Speedloaders Public Service Announcement

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41439577-7D85-4E03-9D88-C03C861AEF5A.jpeg 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 don't have the wherewithal to buy any moonclip revolvers. I have to work with what I've got.

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. Apparently it's based on a very old speedloader that I have seen that was of the same general form, but was all metal, with spring clips to hold the cartridges. I bet that one worked. ;)
 
mcb said:
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.
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maybe a year or two longer, but the climate made bringing in smaller weaker and handed people the popular thing to do. in a general sense a gun that held more round on tap and took fewer steps to reload was preferred even by gun guys because the bad guys were quickly outgunning them.
 
shoebox1.1 said:
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
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I thought Safariland made Comps that fit the Colt revolvers.
 
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.
 
Stophel said:
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.
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I agree with your synopsis. I bought a Maxfire years ago for my Taurus Model 415, 5-shot, .41 Magnum revolver because nobody made (and still don't, so far as I know) speed loaders for it. The Maxfire worked better (faster) than a typical "speedstrip" (what doesn't) but it will take a lot of practice (for me at least) to become truly proficient with it. I will say that the Maxfire will likely take more abuse than any other speed loader I know of; the Glock of speed-loaders.
 
I wonder if you drop a little oil in the notches of the Maxfire if it would make the cartridge rims pop out easier....

I don't know if I could even find mine now.

I like speed strips. They are a good convenient way to carry extra ammo without fumbling around with loose rounds in your pocket (or dropped in the grass). I can load two at a time with them, so it's definitely faster than loading loose shells, but I would prefer to not have to rely on them in a critical situation!
 
I look on the speed strip as a handy
way to "stay in the fight" whether the
revolver is a 6-shot or 5-shot. But
particularly for the SD concealed carry
5-shot.

The strip allows for a pretty quick "reload"
of two rounds for the "stay in the fight"
situation.
 
UncleEd said:
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.
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A loop belt slide ain't a bad idea. There are times when you might need to reload, but aren't necessarily in a rush to reload.
 
I just bought a pair of 5-shot Zeta6 "speedloaders". Made like a speed strip, out of black soft plastic, but holding all five shots in order to stick them all in the cylinder at once, and peel it away. It actually works not that bad. My grip panel is kind of in the way (my Chief's Special has the Taurus 85 rubber grips on it, and I don't want to grind them away). If you are using jacketed bullets with roundy or pointy noses, it would probably work pretty well. Getting them all aligned and started in is the biggest problem I have with speedloaders.
 
Stophel said:
I like speed strips.
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The biggest (and only, imo) reason to carry a speed strip is because they are light-weight and compact (valid reasons for sure). But I would hate to have to rely on a speed strip for a quick reload when under fire. When carrying a concealed revolver for self-defense, I put up with the bulk of a conventional speed-loader because I want to affect a reload while being shot at as "speedily" as possible. But that's just me.
 
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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.
 
UncleEd said:
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.
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Thank fully I have not been in a life or death "firefight", BUT I have reloaded a revolver in competition and in the field under those pressures of those particular situations too often to believe if I was in a gun-fight and if my revolver is empty that I won't reload it. I have practiced it so much it's going to happen, it has happened in several situations, out of shear habit and with little conscious effort on my part. I have no reason to believe that the training will not work in a gun fight any more than I expect to forget to reload at the next IDPA match.
 
JERRY said:
I 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.
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I prefer Comp II's as well
 
azrn said:
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.
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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.

Last year, after buy a couple of vintage S&W .38s I decided to try some COMP IIs. :what:

Wow! Verrrrry nice! :)

I also have a couple of 2x2x2 for .38/.357 and a 3x3 for .44 (I also have a pair of small .44spl) ... for warm (un-tucked shirt) or cool (light jacket) times.

Although I have a few speed loader strips, they have never really appealed to me except as a method to carry some backup ammo in a more organized fashion (better than 6 loose in-pocket, y'know?)
 
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