About AmmoGuide Interactive... AmmoGuide Interactive

Mike Haas, AmmoGuide author
Mike Haas
AmmoGuide Interactive was created by Mike Haas, a professional web developer who is also a life-long reloader and NRA Benefactor member. The design emodies the concept that "technology should work for you." Mike is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Drawing on Mike's years of experience in financial industry web design, AmmoGuide Interactive is both powerful and easy-to-use. Advanced tools like the Visual Comparison Tool and the AmmoGuide Cartridge Creator - exclusive features of AmmoGuide.com - provide an interactive experience no other website or paper manual can match, bar none. There's simply no other website like AmmoGuide.com.

At a low $18.95-per-year, AmmoGuide Interactive represents an incredible value!

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AmmoGuide.com supports pro-gun organizations like the Fifty-Caliber Institute, the NRA and specifically donates web support to the California NRA Members' Councils. AmmoGuide is also a co-founder and sponsor of Project Bore Snake. [More]

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Amiga AmmoGuide 1.0 startup screen
AmmoGuide 1.0 startup screen (Amiga)

Amiga AmmoGuide 2.0 startup screen
AmmoGuide 2.0 startup screen (Amiga)

Amiga AmmoGuide 3.0 startup screen
AmmoGuide 3.0 startup screen (All)

AmmoGuide 1.0 began life as an Amiga freeware program in 1995 with the full name of Haas' Guide to Small Arms Ammunition. While it didn't contain any reloading data, the program featured information on 90 cartridges, complete with case diagrams (always!) and a descriptive history (in most cases). In early 1997 the last Amiga-based version, AmmoGuide 2.0, was released with 132 rounds. (These early Amiga programs can still be located in many web archives.)

Before the demise of the Amiga platform, AmmoGuide had become an international hit! AmmoGuide had been featured in both American and European computer magazines, including screenshots of it's case diagrams and graphics.

The emergence of the web brought a wealth of associated technologies. A new "runtime" environment called Java (by Sun Microsystems) allowed websites to run programs securely over the internet. Java would come to be universally accepted and adopted by virtually all web browsers and servers. In 1997, rewritten in Java, AmmoGuide 3.0 was released as a standalone, downloadable program configured for Windows and Macintosh platforms.

The first AmmoGuide website began life in late 1997 with those same 132 cartridges. In 1999, the domain was registered and AmmoGuide.com was launched. AmmoGuide's cartridge-drawing engine and information no longer required any special kind of computer and could be displayed in any Java-enabled web browser.

AmmoGuide Cartridge Creator
In 2000, the AmmoGuide Cartridge Creator was added, allowing visitors to submit their own favorite cartridges to the AmmoGuide database from their Java-enabled web browser.

In January 2004, the website was completely redesigned to better serve it's visitors as a full-service reloading center comprised of highly-integrated, easy-to-use tools. AmmoGuide Interactive adds thousands of loads of reloading data and a vast array of reloading/cartridge functionality unmatched on the web - all for an affordable annual fee. Sophisticated yet easy-to-use tools like the Cartridge Identification and Search Tool and the Cartridge Master List dramatically increase the usefulness of the website to shooters and hunters.

AmmoGuide.com is committed to providing the very best in online reloading services.

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