Speedloaders

[canon6]

Mike 1951, any chance you could post some pictures of the self made speed strips for the 44 special   thanks Doug

[Jerry R Howell]

You might want to try and use a rifle stripper for the larger bores.  I've seen on THR were a person made a 480 Ruger (I think) out of a 303 British stripper.

Jerry

[Mike1951]

Mike 1951, any chance you could post some pictures of the self made speed strips for the 44 special   thanks Doug

Doug,

I'm sorry. I'll try to get a photo posted of what I've done so far.

Mike

[Mike1951]

First, this is an idea I found on another forum and I'm just tinkering with it.

OK, I started with a vacuum cleaner belt (Kirby?), cut.

The other gentleman specified a .44 wad cutter punch, which I immediately saw as too expensive to buy just for this.
I had a cheapo set of punches that included a 7/16" (.437") and figured that was close enough.

At the spacing I chose, the belt was long enough for 11 holes. It looks like it might have been possible to squeeze in 12.

The holes are a good fit for .44's, but I tried .45 Colt and I believe those will work as well.

I plan on experimenting with glueing a second, solid layer on the back to provide more rigidity.

That should work fine as long as my glue is kept away from the holes, so the cartridges will still insert easily from the front.

I welcome all suggestions and improvements.

Mike

[DonWorsham]

American ingenuity! 

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[Hazcat]

OK, I'm confused.  Just how does a stipper clip work?  I don't understand how this would be used to load faster.

[Mike1951]

First, as opposed to loose cartridges, they are all oriented correctly.

With practice, you can insert two at a time into adjacent chambers.

The rims pull easily through the rubber as you're loading.

I'm guessing you thought it was necessary to remove the cartridges from the strip and then load individually.

Mike

[Hazcat]

Thanks Mike.  Yep, I couldn't figure out how they 'came out' of the strip.

[mnshooter]

Vacuum cleaner belt! Good idea.
It normally would seem likely that if you have expended 5 rounds of .500 or .460 and haven't solved your problem, you are at the extreme end of the survival bell curve;
however, to sorta paraphrase Clint, "keep shooting until you're out of ammo, then use the gun as a club"!