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What federal excise tax rate applies to sporting rifles, shotguns, ammo and archery gear for wildlife funding?

11 percent. Handguns are taxed at 10 percent.

  1. 5 percent
  2. 15 percent
  3. 11 percent ✔

Why: Under Pittman-Robertson, manufacturers, producers and importers pay an 11 percent excise tax on these goods. The money goes to states for wildlife and hunter education projects.

Huh, didn't know that: Handguns were added in 1970 and archery equipment in 1972.

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Sources

  1. USFWS: State Fish and Wildlife Agencies to Share in More than $478 Million https://www.fws.gov/story/2003-05/state-fish-and-wildlife-agencies-share-more-478-million
  2. TPWD: Pittman-Robertson Act https://tpwd.texas.gov/shooting-sports/pittman-robertson-act.phtml
  3. South Carolina DNR: Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration https://dnr.sc.gov/wsfr/index.html

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