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The whole idea behind Blazer Aluminum is simple: shoot more, spend less. CCI swaps the traditional brass case for heat-treated, aircraft-grade aluminum, which is the priciest part of any cartridge, and passes that savings straight to you. What you're left with is a 165-grain full metal jacket load leaving the muzzle around 1100 fps with roughly 443 ft-lbs of energy, built specifically to keep you fed at the range without burning through your wallet.
This is new-production, non-corrosive ammo loaded with the same quality Speer bullets and reliable CCI primers you'd find across the Blazer family. The FMJ profile feeds smoothly through most semi-autos and won't leave lead exposed, which keeps things a little cleaner when you're punching paper. Recoil and point of impact land close enough to your defensive or competition loads that it makes for genuinely useful practice, not just noise.
Plenty of folks have run thousands of rounds of aluminum-cased Blazer through their pistols without a hiccup, and it earns its keep as high-volume plinking and drill ammo. Every gun has its own appetite, so it's smart to run a box through your specific handgun before committing to a big stash. Keep in mind these cases are stamped NR for not reloadable, so they're not meant for the reloading bench, and they shouldn't be run through carbine-style firearms.
If you're a regular at the range, a training-class regular, or just someone who likes to keep the skills sharp without overthinking the cost per trigger pull, this is the kind of workhorse .40 that makes those long sessions possible. It does exactly what it promises and doesn't ask much in return.
Yes, aluminum-cased ammo runs fine in standard handguns and won't harm your firearm. Many shooters have put thousands of rounds through their pistols without trouble. Since every gun has its own preferences, it's worth running a box through yours before buying in bulk.
No, the cases are stamped NR for not reloadable and aren't designed for the reloading bench. Aluminum is more brittle than brass and doesn't hold up to repeated resizing and firing. If reloading is your goal, the brass-cased Blazer Brass line is the better pick.
Both come from CCI and use quality Speer bullets, but the aluminum case brings the cost down since the case is the priciest part of any cartridge. The tradeoff is that aluminum isn't reloadable, while Blazer Brass uses reloadable brass. For straight range and training use where you're not saving your brass, the aluminum version is the value play.
This is FMJ target and practice ammo, so it's built for punching paper and drills rather than defensive carry. That said, the recoil and point of impact run close to many defensive loads, which makes it great for training the way you'd carry. For actual defense, you'll want a dedicated hollow point load.
| UPC | 10076683035896 |
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| Manufacturer | |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 3589 CASE |
| Shipping Weight | 30.75 |
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