Model12Win said:
Moon clips are fast, but a good speedloader can be nearly as fast and a little more sure loading. Plus, moon clips can easily bend which will cause a malfunction in a revolver. Not so with speedloaders.
Moon clips aren't fast. Speedloaders aren't fast. The
shooter, using either moons or speedloaders, is fast (or slow).
How fast depends on how much practice they put in.
A master-class moonclipped revolver shooter will reload faster than a master-class speedloader shooter, but a master-class speedloader shooter will reload faster than nearly all other moonclip users. It takes more hours to master a good and efficient speedloader reload, IMO. Master class revolver shooters of either persuasion have many
many hours of practice under their belt.
I've heard of moons bending, but never had one bend myself. Carry them in a moonclip holder, like they ought to be (just as speedloaders ought to be carried in a holder), and they won't get "easily bent".
"Sure loading"? It's much easier to catastrophically bobble a speedloader reload. The moonclip insures all rounds come out (and come out
together), and a case getting stuck under the ejector is impossible. Speedloaders can also "puke" before getting the new rounds reloaded, and long/skinny speedloader rounds don't just drop in as easily as the short/fat rounds usually used with moons.