Blazer brand ammo?

[Vegetaman]

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!

 

[MikeyB]

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

 

[Vegetaman]

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.

 

[crofoot629]

It's CCI. Good to go.

Emory

 

[timloomis]

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.

 

[gumpys]

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

 

[Vegetaman]

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.

 

[jonesy814]

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.

 

[richeyo2]

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.

 

[Blueface2]

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.

 

[Bullzaye]

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

 

[gumpys]

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.

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

 

[BadKarmaZeroSix]

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

 

[Vegetaman]

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

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

 

[max]

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

 

[Arik]

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

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[brucev]

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 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).

 

[Mule88]

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

 

[NMPinNYC]

Blazer brass is good to go range ammo.


Best regards,
Nick.

 

[steamloco76]

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.