Tac-reload with a revolver?

[S&W627shooter]

Reloading a revolver and pocketing a moonclip with two rounds left unfired is tactically unsound! How are you going to put a moonclip with spend cases still in it back in the cylinder????? Even if you could argue that you might need the unspent rounds later, if your moons are tight at all, you would need a tool to remove the good rounds from the moonclip. By the time you reloaded your revolver using this method, you would be dead! IDPA should recognize that retaining half used moons is not tactical or practical.

Edited April 24, 2009 by S&W627shooter

[kevinpagano]

Gregg, thanks for that I did not realize you could have 3 speed loaders on your belt. thanks

[Gryff]

The rules state that Tac-reloads should be planned such that less than 6 rounds are expended prior to the reload (revolver neutral).

However, the classifier calls for 2 stages with 6 shot strings/ tac-reload / 6 more shots. Does a revolver shooter just retain the empty moon clip holder?

Also, when retaining the holders does the shooter pocket them, put them on belt/moon clip holders?

As others have said, you do not retain the moon clip or speedloader if all the rounds in it have been fired.

By the way, IDPA defines "revolver neutral" as not requiring the revolver shooter to do impossible things. It is not the same thing as your example, which would be an example of a revolver-friendly stage. So in a revolver-neutral stage, it is perfectly acceptable to have a target array requiring 8 shots, then mandating a reload. It's just not nice.

Reloading a revolver and pocketing a moonclip with two rounds left unfired is tactically unsound! How are you going to put a moonclip with spend cases still in it back in the cylinder????? Even if you could argue that you might need the unspent rounds later, if your moons are tight at all, you would need a tool to remove the good rounds from the moonclip. By the time you reloaded your revolver using this method, you would be dead! IDPA should recognize that retaining half used moons is not tactical or practical.

It's tactically unsound unless those are the last rounds available to you. Then it is very tactically sound (versus throwing your empty gun at the bad guy). This is exactly why IDPA shouldn't change this rule.

Edited July 31, 2009 by Gryff