Speedloading ..... (re SP 101)

[P95Carry]

I have tried most speedloaders over the years .. and for the 5 shot snub it seems the Safariland is about best, for me . I have the ''Comp 1'' . Beauty of these is the lock-up is good and release is fast with just the ''push''. HKS holds rounds too sloppy for my liking.

Now .. The SP 101 does seem to suffer from one bad trait .. the chamber throats are very sharp round the edges and the star is not 100% well mated ... result ... there is often one round that hangs a bit and slows the load ... enough to be very irritating.

I intend to do a smoothing job on the rear face of the cyl in hopes it will improve matters by making just a minimal/miniscule chamfer ''lead'' to chambers.

Any comments SP owners ... and, any personal faves re speedloaders in general.?

 

[TonyB]

I use the HKS ones......I tried a buddy's Comp 1 one's and liked them,but I carry the speedloader in my pocket and I'm afraid the rounds would pop out.I try to practice like crazy w/ the HKS's......the speedstips are WAY too slow for me.I've used the HKS's at IDPA a couple of times and they work good(although the Comp.'s are quicker)and they are what I carry ,so it's good practice........

 

[Kamicosmos]

I have an HKS for my SP. Haven't really practiced much with it...need to do that more often.

You mentioned the back of your cylinder needing to be smoothed up. My cylinder likes to rub that little stop on the frame. Not a big deal, but it bugs me a bit. I'm thinking of polishing that down just a touch.

 

[ARGarrison]

My brother has a SP-101 in .357 mag. One of the first things I done after he got the revolver was to get him two Safariland speedloader and give him one of my speed strips. He ran into two small problem. First, when loading from a speedloader with .357 magnums, the cartrigde length makes the speedloader rub against the grip, making lineing up with the chamber hard. He prefures not to do anything with the grips and now only carries .38 spls in the speedloader, which work fine with the speedloaders.

Second, in the Safariland speedloader he has, Comp 1 I think. We found diferant ammo loads easier than others do to rim thickness. Never had that problem with my Safariland speedloader for my 686.

 

[James Bondrock]

It has been mentioned in print that the SP101, if using the factory grips (one of its better features, IMO), really needs a little material taken off them to allow a speedloader to fully clear, especially when using magnums. A very light chamfering of the chamber mouths should help, too, as would the use of rounded nose hollowpoints instead of semi-wadcutters or conical-shaped hollowpoints. Personally, I prefer Bianchi Speed Strips for reloading revolvers. While speed strips cannot be considered fast, I have fumbled too many speedloader insertions to feel confident with them. Also, the flat profile of the cartridges in the Speed Strips is easier to hide than speedloaders, which must necessarily be as big around as the gun's cylinder.