Aluminum Cased Ammunition.

[shakyshoot]

Just went to Walmart and they had Fed aluminum .45 at $14.99. Same price for .40. Stood around for 25 minutes and bugged 3 different employees but nobody ever showed up with the key. Thanks Walmart.

[Rosereader]

I guessing because the rounds are lighter, there may be timing issues? I just found out last night that my Masterpiece Arms will also not cycle 9mm snap caps, it just spits them out before going into the chamber. The snap caps cycle fine in my Glock.

Perhaps, the extractor on my Masterpiece Arms is too powerful for aluminum casings and just tears them in half?

Honestly that sounds like a case expansion issue. I saw the same thing happen to my buddies 5.56 Avtomat. If that is the case what has happened is the case was too soft or the chamber a little too wide and the pressure of ignition forced the case wall up against the chamber wall, then when the incredibly violent force of extraction occured the case tore rather than came out properly due to the friction on the case wall being greater than the tensile strength of the case.

[crob]

I'm guessing the range rules limiting aluminum casing has more to do with selling brass than anything else. The ranges have to do something with the spent casings, if not sorting and reselling it themselves, I am sure it is easier to sell if there are no non brass casings mixed in...

[HonkingAntelope]

I guessing because the rounds are lighter, there may be timing issues? I just found out last night that my Masterpiece Arms will also not cycle 9mm snap caps, it just spits them out before going into the chamber. The snap caps cycle fine in my Glock.

Perhaps, the extractor on my Masterpiece Arms is too powerful for aluminum casings and just tears them in half?

For your own safety and that of other shooters, have you followed up on the out-of-battery discharge issue? I'd hate to be on the lane next to yours if that gun ever lets go and kabooms.

[BigPimping]

Where did you get it? I would be all over it like nobody's business.

[Chaos47]

The Aluminum I have seen at Walmart recently was Federal.. which is owned by the same company as Blazer. (Hell I've even purchased a box of Federal to find that the cases where marked Blazer or vica versa I can't remember which direction atm)

I used Blazer Aluminum a lot in the early 2000's when it was plentiful and cheap.

Glock uses Blazer Aluminum for their test fire cases... I think thats a big endorsement.

[Stanze]

For your own safety and that of other shooters, have you followed up on the out-of-battery discharge issue? I'd hate to be on the lane next to yours if that gun ever lets go and kabooms.

The gun works fine with brass cased ammo. The out of battery discharge issue is a characteristic of the gun -- "Mac" pistols were originally open-bolt designs, but had to be redesigned to closed bolt per the ATF which may of compromised the safety. Other users have reported out of battery misfires when bump firing which I don't intend on doing. I suggest testing your guns (while empty) to see if they can fire out of battery.

[GW]

Aluminum Blazer ammo works great. Ranges hate it because its not reloadable and having to sort it means more work for them. I just shot a GSSF match using Blazer 10MM and had zero malfunctions.
Its good to go.

[Tommy C]

Aluminum Blazer ammo works great. Ranges hate it because its not reloadable and having to sort it means more work for them. I just shot a GSSF match using Blazer 10MM and had zero malfunctions.
Its good to go.

+1 for Blazer.

[Vaktathi]

I've had some bad issues with Blazer aluminum cased ammo, though I've only ever tried it in a Gen3 glock where it liked to jam/stovepipe every 8 or 9 rounds. Outside of that, I haven't tried it.

[9mmepiphany]

I've shot regular Blazer for years in preference to WWB...it was just cleaner and was more consistent. The only issue I've had with them were their .44spl JHP loading occasionally sticking in the chamber

I wasn't reloading, so the Berdan primers didn't matter to me...the ranges where I have shot allow it.

I'm looking forward to trying the Federal aluminum stuff when I find some

[Rosereader]

I'm looking forward to trying the Federal aluminum stuff when I find some

Check Wally World. Here in the El Cajon region I keep running into it now that I've seen it.

[toby]

You can have it all.

[Kokopelli]

The manual for my Marlin 1894C instructs not use aluminum cased ammo in the carbine.

[mabilis_matulis]

i have no problem with aluminum.. good thing my local range allows it..