by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 14, 2024 | Ammunition, Blog, Carry Tips, Loading strips, Michael Brady
Last October, Alan Miller, proprietor of AHolster, asked for volunteers to field test some new “speed strip” loaders. I raised my hand and received several. I tested them over the weeks preceding the 2023 Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup and then...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 10, 2024 | Ammunition, Blog, Carry Tips, de Bethencourt, Reloading, Training
Small training note of possible note. Heading off the the range to work on some loose rounds drills. (And loose round loading is always only a malfunctioning speed loader away.) Next time you are on the range working on your loose rounds drills, think about mixing in...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Mar 7, 2024 | Ammunition, Blog, Equipment Notes, Reviews
A little information on for the members who may want to shoot their snubbies and are curious about their ballistics from our staffer Edgar Murphy. He chronographed the following factory load information. He will be re-working the material for a pending column in the...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Feb 28, 2024 | Ammunition, Blog, de Bethencourt, Loading strips, Members Only, Reloading
I have suggested for decades that nothing I advocate in the snub training classes is and/or should be of any value until the students has personally tested the recommendation. Testing and determining the different ratio of rounds vs time to load (3 vs 4 vs 5) rounds...
by Michael de Bethencourt | Dec 23, 2023 | Ammunition, Blog, Carry Tips, Reloading
Elsewhere on the Snub Noir Facebook page, Ethan Seki made a good point that is worth drawing greater attention to. As most of you should know, the material used for the many brands of loading strips, including those made by Bianchi, TUFF, and Zeta6 to name only three,...
by Jason Chandonnet | May 3, 2022 | Ammunition, Blog
By Ian B. I was looking over some photos on my computer and thought this might interest the group, as the topic of what is an effective .38 Special snub load seems to be a perennial one… Like probably most people who’ve carried a snub (though there may be...