The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Defense and Tactics => Topic started by: Walter45Auto on February 16, 2010, 01:09:22 PM
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Whats a good way to carry speed strips??? I carrry them in the 5th pocket on the jeans now, but they're too hard to get to when NO STRESS is involved. Whats a good way to carry them where I can get to them easier?
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Hey Walter, I also carry Bianchi speed strips. However, I rarely wear jeans, the 5th pocket it the most practical, I did try wearing my evil anti gun Levi's and it made sense and fit well, with just the tab of the strip accessible.
How tight are your jeans? Would looser jeans facilitate better access?
Since I wear cargo type shorts most of the time, I carry them on my weak side front pocket, or thigh pocket.
Not much other option for me due to clothing, but they are certainly easier to carry than the big round speedloaders.
Unless they make a belt "holster" or maybe a belt worn knife sheath type thing, I don't know where else to put them.
Just my .02 cents, maybe someone else has an idea.
tw
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It's cold now where I live so I carry it in my strong side jacket/coat pocket. Dillon used to have a pouch/wallet that is warn on the belt for warm weather wear.
Richard
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You could always just carry a New York reload.................... good excuse to buy a new gun ;)
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Wrap a couple in a hankerchief/bandana and put in your rear pocket. I've seen a couple of older police officers do this for their J-frames, and they find it convenient....
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You could always just carry a New York reload.................... good excuse to buy a new gun ;)
Hmmm... a second J-frame..... But where would I carry my wallet when I put it in my left pocket?? ;D
The pants and the pocket are plenty loose. The ones I wear are carpenter style jeans, and have an extra deep 5th pocket. Which seems to be what makes it so hard to reach the speed strip.
I use my bandana pretty often, so I;m not sure I won't drop my ammo carrying it wrapped in a bandana.
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speed strips are pretty close to the size of a cell phone....
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I pack my speed strips in my left front pocket, J frame in my right front pocket. ;D
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speed strips are pretty close to the size of a cell phone....
I would think a cell phone holster would work.
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I keep my strips in any empty pocket, I try to stay consistent but it depends on wardrobe. They might come out upside down and backward but as long as the pocket only contains strips you will be OK.
Also, make sure you replace your strips every few years, they get brittle and dump rounds when they get old.
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Simply Rugged makes a belt pouch for speed strips. Called the "most versatile ammo pouch" for $20.
www.simplyrugged.com
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Well I've been carrying them in my back pocket behind my bandana and I think it's gonna work fairly well.
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To place a speed strip in my watch pocket of my jeans, I cut it down one round. Only have a five shooter anyway. Concur on the brittleness. My last one give up the ghost last summer before I left. Guess I had that one for about twelve years and it was used when I got it.
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CD
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CD, thats a purdy Smith!
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CD, thats a purdy Smith!
The shank aint bad either. 8)
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The shank aint bad either. 8)
Knives bore me --------> Just my opinion.
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Belt mounted cell phone holder. The other pocket. An empty Leatherman/knife type belt pouch. Shirt pocket. It will just depend where you carry the gun and how you reload. It helped me to think where my gun is and how I would have to reload it. I carry two in my left front pocket opposite of the LCR. When I eject the spent shells the gun is in my right hand leaving my left open to grab one of the two in the aforementioned left pocket. As always, practice to see how it fits.