Ammunition sold in the USA per caliber?

[valnar]

Does anyone have data on the percentage of ammo sold in the USA by caliber? I don't need to know raw numbers, but slices of the pie chart.

For instance, like 20% .223/556, 15% .308, 12% .30-06, etc (all made up). I'm more interested in rifle calibers, but handgun calibers is a good data point too.

Thanks.

 

[badkarmamib]

Here is a start:

2013 Ammo Stats - The Year in Ammunition at Lucky Gunner

2013 was a wild year in the ammo world. Take a look at the latest ammo stats and trends among shooters and in the ammunition industry courtesy of Lucky Gunner.

www.luckygunner.com

2012 Ammunition Sales Statistics -

Online ammunition retailer LuckyGunner has published the sales and visitor statistics they collected during 2012. I am surprised by the figures. I would have guessed 7.62x39mm was a better seller than it is. I guess not everyone shares my enthusiasm for the venerable 7.62mm Russian. Plenty more...

www.thefirearmblog.com

 

[Slamfire]

Cost is sort of a measure of quantity, but since $10.00 buys 100 22lr rounds, cost is not an exact round count, but better than nothing.

I can say, what is on the ground at the range is 22lr, 9mm, and 223. I pick up more 40 S&W than 45 ACP. It is a blue moon if I pick up 38 Special, 357 Magnum. Back in the 1980's and 1990's, I used to pick up coffee cans of 38 Special. Then high cap Glocks took over and LEO stopped using revolvers. Nine millimeter is by orders of magnitude the most frequent empty I see at the range, followed by 22lr.

 

[DMW1116]

I would have thought 22 LR would be 50% by rounds sold. Total revenue will skew it to 9mm clearly.

 

[valnar]

Here is a start:

That's what I'm looking for. Thanks. I'm surprised .223 beats out 5.56

 

[jmr40]

Those charts are 10+ years old. I suspect 9mm and 223 are still at the top, but I bet there are changes farther down the list. 40 S&W is probably out of the top 10 and 6.5CM is in. 45 ACP may still be in the top ten but I suspect it is lower on the list. Mostly because of price. In the last 10 years 45's have gotten very expensive. I also suspect 20 ga is giving 12 ga more competition.