Vern Humphrey
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By the way, what are bullet casings? Are they anything like cartridge cases?
For some time the Old Fuff has labored under the impression that acquiring any combat-related skill is beneficial because the circumstances under which one may have to defend themselves is unpredictable. I agree that it might not be necessary to rapidly reload a snubby (or for that matter any handgun), but being able to do so is not a sin, and lacking the skill might prove to be fatal.
The odds of me being in a gunfight are microscopic. The odds of me needing to reload in a gunfight are even smaller. And the odds of me needing to reload a snub nose in a gunfight -- considering that I own a single snub nose that hasn't actually worked correctly within the last few years -- are so small that I can't think of anything less likely with which to illustrate it.
While training for concealed carry permit in CT in the early 80's, I was taught a similar method that we also used as armed security at a Nuclear Facility. When the last round in the cylinder was fired, you push the cylinder release with your right thumb while rotating your left hand counter clockwise from the supporting grip position on the revolver. As you rotate the left hand, you use the middle and ring finger or the left hand to push open the cylinder, and hold it in the full open position. This action is done as you release the grip with your right hand, and reach down for a speed loader from you sam brown belt (speed loaders were usually carried in pairs just in front of the revolver holster). As the right hand was grabbing the speed loader, the left arm swings down to your left side and the left thumb briskly pushes the ejector rod, sending the casings a good distance behind you. As you bring the revolver back up with your left hand (still holding the cylinder open with you middle and ring fingers) you meet it with the right hand and the speed loader. After inserting the rounds, and dropping the speed loader, you grasp the grip with you right hand while pushing the cylinder closed by rotating you left hand clockwise around the bottom of the revolver and back into a supporting hold over the right hand.