What used to be a commonplace full metal jacket cartridge for mainly military and police use is now also regarded by sport shooters as reliable ammunition for successful competitions. However, the 9x19 mm aka 9mm Luger cartridge has come a long way and required a lot of ballistic testing to make it into the narrow selection of ammo suitable for competitions. The uniformity of the ignition and the propellant charge, for example, were important prerequisites for tight shot groups, and other bullets are also in demand today instead of the mostly used full metal jacket round bullet shape.
New GECO Ultra Target Hollow Point cartridge in 9 mm Luger: especially for sport shooters, with high accuracy and reliability
Ammunition specialist GECO (founded back in 1897, here is a company portrait) now has a new handgun cartridge, the GECO Ultra Target Hollow Point or GECO UTHP for short. The pistol ammunition (with a 8.0 grams, or 124 grains, hollow point bullet), which is initially only available in one load, has already been fired extensively by some top shooters during the market launch phase, and their verdicts were clearly positive, such as this one. "The new GECO UTHP delivers absolute top groupings in my pistols and is my first choice for target shooting."
However, the high accuracy also promises a lot at longer distances such as 50 meters – after all, the current dynamic disciplines such as PPC or Bianchi Cup are often shot with 9mm pistols and also at these long ranges, and this is where the wheat is separated from the chaff in terms of cartridge technology (as well as gun accuracy).
The innovative hollow-point bullet design also contributes to the excellent accuracy. Despite the slight indentations at the tip of the bullet, they also feed reliably from double-stack magazines, which is also an important selection criterion for reliable function, with which the "full metal jacket" bullets usually score highly. We in the editorial team are already looking forward to the first test results.
The key success factors of the GECO UTHP
- Excellent quality control and consistency
- Proven SINOXID ignition caps
- Reliable feed and function for handguns
- Extreme accuracy at 25 m as well as up to 50 m
- Perfectly balanced recoil
- Available in 50-round cardboard boxes
Further information on the GECO UTHP can be found on the GECO website.
