I would have been interesting to see how much longer the service revolver could have held out against the semi-auto for LEO duty if the rise of the full moonclip and 8-shot N-frames had come a decade or two earlier when the Revolver was still solidly accepted King of LEO duty weapons.
View attachment 947104 Harry Callahan is my hero
Moonclips are cool but too fragile IMO
Hks are tough and cheap
Safari lands are great but too limited models
I will go SL variant if they ever come back!
And those too expensive custom kydex jox pouches too!
I also have a nice 2x2x2 that i need to start using lol
I believe a Safariland Comp II(2) for a Ruger Security Six (Group 6) is likely to work with a King Cobra.Maybe a trooper? Not my king cobra
I tried one of the Maxfire loaders some time ago. They look like they SHOULD work... but they don't. Not very well, anyway. The staggering actually does not help with alignment, and it is way too hard to pull the loader away from the cartridges.
Knew a Chicago suburban cop who
actually did carry a 6-round loop belt
slider besides his two HKS speed
loaders.
Why? The Model 19 and speed loaders
contained the 125 grain hollow points.
(Potential damage to gun weren't
generally known back then.)
On the belt loop slider he had what he
thought would be better penetrators in
a barricade situation. Don't recall what
those rounds were.
Whether his thinking was sound or faulty
I can't judge. But the belt loop slider sure
looked neat!
Of course, his "primary" weapon really was
a 12-gauge shotgun, not his pistola.
I like speed strips.
does your hks for your cobra also fit the K frame or L frame S&Ws?Maybe a trooper? Not my king cobra
This applies to off-duty or "civilian" concealed
carry in all our normal or not so normal lives:
OK, let's get real. If you really, truly are in a "firefight" and
you need a reload, the odds (about 100 to zero) are that
you'll be overwhelmed. Nice to have a reload but the
chances are---IT'S ALL OVER.
Users of hi-cap autos need not fret; those users will
still have visions of fighting off a horde of baddies.
I don’t have a S&W to try! Sad I know...does your hks for your cobra also fit the K frame or L frame S&Ws?
Oil and primers? Not a good combination.I wonder if you drop a little oil in the notches of the Maxfire if it would make the cartridge rims pop out easier....
They make the Comp 1 for .45 Colt. I use the version made for the Colt Anaconda with my Colt New Service.If only they made them in 45 Colt.
-Stan
I prefer Comp II's as wellI used the Comp IIs when I was issued an L frame .357 and swore by them. I still have that gun and the comp IIs, and have since gotten the comp Is for my J frames and K frames. I tried the HKS with various guns and still have some for my N frame but they are lacking in comparison.
They make the Comp 1 for .45 Colt. I use the version made for the Colt Anaconda with my Colt New Service.
Yeah, I got my first HKS speedloaders for my 3" 629 in the late 80s and they still work great. Over the past 3 decades I have added several different HKS speedloaders as I acquired different revolvers.I sill have and using HKS from the late 70s or early 80s. Its been so long I cannot remember. They still work great for me and i don't plan on changing now.