Blazer 44 Mag 240 Gr JHP

[conchmariner]

Any opinions on this?

 

[canoe on the yukon]

I'm a handloader and don't buy much factory ammo but I have used Blazer ammo from time to time in the past and have found it to be just fine.I'm not sure what the velocity specs are with that particular load but for general use,I'd have no hesitation to use it.

 

[Mickey Rat]

A note from a handloader: You can reload ALUMINUM Blazer cases and Wolf steel cases IF they have a boxer primer.

I started reloading Wolf steel cases (45 ACPC 4 years ago. With moderate loads I get 3 or 4 loadings before I get any cracked necks. Cracked necks occur all the time with reloads (nearing the end of their loadability) and with brass cases signal the need to anneal the cases.

I started reloading Blazer 9 mm & 45 ACP ALUMINUM cases this year after noticing they had a boxer primer. I get about 3 loadings from them, too. Just use a moderate load. The 45 ACP aluminum cases do use small pistol primers instead of large, but that is no real problem.

My reasoning with the steel cases was that if the Army used them during WWII, and Wolf, Bear and several others used steel cases, why couldn't they be reloaded?

I reloaded the Wolf originally to have some cases that I wouldn't fee obliged to pick up. I am now and will always be a "Brasshopper". I pick up ANY reloadable case, just in case I ever need them.

 

[conchmariner]

I'm a handloader and don't buy much factory ammo but I have used Blazer ammo from time to time in the past and have found it to be just fine.I'm not sure what the velocity specs are with that particular load but for general use,I'd have no hesitation to use it.

Appreciate that info. The reason for my question is that I've found Blazer to be the most manageable load in my 329NG which is my hiking gun. It seems accurate enough at the range.

 

[canoe on the yukon]

Appreciate that info. The reason for my question is that I've found Blazer to be the most manageable load in my 329NG which is my hiking gun. It seems accurate enough at the range.

Since there's no free lunch with such things (power,recoil,gun weight),your report aroused my curiosity.I looked it up and according to Speer,it rates as a 1200 fps load.I have no idea what test firearm was used or even if it was a test barrel rather than a revolver.

Relatively speaking,most full power loads with a bullet of that type and weight in the 44 magnum usually are rated closer to the 1400-1500 fps range.This,in no way,gives any specifics about the actual velocity from your revolver but I think it may give you a general idea.

It's certainly not full power but it's not a wimp either.Depending on what you may encounter,you are generally speaking,pretty well armed.

 

[Dragon88]

My reasoning with the steel cases was that if the Army used them during WWII, and Wolf, Bear and several others used steel cases, why couldn't they be reloaded?

Using them is one thing, reloading them is another. I feel sorry for your dies.

 

[conchmariner]

Since there's no free lunch with such things (power,recoil,gun weight),your report aroused my curiosity.I looked it up and according to Speer,it rates as a 1200 fps load.I have no idea what test firearm was used or even if it was a test barrel rather than a revolver.

Relatively speaking,most full power loads with a bullet of that type and weight in the 44 magnum usually are rated closer to the 1400-1500 fps range.This,in no way,gives any specifics about the actual velocity from your revolver but I think it may give you a general idea.

It's certainly not full power but it's not a wimp either.Depending on what you may encounter,you are generally speaking,pretty well armed.

Thanks for that info which makes a lot of sense. I went through a few different factory magnum loads with this gun, many of them somewhat unpleasant to shoot for more than a few rounds. The Blazer seems like a good compromise for a short barreled alloy gun.

 

[K1500]

My impression mirrors the others in that it is downloaded from a full power load. That should be looked upon as a virtue for range work (and even for carry work in most cases).