Ib qho kev xaiv ntawm AR-15-style phom dai rau ntawm phab ntsa ntawm R-Guns khw thaum Lub Ib Hlis 11, 2023, hauv Carpentersville, Illinois, ib hnub tom qab lub xeev txwv.
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Cov tuam txhab phom loj tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas tab tom ntsib kev poob qis tom qab Covid.
Cov neeg tua phom pom cov txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau xyoo tas los no vim cov neeg Asmeskas tau ntsib kev tsis txaus ntseeg thiab kev tsis sib haum xeeb thaum muaj kev sib kis, kev tawm tsam ntawm tub ceev xwm tua neeg tsis muaj tub rog, thiab kev xaiv tsa thawj tswj hwm xyoo 2020. Tab sis xyoo tas los no tau pom kev muag phom poob qis raws li qhov xav tau wanes.
American Outdoor Brands thiab Vista Sab nraum zoov tau tshaj tawm kev muag khoom tsis muaj zog hauv lawv cov kev tua tua ntawm lig. Sturm, Ruger & Co, qhov loj tshaj plaws kev lag luam phom loj tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas los ntawm kev ua lag luam tus nqi, qhia 28% xyoo-dhau-xyoo poob hauv kev muag khoom rau nyiaj txiag peb lub hlis twg, qhia txog $ 139.4 lab, nqis los ntawm $ 178.2 lab hauv tib lub sijhawm xyoo 2021.
"Cov kev txo qis no yog vim qhov txo qis ntawm cov neeg siv khoom xav tau phom los ntawm qhov tsis tau pom dua ntawm qhov kev nce siab uas tau pib xyoo 2020 thiab tseem nyob rau feem ntau ntawm 2021," CEO Christopher Killoy tau hais txog lub tuam txhab lub Kaum Ib Hlis nyiaj txiag thaum lub sijhawm hu xov tooj.
Cov tswv cuab ntawm rab phom, raws li ntsuas los ntawm tus nqi ntawm kev txheeb xyuas keeb kwm yav dhau los rau kev yuav phom, tau nce mus rau 21 lab hauv 2020, txhua lub sijhawm siab rau kev lag luam, raws li pawg lag luam National Shooting Sports Foundation. Hauv 2019, tus lej ntawd tsuas yog 13 lab.
Hauv xyoo 2021, kev txheeb xyuas keeb kwm yav dhau los rau kev yuav phom tag nrho yog 18.5 lab, qhov kev lag luam thib ob loj tshaj xyoo. Hauv xyoo 2022, lawv tag nrho 16.4 lab.
NSSF ceeb toom tias kev txheeb xyuas keeb kwm yav dhau tsis yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau kev ua tswv cuab vim tias tsis yog txhua qhov kev txheeb xyuas keeb kwm yav dhau los cuam tshuam nrog tus neeg muag khoom ntawm cov phom tshiab, tab sis lawv yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws barometer ntawm kev muag khoom txhua xyoo. Lub koom haum tau taug qab cov ntaub ntawv txij li xyoo 2000.
Dru Stevenson, tus kws lij choj ntawm South Texas College of Law Houston tau hais tias "Lub sijhawm muaj kev sib kis thoob ntiaj teb, tib neeg tau txhawj xeeb txog kev sib raug zoo hauv zej zog hauv ib txoj kev lossis lwm qhov," "Yog tias koj tsis muaj rab phom thiab koj txiav txim siab tias koj tau txais ib qho zoo dua rau kev tiv thaiv tus kheej, koj mus yuav koj rab phom, thiab tam sim no koj ua tiav."
Kev muag khoom, nrog rau cov khoom siv thiab cov nqi tsim khoom, dented profitability rau manufacturers.
Sturm, Ruger pom nws cov paj laum tag nrho nruj rau 28% hauv peb lub hlis twg los ntawm 36% hauv tib lub sijhawm xyoo dhau los. Sturm, Ruger & Company tsis tau teb tam sim ntawd rau CNBC qhov kev thov tawm tswv yim. Lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm nws cov txiaj ntsig peb lub hlis twg tom ntej thaum Lub Ob Hlis 22.
"Peb tab tom pom tias thaum koj tawm ntawm qhov siab, kev ua lag luam tau tawm mus thiab peb tab tom pom qhov qub qub," Mark Oliva, tus thawj coj saib xyuas pej xeem ntawm NSSF tau hais. Qhov no "ib txwm tshiab," Oliva ntxiv, yog qhov chaw tsim khoom phom sim ua kom lawv cov tswv lag luam nkag siab.
Gunmaker Smith & Wesson tau tshaj tawm lub quarter thib ob net muag ntawm $ 121 lab, qhov txo qis ntawm 47.5% los ntawm tib lub hlis twg xyoo tas los. Txawm li cas los xij, lub tuam txhab tau hais ntxiv tias cov txiaj ntsig no tseem yog 6.4% siab dua li lub quarter piv rau xyoo 2020, kev sib kis ua ntej. Smith & Wesson tsis tau teb tam sim ntawd rau CNBC qhov kev thov tawm tswv yim. Lub tuam txhab tau teeb tsa los tshaj tawm nws cov khoom tom ntej ntawm peb lub hlis twg cov txiaj ntsig Lub Peb Hlis 2.
Hauv lub Kaum Ob Hlis lub rooj sib tham nrog cov tub ua lag luam, Smith & Wesson CEO Mark Smith tau hais tias txawm hais tias kev muag phom mus txog "qhov kev xav tau ntau dua," lub tuam txhab tus qauv kev lag luam yog "tsim tshwj xeeb rau qhov no" thiab tau "tswj tau zoo los ntawm cov voj voog no ua ntej."
Smith & Wesson cov Tshuag tau nqis 40% los ntawm ib xyoos dhau los, thaum Sturm, Ruger & Company pom nws cov Tshuag poob 19% nyob rau tib lub sijhawm.
Lwm lub tuam txhab phom loj suav nrog American Sab Nraud Hom thiab Vista Sab Nraud, uas tau yuav Remington Ammunition tawm ntawm kev lag luam poob thaum xyoo 2020, tab tom pom kev poob qis hauv kev muag phom.
American Outdoor Brands qhia Peb lub hlis twg muag muag yog $ 54.4 lab, qhov txo qis ntawm $ 16.3 lab, lossis 23.1%, piv nrog cov muag khoom muag ntawm $ 70.8 lab rau tib lub hlis twg xyoo tas los, "tseem ceeb los ntawm kev txo qis hauv qeb kev ua kis las."
Vista Sab nraum zoov qhia kev muag khoom poob ntawm 4% mus rau $ 432 lab rau nws cov khoom siv ncaws pob, uas suav nrog nws qhov kev tau txais Remington.
CNBC tau hu rau American Sab Nraum Hom thiab Vista Sab Nraum rau kev tawm tswv yim.
Tseem, Oliva tau hais tias "pem hauv ntej ntawm lub khw tshiab no" tseem "siab dua lub qab nthab" ntawm lub khw kawg thiab hais tias ntau qhov kev poob uas tau pom tam sim no zoo li yuav rov zoo dua thaum lub sijhawm tom ntej ntawm kev muag khoom, uas nws ntseeg tias yuav tuaj thaum lub sijhawm. 2024 kev xaiv tsa nom tswv.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/gun-companies-report-declining-demand-for-firearms.html