The firearm database a program can read
Firearm figures lived in wikis, forums, brochures and PDFs, each in its own shape and most without a source. GunSpec is one catalogue of them, every record in the same structure, every figure traced, behind one API.
Why it exists
The same figure, looked up again and again, by people who could not tell which source was right.
A game studio wanting real barrel lengths scraped Wikipedia. A retailer copied weights from a manufacturer's brochure by hand. A researcher reconciled three tables that disagreed about the same pistol and had no way to tell which one was right.
None of that is a data problem anyone should have to solve twice. So we solved it once: one catalogue, one structure, a source behind every figure, and a way to read it that a program understands.
What the catalogue holds
9,162 firearms from 1,003 manufacturers in 69 countries, every record in the same shape: dimensions, weights, capacities, actions, materials, variants and the parts each one fits.
Explore the databaseThe data is the product, so it is the thing we maintain
A specification database is only worth the state it is in today. Keeping it consistent is where the engineering goes, and these are the figures it produces rather than a claim about effort.
See the live health checks- Records citing at least one source page
- 100%
- Records citing two or more
- 83%
- Records citing a maker, a standards body or a government document
- 34%
- Mean confidence across the catalogue
- 74%
- Every record is validated before it shipsTypes, units and vocabularies are checked in CI. A barrel length is millimetres or the build fails.
- Nothing automated writes to the catalogueAgents and checks file proposals against a record. A person decides what lands.
- Every change is dated and addressableRecords carry updatedAt and a content hash, so you can tell what moved and fetch only that.
Who reads it
The people who needed the figures and had nowhere reliable to get them. Each has a page written for what they build.
- Game developersWeapons that behave like the real ones: real weights, lengths, capacities and rates of fire.The firearms API
- Retailers and marketplacesListings enriched with specifications, and parts matched to the firearms they fit.Attachments and fitment
- App and tool buildersReference, comparison and inventory apps on a typed SDK instead of a scraper.SDK getting started
- Researchers and writersA figure you can cite, with the source it came from and how well it is supported.The firearm database
Who runs it
GunSpec is built and operated by an Australian company, which owns the catalogue and the API and takes the payments. There is no reseller between you and us.
- Legal name
- Buun Group Pty Ltd
- ABN
- 75 687 193 675
- Registered office
- Spring Mountain, QLD 4300, Australia
- Parent company
- buungroup.com
- support@gunspec.io
About GunSpec
The questions people ask before they trust a number.
About
Who runs GunSpec?
Buun Group Pty Ltd, an Australian company, which builds and operates the catalogue and the API and takes the payments directly.
Read moreWhere do the figures come from?
Every figure is traced to the pages it came from, and each page is classed by kind, from the manufacturer's own specification down to a retailer or a forum. A record carries its sources, the strongest kind behind it and a confidence score, so you can see how well a figure is supported.
What if a figure is wrong?
Report it from the record's page. A person checks it against the record's sources and corrects the record; nothing automated writes to the catalogue.
Read moreHow do I reach a person?
Write to support@gunspec.io, or use the contact page, which lists the right address for support, billing, security, copyright and legal questions.
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