I have a chance to pick up some Blazer 9mm aluminum case ammo and just wondered if anybody shoots much of this stuff. I'm a steel case fan but I haven't shot aluminum in years and years. How does it compare to everything else?
Anybody Shoot Blazer Aluminum Cased Ammo?
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I've shot a couple of boxes that someone bought and decided not to use it. Gave it to me. Seemed to not be as fast as far as fps but functioned without any problems. Still have a box of 9mm and 3 boxes of 45 acp. I'll shoot if I'm outdoors and in terrain that you can't find your brass in.I reload so I usually pick up my brass
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Stop shooting it back in Feb 88', here's the story. Had just arrived in West Germany for a 3 yr tour. Truck won't arrive on the boat for another month, so first weekend there bought some .357 CCI Blazer 125 gr JSP ammo (JHPs illegal in Germany at the time) from the Rod and Gun. It was snowing but walked the two miles to the outdoor range. Set up under the covered shooting bays, loaded 5 rds into my Coonan Model B. Donned eyes and ears, sighted down at the target and fired. On the shot had debris hit me in the face. Cleared the gun and found the ejected case in the snow. Bullet dead center on the target. The case however had ruptured (3mm hole) just above the case head and split the length of the case. Shooting glasses had specs all over them. The inside of the chamber was flamed cut at the 9 oclock position. Took pictures and mailed letter to CCI. Mailed barreled upper back to Coonan. CCI paid for the two boxes of Blazer ammo (pulled 99 bullets/power and reseated in nickel cases as my reloading gear had now arrived). Gerry over at Coonan sent me a new complete slide, barrel and checked grips. Haven't fired a round of Blaser since back in the days of snail mail across oceans.
ETA: My HK P7 PSP didn't like it as it never cycled it correctly. It love WWII 1940s Canadian SMG 9mm.
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ETA: My HK P7 PSP didn't like it as it never cycled it correctly. It love WWII 1940s Canadian SMG 9mm.
CD
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I've used it on training ranges where I can't claim my brass. I've noticed it doesn't eject cases as energetically as brass in my VP9. My wife ( who might limp wrist) gets an occasional stovepipe with her VP9. Female friend borrowed a USP9c and also had stovepipe. I'll still use it, but I do it with the knowledge that it's probably the crappiest range ammo I own.
In Some guns the cases Can bend on feeding.
I have shot a bunch of it, never had an issue. Never really paid attention to ejection patterns or inspected the casing much as I enjoy it for when I dont care about picking up brass.
The blazer, alum or brass, always cycled fine and all that, but accuracy was not good. They seem kind of floaty...not real consistent.
I could blame it me or the guns, and sometimes that's right to do. But I go through lots of cheap store-bought ammo of all brands in a bunch of different guns, and when a certain kind goes out of the norm it's noticeable.
I could blame it me or the guns, and sometimes that's right to do. But I go through lots of cheap store-bought ammo of all brands in a bunch of different guns, and when a certain kind goes out of the norm it's noticeable.
Had a few thousand of them from a while back, worked fine in my G34, G26, PM9 and sub2k.
I seem to think I should have bought more but I wanted to keep running as much steel through the guns as possible just to upset the internet types who know steel wrekz yer gunz, or is only for the poors, or whatever people who don't actually shoot much say.
I seem to think I should have bought more but I wanted to keep running as much steel through the guns as possible just to upset the internet types who know steel wrekz yer gunz, or is only for the poors, or whatever people who don't actually shoot much say.
Had a few thousand of them from a while back, worked fine in my G34, G26, PM9 and sub2k.
I seem to think I should have bought more but I wanted to keep running as much steel through the guns as possible just to upset the internet types who know steel wrekz yer gunz, or is only for the poors, or whatever people who don't actually shoot much say.
I love ya man. A true shooters mentality. Like I tell people, if your gun doesn’t like steel case ammo you might need to rethink your gun and not your ammo
I love ya man. A true shooters mentality. Like I tell people, if your gun doesn’t like steel case ammo you might need to rethink your gun and not your ammo
True story. I took that Vickers/Hackathorn class a while back, and Hackathorn was letting people shoot his (then new) EDC9. When I got my hands on it, I pointed out I only had steel case 9mm with me. He said "shoot it, won't hurt it a bit". Bummer was I could only put a few mags through it before it was time to pass it on to the next guy.
Oh, and during the low light portion I was expecting some super crazy pyrotechnics out of my tula, but it was pretty dissapointig. Sometimes that stuff throws fireballs down range, sometimes, it's like the flash suppressed critical defense. Nada.
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I’ve shot many rounds of it early into handguns. No problem out of most guns. Had issue with two subcompacts with ejections coming out rearward with some hitting me so I never bought it again. I suspect aluminum and higher muzzle flip with shorter/lighter gun.