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About GoBallistic

GoBallistic is an AI-powered firearm identification app built by StrataLogic LLC. Point your phone's camera at a firearm and the app returns the make, model, caliber, and a short profile in seconds — no account required, free for everyday use, with a Pro tier for higher-volume identification needs.

What we do

Identifying an unfamiliar firearm has historically required a combination of reference books, online forums, and a lot of patience. A receiver stamp on a Mosin-Nagant, a generation marker on a Glock, a Cyrillic factory code on a Cold War-era AK — every piece of identifying information is typically scattered across hobbyist sites, Wikipedia, and out-of-print collector references. GoBallistic collapses that workflow into a single photo.

Behind the scenes, the app uses a vision-capable AI model (Anthropic's Claude) to analyze the image, identify visual characteristics, cross-reference known patterns, and return a structured result. Most identifications return in under five seconds. The model is augmented with reference data from the Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDB) for cinema and cultural-context information, and Google Places for finding nearby dealers when relevant.

Who we are

GoBallistic is a product of StrataLogic LLC, a small independent software company building AI-augmented tools for specialized domains. Our other products focus on land surveying (PointScout, FieldIntel), document intelligence, and domain-specific computer vision. Across the portfolio, the pattern is the same: take a workflow that historically required expert knowledge or expensive reference materials, and use modern AI to make it accessible from a phone.

We're a small team — engineers, writers, and domain consultants who care equally about the technology and the subject matter. We don't claim to be a definitive authority on firearms; we claim to be useful most of the time, transparent about our limitations, and committed to improving accuracy with every release.

Who we built it for

The audience for an identification app is broader than it first appears. Our typical user is one of:

• Collectors and curious owners who inherited a firearm or picked one up at an estate sale and want to know what it actually is — including approximate value, production history, and whether to shoot it or preserve it.
• Dealers and pawnshop staff who need a fast second opinion on something walked in off the street, before committing to a purchase price.
• Journalists, researchers, and documentary producers who need to identify weapons in photographs or footage from conflict zones, archives, or crime scenes.
• Hunters and shooters comparing models in a gun store, or trying to identify what a friend brought to the range.
• Cinema and TV enthusiasts who want to know exactly which Glock John Wick is running this scene, or what Vincent Vega's pistol was, or whether that's actually an AKM or just an AK-47.
• Law enforcement and security professionals who need a fast field reference for unfamiliar weapons encountered in the line of work.

The free tier is generous enough to cover almost all casual use. The Pro tier exists for people whose work or hobby requires higher daily volume, plus a few quality-of-life features (extended history, no ads, priority response).

Our editorial commitment

The GoBallistic blog is part of the product, not an afterthought. Each post is a standalone reference written by the same team that builds the app — visual identification guides, cinema firearm breakdowns, caliber comparisons, buyer's guides, and historical pieces. We publish a new post every Friday (with occasional mid-week additions), and the back catalog is permanently free, no paywall, no email signup.

We hold ourselves to a real editorial standard. Posts are fact-checked against multiple sources. Where we're uncertain or where the historical record is contested, we say so. Where we earn affiliate commission from a recommended product, we disclose it inline (Amazon, Rock Your Glock, and a small number of other direct-merchant programs are our active affiliate partners). When we get something wrong, we correct it and note the correction.

What we won't do

A few commitments worth being explicit about:

• We don't store the photos you submit. Images are processed in real time by our backend and discarded immediately. Full details in our Privacy Policy.
• We don't sell user data. We don't have any to sell — the app doesn't require an account, doesn't track you across sessions, and the only personal data we touch is the email of users who buy Pro through the website (used solely to authenticate restore requests).
• We don't make legal claims. Identification results, value estimates, and historical context are provided for educational and reference purposes. They're not legal advice and shouldn't be used for insurance, court, or regulatory purposes without independent verification by a qualified appraiser or attorney.
• We don't do politics. The firearms space is adjacent to a lot of charged debate. GoBallistic stays focused on identification, history, and technical content — we leave the policy arguments to the people who specialize in them.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections, press inquiries, and Pro support all go through our contact page, or directly to support@stratalogic.io. We aim to respond within 24-48 hours on business days.