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Originally Posted by Muley Gil
Around the 1970s, the full moon clip was introduced that held six rounds, creating a "speedloader" that didn't have knobs to turn or buttons to push.
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The full moon clip actually came 1st, designed and patented by S&W in the late 1800s for their top break revolvers with rimmed cartridges, but never used.
That's the clip S&W originally submitted to the military for use with the 1917 Army.
However, because of more efficient packaging, the military wanted it changed to a half moon clip. The govt also requested S&W to share the design for Colt's production w/o collecting royalties which S&W agreed to do.