Safariland Speed loaders

Not that I found. I have a 442 and the Comp I does not clear the factory grips.

I shudder to say this, but you can clearance the grips with a Dermel tool. I make my own grips, and it's easy to do.

They work with the factory Magnas

Ive never been a fan of the S&W factory rubber grips. Always seems to big and bulky and defeating the purpose of the size of the guns. On the bigger guns, due to their design, they also tend to be painful too.

Ive used the Houge Bantam grips on my J frames in the past, and my Safariland speed loaders worked with them. I think they are a more comfortable grip too.

My favorites for the J and K frame snubbies are still the factory Magna grips with a T grip. Keeps the gun small and are still very comfortable to shoot with.

Has the look too.

SteadyD said:

According to five star, their speedloaders clear the grip. Can anyone confirm that?

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Not sure they will be much better. The body of the five star appears to be the outside diameter as the Comp I they both have to go around the outside of the rounds so they have to be close to the same OD. Comp I are really thin between the OD of the speed-loader and the round.

I have enjoyed these. Get faster all the time with them. I like the way they carry.(I also prefer the factory grip)

"boot grips" work with the comp 1's.

Not sure if they will help much but a Safariland Comp I J-frame speedloader is 1.33 inches in diameter. Maybe if some other member can measure the body diameters of other available J-frame speed-loaders it might help OP select one that will clear more grips.

Ernie Bass said:

I have enjoyed these. Get faster all the time with them. I like the way they carry.(I also prefer the factory grip)

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Thanks Ernie Bass. I have never seen this J-Clip before. I will have to buy a couple and try them out.

On my J and K frames I have no problems with HKS speed loaders. Some folks don’t like them but they have always worked for me.

The Safariland speed loaders work fine in my J frame 627-2 EDC with the factory installed rubber boot grips. The chambers are loaded with Federal HST's and the Safariland speed loaders are loaded with Remington Golden Sabers as the stubby HST's are difficult to insert and load quickly but the Remingtons work fine as any .38 special with a longer bullet should. The clearance of the speed loader is close but it works easily with a little practice.

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