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Thread: How many ARs have been manufactured since they became commercially available?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    What isn't being captured (AFAIK) are lower receivers that have been built into some type of AR. My guess that the number is 3 times as high.
    Since lower receivers are serial numbered and handled the same way as complete rifles, I always figured that those sales estimates of lower receivers were included.

    How do you know receivers are captured differently?

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    Whatever the number, it's a genie they'll have a hell of a time putting back in the bottle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hmac View Post
    Since lower receivers are serial numbered and handled the same way as complete rifles, I always figured that those sales estimates of lower receivers were included.

    How do you know receivers are captured differently?

    They keep mentioning rifles, specifically. Stripped lowers are not rifles. They are an "other" on the 4473 and some are built into pistols.

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    Quote Originally Posted by djmorris View Post
    Pushing 10 million, at the very least, would be my guest.
    I remember that number being quoted somewhere, i just cant place it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Warp View Post
    They keep mentioning rifles, specifically. Stripped lowers are not rifles. They are an "other" on the 4473 and some are built into pistols.
    Ah. Good point. Seems logical that they'd be tabulating them separately then, and as per IG, wouldn't have a clue how many such actual rifles are out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hmac View Post
    Ah. Good point. Seems logical that they'd be tabulating them separately then, and as per IG, wouldn't have a clue how many such actual rifles are out there.
    Yup.

    And nobody will ever know how many there are.

    Safe bet is that it's a lot, and that it's more than any published estimates that have been mentioned.

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    And then..... all of those 80% lowers

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    Quote Originally Posted by AKDoug View Post
    And then..... all of those 80% lowers
    Ohhhh yes.

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    I didn't even think about the lowers and the 80% builds.

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    I wonder how many of those were bought and then held for resale purposes with out the intent for use, or even if any of those have ever been fired.
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