YEAR	HANDGUNS	RIFLES	SHOTGUNS	TOTAL PRODUCTION
1899 to 1945	11,722	20,651	13,338	45,711
1946	176	729	621	1,526
1947	257	953	860	2,070
1948	427	1,170	1,013	2,610
1949	256	862	1,050	2,168
1950	261	847	1,324	2,432
1951	307	668	1,001	1,976
1952	398	521	899	1,818
1953	355	541	948	1,844
1954	327	437	707	1,471
1955	362	556	739	1,657
1956	451	554	830	1,835
1957	460	514	688	1,662
1958	440	406	531	1,377
1959	519	517	610	1,646
1960	475	469	564	1,508
1961	447	482	575	1,504
1962	431	529	591	1,551
1963	453	579	639	1,671
1964	491	713	746	1,950
1965	666	790	899	2,355
1966	700	850	976	2,526
1967	926	909	1,044	2,879
1968	1,259	1,100	1,155	3,514
1969	1,255	1,297	1,119	3,671
1970	1,394	1,195	1,144	3,733
1971	1,448	1,269	1,141	3,858
1972	1,805	1,677	1,135	4,617
1973	1,934	1,637	1,271	4,842
1974	1,715	2,105	1,803	5,623
1975	2,024	2,126	1,595	5,745
1976	1,833	2,112	1,337	5,282
1977	1,880	1,933	1,225	5,038
1978	1,077	1,788	1,196	4,061
1979	2,124	1,876	1,320	5,320
1980	2,370	1,936	1,339	5,645
1981	2,537	1,681	1,156	5,374
1982	2,629	1,623	879	5,131
1983	1,967	1,110	960	4,037
1984	1,680	1,107	1,086	3,873
1985	1,550	1,141	770	3,461
1986	1,428	971	641	3,040
1987	1,659	1,006	858	3,523
1988	1,746	1,145	928	3,819
1989	2,031	1,407	936	4,374
1990	1,839	1,156	849	3,844
1991	1,757	681	352	2,790
1992	1,525	677	806	3,008
1993	2,825	1,160	1,145	5,130
1994	2,582	1,324	1,255	5,161
1995	1,723	1,332	1,174	4,229
1996	1,484	1,424	926	3,834
TOTALS	74,387	76,243	62,694	213,324

Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

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