Speedloader carry ideas?

Speedloaders are nice, but are bulky when your trying to conceal them. I went to loose carry several years back. That's all I carry in my right front pocket are loose rounds. I can reload pretty quick from the pocket. Most SD incidents don't involve reloading anyway.

at least one speed strip in the front pocket (in a protector to prevent the bullet noses from taking a beating). - tomrkba
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I don't keep them long enough for the rounds to get beat up. :-)
 
Speedloaders are nice, but are bulky when your trying to conceal them. I went to loose carry several years back. That's all I carry in my right front pocket are loose rounds. I can reload pretty quick from the pocket. Most SD incidents don't involve reloading anyway.
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I have tried everything. I even went to moonclipped guns and built a dual IWB moonclip holder for the eight shot 357 Magnum revolvers S&W offers. That worked pretty well, but the best compromise is the Safariland #371 holder. It splits the loader on the belt and has the smallest profile. It could be improved by reducing the height as much as possible and fitting it specifically for the Comp loader you are using.

Loader pocket carry prints extremely badly except in pleated pants. Even then, you can tell. I mitigated this slightly by stuffing a small rag into the pocket. Overall, belt carry is best because it provides consistent orientation of the loader and least profile.


Most SD incidents don't involve reloading anyway.
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Don't count on that at all. We train for the worst case, not the best case. We're already handicapped by the low capacity of the revolver; don't bet upon the bullet's performance for an instant stop even with the best of hits. We should be very good at reloading the gun and using a backup weapon with the support hand.
 
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We train for the worst case, not the best case.
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Well, we all do what we feel is necessary. I currently have 42 years service with the military, 8 active, 6 in the Reserves, and the rest National Guard. During that time I have had multiple deployments and I am well aware of the difference in offensive and defensive environment. In addition, I've got 36 years experience as a LEO. I never said I didn't carry reloads - just don't see the need or particularly care for speedloaders unless I am in uniform and carrying them on a duty belt. Which is pretty much a thing of the past in the age of semi-autos.

If you have personal knowledge of required reloads in a civilian self defense situation, I'd be interested in hearing about them. I'm not saying a person shouldn't carry extra rounds (I do) - just that your shot placement with your initial load should trump how fast you can reload.
 
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prm...look at what Tom Givens has to say about it. I carry reloads for the worst case. Odds are I won't ever have to draw my gun again, much less shoot. I influence those odds by "protecting the permit" and religiously following the "3 S Rule". Doing the above offers no guarantees that Al BooBoo Official Terrorists(tm), Cartel Numbnuts or Advanced Tactical Machinegun Ninjas won't attack! I am more worried about the homeless guy approaching me for change.

I currently have 42 years service with the military, 8 active, 6 in the Reserves, and the rest National Guard. During that time I have had multiple deployments and I am well aware of the difference in offensive and defensive environment. In addition, I've got 36 years experience as a LEO.
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I have seen too many guys in class with similar resumes who cannot deliver a shot on demand from a concealment. I have no idea if you can do so or not, but will assume that you can. A friend of mine in the Philly PD is the only one who trains and/or competes on his squad. He tells me the rest of them want nothing to do with it. I'm sure you're familiar with the type who thinks the gun is just a "thing" on the belt that they could do without.

My neighbor was a cop who carried a non-functioning Colt Gold Cup for a year between qualifications. I sold him my SIG P220 so he'd have something that worked. I watched other officers miss a steel plate at 15 yards 13 times because they didn't know how to correct their sight picture. I have many other stories like that, though the worst one is the cop who started shooting at the 50 yard steel plate while I was downrange checking a target at 25 yards! :eek:
 
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Well guys I bought some of the Safariland "split six" carry pouches and I really like them. They don't carry as flat as a semi auto mag on the belt does but they're not bad. Here is pic of them on my belt.....
 
speed strips adjunct

For speed strips, I like to use this leather speed strip sheath. It holds the loaded strips (Bianchi, Tuff, etc). It protects the bullets from getting beat up in your pocket. The lead LSWCHP's I use are particular vulnerable to pocket wear.

I carry the strip in the leather protector in the right (dominant) hand pocket. I open and eject the spent casings holding the revolver in my left hand and by smacking the ejector rod with my right palm. I practice loading the strips by using my teeth to hold the leather sheath, removing the strip from the leather sheath using my right hand (my left hand holding the revolver) and then reloading from the strip with my right hand.

It sounds funky, but it works quite well. I think it faster (reloads are all about speed) than futzing with a belt mounted snap container of some sort. I would carry the strip unsheathed in the pocket rather than in a belt rig.

http://rkbaholsters.com/pocketcarry.html
 
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I don't carry a reload, if 5 rounds don't do it.................................
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I'm not sure what this means, but, if it's a question, the answer is simple: six (or more) rounds might.....................do it.
 
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A 642 is holstered in my right front pocket. Since I load with my left hand a HKS or two lives in my left front pocket along with my nitrotabs and change. And no, the loaders have never come apart on me.
 
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