Carrying extra rounds for a revolver.

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What is the best way to carry extra ammo with a revolver? I’m pretty new to wheel guns and was just wondering how people carry them. Is the modern way still to put them in one of those belts you see in western movies? With all the individual holders for each bullet?

Also I’d like to carry speed loaders. Do most people just put them in their pocket?

If anyone has a suggestion on a good holster for a Ruger Redhawk Alaskan .44 Id appreciate that too. I'd like to carry it on the waist BTW.

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Certainly not most folk's view of the "best" but it's the best for me. I can toss them anywhere (2 loaders), they're held tight and secure, one side is slip off and the other threaded.
 

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Hmm. I've never seen a case like that for speed loaders. How many do they hold? Do you just carry that in a pocket?
 
Bianchi Speed Strips hold six rounds in a strip that fits flat in your pocket, but are only made for .38/.357. MidwayUSA sells them in packs of two for $8.49.
 
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Hmm. I've never seen a case like that for speed loaders. How many do they hold? Do you just carry that in a pocket?
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1 1/2 inch PVCI from Ace Hardware cut to length. This one holds two loaders and is a bit big for a pocket but I've always got a back-pack or Filson bag that go everywhere with me. My gal calls them my man-purses.

Another holds three (one full of shot) and carries on a strap, like and with my binoculars in the woods.
 
I'm favoring speedloaders (2) in a double pouch on the belt. Current brand is Safariland for my GP100. Just set 'em on the cylinder & push to release the cartridges. No need to remember which way to twist the knob.
 
I have several of the Tuff strips and they work great. I carry a 642 as a BUG and I have a small nylon pouch that I wear on my duty belt that holds one of the speed strips (5 rounds).

When I am not working I will also wear one of the pouches on my regular belt, and no one even notices. The speed strips can even be carried on your pocket.
 
I like to carry a whole extra revolver! Not just for a "reload" as in the term New York Reload, but for accessibility options, as one hand may be more free than the other during a fight.

Speed loaders are the fastest option for actually reloading a DA revolver. A 2x2x2 ammo carrier, as made by Galco and perhaps still made by other makers, is also quite fast and efficient, with practice. Speed Strips are really NOT speedy for a complete reload, but are very fast for getting two rounds into the weapon, and those two rounds might save one's
life. The chief virtue of Speed Strips is that they are a very convenient way to carry spare ammo in an organized manner.

I have not normally used cartridge loops on a belt since I last toted a sixgun on a police "Sam Browne" duty belt in the 1990s, which was, of course, open carry, not concealed. Usual practice for concealed carry is some combination of secondary revolver, Speed Strips, and speed loaders, the latter two options usually inside a pocket.
 
For my full size I put a Safariland speed loader in my strong side cargo pocket.

For my snub nose J-frame I either don't carry a reload or I put a bianchi speed strip in a strong side pocket.
 
An ammo wallet is the absolute last thing I would want my extra rounds to be in. Talk about SLOOOOW and awkward.
 
You can stick a speedloader on your belt. Placed so that 3 rounds are on either side of the belt. Maybe not as comfortable as a speedstrip in the pocket, but I assume you're not talking about CCW'ing a Ruger Alaskan. This would be more for carrying a reload while plinking.

Safariland also sells a spring clip speedloader holder that clips on a belt. It's a bugger to get the loader in there, though. It's a two handed affair.

You can also get a speedloader holder that slides onto a belt and completely encases a couple loaders with a snap cover. Like cops used to use.

Is the modern way still to put them in one of those belts you see in western movies?
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This seems like a good way to carry spare rounds while hiking or hunting.
 
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There's nothing wrong with loops, either, though they're a little slow. Or even loose rounds in a small coin purse. You can load without looking at your hands, using the flutes as index marking. I load behind my left thumb. With practice you can load two at a time that way.
 
Flying Kiwi,

Here are a few options for your revolver. The single cartridge carrier and dump pouches being somewhat antiquated, but with practice they can be as fast as the speed strip or speed loaders. You can also place 6 loose rounds in that small watch pocket on the right side of most bluejeans.;)

My personal preference are the speed strips, especially with .45 colt rounds.

LD
 
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Speed loaders are bulkly at best, although I've used them but, recently I found a company who makes copies of the older Bianchi speed strips for all most every caliber I have(even 500 S&/Ws). Lay flat and don't give a signature while in my pockets.
Steve
 
I'm not a big fan of speed loaders because they're bulky to carry, for me. On a belt on in your pocket they are like carrying around a golf ball. I've had good results with speed strips. They lay flat in your pocket and you don't feel them at all.

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