The only ammo brands left on the shelves now seem to be the less expensive ones, such as Tula and Blazer. I saw a topic on here about Tula ammo and that it runs good but is dirty... How about Blazer ammo? Any experience with it? Specifically in .45 ACP (want it for my 1911). It's about $21/box of 50.

Still some Winchester White Box left, too, but it always is $7 or so more per box. And .32 auto, .38 special... Are all like $5 more per box than .45!

I have shot a thousand rounds of aluminum Blazer in my 1911's with no issues. Good practice ammo.

Good to know. I was concerned because it seemed like nobody was touching the stuff.

All of the Aguila, MagTech, UMC/Remington was snatched up in the blink of an eye.

It's CCI. Good to go.

Emory

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Ive used cci blazer aluminum and tula in 40 s&w. They both worked fine, but they were pretty dirty. I clean the gun after every range day, so it wasnt a big deal to me.

Blazer to me is **** at least with the 45, cant tell you how many times I had issues with their ammo and its real dirty. Whoever is selling that **** for 21 a box, I would litereally tell them to go ........ themselves, thats insane.

Eric

What kind of issues? Wildly varying loads? Wouldn't go off? Badly seated bullets? Marred cases? Just curious.

Dirty isn't a huge problem as I clean my guns after every range trip.

I have used 9mm blazer with no problems, but some guns dont run well with it. Mainly extraction problems, probably due to the softer casing.

I've used 9mm, 10mm,& 45 w/o issue myself.

I hear people talking about it or other ammo being dirty, Does that really matter?

I clean after range trip (within a couple of days anyway) so I never let it bother me.

As others have said, dirty.
Does it matter? Well, only time in my life I have fired a gun at a range and my hands looked like I had rub them for a while in gun powder.
It wasn't just the gun that got dirty from the dirty ammo.
Turned me off from using this again.

I've never cared much for Blazer ammo. It never seemed to me to be all that much less expensive than brass cased ammo, considering the usefulness and value of the brass casing in the other ammo.

I have used it. It seemed accurate and generally reliable enough...though I agree that it seemed a bit dirtier than most other brands. However, an incident occurred some 7 or so years ago, that caused me to quit using Blazer altogether.

A friend and I were out shooting in the desert. At one point, we were taking turns shooting my Model of 1988 S&W M.625, in .45 ACP. We were using my friend's Blazer ammo. At one point my friend was shooting it, and was shooting DA at a moderate pace. After several "BOOMS" there was a distinctly weak "pop". I hurriedly called out to my friend to not fire again...fortunately he was quite experienced, and noted the different sound, and ceased firing.

Upon examination of the firearm, we discovered the bullet lodged roughly midway down the barrel, an obvious squib load. I was lucky that my friend was so observant, and that he didn't happen to have been firing more rapidly at that moment...or I might have been left with a bulged, or possibly burst, barrel.

Now, I'm aware that one lone squib load does not mean that all Blazer ammo is dangerous, or worthless. I recognize that many out there have fired thousands, perhaps ten of thousands of rounds of Blazer, and have had no similar issues. It's just one of those things that, when it happens to you, it tends to sour you on the product.

I have to admit though...with the current ammo shortages, I find myself a bit short of .357 Magnum. I've been searching around, and at times the most affordable option has been Blazer. I've not quite found the deal I'm looking for yet...and likely won't now, until this whole current episode dies down...but I have considering buying some more Blazer, admitting to myself that my bias is likely unwarranted.

Still...old memories, (especially thoughts of a treasured and somewhat rare S&W almost being potentially ruined) die hard.

Tim

Darn near everyone you mentioned. I had several 45acp rounds that as soon as I would grab them and load them into my semi just touching the tip of the bullet caused them to push inside the case deeper, true definition of no QC and **** product as well as numerous FTF'S and tons of marred cases and the junk is beyond dirty . think it sums up Blazzer quite well. WWB is junk too since we are talking about junk ammo.

Eric

FTF with .45 ACP twice in one range trip using total of perhaps 75 rounds...i will never use it again...

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Main complaint I have seen with WWB is that it is dirty as well. Same issues as Blazer?

I have fired many thousands of Blazer 9mm's without any problems.

My goto range ammo is Tula, Wolf and Blazer. No problems ever

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I have used both Tula and Blazer in 9mm, .40 S&W and .45 ACP with absolutely perfect function and excellent on target accuracy. Firearms used have been Beretta 92F (9mm), Glock 22RTF (.40 S&W) and S&W 625-2 and Rock Island Armory 1911-A1 (.45 ACP).

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I use Blazers all the time with no problems, its good ammo!

Blazer brass is good to go range ammo.


Best regards,
Nick.

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I've shot a few thousand rounds of 9MM and 45 ACP Blazer, both aluminum and brass case. In my experience the aluminum case ammo seems to be more consistent and slightly more powerful than the reloadable brass version. Since the price went up, I don't buy either type anymore.

My 1911's eat the aluminum case Blazer just fine and produce good accuracy too. The newer brass Blazer short cycles the same guns about 10% of the time and it is not as accurate. Both are a bit sooty, but so are my handloads!

In 9MM I've never had any issues with the aluminum Blazer but the brass stuff doesn't reliably cycle my CZ-75 or SIG P6.

