Speed loaders. From Safariland. The smaller of the two hides more stealthily in a carry pouch, but the longer version is easier to operate without fumbling quite as much, and lets face it, yer gonna fumble. For me, it also ejects the rounds into the cylinder faster (milliseconds, I know, but it SEEMS faster) and is easier to charge. (Lisa made me say "Easier to put the bullets in so that they don't spill out all over the floor.")
Chances are you'll never need one, but practicing as if you might is somewhat wise. And the hell with looking cool, get the longer one.
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Not as sturdy as HKS.
I gave up on HKS after one camping trip where the bloody thing seemed to rust shut in a matter of hours. Didn't help that I'd fallen into a meandering stream, but that's not important now. For me it's back and forth. The S&W 29 has it's HKS, the Ruger's several of each, and I think the old Python my brother "borrowed" had a half dozen HKS speedies that went with it as well.
Some folks like to twist, others to snap. And since I am a copycat extraordinaire I usually flip back and forth depending upon what the local LEO's are bitching about. That of course means finding an old dude who still uses a wheelgun, but they usually have at least half a clue as to what it's all about.
The guy running the range in Micanopy (Mick-Can-Opie)is a retired cop just old enough to remember when the argument was the Python versus the S&W 19. For me, the Colt had action to die for but the Smiths could take a beating. If you were a shooter you wanted a Smith; a carrier then the Python, hands down. And how I got off on this tangent I dunno.
Wheelguns have a charm all their own. In the matter of S&W vs Python one look at the price tag was enough for me.
My first piece was a Ruger Security Six which I carried for around a year before giving it to my girlfriend who was starting her first LEO job as a deputy. I replaced it with a Ruger GP-100. Next I got a 1911 then a S&W N frame, one of the Lew Horton custom jobs, a three inch .44 spl. After that I forget what order I bought things in. I know at one time I had two H&K P7's. And as many as 6 Glocks.
You've been there then, cool. I like the tupperware because it is unpretentious and does what a combat sidearm should. I had to think long and hard about weaning myself from the 1911. Carrying something for over 2 decades brings an enormous investment in familiarity. I've always been a plinking wheelgun fool but for down and dirty I'd grab one of Mr. Browning's masterpieces. Akin to an addiction of sorts. It works, saved your life more than once, so why go anywhere else. It was a brother who turned me on to Glock, and this one in particular happened to be a master gunsmith whose advice I valued.
And the Security Six remains one helluva gun for the price. Have my eye one that's in great shape but the owner has this feeling that under the stainless steel there lurks precious metal of some sort. The 29 shoots better than I do, so I have my tack-driver. The GP's will take a licking, and the several 1911's are still around for old times sake. The G-22, 23, 26, 27, and even an old 17 are in various stages of repair with only the 27 being sound enough for everyday carry. 14,000 rounds and the only burps have come from a lousy magazine here and there. I should just send the "broken" ones back to Glock for repair but I like fiddling and as plinkers they're just fine.
Thanks for the chitchat, Lem. Good to know another handgun guy.
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