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Post by legacyofthesword on Feb 25, 2018 1:37:18 GMT
Just look how simple and easy that was... no twisting knobs or anything. Just push 'em in.
Full moon clips might be just as good though.
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Post by bluetrain on Mar 1, 2018 13:26:52 GMT
That's really interesting. We tend to think everything worth having (the .45 auto excepted) was invented in our lifetime and usually within the last 20 years. Many things have been around longer than you think.
Full-moon clips were around in WWI, of course. I wonder who gets the credit for inventing them? I understand, though, that they become problematic if they're bent, even just a little, but I never had a DA revolver in .45 ACP. I did have, however, a 9mm revolver, and HKS speed loaders were made for it. I did use HKS speed loaders but they make you worry.
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Post by dchisenh on Mar 1, 2018 18:27:37 GMT
There's just something about a break-top revolver that just speaks to me. I guess it's an efficiency of design and the aesthetics I am really drawn to. I wish they'd come out with a modern design that could handle current +p ammo.
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Post by bluetrain on Mar 1, 2018 20:53:34 GMT
You're not the first person to make that wish. The closest you can come would be the reproduction S&W large frame break-top revolvers in .45 Colt. Uberti makes them and maybe others. They are hefty revolvers, all single-action, but you probably wouldn't call them modern.
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Post by Curtis_Louis on Mar 2, 2018 13:19:51 GMT
What an awesome device. A game changer for sure.
I have several HKS loaders for my S&W .357, but I like the old, discontinued Safari Land loaders better.
The modern Uberti, in Long Colt, is very cool. Not the authentic load, but better than the anemic loads they where originally developed for.
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by bluetrain on Mar 2, 2018 14:53:44 GMT
Keith called the loads the army used when they acquired some S&W revolvers "squib loads."
At a bowling pin match, I saw one of the competitors using a revolver reload with speed loaders in "the twinkling of an eye." But it might have been with full-moon clips. Same difference. I also saw a couple of other competitors using .45 autos having serious trouble with stoppages.
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