Geco .380 FMJ Ammo in my CW380

[3502dav]

Garbage!! I took my CW380 to the range yesterday and all they had in stock was this Geco ammo. My gun malfunctioned with single magazine of this stuff. I really did not think I would be able to get through a box of 50. I had a second box that luckily they accepted back as a return. The gun would not extract the spent casing and the round to be chambered would be wedged underneath. I had to push down on the magazine from the open chamber and forcefully rip the magazine out. In the process I wound up slicing my finger and bleeding all over the range.

On a good note I had some critical defense rounds that the gun devoured with no issues.

Stay away from this stuff, it will save you some money and a headache and maybe a sliced finger!


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[DavidR]

Thanks for the advice. With FMJs my CW380 has problems with Aguila but runs well with Blazer Brass and HPR Hyper Clean.

[Whaleman]

I am not used to seeing Browning Court.

[clayflingythingy]

Yep...Geco no work in CW380 as I found out tonight.

[CJB]

Geco 38sp is under powered.... 158jhp running about 690 fps out of SP101 3 inch. WWB did about 825 fps with 158g tmj

[yqtszhj]

When I see Geco I think of that lizzard insurance commercial.

[Nakatomi]

Don't want to necro an old thread but since I found this while searching for my issue, figured I would add my story

Bought a gently used Kahr P380 and headed to the range. I don't know if the pistol had been through its 200 break in or not. The only ammo the range had was the Geco stuff listed above. It was a nightmare. Only using the slide stop to drop the slide, it would FTF about 50% of the time. It would jam every third or forth round. Some lock ups were so bad, I had to do as the original poster did, force the slide back and press down on the remaining bullets to drop the magazine and clear the failure. I had bought 2 boxes of Geco and gave up after fighting my way through one box. I was worried the gun was a lemon, honestly.

I took it home, gave it a good cleaning, and bought a box of Remington 88gr JHP. I took that and the second box of Geco back to the range today. I shot the Remington first, it ate the entire box of 50 with no malfunctions of any kind, flawless. I then loaded the mag with the Geco and it jammed right away when I dropped the slide release. I didn't even bother to fire it, just gave the ammo to the range guys with the heads up that it seemed to be garbage, at least for the Kahr.

[GA_Sheepdog]

I actually really like Geco ammo. Of course I haven't used the 380 but the 9mm was flawless in my cm9 and Glock 19. I like it due to the high velocity and it simulates practicing with +p rounds.

[SlowBurn]

Geco .380 FMJ Ammo in my CW380

Mine had same problem with this ammo, though it ran fine in friends G42.