what percentage of guns sold in the U.S. are U.S. manufactured? I would guess that a significant part of the gun sales are of foreign made guns such as Glock, Berreta and others.

 

[vlavalle]

But what percentage of guns sold in the U.S. are U.S. manufactured? I would guess that a significant part of the gun sales are of foreign made guns such as Glock, Berreta and others.

While I cannot find anything definitive online about the percentage of gun purchases for any year from US gun manufacturers, keep in mind that the three I listed, which represents 58% of guns sold, are all American companies and American built. And while Glock is the premium semi-auto handgun sold in the US, it is also made in Georgia. But the parent company is Austria, so it becomes a bit muddy here if you consider just where it is manufactured, or where the company headquarters is. The same thing is the case with Baretta guns, a company with a very long term of building guns in Italy. They opened a plant in Tennessee in 2016. "The new facility in Tennessee is now the home of Beretta's firearms manufacturing efforts in the United States, producing most of the products sold within our borders. The 155,000 square foot facility sits in an industrial park just outside of Gallatin in the rolling hills of Tennessee and employs over 180 people." (https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/how-it-s-made-a-visit-to-beretta-usa/).

 

[PriseDeFer]

This one is not a dinosaur. Obviously belongs in some alternate world, popular with the water miners of Ganymede

Ruger® LCRx® Double-Action Revolver Model 5431

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[Hvymax]

Finally upgraded my Bedroom 12ga. 10 4,000 ft lb slugs as fast as I can pull the trigger. 100% reliable with anything but light target loads.