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It’s not just ARs, but AKs and countless other models of
rifles patterned off military designs but made for the commercial
market are guaranteed best-sellers. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, or NSSF, calls
them “Modern Sporting Rifles,” an increasingly-popular moniker for these
guns, or just MSRs. They have been tracking sales and ownership of MSRs
since 2010 and news flash, they’re popular...The AR is king of the MSR market, with an 82 percent
share, although anyone who owns at least four MSRs is likely to own at
least one AK. Variety being the spice of life, after all.
The survey found that MSR owners tend to be more active
shooters than people who don’t own these rifles, with a majority of
owners being routine target shooters (92 percent) and half active
hunters (50 percent) — contrary to the notion that these guns are not
good for hunting — and 19 percent of those surveyed were competition
shooters. In short, the “black rifle” crowd is one of the most active and engaged portion of shooters... the data is clear: keep making ARs and AKs, and if you’re not, you’re
missing out on one of the most active segments of the firearms market.
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