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Post by loggy on Nov 17, 2007 9:26:01 GMT -4
I know you never need that second shot.. but just in case!! ;D I showed this one to the fellows on our TN Hog Hunt & a lot liked it. I still gotta get one of those wooden loading blocks though!! How many & whut do ya carry?? I normally carry 4-5. Found this one to be the best so far (as of today ;D ) CVA 4-in-1 Loader AC1509 Clear see through design. Can use as bullet starter, powder measure, palm saver and two compartment preloader.
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Post by willyhuntsdeer on Nov 17, 2007 17:08:05 GMT -4
i carry 4 speedloaders with me on every trip to the field, i also keep extra powder and sabots in my vehicle as well. never need but one usually, but i just feel better knowing i am covered if i go by my brothers because we tend to always do some shooting on his range each time i am there. far as what type i use...its the very first set of speedloaders i ever owned, they came in a blister pack kit with my first knight inline. i really like them because the caps are attached and cant fall off and they have a bullet starter made on them
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Post by berkscoflinter1 on Nov 17, 2007 18:36:18 GMT -4
Back in the days of the Am. Revolution, Pa. riflemen used a special "speed" loader. When the advancing redcoats had fixed bayonets, the riflemen would shoot, run a few hundred yards (the speed part), reload, aim for the crossed white belts, shoot, and "speed" off again. This is where the term, speed loader, comes from, .... I think.
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Post by loggy on Nov 23, 2007 9:15:32 GMT -4
Thanks for sharin that "bit" of history.. berks!! I always wondered where the term "speed loader" originated!! ;D
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Post by berkscoflinter1 on Nov 23, 2007 17:55:50 GMT -4
Loggy, it is my lot in life to offer these pearls of historical wisdom to you younger fellers. By the end of the Revolutionary War, Washington had had his fill of the Pa. longriflemen with their wild and crazy ways and made them all musketmen.
The Pa. riflemen kept making widows of the British officers wives, and the British found this somehow offensive.
The "speed loader" theory is absolutely correct, and I leave the research to you to prove me wrong!
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Post by loggy on Nov 24, 2007 19:04:29 GMT -4
Loggy, it is my lot in life to offer these pearls of historical wisdom to you younger fellers. By the end of the Revolutionary War, Washington had had his fill of the Pa. longriflemen with their wild and crazy ways and made them all musketmen. The Pa. riflemen kept making widows of the British officers wives, and the British found this somehow offensive. The "speed loader" theory is absolutely correct, and I leave the research to you to prove me wrong! Per my extensive research into the "Origin & History of the Speed loader" I fully concur Berks!!! ;D I was also researching on how to make a successful running shot at game with a flintlock... but came up with nothing!! Any thoughts?? ;D
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Post by berkscoflinter1 on Nov 25, 2007 3:38:12 GMT -4
As we've seen from more recent history, I'm certainly not the authority on running shots with the flintlock! I don't even own the book!
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Post by underclocked on Nov 29, 2007 0:06:27 GMT -4
Speed loaders are actually a myth. If you have ever actually tried to do a speed load with a nice buck already appreciative of your first MISS, you probably understand. Throw the contents of the first "speed loader" on the ground just to get that part out of the way. ;D I suppose if you have a flintlock, just throw a rock at the deer after any miss.
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Post by loggy on Nov 30, 2007 16:55:34 GMT -4
LOL UC!!
Like they say...dont do nuttin till at least 1/2 after that "well placed shot"!! ;D
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