What Guns And Rifles Are Americans Buying (At Near Record Numbers)?

19FortyFive ^ | 8/9/2021 | Peter Suciu

[Zathras]

I’d be getting the Accuracy International AT-X in 6.5 CM

[rktman]

What about the uptick in 120 round mags for the S&W model 29s in 44 mag? Nobody talks about that. 😳😄👍

[Yo-Yo]

Biggest sellers: Sub-micro high capacity 9mm handguns and AR-pattern modern sporting rifles.

[Who is John Galt?]

Biggest sellers: Sub-micro high capacity 9mm handguns and AR-pattern modern sporting rifles.

Displays are full of them both, at my local gun shop. Also lots of shotguns and bolt-action rifles, and full-size auto pistols. But they can't seem to keep quality revolvers in stock...

[fso301]

What about the uptick in 120 round mags for the S&W model 29s in 44 mag?

Because the 30 round double stack stick mags are more reliable, more concealable, can be quickly loaded via stripper clips, less expensive, easier to handle, you can top off the stick mag without disconnecting it from the cylinder and you can carry more total rounds in sticks than drums.

Imagine how much more effective Clint Eastwood could have been if they were available back in the 1970s!!

[Billthedrill]

Those things never function as advertised. I got one for my Model 29 and couldn’t get more than 119 rounds in it even on full auto. Had to send it back.

[TexasGator]

“Because the 30 round double stack stick mags are more reliable, more concealable, can be quickly loaded via stripper clips,”

For the Model 29 44 mag?

[Who is John Galt?]

Imagine how much more effective Clint Eastwood could have been if they were available back in the 1970s!!

Might also be entertaining to ask Joe BiteMe what he thinks of "high-capacity snail mags"...

;>)

[fso301]

For the Model 29 44 mag?

Yes. Way better than those clunky 120 round drums.

[fso301]

Those things never function as advertised. I got one for my Model 29 and couldn’t get more than 119 rounds in it even on full auto. Had to send it back.

A drum on your 8" Model 29 looks sexy for pictures but if you require effective reliable firepower for your Model 29, stay with the stick magazines.

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[Sirius Lee]

For the Model 29 44 mag?

Yes, you know - the high capacity super death fully automatic revolver with bayonet lug that can hold hundreds of high caliber shells in its clip.

[4Runner]

Firearms makers big and small have reported increased sales....

Where's the sales report from the ammunition manufacturers? Not available because mega-ammo purchases by govt alphabet agencies creating artificial shortages for consumers aren't kept as a public record.

[Billthedrill]

A friend of mine says I should have used the tripod if I wanted to get the last round in. Nowhere on the package does it say to use a tripod.

[Who is John Galt?]

Those things never function as advertised. I got one for my Model 29 and couldn’t get more than 119 rounds in it even on full auto. Had to send it back.

Check the instructions - they usually won't hold the full 120, unless you're using armor-piercing-hollow-point-cop-killer-sabot-sniper rounds...

;>)

[Chode]

crew served? cause it’s gonna take an assistant gunner...

[Big Red Badger]

Not one Seinfeld reference,
Sad.

[230FMJ]

Yeah, but if you are going to shoot Radar Guided Explosive Full Metal Jacket Dum-Dum Rounds, you better stick with a Belt Fed Configuration.

[Nextrush]

I just wanted to remind everyone that while I don’t work for the FBI or ATF or whatever I can’t vouch for everyone else.

[rktman]

It’s always the niggling details ya know.