There are at least three versions of the “tactical re-load” for the revolver. Without being harsh, I profoundly oppose every version of them. The foundation goal of all is to claw out the spent brass in order to 1) retain the live rounds, and 2) replace the removed brass with fresh rounds. But so many things can go wrong with the methods that each method seems designed to create a malfunction rather than to re-fil the cylinder. Let me suggest that the goal may have value, but the order of operation is reversed. Rather than removing the spend brass let me advocate for removing the live brass. Then when the live rounds are secured, the spent brass can be disposed of quickly while avoiding the risk of malfunctions. The most reliable method of this I have ever seen is the Chicago Reload. The method is best learned with the aid of a loop ammo carrier. On the range, load the loop ammo carrier. Draw out two rounds and load both in your cylinder. Then fire on your preferred target once. Open the cylinder, up-end the revolver, and WITHOUT touching the ejector rod, catch the live, unfired round. Once the live round is in-hand, then touch the ejector rod and jettison the spend round to the ground. Then re-insert the live round and then draw a single fresh round from the loop carrier. Then repeat the whole prosses. In short order you will find it easy to catch the live rounds and then discard the spent cases. You are encouraged to practice this re-load method with increasing numbers of live rounds while firing off fewer than all of them. A few notes that will make learning this technique quicker. The more soot from fired rounds when you first start will aid in learning the technique. Use brass-colored cases in the beginning rather than nickel cases as nickel tends to come out easier, regardless of being fresh fired or not. And standard pressure rounds will work better than light or target loads. With a little luck you’ll find this a versatile skill to be familiar with and can be used with a number of reloading tools. – Michael de Bethencourt
