Blazer Brass 9mm quality/power?

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So I took my FMK 9C1 out for the first time yesterday. Ran through a box of AE 124-grain, and a box of Blazer Brass 115 grain. The AE ran good, one stove-pipe out of 50 shots, everything else was flawless. The blazer, on the other hand was horrible. Couldn't get 5 shots off without it stovepiping or failing to feed the next round.

The AE felt like it had more recoil to it, so Im thinking maybe the Blazer is just underpowered for my particular handgun? Its also a brand new gun, so I figure it could use a bit of break in? Anyone else experience poor performance from the Blazer brass ammo?
 
I don't have any 9mm pistols but my cx4 eats the Blazer brass no problem, but I haven't found anything that doesn't work in it.
 
I've shot thousands of rounds of Blazer out of a Glock 17 and a Shadowline. Never any issues.

If anything, the lighter bullet should "feel" snappier (if that's a word). I'd say it lies with your gun.
 
6MT said:
I've shot thousands of rounds of Blazer out of a Glock 17 and a Shadowline. Never any issues.

If anything, the lighter bullet should "feel" snappier (if that's a word). I'd say it lies with your gun.
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This was my first time firing a handgun so I may have been limp-wristing it. The AE definitely felt different, seemed like it was cycling the action harder than the blazer was. I shot 10 rounds of the blazer, then switched to the AE. Fired the whole box of AE, and then went back to the blazer. It seemed to be working better the second time I used it, but still nowhere near good enough...
 
Don't argue with the gun. It clearly has a preference. Buy some other 124 gr ammo, like Winchester and S&B, and see how they do.

I have a couple FMKs and do not find they need a lot of power to operate. I load mid power lead 135gr bullets.

Try buying some of the commercial reloads made locally. I suggest you try lead bullets (cheap) and try the 115, 124 and 147 to see if it has a preference for accuracy and function.
 
I have shot thousands of rounds of Blazer Brass 115g and 124g and have not had any issue.
115g in general regardless of brand will feel snappier then 124g or 147g
 
I had fired blazer 22lr had ftf and stove pipe about 1 in 6 shots in my savage mark ii. Apparently it had something to do with a waxy coating on the rounds?
 
Ganderite said:
Don't argue with the gun. It clearly has a preference. Buy some other 124 gr ammo, like Winchester and S&B, and see how they do.

I have a couple FMKs and do not find they need a lot of power to operate. I load mid power lead 135gr bullets.

Try buying some of the commercial reloads made locally. I suggest you try lead bullets (cheap) and try the 115, 124 and 147 to see if it has a preference for accuracy and function.
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Did you experience any break-in period with your FMKs, or did they work well with whatever works well right off the bat?

Eventually I plan to reload my own, but currently I have to move this month so there is no money to spend on setting up a reloading bench (Or anywhere to set up a bench in the current digs, not that that actually matters at this point) so Im stuck buying factory ammo...

As for those commercial reloads, any suggestions? And does everyone have minimum orders of 1000?
 
I've had Blazer brass often get very dirty on the outsides of the cases in a Glock 17. I'm not sure if it was the gun that was having a problem or the brass being too hard or the pressure being too low to obturate the case properly.
 
I couldn't help but notice it after picking up some S&B range brass and it was really clean, so I was thinking it must be the type of powder used.
Was quite happy to go around and pick all that stuff up.
 
Paatz said:
I couldn't help but notice it after picking up some S&B range brass and it was really clean, so I was thinking it must be the type of powder used.
Was quite happy to go around and pick all that stuff up.
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S&B seems to be decent brass but I have noticed that their large pistol primer pockets are definitely smaller than North American brands. It takes quite a bit more pressure to seat large pistol primers in S&B brass. I've never reloaded any of the small primer brass so can't speak to that.
 
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