A buddy bought a case of Blazer 115 ammo and on the 5th shot the case split at the bottom. Any suggestions on how this happened?
Aero Precision EPC AR-9.
Thanks
Thom
He was shooting an Blazer 115 case splitting
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Re: Blazer 115 case splitting
Case head separation. Normally caused by either an out of spec chamber or bumping the shoulder back too much when resizing.
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Re: Blazer 115 case splitting
Not the first time I’ve heard of the new Aero EPC having an out of battery detonation. There is a thread about it over on ARFCOM.
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Re: Blazer 115 case splitting
Thanks for the help. He said he really appreciates it. His 1st PCC.
Thom
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Re: Blazer 115 case splitting
That's a blowback 9mm. There's no real shoulder to bump back.
Looks like it pulled it from the chamber way to early and was still pressurized causing it to break the casing as it was extracted.
Looks like it pulled it from the chamber way to early and was still pressurized causing it to break the casing as it was extracted.
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Re: Blazer 115 case splitting
Aero Precision said it was the magazine. He was using an ETS magazine. They recommended Glock or Magpul only.
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Re: Blazer 115 case splitting
Good information...thanks for posting that.Joe_Blacke wrote: ↑September 26th, 2021, 4:15 pm Case head separation. Normally caused by either an out of spec chamber or bumping the shoulder back too much when resizing.
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Re: Blazer 115 case splitting
Great vid