Ammo with aluminum cases?

[carloponti]

Anybody experience failures to feed with aluminum cased ammo, particularly in the tighter handguns, such as Kimber?
Thanks,
carloponti

 

[Kimber1911_06238]

not aluminum, but Wolf steel ammo used to give me all sorts of problems in my HK USP.

Stick with brass

 

[Jim Watson]

Aluminum Blazer 9mm does very well in my guns.
I tried hard to like the .45 when it was new on the market but it would not feed in my Gold Cup. Maybe it is better now with years of development.
You will just have to try some in YOUR guns.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

The only ammo I know of with aluminum cases is CCI Blazer. I don't own this specific handgun, but I've been shooting Blazer in autoloaders for over 15 years - and revolvers for even longer - and am unable to recall any malfunctions with it. Every handgun - especially an autoloader with regard to cycle reliability - is a law unto itself as to what ammo it "likes." If a pistol functions well with certain types of ammo but not one type, don't use that type. This can only be determined through extensive testing in your pistol.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Blazer aluminum works fine in my Baby Eagle .45 and my Kahr MK9. When it's the best deal, that's what I buy.

 

[daysleeprx]

I like CCI Blazer.

 

[Ron James]

I've used Blazer ammo in most of my guns ( even my .25s ) with no problems. In fact I have 500 rounds of 9MM coming UPS. At 6 dollars a box its cheaper than I can reload, even with shipping.Plus I don't have to worry about saving the shells.

 

[brentwal]

Aluminum cased ammo in some guns act like a brake and slow the slide down enough to cause problems. It seems the more polished the chamber the less problems, a rough chamber more problems.


YMMV

 

[Soybomb]

I've been through a few cases of blazer 9mm and its worked great.

 

[DogBonz]

CCI Blazer

My USP45 eats it like candy. No problems here.

 

[BADUNAME13]

Blazer Al can jam a Kel Tec Sub 2000 and FA Subguns...

Good in pistols.

 

[tbtrout]

Shoot it in all of my pistols.I have not had a problem.

 

[Deer Hunter]

My CZ75B doesn't like the stuff. Too many stuck casings for me.

 

[Snarlingiron]

I have fired about 7000 rounds of CCI Blazer through my Glock 19. No problems.

 

[Hogfan1911]

Have put ~300 rounds of Blazer and ~200 of Wolf steel case through my Kimber with no problems whatsoever.....FWIW.

 

[daysleeprx]

I've also found the CCI blazer better in quality than the Blazer brass stuff. I bought a couple boxes of .45 blazer brass and in the same box I had not one but TWO rounds with SIGNIFICANT bullet setback!

 

[strat81]

No problems with Aluminum Blazer in my Taurus 24/7 or Glock, both 9mm.

 

[LubeckTech]

OK as long as you keep the chamber clean.

 

[Soybomb]

Blazer Al can jam a Kel Tec Sub 2000 and FA Subguns...

Keltec says no al ammo in the sub, and its probably not a terrible idea to avoid it in other long barrel openbolt guns like subguns either.

 

[.45Guy]

9 Largo worked fairly well in my old Star.

 

[Ala Dan]

I avoid aluminum cased ammo like the plague~!

 

[Billy Sparks]

All I shoot in 9mm or .45 ACP is blazer for the last 9 years (other than a very shameful period of Wolf) and I have had one problem with bad primers in a case of them I bought about 7 years ago. Other than that I haven't had any problems.