My Glock 19 did not like Blazer Brass. Why?

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Slimjim9

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Took my Glock 19 to the range yesterday with a bunch of Remington UMC 115gr and one box of Blazer Brass 115gr. I had about 10 rounds of the Blazer fail to feed and my shooting buddy reported a lot of sparks coming out of the barrel.

Did I get a bad box or this gun just doesn't like that brand or what.
 
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Is it a new gun? My 19 didn't run well on a couple brands (cheap silver bear, Remington UMC yellow box) when it was new, but after a good cleaning and a few boxes of different varying ammo it now runs on anything.
 
I don't own a glock and don't know about sparks coming out of the barrel.
The previous poster made a good point though about cleaning and shooting it some more.
The sparks may have been un-burned powder and I wouldn't worry about it. As far as the pistol not working properly with this ammo it's quite possible and after getting a few more rounds thru it and it still gives you trouble just avoid that brand of ammunition in the future.
Be safe and good luck.
 
I've used a large amount of Blazer Brass in my G23 without issue, it's what I look for first when replenishing my range supply.
 
About 500 rds total so far. Most of that has been Remington UMC yellow box, some Hornady and Speer hollow points. Only one other FTF so far - one of the Speers. I did not clean it after my CC qualification two weeks ago :o but that was only 50 rds of the Remington.

Oh by the way, the other symptom with the Blazer is that it did not want to lock the slide back on the last round of the mag.
 
Slimjim9 said:
Took my Glock 19 to the range yesterday with a bunch of Remington UMC 115gr and one box of Blazer Brass 115gr. I had about 10 rounds of the Blazer fail to feed and my shooting buddy reported a lot of sparks coming out of the barrel.

Did I get a bad box or this gun just doesn't like that brand or what.
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Oh by the way, the other symptom with the Blazer is that it did not want to lock the slide back on the last round of the mag.
 
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I've used a large amount of Blazer Brass in my G23 without issue, it's what I look for first when replenishing my range supply.
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That's great and all, but testimony that your Glock doesn't have a problem doesn't provide anything useful to the OP regarding problems with his Glock.
 
It does sound like the Blazer might be a little weak and not cycling the 19 very well.
At least some of them.
Might be a less than stellar batch; it happens.
 
Sorry about that last post. I'm trying to respond with my phone...

Anyhow...once that magazine is empty it shouldn't matter what was shot out of it.
 
Many semi-autos are particular about what ammo they eat for no reason that is easy to put your finger on. It isn't necessarily universal either- you may have 2 of the exact same model of gun side by side and you can split a box of ammo down the middle and find one gun loves it and the other has issues with it of some kind of another. I know I've had ammo brands that I'm very loyal to because of a history of great results that don't work in a particular gun of mine for whatever reason. One that comes to mind is my Glock 27 which is converted to .357 Sig- I had issues with stove piping when I threw Hornady Critical Duty through it (which is one of my go-to defensive rounds for my other semi autos), but have put at least 200 rounds of Federal Personal Defense through it without a single issue- But my P239 doesn't like the the Personal Defense ammo for some reason.

You may want to stick with slightly higher velocity stuff for a while to see if you just have stiff springs and then try the Blazer again. Or, maybe try the same brand but a different bullet weight. If you still have issues you should probably just note that this ammo doesn't work in this gun and make a point to buy different brand in the future.
 
I find it odd that a pistol would run Remington UMC but not Blazer Brass. In my experience Blazer Brass is loaded just as hot and typically much cleaner.

When you say failure to feed what exactly is happening? People tend to use that term when it really needs more clarification. Does the round stop on the feed ramp? Does the slide not grab the next round at all? A true failure to feed where the previous round ejects and extracts just fine but the next round can't chamber is pretty rare in my experience.
 
I would send it back. No reason to deal with reliability issues. Not sure how Glocks customer service is...

If your Glock has to be clean to run, you have issues too. I'd send it back. My only Glock was flawless! I cleaned it as little as I could handle!
 
When you say failure to feed what exactly is happening? People tend to use that term when it really needs more clarification. Does the round stop on the feed ramp? Does the slide not grab the next round at all? A true failure to feed where the previous round ejects and extracts just fine but the next round can't chamber is pretty rare in my experience.
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Previous round always extracted but the slide did not close on the next round. It was out of the mag but not in the chamber. A little shake would either get it out or let it go on in to the chamber. I could then close the slide and fire the round. The round after that might feed fine or not, sometimes several in a row. It did not seem isolated to a particular mag.
 
I would send it back. No reason to deal with reliability issues. Not sure how Glocks customer service is...

If your Glock has to be clean to run, you have issues too. I'd send it back. My only Glock was flawless! I cleaned it as little as I could handle!
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As I said, over 400 rounds of various other stuff through it with only 1 other problematic round. And I've only cleaned it once so far so I don't think it is too clean. :rolleyes:
 
Blazer Brass is cheap ammo, and it's loaded pretty weak. It functions in my Glock 19, but the cases are ejected weakly enough that I get brass-to-the-face periodically. I don't get that with other brands of ammo.
 
Blazer Brass is cheap ammo,
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Precisely why I wanted to try it. One LGS has it for $260/1000 whereas my Remington yellow box is more like $290-300 from Dicks/Walmart. I only got one box to try before springing for a case. I'll probably just stick with the Remington for practice load for now.
 
It's not unusual for any firearm to dislike a particular brand of ammo. That's why you have to try a box of as many brands and bullet weights as you can to find the ammo your pistol both shoots well and cycles. The price of said ammo means nothing either. Reloading will fix it.
"...and it's loaded pretty weak..." Wouldn't say 1145 FPS MV is weak. Winchester 115 grain FMJ's are only 45 fps faster. Hornady XTP's are 5 fps faster. Velocity is not the issue.
 
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Precisely why I wanted to try it. One LGS has it for $260/1000 whereas my Remington yellow box is more like $290-300 from Dicks/Walmart. I only got one box to try before springing for a case. I'll probably just stick with the Remington for practice load for now.
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Near me I can get if for $225/1000.
 
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