Good Ol' Boy
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Interesting video I ran across. I never really considered reloading a SA revolver like this.
I've never seen it done for speed before, but that's the original six shooter reload, dating back to the cap'n'ball days
But revolver reloading could be simplified to a cylinder release and inserting a new cylinder. The yoke would be eliminated and the cylinder would "lock" on nothing but detents. A "release" button or slide would clear blocks allowing the detents to fully release the cylinder and capture a new one. There would be no "base pin" and the cylinder would not rotate on an ejector rod. Those "axles" were never ideal for aligning the chamber with the barrel anyway because the chambers are all offset differently from the center of that axis anyway. Instead, the chambers could be aligned on their own center instead of the center of the whole cylinder. Importantly, with the cylinder release activated, cylinders could just be pushed out and a new one pushed in. This is what the man is doing in the video, but he has the extra step of pulling and reinserting a modified base pin. But a full-length base pin is not necessary. The cylinder can rotate on detents that only need to be retracted a millimeter to free it.
He's faster than me, thats for sure.
That is mildly painful to watch. I had tried similar using a clear tube full of 6 9mm cartridges with my Blackhawk conversion with the 9mm cylinder for some head to head steel matches I use to shoot. I had split the tube and put a follower in the tube that let me push the rounds out with more authority and into in chamber It was faster than loading loose rounds but not fast than anything else to speak of.
Moonclips rule the round gun reload.
incredible video, thanks o.p. for me, ultra fast speedloading single action revolvers is like doing shots of a truly fine single malt scotch whisky, it’s not what they are really designed to do, and not why i’m drawn to them. that said, here is a useful series of videos done by ruger on using single action revolvers for defense: