Speed Loader recommendation for 340PD?

[eb07]

Nicely done, eb07. It would have been interesting to see how you felt about the hybrid rubber device that is like a round speed strip. I find them slow to fill, but pretty quick to operate… not on a par with Jet Loaders or Safariland, but faster than the HKS style.

Again, for all who are reading this, the keys to what works for you will be practice and familiarity. Any of these techniques will require you to pass through a learning curve, and some people are amazingly fast with loose ammo in a dump pouch! Being inherently lazy, I liked the spring loaded Jet style family of loaders for ease of use and shortness of the learning curve. YMMV.

Froggie

Like you I am a spring loaded fan. The sl variants and jetloaders coupled with speed strips fit all my needs. Like i said above the 5 stars are superior in every way to the hks. I use them for my lcr as the spring loaded ones don't work well due to cylinder differences.

 

[CH4]

FWIW, I use HKS 36 speed loaders and or speed strips.

 

[Llance]

Way back in the late 70's I was going to join the Concord, CA police reserve. The Coast Guard office of personal nixed that idea when they said any damage done to me as a result of my service in the PD would result in my being discharged with a medical discharge. I couldn't afford such so I got the training without being an asset to the PD. They were using M28's and suggested that I acquire some form of revolver but ideally a M28, and Safariland speed loaders. I asked why the Safariland speed loaders and was told, "Because they can be tossed across a street and all 6 rounds will arrive at their destination." Made sense to me and all my speed loaders to this day are Safariland. For my 5 shot revolvers I use the Comp I model and they work a treat.

I did a test with some HKS loaders and every one failed to hold the rounds when being tossed to a friend across a street. Bump that silver knob and you are likely to have ammo spread across the street from where it touched the pavement to the curb on the far side. You can do the same with a Safariland loader and all five or six reach the far side in one location.

Yes, they are bulky, but the choice is yours, loaders or strips, regardless of your choice get the best you can afford and practice, and practice, and practice some more.

 

[eb07]

Way back in the late 70's I was going to join the Concord, CA police reserve. The Coast Guard office of personal nixed that idea when they said any damage done to me as a result of my service in the PD would result in my being discharged with a medical discharge. I couldn't afford such so I got the training without being an asset to the PD. They were using M28's and suggested that I acquire some form of revolver but ideally a M28, and Safariland speed loaders. I asked why the Safariland speed loaders and was told, "Because they can be tossed across a street and all 6 rounds will arrive at their destination." Made sense to me and all my speed loaders to this day are Safariland. For my 5 shot revolvers I use the Comp I model and they work a treat.

I did a test with some HKS loaders and every one failed to hold the rounds when being tossed to a friend across a street. Bump that silver knob and you are likely to have ammo spread across the street from where it touched the pavement to the curb on the far side. You can do the same with a Safariland loader and all five or six reach the far side in one location.

Yes, they are bulky, but the choice is yours, loaders or strips, regardless of your choice get the best you can afford and practice, and practice, and practice some more.

I use the comp 1s for all my k frames.

 

[3rdgeargrndrr]

Safariland speedloaders.
Cost effective. Easy to use.
It requires shaving of grips for speedy use though. .