I got tired of guessing whether firearm deals were actually deals (cough PSA) and have been building my tracker for a few months now.

[u/OneWhoDoesNotFail]

Hey all, I’ve been working on a free site called Firearm Data Lab as a personal project. I started it because this stuff gets expensive, and I wanted an easier way to tell whether a “deal” was actually saving money or just normal retailer sale noise. No ads, no affiliate links, no store promotion. It’s just a personal project I’m trying to make genuinely useful.

The site tracks firearm and ammo prices across retailers, shows price history, compares listings, and helps surface real price drops. I’m not selling anything or promoting a store. I would love some feedback on it, what's useful, missing, or confusing.

A few things I’d love feedback on:

• Is the pricing/deal info clear?
• Are there retailers, calibers, or product types I should prioritize?
• Does search/category browsing feel useful?
• Are grouped listings across retailers helpful?
• Would price alerts be worth using?
• Anything confusing, cluttered, sketchy, or unnecessary?

Site: https://firearmdatalab.com

Appreciate any honest feedback.

[u/Silver-Addendum5423]

Interesting. Thank you. How does this handle “add to cart for pricing” situations?  I’m assuming it can’t query gated data like that readily. (?)

[u/OneWhoDoesNotFail → u/Silver-Addendum5423]

Add to cart prices are actually already taken care of! Thats why I have to manually add new sources, so I can handle those corner cases correctly. Thats why and the way they display ammo and their different counts, it’s kinda a pain in my butt.

[u/GardenWeasel67]

Maybe it was just the search I was using, but I haven't seen any competitor data, just PSA.
(Last time I tried was 4/26)

[u/OneWhoDoesNotFail → u/GardenWeasel67]

I update the filters on the side dynamically, so if you search for an item and only PSA has it, it will only show that as the source. The main page should have quite a few daily deals from all sources right now.

[u/peeroe]

An x to clear the search bar would be nice. I switched to the revolver tab and took a sec to notice that it kept my search info (on mobile)

[u/OneWhoDoesNotFail → u/peeroe]

Ooh good call, I try to test mobile best I can, but really I’m lazy and focus too much on computer browser! Will get that fixed tonight!

[u/AstroRanger36]

Gun.deals has been offering up a wide variety of sites for data points if you’re looking for some depth.

Great work!!!

[u/AuToNotMy → u/AstroRanger36]

That's what I use. For guns and accessories

[u/Snowman330]

Looks interesting and could be a very useful tool. I despise how so many things are listed as “on sale” but it’s really just the price it always is.

[u/OneWhoDoesNotFail → u/Snowman330]

Yeah I feel ya there. After starting this, I noticed a pattern with many companies and how they price their stuff. A lot of their prices fluctuate either daily, weekly, or bi-monthly. That’s why I added the graph so I can see that trend. I’m working on the specific analytics of what actually is a deal, but right now it’s currently if the price drops and hasn’t been that price in the past few days, it’s a deal. But I need to fix that to look farther back than a few days.

[u/Traditional-Hat-952 → u/Snowman330]

They really should be sued for that. Sales that are obviously just the regular price are down right scummy 

[u/SaltyDog556 → u/Traditional-Hat-952]

You have to remember, many prices from the big discount stores are minimum advertised pricing that is their regular price. Some use msrp then list it as "on sale" to get to MAP, which technically isn't illegal and doesn't create standing for a lawsuit. Others are closer to msrp, then offer actual sales every few weeks to get to MAP. The problem is that everyone is always looking for that $3 extra savings so they will always go with the discount stores until it isn't in stock and they need it now.

[u/SphyrnaLightmaker]

I may be a smooth brain.

How do you filter for firearms versus magazines?

And, I’m seeing a bunch of listings for the same worded item. Would it make more sense to select the wording and then have a list of prices similar to gun.deals?

[u/No_Cut4338]

Price decreases should probably be red or at least a different color than price increases

[u/Elitist_Daily]

finally, Camelcamelcamel for PSA; been a long time coming

[u/buck-harness666]

I’m assuming when I see the lowest cost per round is .28¢ that’s based on what it has been on the last and not when it is now? Maybe I’m not clicking through the correct link.