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  • Baga
    Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 367

    Blazer Ammo - Aluminum Casing

    Has anyone used this type of Ammo. What are your thoughts on this type of ammo? Pros/Cons... (Gun Model/Type? Caliber?)

    Last edited by Baga; 04-28-2011, 9:58 AM.
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  • #2
    lazyworm
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2006
    • 1641

    it's okay plinking ammo. Problem is that a lot of ranges don't allow it.

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    • #3
      bumpo628
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2009
      • 1142

      The main problem is that it's not reloadable. I would just get the Blazer Brass and start saving your empties.

      Why would some ranges not allow it?
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      • #4
        Low-Pressure
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2009
        • 1758

        Pros = cost
        Cons = not reloadable

        Originally posted by lazyworm
        it's okay plinking ammo. Problem is that a lot of ranges don't allow it.
        why???
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        • #5
          SixPointEight
          Veteran Member
          • May 2009
          • 3788

          The stuff's okay. Not the best accuracy, not the cleanest, not the dirtiest. Overall, it's pretty mediocre. Combo that with the non-reloadable nature of the aluminum case, and I'd pass on it. Even if you don't want to reload, buy brass, then sell your casings, you'll probably end up at the same price point.

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          • #6
            iareConfusE
            Veteran Member
            • Jan 2010
            • 4464

            They worked fine through my guns. It's just plinking ammo. They aren't very accurate but they aren't trash.

            I think a lot of ranges don't allow it because they don't want to take the effort to sort through the different casings like steel, aluminum, brass, and zinc. They want to just be able to sweep up all the brass and sell it to a reloader.

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            • #7
              bumpo628
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2009
              • 1142

              Originally posted by iareConfusE
              They worked fine through my guns. It's just plinking ammo. They aren't very accurate but they aren't trash.

              I think a lot of ranges don't allow it because they don't want to take the effort to sort through the different casings like steel, aluminum, brass, and zinc. They want to just be able to sweep up all the brass and sell it to a reloader.
              Could you list the ranges you have encountered that do this sort of thing?
              That is really nazi-riffic.
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              • #8
                iareConfusE
                Veteran Member
                • Jan 2010
                • 4464

                Originally posted by bumpo628
                Could you list the ranges you have encountered that do this sort of thing?
                That is really nazi-riffic.
                I know Target Masters in Milpitas doesn't allow steel cased or aluminum cased ammo. I don't know the entire list, but there are a lot of indoor ranges that have this restriction.

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                • #9
                  XDRoX
                  Veteran Member
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 4420

                  You actually can reload them. With once fired alum cases, the vel will be all over the place though. I attribute this to the lack of ductility in the alum case & poor neck tension. The bullets were firm in the case mouth before & after tc, but I think they were just letting go way sooner than a brass case does.

                  With that said, it's not recommended to reload them and I certainly would warn against it. But in a SHTF scenario, they will reload and shoot.
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                  • #10
                    SixPointEight
                    Veteran Member
                    • May 2009
                    • 3788

                    Most the ones I've seen are beardan primed. That's why I said they weren't reloadable. Though if they're boxer primed, I stand corrected. Not the first, nor the last time I'll be wrong.

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                    • #11
                      XDRoX
                      Veteran Member
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 4420

                      Originally posted by JT1989
                      Most the ones I've seen are beardan primed. That's why I said they weren't reloadable. Though if they're boxer primed, I stand corrected. Not the first, nor the last time I'll be wrong.
                      You're right, Blazer use to be berdan primed. They recently switched to boxer though.
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                      Originally posted by Oceanbob
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                      • #12
                        Cowboy T
                        Calguns Addict
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 5725

                        I tried some .357 Magnum Blazer ammo, and it does shoot OK. The aluminum cases, while reloadable if Boxer-primed, do tend to split pretty quickly.

                        BTW, the steel cases in some of the Russian ammo (.45 ACP, .223 Rem) are also now Boxer-primed and thus reloadable. Not my first choice, of course, but as XDRoX put it, in SHTF, they will reload and shoot.
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                        • #13
                          damndave
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                          • Oct 2008
                          • 10858

                          All of my local ranges allow it. I used it in my Glock and it cycled perfectly fine.

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