C&B speedloaders

[Tom Bullweed]

3/8" polytube cut to 1-3/4" and stopped with a 3/8" Dia poplar plug.

1.6 cc of Pyrodex FFFg (about 26 grains by volume.

.454 round ball

Let's go shootin' some Piette q851 Navies!

[Griff]

Who needs speed loaders...😆

...that oughta been enough to fight my way to the rifle that you load on Sunday and shoot all week!

[watab kid]

interesting - always looking for a faster more efficient way , thanks or the suggestion , 

[Captain Bill Burt]

On the very rare occasions I shoot C&B I use paper cartridges, which are also pretty quick to load.

[McCandless]

Or, just go to the next charged cylinder...

[Warden Callaway]

 

[Lucky R. K.]

Here is what I use.

Lucky 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

IN EUROPE there is a real nifty "Speed Loader" for Cap Guns.  Six chambers all at once.  Shotgun Boogie Gunworks carries 'em.  I have always considered "Speed Loading" for Cap Guns to be Oxymoron.  Speed Loading is grabbing another fully charged Cap Gun.

[German Jim]

14 hours ago, Griff said:

Who needs speed loaders...😆

...that oughta been enough to fight my way to the rifle that you load on Sunday and shoot all week!

Looks like you're 1 stage shy for a 6 stage match. 🤪

[Warden Callaway]

1 hour ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

IN EUROPE there is a real nifty "Speed Loader" for Cap Guns.  Six chambers all at once.  Shotgun Boogie Gunworks carries 'em.  I have always considered "Speed Loading" for Cap Guns to be Oxymoron.  Speed Loading is grabbing another fully charged Cap Gun.

Those Europeans are ahead of us in C&B gadgets.  Probably because most can't own cartridge guns. Seeing what they did inspired me to develop the 6 30-30 cases on a washer trick.

 

Here is the setup I used in one match.  Centrifuge tubes work well to pre-measure powder.

[Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329]

"speed loaders for cap guns" have been around for most of the time I've been shooting them (40+ years).
Most of the ones I've seen in the past are like the vials Lucky refers to, or the plastic ones the Warden shows in his post.
Everybody eventually finds a system that works for them, and frequently, they are pretty different.

The point is that they all work, so find what works for you, & go with it.

Over the years, I've tried most of them, but in the end, I settled on an off-gun cylinder loader (Powder Inc), Lee dippers, and a tin of lubed felt wads & round balls.

Generally, I could wipe down the guns, & get them reloaded (while watching the unloading table) in 2-3 shooters.

New shooters frequently look for ways to speed things up.
It's more important to shoot them often enough to develop a routine that you can do without too much thinking about it, IMHO.  

Everybody gets there eventually -- Some take longer than others!

So......Find your way & run with it!

--Dawg

 

[Sedalia Dave]

1 hour ago, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said:

"speed loaders for cap guns" have been around for most of the time I've been shooting them (40+ years).
Most of the ones I've seen in the past are like the vials Lucky refers to, or the plastic ones the Warden shows in his post.
Everybody eventually finds a system that works for them, and frequently, they are pretty different.

The point is that they all work, so find what works for you, & go with it.

Over the years, I've tried most of them, but in the end, I settled on an off-gun cylinder loader (Powder Inc), Lee dippers, and a tin of lubed felt wads & round balls.

Generally, I could wipe down the guns, & get them reloaded (while watching the unloading table) in 2-3 shooters.

New shooters frequently look for ways to speed things up.
It's more important to shoot them often enough to develop a routine that you can do without too much thinking about it, IMHO.  

Everybody gets there eventually -- Some take longer than others!

So......Find your way & run with it!

--Dawg

 

 

THIS ^^^^

[Painted Mohawk SASS 77785]

Just a plain ole' flask works for me...

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

BIG PLUS ONE for Prairie Dawg!!

 

I settled on self made dippers and the Tower of Power cylinder loading stand.  With familiarity it doesn't take long at all.

[Erasmus]

I use an off gun cylinder loader and (most frequently) a flask with a 20 grain spout. 

 

Sometimes, if I'm feeling plucky, I'll pre-charge a bunch of .38 cases with 20 grains a piece, put them in an MTM cartridge box, lay a piece of foam over the top of them, and use the lid to compress the foam to seal the charged brass. 

 

No matter what the routine is the same however. Eventually I'll have 12 cylinders, but not right now. 

[Tom Bullweed]

More than speed, the pre-loaded charger is about not having to measure loads on the stage.

It was high-humidity and hot this past Saturday for a heat index of 104.  Having pre-measured loads that could be dumped in the chambers was a thing that I did not have to consider.

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Ever since I saw one on the cover of Guns of the Old West, I've wanted a Paterson converted to .38 S&W...

[Rooster Ron Wayne]

On 8/11/2024 at 8:10 AM, Captain Bill Burt said:

On the very rare occasions I shoot C&B I use paper cartridges, which are also pretty quick to load.

The Original Speed Loader lol 

[Rusty Mustang]

Back when I used to work on turbines, we had an inline fuel filter that came in little plastic tubes that just happened to be big enough to hold a charge for my Pietta Confederate Navy. More than a few of them made it home with me rather than the garbage can.

 

Now, I just use wide rolling papers and make a cartridge.

 

Which, this reminds me, I haven't shot that pistol all year. Will have to fix that soon.

 

v/r,

 

Rusty

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

If you shoot a Paterson, you could use one of these:

 

[Dapper Dave]

Spare cylinder for the NMA works, but the only fast way of loading C&B I am familiar with is the paper cartridge. 

They worked pretty well.

Even tried dipping in home made lube - that did not work as well as I had hoped, will use SPG next time I get around to them.

Funny enough, the CCI Shotshell holder can carry 10 of them, if you put them in carefully enough. 

I decided to just go the faster route and went with a conversion cylinder instead, but the C&B cylinder is still in the box, waiting...

 

 

[Pee Wee #15785]

When shooting 3-4 weekends a month I loaded off the flask with cylinder on gun.  I could be ready by 2-3 average shooters watching unloading table.  That would allow for spotting or what was needed.  Get started shooting, the speed will come

[Sedalia Dave]

1 hour ago, Pee Wee #15785 said:

When shooting 3-4 weekends a month I loaded off the flask with cylinder on gun.  I could be ready by 2-3 average shooters watching unloading table.  That would allow for spotting or what was needed.  Get started shooting, the speed will come

 

^^THIS^^

 

I have no problem reloading on my C&B pistols in the span of 2 or 3 shooters. I usually work the unloading table while I am recharging cylinders. 

Develop a routine and stick to it.