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Posted: 6/30/2017 12:34:02 PM EDT
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I've never seen that with that ammo personally. Doesnt sound normal. Those should be quality CCI primers IIRC. Bad headspace? Dont hear about that often in pistols.
Maybe a bad batch of aluminum that led to loose primer pockets. |
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Posted: 6/30/2017 12:39:01 PM EDT
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I've never seen that with that ammo personally. Doesnt sound normal. Those should be quality CCI primers IIRC. Bad headspace? Dont hear about that often in pistols. Maybe a bad batch of aluminum that led to loose primer pockets. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 12:11:20 AM EDT
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I had this same problem shooting that ammo from my Walther PPS M1 9MM.
Zero problems shooting Blazer Aluminum though. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 2:08:44 PM EDT
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Have shot tons of the stuff in my glocks with no issue strange indeed
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Posted: 7/1/2017 5:07:56 PM EDT
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Just shot another box of it today from three different guns. About every Third round would pop a primer
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Posted: 7/2/2017 9:32:26 AM EDT
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Never an issue with it. I'd contact Federal.
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Posted: 7/2/2017 12:39:18 PM EDT
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I've shot over 1000 rounds of the stuff in several different pistols and never had any problems at all, even in my Walthers with the original design Luger type stepped chamber.
It is my go to cheap ammo for range blasting. |
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Posted: 7/2/2017 2:14:32 PM EDT
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You might be getting bullet setback... aluminum cased ammo can do that easier then brass cased.
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Posted: 7/5/2017 3:58:03 PM EDT
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Wow I've shot tons of this stuff with no issues. I'd bet you got some from a bad lot.
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Posted: 7/5/2017 6:02:55 PM EDT
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Wow I've shot tons of this stuff with no issues. I'd bet you got some from a bad lot. Different feed ramps will effect ammo different ways... It is an unwritten rule not to use Aluminum cased ammo in Colt pattern PCC's because of bullet setback. My Colt pattern would setback the bullets with routine regularity. |
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Posted: 7/10/2017 7:10:07 PM EDT
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I have shot a lot of the stuff probably a combined 10,000 plus rounds of mainly 124 and 115's to a lessor extent with exactly 1 dud. Never popped a primer.
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Posted: 7/10/2017 7:16:27 PM EDT
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124?
I've never seen it in any weight but 115. |
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Posted: 7/12/2017 6:53:21 PM EDT
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I recently shot ~2000 rounds of CCI aluminum. About 1500 through pistols and 500 through my MPX. I had 2 popped primers, both with the MPX. While not conclusive, it could suggest that aluminum cases work better in some guns than others.
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Posted: 7/13/2017 9:53:33 PM EDT
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124? I've never seen it in any weight but 115. |
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Posted: 7/15/2017 10:14:20 AM EDT
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I've shot a few thousand of the 9mm 115gr fed aluminum without issue. It isn't very accurate, but it is a cheap bulk load. As for popped primers, none.
Edit: however, look for bullet set back. I have had a couple, literally 2, that easily set back, but I caught them before firing. Bullet set back will raise pressure enough for popped primers. |
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Posted: 7/15/2017 10:16:30 AM EDT
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Federal owns CCI . Under the CCI brand you can get 124's . The earlier Federal branded boxes had CCI headstamps |
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Posted: 7/20/2017 10:00:42 AM EDT
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Never a popped primer for me. But maybe they turned out a bad lot.
CCI Blazer aluminum is my favorite practice load. It is very accurate in my Glocks. The Fed aluminum is the same. Although it "feels" a little weaker. I have no chrono to test them. I also recently tried the Independent brand aluminum 115FMJ. Shoots the same as the CCI, although I had a few fail to eject in my G17 using very old 10 round mags. I just ordered 2K of the 9mm Blazer from PSA at $7.99 with free shipping. The best deal for about the past 10 years. |
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Posted: 7/20/2017 10:05:03 AM EDT
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I have only seen 115 FMJ in the Fed.
But CCI makes it in 115, 124, and 147 TMJ. The 115 shoots the most accurate for me. CCI used to make their aluminum cased ammo with premium Gold Dot HP bullets. I still have a box of the 40SW 180 gr Gold Dot in the aluminum cases. I have not seen or heard of any negative affects or drawbacks of using aluminum cases. I wonder why more manufacturers do not use it. Sorry for the sidetrack....still no popped primers here. Fingers crossed. |
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