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6mm rifle cartridges are the fashion of the moment, or at least of the decade. With the blessing of a long list of gun manufacturers, one of the latest is the 6mm GT, designed specifically for long range shooting competitions. Let us look at its main features together.

Competition shooters should remember a new abbreviation when buying ammunition in future: UTHP stands for Ultra Target Hollow Point and thus for the latest match ammunition from GECO in 9 mm Luger. The hollow-point cartridges, which are manufactured entirely in Germany, have already been tested by numerous top shooters for their consistent performance and, above all, their accuracy, and have …

It had already been announced a few months ago, and the news has now become official: the new .338 ARC (Advanced Rifle Cartridge) is finally available as a commercial cartridge thanks to Hornady, which will offer several variants. Here are the first two loads.

The harmony between a good shooter, his/her gun and equipment must be right in order to achieve top performances. The right ammunition, whether air rifle pellets or rimfire cartridges, is a decisive factor here. The German ammunition manufacturer RWS helps to put together the best combo – the RWS team from Fürth also goes travelling for this purpose, and the mobile shooting range travels with …

Born in Austria but competing for Germany, GECO team shooter Stefan Rumpler lives for and with firearms like few other enthusiasts. The German 3-Gun and IPSC Shotgun Open Division champion caused a sensation at the end of 2023 with his remarkable (and unfortunate) fourth place in the Open Division at the World Championships in dynamic shotgun shooting. Let us introduce you to this exceptional …

Sporty, sporty: former military or defence and hunting cartridges for handguns have developed into high-class competition loads that no longer compromise. The GECO HEXAGON ammo series currently includes two pistol and two revolver calibers for ambitious sport shooters. We would like to present them in more detail here, both in the text and in the video.

The GECO cartridge duo for shooting sports: GECO TARGET HP with outstanding accuracy even at long range and GECO TARGET FMJ for intensive and continuous training and competitions. The FMJ is the right choice especially for shooting from semi-automatic rifles with long firing strings in IPSC and PRS – and therefore it is also the official match ammunition of the IPSC World Championship! Find all …

Hybrid cases have long been a hot topic in the military because, in addition to an increase in ballistic performance, they also enable improved logistics with a reduced weight burden on the individual soldier thanks to the ammo lighter weight. The renowned Swiss manufacturer SwissP Defence AG from Thun is making an interesting contribution to this future-oriented development with its new "SWISS P …

The young RWS R Plus Long Range .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge with a 43-grain (2.8 g) aerodynamically optimized bullet and high velocity (355 m/s from 650 mm test barrel) is, according to its name, also suitable for shooting distances over 200 meter.

Sensational shake-up in the global business: U.S.-based Vista Outdoor has announced an agreement to sell its important historical ammunition brands to CSG Group, which was already involved a year ago in the purchase of Fiocchi ammunition

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and the Fédération Internationale de Tir aux Armes Sportives de Chasse (FITASC) issued a joint communiqué regarding ECHA’s proposal to ban the use of lead in clay target sport shooting. The truth? There is no real alternative to lead in ammo and a ban “will end competitive sports shooting and will lead to many clay target range bankrupts”. We’ll …

The biggest Level III Match in Germany is of great importance. The starting places at the GECO IPSC Masters 2023 were allocated extremely quickly this time: It was one of the few matches that participants from the ranks of the Federation of German Marksmen (BDS), in addition to the mandatory matches, can use to qualify for the IPSC Handgun World Championship 2025 in South Africa. Our IPSC-affine …

Barely returned from the last competition, IPSC shooter Samantha Wendel and her fiancé Horst Holzinger are already back in their reloading room. But why? Why do they spend so much time in front of the reloading presses? Why don't they shoot factory ammunition? Should you reload too? 

The United Nations wants every individual cartridge to be marked to “limit the scope of the illicit trade”, taking the Brazilian laser marking as an example of best practice. The Association of European Manufacturers of Sporting Ammunition explains here why it would be actually impossible for civilian ammo – and ineffective.