Suppliers
Who actually ships your order
TAS holds no inventory of its own. 6 warehouses run by 6 independent suppliers do, and one of them — or several — will be the return address on your parcel. Most marketplaces treat that as back-office detail. We publish it, because the whole promise of this site is that you know which building your ammunition is in and what day it leaves.
The network
Cutoff times are local to the warehouse. An order placed at 3:45 PM Eastern misses Cumberland for the day and still catches Sierra — which is why the countdown on a product page is tied to the warehouse holding that particular box, not to a single site-wide clock.
| Warehouse | Location | Daily cutoff | Speciality | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeline DistributionRidgeline Distribution LLC | Sparks, NV | 3:00 PM PT | Bulk rifle and case quantities | 52 |
| Cumberland Supply Co.Cumberland Supply Co. | Chattanooga, TN | 2:00 PM ET | Handgun and defensive loads | 72 |
| Sierra MunitionsSierra Munitions Inc. | Prescott, AZ | 4:00 PM MT | Match and precision | 52 |
| Great Lakes OrdnanceGreat Lakes Ordnance | Toledo, OH | 1:00 PM ET | Rimfire and shotshell | 53 |
| Piedmont TacticalPiedmont Tactical Group | Greenville, SC | 3:30 PM ET | Accessories, optics and range gear | 17 |
| Brazos Arms SupplyBrazos Arms Supply | Waco, TX | 12:00 PM CT | Overflow and closeouts | 72 |
“Listings” counts the individual supplier offers each warehouse has live in this catalogue — one offer is one SKU that warehouse is prepared to sell, at its own price and its own quantity on hand.
Onboarding
What it takes to get listed
Adding a warehouse adds $10.99 to the cost of any order it touches and one more chance for a customer to be let down. Neither is worth it for a supplier who is merely cheap.
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Licence and standing check
We verify the supplier's federal and state credentials for every category they want to list, confirm the business is in good standing, and confirm that the entity shipping the parcel is the entity on the paperwork.
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Catalogue mapping
Their SKUs are mapped onto TAS variants — brand, grain weight, bullet type, round count, pack type. A supplier does not get to invent a product; they get to make an offer against one that already exists, which is what makes prices comparable at all.
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Stock feed integration
Quantities come from the supplier's own inventory system on a short cycle, not a file someone remembers to upload. If a feed goes stale, the warehouse's offers stop being surfaced rather than quietly going on selling.
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Cutoff and transit commitment
The supplier commits to a daily cutoff time and to ground transit days by destination zone. Those two numbers are what let a product page promise a shipping day and an arrival date instead of a vague 1–5 business days.
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Test orders, then live
We place real orders — including a deliberate split — and check packaging, lot codes, adult-signature handling, tracking accuracy and how a return is dealt with. Only then do their offers go into the buy box.
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Ongoing scorecard
Cutoff adherence, stock accuracy, damage rate and return handling are measured per warehouse. Persistent misses lose the buy box first and the listing second.
Standing rules
What every listing has to hold to
These apply to all 6 warehouses equally. They are conditions of listing, not preferences.
- Ammunition ships in unopened manufacturer packaging with lot codes legible.
- Ground carriers only, adult signature required on delivery, no exceptions requested or granted.
- Restricted destinations are enforced at the warehouse as well as at our checkout.
- Stock counts reflect what is physically on the shelf, not what is on order.
- Returns are accepted on TAS terms; the customer never negotiates with a supplier.
- Price changes take effect on the next quote, never after an order is placed.
Supplying TAS
We add warehouses deliberately and slowly. The network is deliberately weighted toward geographic coverage rather than redundancy — a seventh warehouse a hundred miles from an existing one adds cost without shortening anyone’s delivery. If you hold licensed inventory in a region we are thin in, and you can meet the standards above including a live stock feed, we would like to hear from you.