Friday, February 25, 2011

Are your hunting tools among these top favorites?

Southwick Associates has announced the brands hunters and shooters purchased most frequently in 2010. This list has been compiled from the 41,923 internet-based surveys completed by hunters and target shooters who volunteered to participate last year in HunterSurvey.com and ShooterSurvey.com polls.

In 2010, top brands included (Alas, however), Southwick has failed to include "Top Crossbow Brand" - a glaring omission:

Top rifle brand: Remington (17.5% of all purchases)
Top shotgun brand: Remington & Mossberg (virtual tie with 21.5% of all purchases)
Top muzzleloader brand: Thompson Center (31.9% of all purchases)
Top handgun brand: Sturm Ruger (16.7% of all purchases)
Top scope for firearms: Bushnell (17.1% of all purchases)
Top rifle ammunition brand: Remington (25.3% of all purchases)
Top shotgun ammunition brand: Winchester (31.9% of all purchases)
Top handgun ammunition brand: Winchester (22.0% of all purchases)
Top blackpowder brand: Pyrodex (38.7% of all purchases)
Top balls, bullets, or shot brand: Hornady (28.4% of all purchases)
Top bow brand: Matthews (17.5% of all purchases)
Top arrow brand: Carbon Express (27.6% of all purchases)
Top fletching brand: Blazer (15.8% of all purchases)
Top broadhead brand: Muzzy (20.3% of all purchases)
Top archery target brand: The Block (10.3% of all purchases)
Top decoy brand: Mojo (12.9% of all purchases)
Top game call brand: Primos (33.5% of all purchases)
Top reloading bullet brand: Hornady (31.7% of all purchases)
Top reloading primer brand: CCI (38.2% of all purchases)
Top reloading powder brand: Hodgdon (37.8% of all purchases)
Top binocular brand: Bushnell (33.6% of all purchases)
Top holster brand: Uncle Mikes (19.0% of all purchases)
Top knife brand: Gerber (15.0% of all purchases)
Top scent or scent covering brand: Scent-A-Way, Scent Shield (14.7% of all purchases each)
Top shooting target brand: Shoot-N-C (31.3% of all purchases)
Top clay brand: White Flyer (51.8% of all purchases)

- Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
JFrischkorn@News-Herald.com

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