The Best Selling 9mm in America

[Brubz]

This would seem to be an easy one. Just Google it right? Problem is every list is different.
Some say the Glock 19 others the S&W M&P
or a Sig Sauer or the Taurus G3.
What do you think the Best Selling 9mm in America is right now?

 

[DDDWho]

I refuse to buy a Glock for no particular reason except they’re ugly. I have a Kimber 3” compact I dearly love as well as a M&P Smith. I don’t really care who has the biggest market share. I have what I like and that’s that

 

[Hugger-4641]

If you combine the 17, 19, and 43, then Glock definitely wins. My bet is the 19 still wins on its own.

 

[MachIVshooter]

If you combine the 17, 19, and 43, then Glock definitely wins. My bet is the 19 still wins on its own.

Maybe, but all the pistols that are essentially a Glock pattern only better have taken a big share of the market. The P80s, Lone Wolf, PSA Dagger, etc. Unless you include those, I'm not so sure glock still has the market share they like to think they do in their arrogance.

There are a lot of popular 9mm handguns on the market. The M&P line is definitely way up there. But FN sells a bunch, so does Springfield, and Taurus. Not to mention CZ, and CZ-75 based pistols from Tanfogio, Sarsilmaz and others. Beretta still moves a bunch of guns.

It would not be easy to nail down, the information on which models isn't readily available. Manufacturers aren't really loose with that info, and data from form 5300.11 only breaks it down by firearm type.

 

[bannockburn]

I think it might be the SIG P365.

 

[Gordon]

I'm guessing the Sig 365 family.

 

[Hikingman]

Best selling among long-time gun collectors or very experienced competitors? Those models might be of interest to me.

Low cost models, or those that sell quickly due to a hefty advertising budget? Be careful what you wish for. The next generation may be announced relatively soon after your purchase.

 

[9mmepiphany]

What do you think the Best Selling 9mm in America is right now?

That's a pretty broad question without some qualifiers.

If you're asking about new production, as opposed to resale, and including all current sales, I would think the obvious answer would be the SIG 320...since they won the military contract

 

[Old Dog]

Not to be facetious, but do we really need to know (or should we even care)?

In any event, if we're talking sales and numbers, yeah, gotta go with the SIG P-320 and the 365 series. The M&P has been gaining ground on the Glocks as well. Taurus G-series are selling like hotcakes, and the Turks (Canik/SAR) and EAA are selling a butt-ton of pistols as well.

As the OP notes, whose numbers do you believe?

But again, should we even care?

 

[chicharrones]

The best way to judge market share might be by looking at holsters made per gun type. Not an easy thing to do, but I know when I look for CZ-75 Compact holsters they are in muuuuuch less abundance than the Glocks and M&Ps.

 

[JDeere]

I'm going to guess that as of today probably the P365 family. The safety or no safety option is a plus. The XL option adds another level. The G19 is no slouch either.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

I refuse to buy a Glock for no particular reason except they’re ugly.

I have found a brother from another mother!

Glocks are ugly as sin and with the huge variety of other quality handguns out there, I see no reason to own an ugly gun.

 

[dweis]

I think it would be a Glock. Consider that the U.S. military has bought thousands of them, many federal law enforcement agencies including the FBI equip agents with them, many hundreds of police departments issue them, and the many thousands maybe millions of civilians who own them, and you have to see a sea of Glock 9mm pistols out there.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

This would seem to be an easy one. Just Google it right? Problem is every list is different.
Some say the Glock 19 others the S&W M&P
or a Sig Sauer or the Taurus G3.
What do you think the Best Selling 9mm in America is right now?

A difficult question to answer but you'd THINK you could find it because it's just a matter of economic statistics, right?

Suuuuuuure it is. I think it's probably only going to be a subjective issue based on whatever inherent biases any given site may have.

As an example, I was eating at Outback a few days ago and, wasting some time waiting for my meal to come out, I googled "best steak cuts in order". Holy cow, I didn't expect such a different ranking of cuts of steak with virtually every site I visited!

Sooo...I made a guess (and a relatively general one at that) and found by an attempted google search that it's all over the place an d my general guess wasn't number one all the time.

I chose "Glock" as my guess as a general manufacturer of 9mm handguns (as opposed to a specific model, like the 17, 19, or 43). Several Glocks DID come up, depending on the website, but then so did a variety of other handguns. Ruger LCP came up number one best selling in one site. Glock 43X on another. Glock 19 on another. Yet another said Sig Sauer P365.

