Russian Ammo Ban? Don't panic...

Over the weekend all of the gun blogs and news outlets started getting people worked up with headlines like this: Then the expected happen: People started buying a ton of it. The supply of steel cased ammo started drying up as hundreds of thousands of gun owners rushed to purchase

Ammo Cash Cards, Polymer Ammo, and Other Good Stuff

Time for an update from the flag waving, gun shooting, beer drinking guys and gals at AmmoSquared… WHAT’S NEW Gear Crate Update A couple of weeks ago we launched our new Gear Crate feature with a bunch of gear already added. Since then, we’ve been trickling in new

Gear Crate now LIVE!

Three weeks ago we launched our new site design which gave us a makeover for the website. You can read all about that in our last blog post. What we still lacked however, was a way to purchase non-subscription ammo and gear items. On the old version 1.0 site

Major Site Update: New User Interface - Now with Charts!

When we launched the new 2.0 version of the site in February, we didn’t have a lot of time to focus on the aesthetics - we just needed to get the darn thing out. So it didn’t look as good as it could have. This new site

Ammo Shortages? The Queue is your friend...

No, I’m not talking about “Q” as in the “Live Q or Die” company that makes the Honey Badger, the FIX, and other awesome stuff. Nor am I talking about “Q” from QAnon of Trump fame. I’m talking about your Queue at AmmoSquared.com… something that can make

A Primer on AmmoSquared: Basic Concepts

We’ve had so many new customers sign up in the past couple of months along with a large number of potential “tire kickers”, that I thought it would be a good time to review the basics of our service… call them the “building blocks” of AmmoSquared: Building Block 1:

The Current State of Ammo... As We See It

I wanted to write a quick post to give some visibility into the current state of the ammunition market as we’re seeing it. I’ll also answer some questions we’re getting about the current state of affairs and how it relates to our service. Ammo has started flowing!

TESTED: Venom 9mm FMJ 115gr and 124gr

With the ammo shortage, consumers are turning to brands that they might not have purchased in the past.

Why we decided to boycott social media...

In my update two weeks ago I mentioned that we were no longer going to post or be active on the “Big 4” social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube). What I didn’t realize when I posted that, was that we would get so much support for our

Mostly an update on ammo, mostly...

This update will be mostly about ammunition with a few other update odds and ends thrown in as well. Ammo Silver Linings We’re starting to see some “silver linings” out there when it comes to the ammo shortage. We’re getting shipments from manufacturers that have been on backorder

April 2021 Update - New Features!

Since launching our new platform in February, we've had a number of improvements on our "wishlist". This month we tackled A BUNCH of those...

Waitlist Update and First Wave of Enhancements Planned

Our new website has been live now for just over a month. Time for an update and a look forward… So as I mentioned in my last blog post (Our New Website is LIVE!) we had some bugs when we first launched that caused some headaches, but since then I

Our New Website is LIVE!

Well guys, AmmoSquared 2.0 is finally live. At exactly 5pm on Friday February 19th we flipped the switch to shut down the old site and start up the new site. I’m not going to lie and say everything went smoothly, because it didn’t. The emails and Facebook

New Website Update and Preview

Hey Folks, The time is nearly here! Our new custom web app has been a huge project for us and we are nearly ready to start migrating customers over to the new platform. In this post I want to run through some of the changes and include screenshots so you

Weathering the Ammo Shortage Storm

We’re living in unprecedented times… but we’re still delivering on our MISSION. Hey Folks, I started AmmoSquared 5 years ago because I lived through two ammo shortages and I didn’t want to be caught empty-handed again. I knew other people had to feel the same way, and

July Update

Wow! July has been a crazy month for us. We have seen a record-breaking increase in new subscribers… so WELCOME newbies! Growth is great but also difficult for a small company. July has so far seen our largest increase in customers EVER. That means we’re doing more shipping and

Happy Birthday America!

Today is America’s birthday. Our great country was founded 244 years ago on certain timeless and undying principles

We Raised over $300K in our Seed Round!

Read the official press release here. After 4 months we have finally closed our Wefunder Campaign! In the process, we raised over $300k from customers and 2A supporters. It was a long road, but it was worth it. Now we have a small (in the investment world “tiny”) runway to

Winner of 5000 rounds of 9mm!

CONGRATULATIONS! Nathan Ott from Ohio Winner of our 9mm 5,000 round Giveaway! That is A LOT of 9mm for the average gun owner… What would you do with that much ammunition? Hopefully our winner Nathan Ott will find more excuses to go to the range with his 9mm CZ

SHOT Show 2020 Ammunition Roundup

Last week, the AmmoSquared crew took our annual pilgrimage to all things “pew pew” in Las Vegas for the 2020 SHOT Show. Between the $70 Steaks, 24/7 casino cacophony, glaring lights, flamingo girls, and drumming midgets we found time to check out some gun stuff. Here is what we

We’re on track to “digitize” the ammunition industry!…

Since we officially launched our crowdfund last week we’ve raised $68,041 from 132 investors! During that time we’ve had a lot of questions about our offering. Since this is so different from what most people know, I figured I would put together some “FAQs” for everyone… Yes!

AMMO² Launches Crowdfund to Revolutionize Ammunition Industry

[Read the official Press Release.] At AmmoSquared, we’re doing something remarkable: changing the way 94m gun owners think about and manage ammunition. We’re making it DIGITAL so it is more convenient to purchase, store, exchange and ultimately… own. How is this possible? We are combining the physical world

Digital Ammunition Part 2

Time to pick this crazy idea back up and put some meat on the bare bones I threw out there last week… (Note: If you missed Part 1 of this series you can read it here.) So to recap just a bit, last week I proposed this idea of “Digital

Digital Ammunition Part 1

Digital Ammunition. To most people, those words don’t fit together: digital ammunition… What does that even mean? Everyone knows you can’t have something physical like ammunition combined with something… well, uh digital. Right? Let’s just say that used to be the case. But the world is changing.

Corporations vs. Freedom

If there is one philosophical ideal running through my life it can be summed up in one word: Freedom (I suspect this may be the same for you). I believe in freedom in all its different forms: personal freedom, financial freedom, and the freedom to make your own way in