Aluminum CCI Blazer has become hard to find and more expensive than Blazer Brass. What's going on?
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Aluminum CCI Blazer has become hard to find and more expensive than Blazer Brass. What's going on?
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Google the price of aluminum.
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I found $2900/T for aluminum, $9700/T for copper, and $3100/T for zinc. Given how much lighter an aluminum case is it should still be a fraction of the price of a brass one.
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The price of aluminum has increased 40% this year. That’s the point. Not just price comparisons.
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There is a LGS to me that has several cases of it at $439/ea. Said it was a contract over run. I bought 6 cases of blazer brass after Trump won for $200/ea….. I am going to wait a little longer to pick up more.
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It was getting hard to find in .45acp long before the aluminum price spike. I bought 500rds. back around Christmas 2018, from some little shop out in CO. Good price, but they were the ONLY ones who had 500rds in one spot!
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Can't understand why anyone would want that aluminum case stuff.Originally Posted by The_War_Wagon
Might be a tiny, tiny bit cheaper but cases are weak and if a guy was to reload it (I know a few that have) the reloads would be even weaker than what it came with new.
Even with mouse fart loads I can't see aluminum cases lasting more than a few cycles at best before splitting or having the primer pockets go south. No way on earth I would personally risk trying a full house load in one...
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For the same reason as Russian ammo. Cheap and not everyone reloads
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Blazer was more reliable, cleaner, and full power. It was also available in .40 S&W.
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I got some Blazer 9mm aluminum a month ago, & besides being available/on sale, I specifically purchased it for shooting situations where I cannot count on picking up my brass (range training etc) & can save my brass rounds for when I know I can recover my brass. So far the Blazer rounds have working fine in my G17 Gen5. I was worried when the case was delivered as it felt too light for the amount I ordered, but turned out correct number, just the weight difference aluminum vs brass.
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