If you choose a revolver for your CCW which is the better choice for your extra ammo, the speed loader or speed strip?

What are you looking to do?

 

If you want a faster reload, speed loaders are the way to go.  However, they are bulky and do not conceal all that well.

 

If you want concealability, speed strips are the better option.  They fit flat in a pocket however they take a minute on the reload. 

 

From what I have gathered, most that carry a revolver carry both.  It seems that 1 speed loader coupled with a couple of speed strips is the ticket.  I don't carry so I am simply regurgitating this information from what I have read.  Good luck in your search.

 

C

What are you looking to do?

 

If you want a faster reload, speed loaders are the way to go.  However, they are bulky and do not conceal all that well.

 

If you want concealability, speed strips are the better option.  They fit flat in a pocket however they take a minute on the reload. 

 

From what I have gathered, most that carry a revolver carry both.  It seems that 1 speed loader coupled with a couple of speed strips is the ticket.  I don't carry so I am simply regurgitating this information from what I have read.  Good luck in your search.

 

C

This matches my experience with the very few guys that still carry a revolver off-duty on occasion.

 

This is all anecdotal though as I carry a pistol off duty and have limited experience with wheel guns.

I have carried revolvers on a regular basis for almost 40 years. The best option for spare ammo is a speedloader and a speedstrip or a 2x2 pouch. The idea is you have the speedloader for a complete reload and the strip or 2x2 pouch for a partial reload. If I had to pick just one it would be the 2x2 pouch. I realize that loading a revolver without some type of "loading device" is pretty much a lost art.

The really nice thing about speed strips is they aren't too expensive, so you haven't wasted too much money when you buy one try it, and realize that a handful of randomly oriented bullets might have been faster. 

 

Mostly a joke. They are slow and awkward, and some are made badly enough that the above might actually be true. Speed strips are not a good answer for anything, but they are a means of organizing pistol ammo in one's bag/pocket/etc. 

The really nice thing about speed strips is they aren't too expensive, so you haven't wasted too much money when you buy one try it, and realize that a handful of randomly oriented bullets might have been faster. 

 

Mostly a joke. They are slow and awkward, and some are made badly enough that the above might actually be true. Speed strips are not a good answer for anything, but they are a means of organizing pistol ammo in one's bag/pocket/etc.

 

I disagree with this to a point. If you use speed strips that hold the rounds tightly enough so the rounds don't fall off in your pocket it will slow you down. If you carry a speed strip that has just enough tension to hold the rounds firmly buy releases them easily you need to carry that speed strip in a dump pouch. Even a good strip is not much faster than a 2x2 pouch.

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