Quick-loader
by John Meeker 
, West End of Lake Erie, Saturday, January 21, 2012, 08:14 (4638 days ago) @ stonewalrus
Years [decades?] ago someone offered a metal tube leveraction speed loader, that had a sliding tab down a slot in one side and a 'mouth' that caught on the loading gate opening. They were available with a Spencer rifle-type Civil War Quickloader carrier, that was a bigger carrier-tube in which you could insert a half dozen or so of the loaders in pre-drilled holes, sorta like an arrow quiver. IIRC it came with a sling and retainer cap?
A handy fella, such as hangs out here, could fab it out using caliber sized tubing, I suppose. There's no internal spring. However, I believe at the mouth there was a simple leaf spring that engaged the cartridge rims so they didn't just fall out of the tube as you handled it. Pushing on the sliding tab in it's slot overcame the leaf spring resistance and you could load as many or as few were needed.
Not real handy for all day carry, I suppose, but good storage and quick access to fifty-sixty or so rounds.
I did rig-up 'bullets in a carry sling', but it was heavier than than I thought it would be, and the swinging weight while aiming wasn't great either. For a while also used some Euro-milsurp leather belt box, with a brass peg and slotted tab top, which held nearly a full box of .357's, but about half that was plenty to be hanging there all day. Also tried makeshift bandoleers, but they get in the way more than I had imagined -- mebbe two of 'em crossed and fastened together on the chest Pancho Villa style might counter weight the slung-about effect a single one has
Presently using a cartridge belt.
Maybe Mossberg will make a tactical lever action that takes M-16 and M-14 magazines.
Complete thread:
- "Speedloader" for a Rossi 92 -
stonewalrus,
2012-01-20, 11:44
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- I have seen PVC pipe with an angled cut to depress the gate - Rob Leahy, 2012-01-20, 12:03
- I favor the butt cuff for a few rounds for handiness, the - Cherokee, 2012-01-20, 15:09
- Only problem with the butt cuff is my son and I will both be -
stonewalrus,
2012-01-20, 20:47
- well, his face will be sore when he's done shooting yuor gun - Rob Leahy, 2012-01-20, 21:15
- Well if it were a .44 (and you didn't mind spending $165) - cas, 2012-01-21, 02:12
- "Speedloader" for a Rossi 92 -
Slow Hand,
2012-01-21, 08:14
- I think the drop pouch may be the way to go -
stonewalrus,
2012-01-21, 09:03
- It is not the way to go, loops are better. the drop pouch -
Rob Leahy,
2012-01-21, 11:02
- strangely enough, would you believe SKS stripper clips will - stonewalrus, 2012-01-21, 11:29
- It is not the way to go, loops are better. the drop pouch -
Rob Leahy,
2012-01-21, 11:02
- I think the drop pouch may be the way to go -
stonewalrus,
2012-01-21, 09:03
- Quick-loader - John Meeker, 2012-01-21, 08:14
- Here's one on the "right" side of the rifle... - pokynojoe, 2012-01-21, 08:38
- I've been reading this and wondered if I'm just weird. I -
Hobie,
2012-01-21, 11:59
- I've been reading this and wondered if I'm just weird. I -
Tom Richardson,
2012-01-21, 14:32
- Pockets are good. Cartridges+Tuff Strips+pocket = better - brionic, 2012-01-21, 14:37
- I already walk around with too much stuff in my pockets - stonewalrus, 2012-01-21, 21:54
- I've been walking around my whole life.... -
pokynojoe,
2012-01-22, 09:44
- ....and beside that - Bud, 2012-01-23, 09:08
- I've been reading this and wondered if I'm just weird. I -
Tom Richardson,
2012-01-21, 14:32