Anyone in the valley (hopefully in Tempe or Mesa) sell revolver speed loaders?

I'm trying out my new revolver tomorrow at Rio and was wondering if anyone sells speed loaders locally. I'd like to practice reloading techniques at the range (since revolvers are a foreign concept to me.)

that place in apache junction where the arfcomer has the place behind it sells them.

Not that I shop there but Bass Pro may have what you need.

That would be AJI.

I have bought a few at Shooters World/Arizona Tactical.

yep thats the one. I picked up a few for my .38 there a while back.

Well shit I just checked midway and hks speed loaders cost half as much there as they seem to everywhere else. I think I'll just ask my dad to load up some dummy rounds for me to practice speed loading...

Make sure the HKS will work for you, no matter how cheap you can get them. Dude in one of rizzo's classes had an HKS and a Safariland and, aside from the ease of operation of the Safariland (push instead of twist), the HKS had problems with grip clearance and generally screwed with the kids head on a regular basis.

HKS are shit.

If you are going to carry speed loaders, get the Safariland. After you get sick of lugging those stupid things around, get two Bianchi Speed Strips for $5 and call it good.

I have a 638 and keep in mind those speed loaders may not work with your factory grips. When I carry my 638, I carry speed strips.

The grips interfere with the flight path of the speed loaders.....

Bingo. Exactly what I was going to say. Speed Strips FTW.

Interesting, I practiced with both on a different revolver and found the HKS to be a little more intuitive. We'll see when I get them. I know they fit my dad's taurus so I guess I'll give him some free speed loaders if they don't work out.

What kind of revolver?

I used a J-Frame three times in the real world to solve big boy problems. None of them required a reload if that makes you feel any better.

1) Guy ran up on me in a parking lot with an up turned screwdriver. He put the brakes on and beat feet like in the cartoons as I was about to shoot him in the chest. (It is so cold in the D...) "I just wanted a cigarette, Mistah! I swear" Sure...I'll smoke your ass.

2) Doberman mix jumped the fence and tried to take my face off. One Gold Dot to the brain pan. Lights out. I was pocket carrying in a DeSantis Nemesis. When the dog lunged, I threw it off line by grabbing his collar and tossing him (while jumping 8 feet backwards according to my wife; I don't remember that part.) When I drew my gun the holster came out on the gun. I swept it clear with my left hand and shot when the dog lunged a second time. Worst part about that was I shot the fucking thing in front of the little boy it belonged to...he kept asking "Why'd ya shoot mah dawg, Mister?" over and over through his bawling. Red headed freckled kid with a hint of Asian in him if you can picture it.

3) Came home to find a shithead sitting on my front porch. Long story short, I thought my place was being burglarized and he was the look out. Him and the two that showed up shortly after I arrived knew they fucked up when the gun came out. I never even pointed it at anyone. I was outnumbered three to one, so I unholstered and kept it at low ready in my right hand while knife handing instructions with my left. When the cops showed up they were all lined up like ducks against my garage door.

There was also that Burger King diaper incident, but I don't count that one since the gun never came out and Reggie left before the Po-Po showed up.

The moral of the story is - if you need more then 5 shots, you probably should have been paying more attention and un-assed the area sooner.

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