Cartridge portrait: new GECO DTX line, especially designed for sport shooters, now also with the lead-free .308 load

"Where excitement starts" – that's the new claim for GECO's ammunition since spring 2021. But it's not just the claim that's new, but also the logo, the packaging and the website. 

Also available in .223 Remington caliber is a GECO DTX load with 3.6 g (55 gr) bullet – ideal for longer training sessions with a modern AR15-based sporting semi-automatic rifle.

In competitions with a high number of shots, such as here in IPSC Rifle, many bullets pass through the barrel even during training. A reliable, but not too expensive cartridge like the GECO DTX pays off.

But this is also accompanied by new products that are intended to live up to the brand's price/performance promise. Especially for sport shooters with high ammunition consumption, GECO offers the relatively new DTX cartridge line: these are various full metal jacket (FMJ) loads for handguns and long guns, naturally in reliable GECO quality, but at an attractive price. For long guns, the two GECO DTX version are available in .308 Win with 150 gr bullet and .223 Rem. FMJ with 55 gr bullet, for handguns there is the GECO DTX in the internationally widespread 9mm Luger caliber with a bullet weight of 115 gr.

UPDATE from May 2022: the .308 Winchester load from GECO is now also available as a lead-free variant in the DTX series!

At IWA 2022, GECO also introduced a brand new lead-free training load that completes the range of popular calibers. It is the .308 Winchester lead-free with item number 2426492, which uses a 7-gram (108 gr) zinc-core HPBT bullet. Packages contain 50 cartridges each, which is a practical and also still handy amount.

In addition, a few background information about the new packages: a conscious decision was made at GECO to make the pack sizes as practical and hands-on as possible for shooters: while the .308 Win. and the 9mm Luger come in the market-standard 50-round packs, the new .223 Rem packs contain 150 rounds.

GECO DTX FMJ in 9mm 

The GECO DTX FMJ in 9mm Luger is the ideal training cartridge for handguns and thus perfectly suited for dynamic, semi-dynamic and precision disciplines. This predestines this load for use in compact and full-size pistols, as well as in modern pistol caliber carbines. The DTX is also the most inexpensive 9mm cartridge in the entire GECO range.

GECO DTX FMJ in .223 Rem. in new packs of 150 pcs.

For sport shooting in caliber .223 Rem. this full metal jacket cartridge is a good choice especially for semi-automatics. Also from the new 150 round packing unit you can see that we are talking about disciplines with high ammo consumption. What makes the cartridge stand out in practice? Reliability in cycling and feeding in AR systems and semi-automatic rifles. And, of course, the lower price: it's now only about 53 cents per shot. 

GECO DTX FMJ in .308 Win.

Since 2020 GECO also offers the popular .308 Win. Caliber for semi-auto rifles with standard full metal jacket bullet under the name DTX. This line is aimed at sport shooters with high ammunition consumption and is less expensive than the previous GECO cartridges. Previously, GECO ammo came with plastic loading strips and sealed primers, case mouth lacquer in the 50 pack – all features that make it more expensive to manufacture than is absolutely necessary.    

For further information please visit the new GECO website. There you will find all the ballistic data for the loads presented here as well as lots of other details on the latest ammunition from GECO.