2012 Ammunition Sales Statistics

Steve Johnson
by Steve Johnson

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 ammunition statistics for you data junkies at LuckyGunner Labs.

Like just about everyone else I have been hunting for 5.56mm ammo. I recently emailed Luckygunner, whose 5.56mm has appeared to be out of stock since the election, and asked when they were getting more stock. They told me that new ammunition is coming in all the time, but sells out almost instantly. I would not be surprised to if the same thing was not happening to all online retailers.

Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!

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  • Gunslinger Gunslinger on Jan 09, 2013

    does the grey 31% reflect the an "all others" category for less popular including .357, .44 .45LC...and others?

  • Mike Knox Mike Knox on Jan 09, 2013

    You have Detroit, Philadelphia and Los Angeles to thank for putting the 9mm uger where it is on the graph..

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