Can you reload Blazer brass 9mm casings?

Dottry · March 4, 2013, 07:11 PM

I was reading in the Speer Reloading Manual #14 that Blazer brass casings are made with an aluminum alloy(chapter 1 pg. 5). Does that mean that you can't or shouldn't reload them?

bedlamite · March 4, 2013, 07:18 PM

CCI makes both Blazer and Blazer Brass. The Blazer Brass is made of brass and can be reloaded. The regular Blazer is made of aluminum and is best tossed in the recycle bin.

david_r · March 4, 2013, 08:28 PM

Blazer brass is also used by other plinking round mfgs. I scoop it up and reload it. Unless it's grey, then it isn't brass.

j357 · March 4, 2013, 11:38 PM

Dont know who makes it, and dont care it it is shiny I reload it.
I loaded 200 rounds of 9 with Blazer brass last month worked wonderfully. Plan to recover about 3/4 of it later this month for another loading.

chris in va · March 5, 2013, 12:44 AM

One caveat for those reloading anything 'shiny'. Pre-2010, S&B used brass colored steel cases. I've caught quite a few running a magnet through my range stuff.

Hoosier_Daddy · March 5, 2013, 07:26 AM

"Blazer Brass" brass is very reloadable.
"Blazer" case is not brass but rather a gray aluminum alloy and should not be reloaded.

Sure Shot Mc Gee · March 5, 2013, 08:23 AM

The yellow brass is reloadable. The aluminum looking ones are berdan primed not boxer primed thus their throw away junk once they've been fired.

LarryFlew · March 5, 2013, 02:28 PM

Don't have the Speer #14 but am surprised any manual would make that claim. Blazer brass is blazer BRASS - go for it.

mikld · March 5, 2013, 02:49 PM

Yep, Blazer Brass is usually brass, while Blazer ain't...

rlc323 · March 5, 2013, 03:16 PM

To quote the Speer #14

"In 1980 CCI introduced one of its most revolutionary products--Blazer centerfire handgun ammunition. Blazer uses a special aluminum alloy insead of brass for the cartridge cases. Blazer offers economy previously only available in reloaded ammunition, yet is factory-loaded to industry standards." (Jones, 2007, p 5, Speer Reloading Manual #14)

So Blazer is aluminum alloy. Around here about a dollar a box cheaper (pre-panic).

Blazer Brass is just as it claims.

dacaur · March 5, 2013, 10:31 PM

Quote:

I was reading in the Speer Reloading Manual #14 that Blazer brass casings are made with an aluminum alloy(chapter 1 pg. 5). Does that mean that you can't or shouldn't reload them?

It doesnt say "Blazer brass casings are made with an aluminum alloy", it says blazer cases are made of aluminum.

Blazer BRASS is made of brass.... Thats why cci specificaly called it "blazer brass", to avoid confusion and let people know they are getting brass, not aluminum....

March 4, 2013, 07:18 PM	#2
bedlamite Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2000 Location: WI Posts: 1,395	CCI makes both Blazer and Blazer Brass. The Blazer Brass is made of brass and can be reloaded. The regular Blazer is made of aluminum and is best tossed in the recycle bin. __________________ A plan is just a list of things that doesn't happen.

March 5, 2013, 02:49 PM	#9
mikld Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2009 Location: Southern Oregon! Posts: 2,891	Yep, Blazer Brass is usually brass, while Blazer ain't... __________________ My Anchor is holding fast! I've learned how to stand on my own two knees...

March 4, 2013, 07:11 PM	#1
Dottry Junior Member Join Date: February 2, 2013 Location: Seabrook, SC Posts: 4	Can you reload Blazer brass 9mm casings? I was reading in the Speer Reloading Manual #14 that Blazer brass casings are made with an aluminum alloy(chapter 1 pg. 5). Does that mean that you can't or shouldn't reload them?

March 4, 2013, 08:28 PM	#3
david_r Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2013 Posts: 131	Blazer brass is also used by other plinking round mfgs. I scoop it up and reload it. Unless it's grey, then it isn't brass.

March 4, 2013, 11:38 PM	#4
j357 Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2009 Location: Liberty Twp, OH Posts: 283	Dont know who makes it, and dont care it it is shiny I reload it. I loaded 200 rounds of 9 with Blazer brass last month worked wonderfully. Plan to recover about 3/4 of it later this month for another loading.

March 5, 2013, 12:44 AM	#5
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	One caveat for those reloading anything 'shiny'. Pre-2010, S&B used brass colored steel cases. I've caught quite a few running a magnet through my range stuff.

March 5, 2013, 07:26 AM	#6
Hoosier_Daddy Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2011 Location: Lower Michigan Posts: 163	"Blazer Brass" brass is very reloadable. "Blazer" case is not brass but rather a gray aluminum alloy and should not be reloaded.

March 5, 2013, 08:23 AM	#7
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	The yellow brass is reloadable. The aluminum looking ones are berdan primed not boxer primed thus their throw away junk once they've been fired.

March 5, 2013, 02:28 PM	#8
LarryFlew Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2009 Location: Minnesota CZ fan Posts: 902	Don't have the Speer #14 but am surprised any manual would make that claim. Blazer brass is blazer BRASS - go for it.

March 5, 2013, 03:16 PM	#10
rlc323 Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2013 Location: Forgottonia, Il Posts: 217	To quote the Speer #14 "In 1980 CCI introduced one of its most revolutionary products--Blazer centerfire handgun ammunition. Blazer uses a special aluminum alloy insead of brass for the cartridge cases. Blazer offers economy previously only available in reloaded ammunition, yet is factory-loaded to industry standards." (Jones, 2007, p 5, Speer Reloading Manual #14) So Blazer is aluminum alloy. Around here about a dollar a box cheaper (pre-panic). Blazer Brass is just as it claims.