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.
The new 6mm ARC was designed by Hornady for long range performance, but it was not allowed to become too large, as it still has to fit into an AR-15 magazine as a factory load. We developed handloads for the new cartridge and report on the results in the following article.
IWA 2023: For this year, GECO announces new loadings for its GECO Express and GECO Star hunting ammunition lines. But also the GECO Target HP training and match ammunition line is expanding. Here we give you an overview of everything you need to know about GECO's new ammo and show videos of the manufacturer's new products.
Enforce Tac 2023: The .300 AAC Blackout caliber (7.62 x 35 mm) is also becoming increasingly popular with German security agencies, such as the police in Schleswig-Holstein, and every well-known LE supplier, such as FN or Heckler & Koch, carries corresponding weapons in its catalog. The well-known US ammunition manufacturer Hornady is now expanding its offer with two more interesting loadings.
In this part 2, wet cleaning methods come into play. Read and see what ultrasonic, drums with steel pins in cleaning fluid or your mom's washing machine can do in our practical test.
Ground walnut shells and corn cob, ultrasonic baths and small stainless steel pins. You can read and discover here, in the first part, which brass cases cleaning methods or media, wet or dry, have which advantages and disadvantages.
Looking back: last summer, IWA OutdoorClassics launched the IWA Campfire as the start of its anniversary year. The idea behind this concept is to network with the community during the year and to strengthen the various segments of the IWA. To this end, a team from the IWA visited various events, showed a presence there and forged new partnerships. What's coming in 2024?
Presented at last year's IWA OutdoorClassics, the Smith & Wesson Demon is a special version of the model 686 revolver produced in a limited edition of 150 pieces for the German market. It has an unusual red livery that recalls the corporate color of the Waimex company, the American brand's historic importer.
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Another “retro” AR-15, this time in the form of the M16A2, the 5.56x45mm NATO service rifle adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense in the early 1980s as an improvement on the older M16 and M16A1 models. The SA-16A2 replicates all the features of the original rifle.
The 5th Black Powder Shooting Grand Prix took place in Valeggio sul Mincio. Around 250 shooters from ten European countries were attracted by the strong competition and attractive prizes, but also by the chance to get to know the shooting range in the run-up to the World Championships at the end of August. Sponsor Pierangelo Pedersoli gave a remarkable speech.
It was the test gun for a radically different pistol design, was intended to prevail against the established competition from Walther, Mauser and SIG-Sauer, and had to hold its own against an in-house competitor. The Heckler & Koch PSP paved the way for the later P7 service pistol and its success ended the further development of the P9S from the same company. A chance encounter between the two gun …
“A new standard for modern, striker-fired duty pistols” – Springfield Armory has set itself no less a goal for the new Echelon model. The new pistol is now also available in Europe via Ferkinghoff International. We have therefore taken a closer look at its features.
Rapid fire pistol for men and "sport" pistol for women: these are the 25m pistol competitions of the Olympic Games that are about to begin. The same pistols and ammunition are used to compete in these two specialities, to be fired within a limited time. Very spectacular!
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