Understanding Shot Placement With Handguns

In our world of instant gratification and Instagram Greatness, one of the biggest barriers new shooters face is not being “immediately good”. It's discouraging to watch round after round hit somewhere other than where you are aiming.

Why We Don't Offer Remanufactured Ammo

Multiple reasons - but one reason is most important.

Should I Store My Magazines Loaded?

Ask this question at your local gun counter and you'll likely get a good debate.

What type of ammunition should I be stocking up on?

A firearm without ammunition is nothing more than a poor bludgeoning tool. As gun owners, we own firearms for different reasons, but instinctively we all know that our guns provide us with some level of self protection, regardless of caliber or type of gun we own. There is no denying

Is Storing Ammunition a Fire Hazard?

Forget what you thought you knew...

Federal Ammunition Subscription - An Analysis

Federal Ammunition recently came out with an ammunition subscription service. While I believe the execution of the subscription service could be better (we’ll get to that in a minute) the fact that a major player in the industry has recognized the benefits of offering a subscription service is a

Ten of the WORST Places to Store Ammunition

So you just bought your first (or twenty-first) gun, WOOT-WOOT! If you are new to gun ownership, welcome to the ‘hood – as in the brotherhood (or sisterhood if you don’t have a penis) of responsible gun owners. You are now part of a tradition that goes back

Gold, Silver... and Ammo

I recently watched an interview with Robert Kiyosaki on Kitco News where he said he believed we’re headed for a large financial crash in October. If you watch the video, he is mostly trying to promote his latest book, but he did make a statement that stuck in my

We're now on Gab!

That’s right. We’re back on social media! Of course it ISN’T a mainstream platform - certainly not one of the “Big 4” that we decided to leave back in May. We’re on Gab. Why now? Why Gab? Well it isn’t because we need to: for a

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

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 update

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,

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