Blazer ammo Fail???

[AF-Odin]

Agree with posters who state they have never had a problem with Blazer and I have used the aluminum as well as Blazer Brass. Only issue I have had with ammo has all bee with WWB 9mm and all THREE of those have been failure of the primer to ignite the powder as I pulled the bullets after each instance and there was an appropriate amount of powder in each case. as well as a positive striker imprint on the primer. Only ammo I have hang fires with has been some post WW-II Pakistani .303 that came in stripper clips which were rusted to the rounds. My son referred to this ammo as "Click-Bang" as you would pull the trigger and hear the click, then, wait for it, wait for it BANG after about a second and a half. Pulled the bullets and disposed of components.

As for how long to wait, USAF CATMs Trainers always stressed that in the event of a hang fire, keep muzzle down range and a positive grip on the weapon for at least 30 seconds. Then to extract the round and place in the DUD Bucket (usually a coffee can painted red filled with oil and water--interestingly, always looked like the cigarette butt bucket).

[Lynyrd]

I tried some Blazer .357 a long time ago and about half the casings got stuck in my S&W revolver. Powder was very, vary dirt too. The few pennies a round difference were not enough to make be by any more.

[The Marshal]

Blazer ammo in Brass, Aluminum, and even the Nylon has not given me a single issue.
Used in .45, .40 and 9mm.
1000+ brass, 100s+ of the other two. (harder to find!)

I will most always buy it for Target ammo given the choice, since it will be the least expensive.

[flechero]

I've only had a hang fire with a muzzle loader, never a loaded cartridge...

I've heard of lots of duds (especially in rimfire) but not a hangfire. That's a little scary because most are taught to rapidly tap/rack upon a failure... so a short 1/2-1 second hang could happen just as you are pulling it out of battery and your support hand is right over/next to the ejection port.

[rotor]

I don't buy it because one of my guns is 9 mm ported and Blazer brass says not for ported barrels. Fiocchi always works great and usually can find on sale.

[Bitter Clinger]

As reported in an earlier thread, I recently attended a full day of handgun training on the range where I was running CCI Blazer Brass through a couple of Glock 19's.

I had several FTF's as a function of hard primers, some of which would function when I tried them a second time, and some that simply would not. I also noticed (anecdotally) that the lot of CCI Blazer that I was running seemed "dirtier" than prior lots.

So the OP in that thread had no problem with Blazer in his S&W, I had a more than the usual amount of FTF's with Blazer in my Glocks. Is the gun, or the ammo? What's in your magazine?

[extremist]

Never had a failure with any 9mm Blazer ammo period. In fact I just bought 2K more 124gr rounds yesterday with Midway's sale (and ATK rebate).

124gr Blazer Brass is some of the most consistent and accurate 9mm factory ammo I have shot out of my guns, my 4" PPQ absolutely loves it.
124gr Blazer Aluminum is a tad bit hotter in my PPQ, but very accurate and consistent.
115gr are good too, I just think the 124gr are more accurate in my guns.

We have a Glock aficionado at DPC that shoots nothing but Blazer in his Glocks. I have witnessed over the years one or two failures with it using Blazer, but it may have been his Glock

[FCH]

Interesting comments on the quality of Blazer Brass. I'm waiting on a shipment so I can try it in a Sig P938 that is having Failure to Extract (FTE) issues. Sig blamed the FTEs on Magtech ammo and specifically mentioned Blazer Brass as reliable.