by Veldy on Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:41 pm
Blazer isn't the best of ammo anyway. It is relatively cheap, even if you buy brass. The problem I have is they are not consistent from lot to lot with how they crimp the bullet. I have found in a few cases an enormous amount of key holing. I was working with an instructor last January and I asked to bring my own hand loaded ammo. He said sure, but that he doesn't generally recommend it because people seem to have over confidence in what they load. Anyway, I have plenty of confidence in what I load, but I hadn't tested it at 20F, so I decided to buy a box of 45ACP Blazer with Brass. Keyholes worse than anything I have ever loaded even when learning just what I was supposed to do. It was incredible. He came over to tease me about it, but when I showed him that I was shooting Blazer, he was mortified that they put that kind of crap and then I proceeded to tease him about the Ultramax he brought as backup for those that didn't bring what they should have [which is a nice thing to do!]. IMHO, Blazer is a last resort for target shooting ammo (never tried Wolf), but the brass reloads nicely, so I don't hesitate to buy it if I see it.
You could get a new lease on life -- if only you didn't need the first and last month in advance.