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  1. Interesting . Never knew they made a pouch for speed strips. Great article . Not sure about a full size revolver, but got me thinking about one of those small lightweight five shots now 🙂

    1. sirlancelot-thanks for your comment, I went back and forth for awhile between the Ruger SP-101 and the GP-100 before I bough the GP. The 101 just felt like a back up gun to me and I already have the S&W Bodyguard, but the GP is a heavy gun!

  2. That ankle rig is a good idea. I has sparked a an idea on a solution I’ve been looking for. I need something secure while traveling for work. Not to carry ammo, but ID, cash and cards. Sometimes I am in some rough areas and have been toying with keeping a decoy wallet with expired cards and some cash, with my real stuff somewhere else. And ankle pouch might do it. As for ammo – that’s why I like some of today’s semiautos. A glock 19 plus an extra mag gives you a substantial ammo reserve.

    1. Never understood the decoy wallet. Why are you in those places? I don’t even carry a wallet anymore. Its in the console until I need it, or I use my phone.

  3. My only concern is the ankle rig. Can you run with all that weight? I can’t stand to even put my phone in a cargo pocket. It chafes when I walk, much less than run. (Not that I run that much at my age, 65)

    1. TexasScout-I can run with all that stuff on. I carry a lot of crap around in general. Fully dressed and with one of the ankle pouches on and all my other stuff-including the GP100-it is about 10 lbs total. When I was a cop I could run with a full duty rig on, granted I was in my 20s but I’m still in pretty good shape for being in my early 50s. And fortunately, like you, I don’t need to run much anymore! Thanks for the comment.

  4. Good ideas. I’ve tried to figure out a way to carry loaded full moon clips (S&W 1917 .45ACP) on my person in an inconspicuous manner, but have yet to find a way. Some of the fabric ‘speed loader’ revolver pouches are deep enough to carry a pair of stacked full moons – two pouches, 24 rounds. Full moon clips are a faster load than speed loaders (more economy of motion).

    One pair of pouches on either side of belt is nearly a box distributed on your person. But not very hidden unless you make a habit of carrying your shirt untucked. Black pouches on a black belt are hard to spot unless you are looking for them. The location blends in with ‘mobile phone holster’.

    The deal breaker – finding a way to carry a 1917 hidden. THAT takes some doing !

    1. I’ve literally never handled a moon clip but you’re right it’s much harder to conceal the speed loader on your belt, fortunately I rarely tuck in my shirt!

  5. Excellent article! I don’t own a wheel gun (budget concerns and all) but I can see a similar setup working for my semi and I don’t have to ALWAYS have a ‘cover garment’ for a mag carrier on my belt.

  6. I LIKE IT! I have a several speed strip that I carry for my model 66, 2 1/2 inch and this will inspire me to look at other ways to carry additional. I like tech tips.

    1. Their policy is no policy lol. They’ve never addressed it. Where I live there are a lot of cops from a large metropolitan area living here and although we are in a very restrictive state in this area people are gun friendly. The previous pastor wholeheartedly encouraged people to carry. I do a fair amount of church security consulting and I always encourage the pastors to encourage those who can carry to do so.

  7. Rain? Puddles?(Wet ammo?) Running? Jumping? (One leg heavier than the other.) Sitting down, pants rise? Bending down, all the way down, to retrieve vital ammo?(Ankle holsters aren’t worn much any more because of the difficulty of this movement.) Knee pain ( Ankle weights are out because of knee pain/damage. 50 rounds of .357 weighs how much?) Nice pouches. Put one on your belt. You’ll never load 50 rounds from speed strips in a gunfight. (50 rounds from a revolver with speed strips is along gunfight with lots of down time in which your opponent must also take a break from both fire and maneuver, that’s why we carry semi-autos and a belt pouch that holds 2 mags. Revolvers are GREAT farm/homestead guns, I carry one almost every day. Snake shot, garden/livestock defense (ground hogs to coyotes), bear defense all possible with the same revolver. But for a fight? In town? Glock. Can’t shoot a Glock? Yes you can. Watch the front sight (keep it on the target) and pull the trigger STRAIGHT BACK with just the pad of your trigger finger.

    1. Duncan-thanks for commenting. i usually use one of the pouches on my belt in the summer-those ankle rigs look weird with shorts on lol. And I agree, it’s highly unlikely I would need that much ammo, particularly as a an armed citizen now as opposed to when i was a cop. It was more of a neat idea of carrying a whole box of ammo at one time. Also, I can shoot a Glock or other semi-auto, just not as well as a revolver.

  8. I am not saying to violate any laws!
    But; I have found that in non permissive areas the rent-a-cops at the doors with the hand held metal detectors wanding people, NEVER bend down and check your ankles.
    “Forgetting” a heavy metal pen in a pocket (don’t say tactical! 😮 ) usually distracts enough, slows things down enough that they want to get rid of you and keep things moving, and send you on your way.
    I may have gotten past these checks with my ankle rig on more than one occasion 😉

    1. rick-Agreed, I’ve seen the security guys offer excuses for literally everyone who went through the metal detector and set it off: “That’s your belt”, “that’s your watch”, “that’s your earrings (!)”. I guess he didn’t feel like wanding anyone that day!

  9. I know many people will say the only way to go is a semi-auto, but when you reach your mid+ 60s and getting carpal tunnel and are not able to rack the semi, then the wheel gun is the way to go. Now will be looking for the speed strip pouches.

  10. Good for you for carrying two guns that share the same ammo.

    I have tried quite a few different brands of cargo and tactical pants and recommend the Tru-Spec 24-7 lightweight tactical pants which have two pockets inside their primary Cargo pockets. Designed to hold an AR magazine, I can stack two speedloaders in this inside pocket and if you use the one on the outside, it does not print or show. I use only the speed loaders that you have to twist, not the ones that require a push, and only about once a month do I remove the speedloaders at night and find that the bottom one has released its rounds.

    I generally carry my revolved in a Kramer leather pocket holster on the weak side main pocket. It also hides well as these pockets are quite deep.

    I should also note that a compact single stack 9mm like the Ruger LC9 will fit in the cargo pocket quite well and these interior pouches work like a holster to keep it upright rather than bouncing around. I often do that when I am driving because the gun is very accessible while seated.

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