For several years NFATCA has been battling DOJ/ATF for release of current numbers. After a rejection and several well-fought appeals we have the numbers. The total number on the books as of February 24, 2016 is just under a half million: Pre 86 (transferables): 175,977 Sales Samples (pre May keepers): 17,020 Restricted 922(o) (posties): 297,667 There is a caveat in that there is a built in margin of error resulting from manual entries to disparate systems. A copy of the FOIA response is here:http://www.nfatca.org/pubs/MG_Count_FOIA_2016.pdf