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Steven Dettelbach’s resignation as director of the ATF didn’t exactly shock anyone who’s been paying attention since the November elections. It’s likely he wanted to keep the job, but chose to resign before he could be unceremoniously fired by the incoming Trump administration. To them, Dettelbach represents a politically correct bureaucrat who had little desire to push back against “lawfare” -especially when it came to enforcing the Biden administration’s “zero tolerance” policy against FFL holders.
This week in the form of the ATF’s Volume IV of the National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment: Protecting America from Trafficked Firearms: NFCTA Updates, New Analysis and Policy Recommendations. The title pretty much foreshadows the report.
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Most interesting -at least to me- was the ATF’s list of top ten pistol exports for 2016-2023. With an eye-popping 49.7 percent of the US export market from 2016-2023, there’s little reason to wonder why SIG Sauer is regarded as the big force
Table FC-11: Top Ten Manufacturers of Pistol Exports, 2016 – 2023
Manufacturer Parent Entity / Number of Pistols / % of total
Sig Sauer Inc: 1,036,915 (49.7%)
Glock Inc: 590,612 (28.3%)
Smith & Wesson Corp: 152,503 (7.3%)
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc: 73,633 (3.5%)
Beretta USA Corp: 45,723 (2.2%)
Taurus Intl / Diamondback / Rossi / Heritage / Braztech: 45,564 (2.2%)
Springfield, Inc: 27,701 (1.3%)
CZ / Colt / Dan Wesson: 16,067 (0.8%)
Kimber Manufacturing Inc: 13,925 (0.7%)
Kel-Tec: 8,196 (0.4%)
Total for Top 10: 2,010,839 (96.4%)
Total for All Others: 76,216 (3.6%)
Conversely, the top 10 countries importing pistols into the United States were: Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Turkey, Czechia, Italy, Philippines, Argentina and Israel. You can look at the list and pick out your favorite brands. You also see why the competition between Glock and SIG is quiet, but fierce.
This week in the form of the ATF’s Volume IV of the National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment: Protecting America from Trafficked Firearms: NFCTA Updates, New Analysis and Policy Recommendations. The title pretty much foreshadows the report.
National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Protecting America from Trafficked Firearms - Volume Four | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Table of Contents Director’s Foreword Introduction Part I – Firearm Commerce Updates and New Analysis Part II – Firearm Thefts and Losses Updates and New Analysis Part III – Crime Gun Tracing Updates and New Analysis Part IV – Firearm Trafficking Investigations Part V – PMF Updates and New...
Most interesting -at least to me- was the ATF’s list of top ten pistol exports for 2016-2023. With an eye-popping 49.7 percent of the US export market from 2016-2023, there’s little reason to wonder why SIG Sauer is regarded as the big force
Table FC-11: Top Ten Manufacturers of Pistol Exports, 2016 – 2023
Manufacturer Parent Entity / Number of Pistols / % of total
Sig Sauer Inc: 1,036,915 (49.7%)
Glock Inc: 590,612 (28.3%)
Smith & Wesson Corp: 152,503 (7.3%)
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc: 73,633 (3.5%)
Beretta USA Corp: 45,723 (2.2%)
Taurus Intl / Diamondback / Rossi / Heritage / Braztech: 45,564 (2.2%)
Springfield, Inc: 27,701 (1.3%)
CZ / Colt / Dan Wesson: 16,067 (0.8%)
Kimber Manufacturing Inc: 13,925 (0.7%)
Kel-Tec: 8,196 (0.4%)
Total for Top 10: 2,010,839 (96.4%)
Total for All Others: 76,216 (3.6%)
Conversely, the top 10 countries importing pistols into the United States were: Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Turkey, Czechia, Italy, Philippines, Argentina and Israel. You can look at the list and pick out your favorite brands. You also see why the competition between Glock and SIG is quiet, but fierce.
