Evidence supporting why I won't reload Blazer

Good article -
I don't see much GECO brass, and it has a metric primer hole a bit smaller than most American brass, so I don't do much reloading with it.
But I have done a lot of WIN and CBC and RP and haven't ever had issues with those in .40 S&W loads.
The study is on 9mm loads - but my experience tends to go generally along the same lines as the findings marked.
 
GECO used to be German manufacture, but is now up to the lowest bidder.
(Nearly) The same can be said for GFL and Fiocchi; and others.

Run what you want. Like what you want.

...But it's a world market, now. Everything can change overnight.
You never know where your "WIN", "GFL", or other brands of brass is coming from now.

One of my favorite "brands" of 7.62x54R brass is "WIN" ...produced by PPU.
One of my least favorite "brands" of 7.62x54R brass is "WIN" ...produced by S&B.
The difference? About six months. Knowing when it was made (or paying attention to it in the sizing die), or knowing the difference between fonts, are about the only ways of knowing which is crap and which is good....
 
Blazer brass is meant to compete price wise with aluminum or steel case ammo. I've not seen a warranty as to reloadibilty on the cases.
Did any of those cases fail during the initial firing? If not, they did exactly what they were designed to do.
 
I am going to wager that the brass was over anneled. I have quite a few of them in 9mm Luger that have been reloaded countless times for the past 5 years. None have shown that. I have never had the need to annel semiauto brass. High pressure, brass too soft. Cases look like text book examples of those two. Looks like a duck. Quacks like a duck. Waddles when it walks, and has feathers.
 
BDS-THR nice posting, I hadn't seen it before at THR.

I have been loading Blazer Brass in 9mm using Berry's plated bullets and I have not noticed any irregularities. The last batch I just cleaned and sorts produced roughly 300/400 pcs of Blazer.
 
The following was copied of of the Blazer web site http://www.blazer-ammo.com/blazer_brass.aspx:
ECONOMIC RELIABILITY. Blazer® Brass brings shooters the reliability and quality of ammunition built to SAAMI standards, and is backed by stringent ISO certified quality systems. Blazer Brass is loaded in reloadable brass cases for added value. Standard Boxer-type primers and primer pockets mean you can reload Blazer Brass cases just like any other case. Blazer Brass is loaded with a protected-base FMJ bullet. CCI® primers insure reliable ignition, and we load clean-burning propellants. Blazer Brass is available in 9mm Luger, 380 Auto, 38 Special, 357 Magnum, 40 S&W, and 45 Auto calibers with standard-weight bullets.

A number of factory 45 Auto cartridges are fitted with small primer pockets. There is no safety hazard in reloading these cases with standard small pistol primers. However, most published load data is developed using cartridge cases with large primer pockets and standard large pistol primers. A small pistol primer should have no trouble igniting a 45 Auto charge but may produce slightly less pressure.
 
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