Moon Clips

[crappie cowboy]

I was watching a video on fast reloading,and the guy shooting was reloading his revolver using moon clips.
I have a pre 27 357 mag. made in 1954 or 1955, will the moon clips work on this gun?

crappie cowboy

 

[WC145]

Only if you have the cylinder machined to accept moonclips which probably isn't a good idea as it would ruin the value of the gun.

 

[MrBorland]

Only if you have the cylinder machined to accept moonclips which probably isn't a good idea as it would ruin the value of the gun.

+1.

Also, IMO, while moonclips may offer a wee bit faster reload (all else being equal), the real secret to speedy revolver reloads isn't whether you're using moonclips or not, but how much practice you've put in. There are some impressively fast speedloader shooters out there.

Also, my guess is you probably were watching someone reload a .45acp mooclipped revolver. Moonclips seem to work best with short fat pistol cartridges, such as .45acp and .40s&w. The longer & skinnier revolver cartridges (e.g. .38, .357, .44) don't drop in quite as easy.

 

[Drail]

The trick to fast moon clips reloads is the fit of the clip to the cartridges. Got to have some jiggle action. .45 ACP rounds have good jiggle. Straight rimmed case .38s don't hardly jiggle at all. Round nose bullets combined with jiggle can be "thrown" at the cylinder and will self align and go right in. Mr Miculek taught me this. He told me to just hold the clip about 2 in. above the cylinder and throw it. It works. Another guy named Tom Kilhoffer of TK Custom (who used to beat my ass at our local matches) agrees. He would constantly shoot against me and my friends with a revo and us with 1911s and smoke us even on stages with a required reload. Gotta have that jiggle. Remember Charlie's Angels? It's all about that jiggle.

 

[Leaky Waders]

Try something like this instead?

http://www.midwayusa.com/Search/#speedloader____-_1-2-4_8-16-32

 

[WC145]

Also, my guess is you probably were watching someone reload a .45acp mooclipped revolver. Moonclips seem to work best with short fat pistol cartridges, such as .45acp and .40s&w. The longer & skinnier revolver cartridges (e.g. .38, .357, .44) don't drop in quite as easy.

That's the truth, right now my 586 L-comp is off getting the charge holes chamfered because invariably one or two rounds would hang up on the case mouth and I'd have to jiggle them in (and I don't jiggle like Charlie's Angels). On the other hand my 9x23 360J practically sucks moonclipped 9mm's into the cylinder, those short pointy rounds slip right in.