For anyone unfamiliar with firearms: single action revolvers require you to insert each round one at a time (imagine six rounds in your pocket and reloading). Not quick right??So a mall ninja told me a quot;single action speed loaderis available. Just a plastic/metallic tube with a snap on/off cap. Hold the tube to the revolver and turn cylinder. Works like a pixie stick to those without imagination. Anyone know where to buy such a thing or ideas to make one?? Has to be long enough to carry six rounds of .45 Colt. Thinking pyrex glass tube with a rubber cap if I can't find anything.Thanks peeps
For the most part, if there was any practical way to load a single action revolver faster than by shoving the cartridges into the chamber from the loading gate, it would have been invented about 130 years ago. The idea of a long tube that hold 5 or 6 cartridges is simply not practical. As others have already stated, it's simply too long to carry with you. Also, you need two hands to unload and load a revolver. What you described, turning the cylinder while holding the tube stationary, would work just fine when you are sitting comfortably at your computer desk at home. But, when you have to load in a hurried situation, it's just not going to work the same way. Lastly. The thing about single action revolvers is that each spent cartridge must be individually pushed out of the chamber using the ejector rod. So, before you can place the tube at the chamber to load it, you must first remove (unload) the empty (and expanded) cartridge that is already in the chamber. In summary. If we came this far without a single action revolver speed loader, I think we are apt to go another 130 years without such an invention.
Honestly, I have never heard of that. Maybe someone who does cowboy competitions can add in. The best I could suggest is getting a Bianchi speed strip, but I wouldn't imagine that would add a significant amount of time (seconds) to just loading from a belt/box.
I have a Blackhawk 45 convertible, came with 2 cylinders, one for 45 Colt, the other for 45 ACP, when I use the ACP cylinder, which I've started doing recently, I'll also carry a 1911 magazine with 6 cartridges in it. This acts like a speedloader when I thumb a fresh cartridge from the magazine into an empty cylinder. Think of the length of the tube you'll carry to have 6 more cartridges lined up for a reload. With 45 Colt that would be over 8 inches long! Wouldn't it be easier to have 6 cartridges in a pocket instead of having to find a place to carry an 8 inch long tube with cartridges in it? Or better yet, a belt cartridge carrier with loops for each cartridge could be easily carried under a simple T shirt.