The variety is likely because NONE of these sites source their data from actual market statistics. Likely, they're sourced from various marketing sources like manufacturing companies, regional retail sales, etc. In other words, a bunch of marketing hearsay BS which have no meaning outside of the sales marketing realm. Advertising, in other words. It costs nobody anything to make the claim of "best selling" for their product because there are no legal definitions or requirements to meet to be able to say this.

 

[EMC45]

If you ask Sig in NH they'll tell you it's the P365......

 

[Brubz]

Not to be facetious, but do we really need to know (or should we even care)?

In any event, if we're talking sales and numbers, yeah, gotta go with the SIG P-320 and the 365 series. The M&P has been gaining ground on the Glocks as well. Taurus G-series are selling like hotcakes, and the Turks (Canik/SAR) and EAA are selling a butt-ton of pistols as well.

As the OP notes, whose numbers do you believe?

But again, should we even care?

Dog: most of the stuff we talk about on this forum falls into the "Do we really care" category it's just something to talk about among guys who appreciate guns. not a big deal really.
You have the option of ignoring this thread if you think it's frivolous

 

[doubleh]

It's something that would be interesting to know but would have no influence on my personal purchasing.

 

[Brubz]

It's something that would be interesting to know but would have no influence on my personal purchasing.

I agree I've just always been a list guy. like you know what's the number one TV show? what's the best selling candy bar? (Snickers by the way)

 

[Nasty Canasta]

Here’s one list of most sold guns in 2022, pretty much what everyone is thinking.
https://freerangeamerican.us/best-selling-guns/

 

[WisBorn]

I agree with @Old Dog . Should we care. I would prefer to know what is the most reliable, but getting a honest answer would be harder to get, as some would get thrown under the bus because of their name and others praised for the same reason.

My first thought was the 365 series and second was the G19 variations.

I'm just happy to see more 10mm options on the market. When are the 1 1/2 stack micro compact 40 and 45s coming out?

 

[Old Dog]

Dog: most of the stuff we talk about on this forum falls into the "Do we really care" category it's just something to talk about among guys who appreciate guns. not a big deal really.

No disrespect intended to the OP. Yes, much of what we discuss sometimes (often?) falls into the realm of frivolous (I may have spawned a few of these threads myself), but talking about sales numbers of consumer products is vastly different than discussing, say, ballistics performance of centerfire rifle cartridges, tactical considerations for civilian concealed carry, pros and cons of different types of rifle slings, etc.

Best selling among long-time gun collectors or very experienced competitors? Those models might be of interest to me.

Low cost models, or those that sell quickly due to a hefty advertising budget?

I'd then add, best-selling among first time gun buyers. Or best selling by price point. Best selling by buyer demographics (urban, rurual, age, profession, married/single, gender, minority group). Best selling among former military, law enforcement. Overall sales figures, in this day of targeted marketing, product placement in motion pictures and television, how a brand acquired its initial market share (i.e., Glock's entry into the law enforcement market), which pistols are widely issued to LE and/or military, really can be widely open for interpretation depending on how the data is broken down and presented.

My comment was not meant to invalidate the thread premise, only to state my position that the concept of best-selling is really meaningless in our society and often has nothing to do with a product's overall effectiveness, ease of use, overall quality, long-term reliability, durability under hard use conditions, and yes, overall aesthetics to would-be buyers. Best-selling is typically a measure of marketing and pricing, and the average first-time handgun buyer is almost always making a compromise with his/her purchase and isn't usually armed with the experience or knowledge to know better.

 

[Hugger-4641]

Glocks are ugly as sin and with the huge variety of other quality handguns out there, I see no reason to own an ugly gun.

I have the same opinion, almost as ugly as a High Point. But when I finally forced myself to shoot one several years ago, I couldn't deny that they shoot good and very reliable. I just have to put on my "Glock Goggles" and not stare too much when not actually shooting it.

 

[LimaCharlie]

Don't know, don't care. My best SWAG bet would be the Glock G19.

 

[SSN Vet]

If you include contract sales, my money is on the Sig P320/M17.
They are cranking them out here in NH.

 

[SDGlock23]

Part of me says Glock but I know Taurus sells the hell out them $250-300 handguns.