Firearms Iinstuctor
Regular Member
Back in the late 70's Revolvers and leather duty gear was the norm. When I took my first LEO job it was with a rural 6 road deputy department .
I brought Bianchi leather duty gear I worn this until I left that dept. and move onward and upwards to a 500 man state LE agency.
The state agency supplied all the necessary gear that they, thought a officer needed. I went from revolver to a semi auto.
To present date during the last few months I been in the process of moving from a house I lived in for 34 plus years to another.
As I was packing one of closets up I found my old duty belt In the speed holder pouches were 3 Safariland comp two speed loaders. I carried HKS before that, the HKS are good tough and reliable loaders. But I found them to be a bit slower than the comp twos.
On a side note during my first police recruit school where I took top shot. One on the older instructors took exemption to my use of speed loaders saying it was cheating.
He didn't want to give me credit for the perfect 300 of 300 score I shot.
The leather and ammo had been hanging around for around about 30 years.
The leather looked really good and still functions like to should.
The nickel plated 357 mag handloads 125 gr jhps that I shot and carried with the small Dept. were a little tarnished but other wise looked just fine.
Back in those days with less concerns about liability one carried what one wanted.
So I buckled on the old leather after letting it out a couple of notches I am not a 150lb 20 something any more.
Dropped my stainless security six into its old holster and walked out the door to my range 100 feet away.
I drew the revolver grabbed a speed loader and proceeded to shoot all 18 rounds into the target. My speed loader skills have diminished some after decades of carrying a auto. I don't do 1 second reloads any more.
The leather, ammo, speed loaders and revolver all functioned as they should.
Some of the best values in good gear can be found on the used market just because it is older do not discount it if you are on a tight budget.
I brought Bianchi leather duty gear I worn this until I left that dept. and move onward and upwards to a 500 man state LE agency.
The state agency supplied all the necessary gear that they, thought a officer needed. I went from revolver to a semi auto.
To present date during the last few months I been in the process of moving from a house I lived in for 34 plus years to another.
As I was packing one of closets up I found my old duty belt In the speed holder pouches were 3 Safariland comp two speed loaders. I carried HKS before that, the HKS are good tough and reliable loaders. But I found them to be a bit slower than the comp twos.
On a side note during my first police recruit school where I took top shot. One on the older instructors took exemption to my use of speed loaders saying it was cheating.
He didn't want to give me credit for the perfect 300 of 300 score I shot.
The leather and ammo had been hanging around for around about 30 years.
The leather looked really good and still functions like to should.
The nickel plated 357 mag handloads 125 gr jhps that I shot and carried with the small Dept. were a little tarnished but other wise looked just fine.
Back in those days with less concerns about liability one carried what one wanted.
So I buckled on the old leather after letting it out a couple of notches I am not a 150lb 20 something any more.
Dropped my stainless security six into its old holster and walked out the door to my range 100 feet away.
I drew the revolver grabbed a speed loader and proceeded to shoot all 18 rounds into the target. My speed loader skills have diminished some after decades of carrying a auto. I don't do 1 second reloads any more.
The leather, ammo, speed loaders and revolver all functioned as they should.
Some of the best values in good gear can be found on the used market just because it is older do not discount it if you are on a tight budget.