The one benefit to Blazer Brass case is the reloadable brass, which seems as good as most others.

I've shot quite a bit of Blazer over the years and the only problem I've ever had was with the 25ACP. I had an old Colt 1908 pistol with some pitting in the chamber and it would not eject Blazer. Later found a good barrel and installed it, Blazer then worked fine in it. I suspect the softer case stuck to the pitts and slowed down the slide,

Have shot a lot of 9, 40 and 45 Blazer. Never had the problems some other posters ran into with 45. Possibly some bad lots got out and they got some of those. Any maker occasionally has problems (see the recent recall on 5.56 ammo) and I've run across all kinds over the years but Blazer has been fine for me.

I've used Blazer .45 ACP. No issues shooting at all. As for all the astricks totally unnecessary almost as bad as watching TV. It gets to the point where the bleeping is all you hear.

Now it poses an issue for reloaders. It is easy enough to cull out the aluminum cases but the brass tend to sneak in and muck up the works with their small primers. Locks up the priming station when you try to seat large pistol primers. Just one other thing to watch out for when reloading range brass. At least thy are boxer primed. CCI is normally known for their quality products but quality control is a process. This is a CCI MiniMag that somehow missed the crimping station.



Luckily I was paying attention and did not load a round behind the separated bullet.

My shootin buddy shoots blazer aluminum and tula almost exclusively in his glocks. He says the blazer seems hotter than the tula with the tula being noticeably dirtier. I shoot Unique powder so I'm used to dirty. :-) I've shot a lot of blazer brass in my Sig and my Glock no problems with FTF or FTE. YMMV.

Welp, moot point now. Blazer was only $1 or $2 cheaper than anything else on the shelf (except Tula), and now ALL .45 auto ammo is gone. Probably 140 boxes of it gone in a week, and whatever they had hiding in the back. Unsure what the heck happened.

Go bang, but in my experience very dirty.

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I bought 3 boxes of CCI Blazer (Aluminum casing) for my .40 (Taurus PT-140) a while back and had nothing but problems with it. It seemed that with every 3rd or 4th round I would have either a FTF or FTE. It would get stuck halfway up the feed ramp or stovepipe when ejecting.
Since I've got about 75 rounds of this stuff left and since I've been reloading for a little while now, I'm going to take some measurements to see how the cartridges differ (if at all), and see if I can find the cause.
Could be that my pistol just doesn't like the stuff and has a more expensive taste .

I have not tried this ammo in my M&P 40 yet.

FWIW, my 1911's have better reliability with 124gr blazer... not so much so with 115gr.

I've had some weak primer hit / fire issues as well... just a few, out of say 300-500 rounds.

I'd never use Blazer for any match shoots.... ymmv

bn

I have shot over 2500 rounds of Blazer brass through my Shield and no hiccups. Dirty? I clean after the range anyhow.

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Great for function and breaking in. Terrible accuracy of late. Twenty years ago Blazers would shoot with any factory ammo. Just tried some 45s, all over the place. I could cover all my reload shots with a fist!

I just went through three boxes of Blazer Brass 9mm without any problem. It was 17 degrees and I had to brush snow off between reloads.

not related to blazer, but lots of federal left around here in ks.

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Not sure why some folks have had problems with blazer or tula ammo, I have shot a couple thousand rounds of 9mm and 45acp of both brands and never had a hiccup with either. Maybe I have just been lucky. I will admit they are both dirty but I actually enjoy cleaning almost as much as shooting so that isn't a problem with me.

Amen, Joe!

I've shot many thousands of Blazer aluminum in both 9mm and 45. No issues at all, good cheap range ammo.
I've had more issues with QC from Remington, than CCI.

Blazer .357 Mag 158 JHP is my preferred load for mid-frame Magnum use. Blazer .38 Spl+P 158gr JFP is a great load for practice. I had no problems years ago with Blazer .45 hardball in an Uzi carbine.
I would NEVER again use Blazer .38 Spl 158 LRN service-type loads. For whatever reason, they would jam some of my .38 revolvers, preventing cylinder rotation after several shots. Others would use it without problem.
Try out whatever ammo you want to use. Just don't buy a boatload of it before you try it. Hope this helps.

I don't mind Blazer's in my revolvers but tend to stay away from them for my semi's.

When I first started shooting regularly instead of collecting or carrying. I shot blazer brass ammo in most of my guns at the range. the 15-22 i had ejection issues with. Not alot, not even every mag, but enough to make me switch. I have actually had good luck with the centuron 22lr hollow point ammo. As far as the bodyguard 380, sigma 40, shield 40, shield 9mm, ruger sr40, lcp380, and e series 1911 i never encountered an issue, but i also didnt shoot 5,000 rounds of it through each gun.

In SoCal ammo of any kind last only hours, only shotgun shells last for a week. I always hear people dissing WWB all the time, strange i never have any problems, regardless of cal. or gun.

I bought 2 boxes of aluminum case Blazer 44 specials for my 629. Wanted to see how much difference the special's made over the mag round for target acquisition. Was able to stay on target in rapid fire but had 8 FTF in a 50 round box. Have 50/50 rounds of Blazer left, wont buy it again. Anyone shoot any Lehigh 44 mag multiple Projectile rounds?