Purty!
The holster is, of course, none other than the Dragon Leatherworks Flatjack; the grips are VZ micarta grips. The 8-round speed strips are Tuff Products Quickstrips - 16 rounds of .357 Magnum goodness is pretty potent defense. Add it all up and it's a light, powerful personal defense system that just so happens to look damn good in action.
Just don't hate her because she's beautiful...
That is all.
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I wonder on the validity of the 8-round quick-strips for the J-frame. I carry 6-round speed strips, but let's face it, that 6th round is going to be on the ground with the empties if I have to do a fast reload.
Maybe in some uber-ninja fire-fight I might be reaching for those remainders for a few more pops, but I think I'd rather just throw in another 6-shot strip in my pocket rather than bothering with the 8s.
Of course if you carry an 8-shot revolver its the only game in town!
Who made those grips?
Weerd,
My take is I'd rather have too much ammo than not enough.
I mean, statistically, the odds of needing *any* reload are practically nil. What's a .357 Magnum round weigh, maybe a third of an ounce? For less than one ounce I've got an extra two shots - what possible harm is there in carrying that extra ounce?
ordnancecorner,
Those are VZ Grips. I tried to link them last night but kept getting an error message from their website (www.vzgrips.com).
I'm not much of a revovler guy, but from my past experiences I have always used the twist-knob style speed loaders. I have never used the speed strips.
What's the appeal of the speed strip over a traditional speed loader? I assume it's the flatter packaging and easier concealment, but the ability to load more than 2 rounds at a time seems to hand the advantage to a twist-knob speed loader.
Thoughts?
Adam,
I shot a video a few years back (three years??? OMG!) that shows the speed strips along side traditional speedloaders.
*With practice*, there's little difference in reload times.
And you get a nice flat package that holds more than a round speedloader - that's the advantage.
Yep, I carry speed strips because I can tuck 2 strips into a pocket with almost no added bulk. Also as Jay shows in the picture they're 100% backwards compatible. My 6-shot speed strips will not only feed my J-frame, but also any 6-shot .38/.357 Gun. Jay's 8-shot loaders will work in anything holding 8, 7, 6, 5....hell they all work for charging o/u derringers too.
You do need to practice with them to be fast as they do take a bit more coordination than the HKS speed loaders.
But when I'm carrying my snubbie its because I feel I can't carry my 1911, so a bulky speed loader likely isn't in the cards.
@Adam In additon the grips on some revolvers do not allow the standard speed loaders to line up straight so you get iffy insertion and wind up shaking the rounds to get them to fall in.
Wow! After watching those videos, you're right - it's almost as fast as the HKS speed loader. I would imagine with practice, like you all mentioned, you could be just as efficient.
Also, valid points awarded for the extra rounds, backwards compatibility and the fact that you don't have to worry about grip size. Some things that I never really thought about, but are completely relevant.
Like Weer'd, I'm more of a 1911 guy, but the overall weight of a 5" gun and a spare mag have had me rethinking a J-frame. Looks like I'll be picking up some of those speed strips to give them a try. Thanks!
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