Introducing AmmoScan

[ryan3030]

A lot of you know about my website at twoamendments.com by now. Recently I put together a little comparison engine for personal use to compare cost per round in different calibers at a couple of vendors I use frequently.

I'm sharing this publicly now in case anyone else can get some use from it. it's not nearly as full featured as something like GunBot, but it works well for me as I desire to shop with the same vendors, not to mention it has a much better interface and is quickly filterable.

I do not profit from anything here, I don't even run ads on my site yet. This is all for public benefit.

Check it out and please share any feedback that you may have
AmmoScan - TwoAmendments.com

 

[planedriver]

looks kind of interesting. I just checked the 45 prvi. Why do you link 10+ prices to your single box price when the case lot price is also listed in your spread? I know it's only a dollar higher than you are showing but sometimes I only want a couple of boxes.

 

[1mil-high]

In just skimming over the 9mm page I noticed that some of the information is inaccurate. I am sure it was just oversight, but for example, the 9mm Hydra shock from PSA states that it is $.34/ round. I wish that were the case, but it is only a box of 20. Other than that, it looks pretty useful!

 

[ryan3030]

looks kind of interesting. I just checked the 45 prvi. Why do you link 10+ prices to your single box price when the case lot price is also listed in your spread? I know it's only a dollar higher than you are showing but sometimes I only want a couple of boxes.

Why: technical difficulty. The markup (code) that the tool is using to detect those things changes from time to time due to inconsistencies on the vendor end. I can probably improve that in a future addition.

Why I didn't see it as a problem: Because I'm of the opinion that buying online isn't worth the shipping cost unless you're buying in bulk.

 

[ryan3030]

In just skimming over the 9mm page I noticed that some of the information is inaccurate. I am sure it was just oversight, but for example, the 9mm Hydra shock from PSA states that it is $.34/ round. I wish that were the case, but it is only a box of 20. Other than that, it looks pretty useful!

Yeah that can be a problem too...sometimes they don't indicate how many rounds in the product title. I need to make the data scraper a little more intelligent.

 

[DRob]

Oops. Small math error or typo here. Otherwise, pretty interesting. Not nearly as many errors as there would have been if I tried it.

Federal XM193BK 5.56 1000rd Case

PSA

$339.99

50

$6.80/rd

JHP

 

[ryan3030]

Oops. Small math error or typo here. Otherwise, pretty interesting. Not nearly as many errors as there would have been if I tried it.

Federal XM193BK 5.56 1000rd Case

PSA

$339.99

50

$6.80/rd

JHP

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll look into the PSA scraper for quantity detection.

 

[Dead Duck]

Eh -
I checked it out and I've looked through a bunch of those ammo finding sites.
They're all the same.

The prices are just too high..

 

[Redtbird]

Looks good. Will you be adding more calibers in the future?

I've been using: GunBot 17hmr rimfire ammo

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

A cool feature to add on would be shipping costs and how it affects the price per round. Those shipping costs can vary widely.

 

[ryan3030]

A cool feature to add on would be shipping costs and how it affects the price per round. Those shipping costs can vary widely.

There is really no way for me to do that using current methods, shipping cost varies by person.

 

[ryan3030]

Looks good. Will you be adding more calibers in the future?

I've been using: GunBot 17hmr rimfire ammo

What calibers would you like to see added?

I had planned on adding .22lr if it ever becomes common again. Maybe 38/357/44.

 

[Redtbird]

What calibers would you like to see added?

I had planned on adding .22lr if it ever becomes common again. Maybe 38/357/44.

.380
7x57 Mauser

 

[ryan3030]

Minor update. Several calibers added due to popular demand. The list of added calibers is as follows:

.380 auto (ACP)
.38 spl
.357 mag
.44 mag
.300 BLK (AAC Blackout)
7.62x54R
7.62x51 (308 win)

More will be added in the future

 

[ryan3030]

In just skimming over the 9mm page I noticed that some of the information is inaccurate. I am sure it was just oversight, but for example, the 9mm Hydra shock from PSA states that it is $.34/ round. I wish that were the case, but it is only a box of 20. Other than that, it looks pretty useful!

This has been addressed. It was caused by AmmoScan defaulting to a box of 50 (quantity) since it wasn't indicated in the product title/description, but on the detail page. Quantity detection will now just assume 0 if quantity isn't found in the product description.

Having a quantity of 0 removes the listing from AmmoScan but a lack of data is better than inaccurate data.

 

[paulh]

Would be nice to do a scan not only caliber but once you got to the caliber by category such as price,number of rounds, etc. Nice bot so far

 

[aclark]

Would be nice to do a scan not only caliber but once you got to the caliber by category such as price,number of rounds, etc. Nice bot so far

You can. Click the column heading and it will sort.

Would love to see 6.5 Grendel on there too!

 

[ryan3030]

You can. Click the column heading and it will sort.

Would love to see 6.5 Grendel on there too!

I've added this to my list of calibers to add.

 

[ryan3030]

Would be nice to do a scan not only caliber but once you got to the caliber by category such as price,number of rounds, etc. Nice bot so far

Like aclark said, you can not only filter by typing in the search box (e.g. 'jhp' or 'fmj') but you can also sort any column by clicking the column header.

 

[warren5421]

I would like .32 ACP/7.65 Browning. The .32 is as much fun as a .22. The gun writers has bad mouthed it for years so most younger shooters thinks it is a junk round. If you think for yourself look up what the boys of Wild Bill Donavon used more than the .45 ACP.