Allen Arms Tactical vs AmChar
Both catalogs are synced into one shared vocabulary, so the same UPC can be counted on either side and matched across them. Everything below is what we measured in the two feeds — how much each one lists, how much of it is the same product, and what only one of them carries.
| Allen Arms Tactical | AmChar | |
|---|---|---|
| Active SKUs | 1,565 | 35,184 |
| Distinct UPCs | 1,565 | 35,179 |
| Shared UPCs (both carry) | 185 | |
| Only at this distributor | 1,380 | 34,994 |
| Uptime | 100% | 99.9% |
| Integration | API | API |
| Freshness | Synced 58 minutes ago | Synced 1 hour ago |
Where each one will ship it
Taken from each company’s own site on the dates shown on their individual pages. Running a drop-ship programme and naming where the parcel goes are separate questions, and most distributors answer only the first — so “Not stated” below means they have not published it, not that they refuse.
| Allen Arms Tactical | AmChar | |
|---|---|---|
| Ships to your store | Yes | Yes |
| Offers drop-shipping | Yes source | Not stated |
| Ships to your customer's FFL | Not stated | Not stated |
| Ships to your customer's address | Not stated | Not stated |
| Ships NFA items to a receiving SOT | Yes source | Not stated |
Every distributor here ships to your own licensed premises — that is what a wholesale account is, not a policy any one of them publishes. Confirm anything you will act on directly with the distributor.
Which should you open?
AmChar lists 35,179 distinct UPCs to Allen Arms Tactical's 1,565 — about 22.5× the breadth. 185 UPCs are carried by both — 12% of what Allen Arms Tactical lists and 1% of what AmChar lists. Beyond that overlap, 1,380 UPCs appear on Allen Arms Tactical alone and 34,994 on AmChar alone. If you open one account, AmChar is the wider of the two on its own — it leaves 1,380 UPCs unreachable, against 34,994 if you open Allen Arms Tactical instead. Carrying both reaches 36,559 distinct UPCs, 1,380 more than AmChar covers alone. Over the window we monitor, the Allen Arms Tactical feed answered us 100% of the time and the AmChar feed 99.9%.
This is arithmetic on the counts above, not a recommendation of one company over the other. Which account is worth opening also depends on terms and on what your customers ask for, neither of which is in the catalog data we measure. What each company publishes about shipping destinations is in the table above it.
Allen Arms Tactical
Allen Arms Tactical carries one of the smaller catalogs Project Parabellum syncs, focused on a lean assortment rather than trying to cover every category a general-purpose counter needs. For a dealer who already has a primary distributor for volume ordering, an account here works well as a secondary source to fill gaps or chase a specific item when a bigger distributor is out of stock. Its size also means a full sync completes quickly.
AmChar
AmChar Wholesale carries a large catalog that Project Parabellum syncs on the same schedule as the other API-connected distributors, giving a dealer broad coverage without opening a second account just to chase depth. Onboarding here differs from most of the other distributors on this hub: AmChar requires requests to be routed through an assigned sales representative, so expect a named person to be involved once your account is being set up.
Applying for a dealer account
- Apply for a Allen Arms Tactical dealer account — Because the catalog is smaller, check availability here as a secondary source rather than a primary one.
- Apply for a AmChar dealer account — Onboarding routes through an assigned sales representative rather than a purely self-service form; expect direct contact during setup. API credentials for order placement are a separate request from the account itself.
Both links leave this site. Applications are submitted to, reviewed by, and approved by the distributor themselves — Project Parabellum is not part of that process and cannot speed it up or vouch for you.