As a long-time user of small frame revolvers as my deep concealment option I have worked with many different loading devices over the years. Since the very essence of the small revolver is deep concealment, I find I always come back to just carrying a speed strip along for the ride when I do carry... Continue Reading →
Reloading from the Pocket: A Strategy for Consistency
I am a huge proponent of keeping things as consistent as possible; I want every tool on my body in the same place, all the time. I carry my gun in the same location, all the time. Same with my blade, same with my light. I even carry my reload in the same place even... Continue Reading →
Carrying a Reload in the Pocket
I like to carry my spare magazine on the waistline in order to facilitate the fastest, and most fumble-proof, reload possible. The problem is, I find this difficult to pull off. I used to wear the magazine at my off-hand appendix position. First, I always found it uncomfortable. Second, I moved to keeping my knife... Continue Reading →
Handgun Skills: Accessing the Spare Magazine
Reloading a handgun during a fight is exceedingly rare in civilian defensive gun uses. In fact, it is damn near non-existent. In law enforcement we see reloads happen more often. Despite this, for those of us that are serious handgunners, being able to reload your handgun with great speed is an essential skill. If you... Continue Reading →
The Realistic Reload
I find it interesting that a lot of shooters get more hung up on the speed of their reload than on the speed of their first shot from a concealed holster. Granted, for competitive shooters who often perform several reloads on even a single stage the speed of the reload is important and this is... Continue Reading →
Closing the Revolver Experiment
This past year has been one of significantly more work with a revolver than I usually do. This was fostered by my acquisition of a Ruger SP101 in early 2017 which quickly usurped my Ruger LCR as my primary deep concealment gun. The LCR and other such light weight small revolvers are ideal for pocket,... Continue Reading →
Reloading the Wheel Gun Remains….Ugly
As I continue to work with the Ruger SP101 I further refine many revolver-specific tasks to a level that I never have before as I now work with a wheel gun to a greater level than ever in the past despite the fact that I have long relied on a revolver for my deep concealment... Continue Reading →