Looking for a snub-nost .357 Mag, any ideas?

[Marshall]

Thank you.

Actually I prefer speedloaders to the strips. The strips worked well for the picture though. You just have to bend them and put in 3 at a time or so, or however many you can get in when bending them.

 

[ozarkhillbilly]

Any downsides to a Rossi compared to a S&W?

As much as I like my little Rossi it does come in second compared to a Smith but it also alot cheaper and is still a great little gun. Rossi is made by Taurus now and I think they have come along way in workmanship. I do not know of anyone else making one in that size and caliber for near the price.

 

[MCgunner]

Marshall, nice lighting!

Not to hijack the thread, but I see the Bianchi Speed Strips in the photo. I've always used speedloaders, but just picked up a pair of Speed Strips. They're a lot stiffer than I imagined. Is there a link to a site that discusses how best to use them tactically?

Best to use 'em for tactical reloads. IOW, you're in a shoot out, duck behind cover, you've fired four rounds, you wanna top off. You open the cylinder, you push up the cartridges and pluck the spent rounds, you use the speed strip to load two at a time into the cylinder and you're topped off.

Two adjacent chambers at a time is how you load. It isn't as fast as a speed loader on an empty gun, but it's pretty quick and they're a lot easier to carry than a speedloader. I do carry a five round speed loader, recently got a quite excellent and compact Safariland speedloader, but I also carry a speed strip. Gives me the option to top off if I need to.

 

[perpster]

Best to use 'em for tactical reloads. IOW, you're in a shoot out, duck behind cover, you've fired four rounds, you wanna top off. You open the cylinder, you push up the cartridges and pluck the spent rounds, you use the speed strip to load two at a time into the cylinder and you're topped off.

Thank, MCgunner. Although I wonder in the heat of a gunfight how easy/hard it would be to identify and remove the spent shells without accidentally popping unspent shells out too.

I know, I know: practice, practice, practice. Just an observation. Before we were allowed to carry speedloaders on my job we used to practice loading 1 or 2 rounds by hand and closing up the cylinder to fire at a charging bad guy with just those 1 or 2 rounds without pulling the trigger on any empty chambers first. I can still do that in my sleep, so I guess the speed strip drill can be learned by this old dog, too.

Thanks again.

 

[shotgunner]

WoW

Wow.
Thanks for all of the replies. I've got some research to do now. I appreciate the quick feedback.
Thanks everyone.