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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the United States, the right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment – and an estima</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ted 82.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">7 million</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">n A</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">mericans choose to exercise that right. Though handguns, semi-automatic pistols in particular, have recently become the best-selling firearm type in the country, rifles have long been the backbone of America’s gun industry. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Domestic rifle manufacturing spiked 165% from 1.6 million in 2000 to over 4.2 million in 2016. Though 2016 stands as the peak year for rifle production in the U.S., demand remains relatively strong. A total of 14.8 million rifles were produced and distributed in the U.S. between 2016 and 2020 – and the vast majority of those firearms were manufactured by a small handful of companies. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 10 companies accounted for 75% of all U.S. rifle manufacturing from 2016 to 2020. Using data from the ATF report </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">National Firearms Commerce and Tracking Assessment</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Darlinez News. identified America’s top rifle companies, ranked by total production. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The companies on this list produce a range of rifle types that target specific market segments – from collectors and target shooters to hunters and the tactical crowd. The top two brands on this list, Ruger and Remington, manufacture two firearms that have ranked among the most popular in the United States for decades: the Ruge</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">r 10/22 s</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">emi-automatic rimfire, and the bolt-action Reming</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ton 700</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Together, the two companies account for over a third of all domestic rifle production from 2016 to 2020. (Here is a look at </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the most versatile hunting rifle cartridges.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, the m</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ost pop</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ular rifle-type in the U.S. are semi-automatic AR-15 style rifles, a civilian version of the kinds commonly used by the military. Marketed as “m</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">odern sporting ri</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">fles,” these versatile weapons are generally light weight, reliable, and easy to maintain. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, often sold with high-capacity magazines, they have also been used in many horrific </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">mass-shootin</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">gs in the United States in recent years. Some states, including California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, have effectiv</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ely bann</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ed the sale of these assault-style weapons. (Here is a look at </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the states with the loosest gun laws.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Click here to see the companies making the most popular rifles in America.</strong></span></p>
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The Companies Making the Most Popular Rifles in America – Darlinez News.
