The eternal question. How long to load for DA vs SA guns?

[CraigC]

...but leave the gun in my left hand for the reloading.

There's definitely more than one efficient way to skin a cat. For reasons I don't remember, I just got in the habit of loading with my left.

I never understood the dump pouch. I suspect a number of new trainees dumped rounds on the ground as well as in their hand. And a handful of rounds is harder to manipulate than one or two at a time--especially under stress.

It might be faster with a double action than a single action, but it doesn't seem very efficient.

Not that kind of dump pouch. This kind:

The rolly poly works. I've used those single shotshell box pouches for bulk packs of .22's and then finally made one of leather. It's sized where a full bulk pack of .22's slides into the pouch with enough height to keep them from spilling. It has two steel belt clips. Holds about 100-150rds of centerfire ammo. Those bags marketed for carrying your brass home from the range work well too.

 

[Hurryin' Hoosier]

I've long wondered just what "the eternal question" might be. Now I know. And I'd always assumed that it was something significant.

 

[jimbo555]

Craig is right. I tried loading my colt cobra from a old police leather dump pouch. Using 158gr.lrn cartridges to help handling I could only load 1 or 2 at a time. If I tried to speed it up to much I dropped some. Still working on my Colt single action skills.

 

[BCRider]

Well, I could have made reference to the question of "life, the universe and everything". But we already know that it's "42".....