Allen Arms Tactical vs MSR Distribution
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 | MSR Distribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Active SKUs | 1,565 | 2,554 |
| Distinct UPCs | 1,565 | 2,482 |
| Shared UPCs (both carry) | 1 | |
| Only at this distributor | 1,564 | 2,481 |
| Uptime | 100% | 100% |
| Integration | API | FTP |
| Freshness | Synced 58 minutes ago | Synced 21 minutes 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 | MSR Distribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Ships to your store | Yes | Yes |
| Offers drop-shipping | Yes source | Yes source |
| Ships to your customer's FFL | Not stated | Yes source |
| 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?
MSR Distribution lists 2,482 distinct UPCs to Allen Arms Tactical's 1,565 — about 1.6× the breadth. 1 UPCs are carried by both — 0% of what Allen Arms Tactical lists and 0% of what MSR Distribution lists. Beyond that overlap, 1,564 UPCs appear on Allen Arms Tactical alone and 2,481 on MSR Distribution alone. If you open one account, MSR Distribution is the wider of the two on its own — it leaves 1,564 UPCs unreachable, against 2,481 if you open Allen Arms Tactical instead. Carrying both reaches 4,046 distinct UPCs, 1,564 more than MSR Distribution covers alone. Both feeds answered us 100% of the time over the window we monitor.
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.
MSR Distribution
MSR Distribution runs one of the smallest catalogs Project Parabellum syncs, delivered as scheduled file drops the same way MGE's and Zanders' feeds are rather than through a live API. A sync pass here finishes quickly given the size, and in practice it works as a niche or supplemental source rather than a catalog broad enough to anchor a storefront on its own.
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 MSR Distribution dealer account — The catalog's small size makes this a supplemental account rather than a dealer's primary distributor. As an FTP file drop, updates land on MSR's publishing schedule rather than on demand.
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.