Blazer 9mm Aluminum Cases

[jimmyj]

Hi:
Does anyone use or have used Blazer Aluminum case ammo?
Opinions??
Thank you,
Jimmy

 

[JAV638]

They work great in my Stoeger Cougar 8000 9mm.

 

[Eliakim]

9mm Blazer Aluminum (115gr) has worked fine for me through both a SIG P228 and a Glock G19. I also shoot the .40 cal Bazer Aluminum (180gr) through a G27.

The stuff used to be cheap. It is at least as good as Wolf steel cased ammo.

 

[FennRx]

i use it all the time in my Sigma 9mm and Taurus .45 ACPs. never a single hiccup. its relatively cheap and it works.

 

[Andy Taylor]

The stuff used to be cheap. It is at least as good as Wolf steel cased ammo.

I would say better than the steel cased Wolf, or any other steel cased ammo. the softer aluminum case will not wear the steel firing chamber on your gun. The steel cased stuff might.

 

[44forever]

I have used it occassionally in a Browning Hi-Power. Seems to work fine, maybe loaded a little warm. Keep the chamber clean.

 

[animalmother]

Been shooting Blazer since it first came out in the 80s. Good stuff. Never had any problems.

 

[Eliakim]

Originally posted by Lucky Derby:

I would say better than the steel cased Wolf, or any other steel cased ammo. the softer aluminum case will not wear the steel firing chamber on your gun. The steel cased stuff might.

Aluminum is generally softer than steel used for pistol barrels, but anodized aluminum (such as Blazer casings) has a wear-resistant oxide coating that may even be "harder" and perhaps more abrasive than the steel casings made by Wolf.

Brass is most surely the best material for cartidge casings, but I've never had any trouble with the cheaper stuff made of aluminum or steel.

 

[SWAT Lt.]

No issues with Blazer aluminum.

 

[84CJ]

No complaints on my end.

 

[bigt5150]

No functional or accuracy problems with Blazer whatsoever. The only thing I've noticed is that it sometimes burns a little dirty expecially in .45 acp, but then again, we should all clean our guns regularly.

 

[David Sinko]

I do not ordinarily buy or use factory loaded ammo but I recently obtained some 9mm Blazer and I was interested to see how the aluminum cases would extract from my 940. I fired three cylinders full and did not experience any sticky extraction.

Dave Sinko

 

[courtyard]

Never had a problem.

 

[psm06270]

Went through a case in a sigma and no problems.

 

[Mega]

I run 115gr Blazer all the time in my M&P9.
No issues.

 

[jdh]

As dirty as some people claim Blazer to be it is still so much cleaner than Wolf.

It has always worked for me and accuracy is good.

 

[palmetto99]

I've used Blazer aluminum in 9mm, 40S&W, .38 spl, .357 mag and 44 mag over the past 15 years. I've used more 9mm than the other and never had a problem with any of it. I remember 50 rds of 9mm were $6.99 not to many years ago.

 

[38-44HD45]

I bought several thousand rounds of 115gr. Blazer 9x19 a few years back, mostly paying $3.79 a box at Academy. (Those were the days!) Unfortunately, my sons and I have shot up most of it. Unlike .45 ACP Blazer, the 9mm seems to be pretty clean, and we've gotten good accuracy results with it from Glocks and my son's match pistol, a Colt Combat Elite with Nowlin barrel.

 

[Erich]

I've happily shot thousands of them - same price point as the gentleman from Lubbuck. Only thing I'd say negative about the experience is that they tended to stick in the cylinder of my no-dash 940 - and that's a poor reflection on the gun, not the ammo.

 

[flop-shank]

Aren't 940s notorious for having that issue with a variety of ammo?