Blazer Ammo - Aluminum Casing

[Baga]

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

[lazyworm]

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

[bumpo628]

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?

[Low-Pressure]

Pros = cost
Cons = not reloadable

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

why???

[SixPointEight]

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.

[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.

[bumpo628]

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.

[iareConfusE]

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.

[XDRoX]

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.

[SixPointEight]

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.

[XDRoX]

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.

[Cowboy T]

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.

[damndave]

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