Top 5 Most Popular Guns - And Why

[JetGirl]

From "How Stuff Works":
HowStuffWorks "Top 5 Most Popular Guns -- and Why"

 

[CandRFan]

"We won't discuss machine guns and other fully automatic assault rifles, which are heavily regulated and not generally considered civilian-friendly weapons."

It's nice to see that statement in a gun article.

Uh oh. The Glock didn't make the 5 gun list. It is mentioned in a sidebar on the page for the gun that made #1 in the list.

 

[Hornett]

Colt M1911 FTW!
Oh this is going to go bad.

Interesting choices though.
Mostly ubiquitous stuff.

 

[ramick]

Oh this is going to go bad.

You said it

 

[Adrenaline]

I found the article interesting. Still learning...but wow there is alot to read on guns and all of it very enthralling to me lol.

 

[mettle]

They wanted the other makes that were non-Glock to be included; so, Glock wasn't part of the vote.

 

[TopDog]

Yet another very subjective gun article, based on:

"it's this article's job to present the five most popular guns in civilian hands. To facilitate the task, we made our final selections using several criteria, including manufacturing data, historical significance and anecdotal information from gun sites and enthusiasts. We also considered guns across five major small arms categories -- muzzleloaders, shotguns, rifles, revolvers and pistols."

Anecdotal information from gun sites and enthusiasts. I wonder who these folks that contributed were?

 

[JetGirl]

Anecdotal information from gun sites and enthusiasts. I wonder who these folks that contributed were?

Public polls?

 

[U.S. Patriot]

They wanted the other makes that were non-Glock to be included; so, Glock wasn't part of the vote.

The truth often hurts!

 

[wtfd661]

 

[jpo117]

Interesting article. It was cool to see a little history presented for each gun for those who don't have this stuff memorized (like me). They should do a top 20!

 

[kcw12]

There needs to be a gun wiki.

 

[dbd870]

Own (or clones of) 4 of the 5. Guess it's either a good list or I'm mainstream boring!

 

[rtfisher1]

Nice to see the Smith model 10 on there. I love those revolvers!

Todd

 

[HICKMAN]

Uh oh. The Glock didn't make the 5 gun list. It is mentioned in a sidebar on the page for the gun that made #1 in the list.

We'll take a "new school" shoutout!

 

[shooter521]

There needs to be a gun wiki.

There is.

Main Page - FirearmWiki

 

[Indecision]

That's a pretty decent list I think, it was kind of obscure how they listed it though.

 

[Coach13]

22, so simple and perfect for kids and those damn muscrats in my lake

 

[stoyan79]

This article is CRAP. We all know the AK platform guns were the most popular in the US in the past 10 years.

 

[HICKMAN]

I woulda thought the 10/22 would have made a most popular list.

Maybe in the top 10.