We shot 32 7 round moon clips of Blaser 9mm in our smith Model 986 today and three bullets shook loose and jammed the cylinder temporarily. Has anyone here had the same issue with this ammo?

I have been shooting 9 mm for about 30 years. No need to buy brass, because there is an ample supply on the floor at my club's range.

I am selective in what I save. When I see Blazer brass, I throw it back in the brass can. Never had good luck with it.

I don't buy store bought ammo, so I can't comment on if it any good or not.

I see it is usually cheaper on the shelf at the LGS, so for me that is usually a tipoff.

Recently have shot some in Autos. No problems.
The only bullets that I can recall doing that were some of my warmer 357 reloads.

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This isn't unusual. The same can happen with other calibers that are designed for autoloaders but are shot in revolvers, the gun becomes an inertial bullet puller. There's nothing wrong with the ammo, it's just not designed for revolvers.

You'll have to experiment with different kinds of 9x19. I think that Winchester's NATO-spec ammo has some kind of sealant on the bullet that might fix this, but it has a harder primer than other loads and might cause ignition issues if your revolver has had a trigger job.

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Most brass cased 9mm factory ammo has some sealant around the primer and bullet base. It may be clear and hard to see compared to the colored sealant on military spec ammo. Blaser Aluminum is cheaply made with no sealant on primers or bullets and will not survive my tests of soaking ammo in a bucket of water for a few days.

I have shot thousands of rounds of Blazer/CCI ammo with no problems.

Revolvers tend to pull bullets out of the case as the other rounds are fired .
Most 9mm Luger ammo is made to shoot in semi-auto's ...
Those 3 Blaser rounds simply did not have enough bullet crimp .
If you shot a total of 224 rounds (32 X 7 = 224) of Blaser ammo and only 3 jumped crimp ... that's not bad for the cheap blaser ammo ...
Fire some better quality ammo and see how they perform .
Tip - When shooting at the range , open the cylinder and look at the remaining rounds to see if any bullets are "creeping " out the case before they tie-up your revolver . You have to watch revolvers firing semi-auto ammo ... the bullets usually have no crimp groove to crimp the case into ... Be on the lookout for The Creeping Bullet Syndrome

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Thanks much for the excellent insight.

I had the same problem with that ammo in my 929. Since I had purchased 20 boxes of it on sale I bought a 9mm crimp die and ran all the rounds through it increasing the factory crimp by .003. That solved the problem.

Same here but one caveat: The aluminum cased 9MM started giving me malfunction in several of my CZ's. The same guns that NEVER malfunction with anything else including brass Blazer. Failure to eject. Bad lot? I don't know. Same with S&W SD9VE.

As we circle the wagons and the buzzards approach,
Looking like the Blazer Brass Case performs well in our Autos.
But not in Revolvers.
I don’t own a 9mm Revolver, so I will continue to buy it when it’s cheap.
And its range ammo, not intended for roping in behind the lines at night!

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I never had a problem with Blazer aluminum or brass cased ammo in my 9mm or 45 ACP pistols either. Is it my favorite ammo? Not really, it seems to burn a bit dirtier than Federal's American Eagle brand, but when the price is right, I buy it anyway.

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Can happen with ammo from any manufacturer. Usually isolated to a particular lot or two. Let Blaser know.

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