45 Speed Loaders?

[Cholla]

I have used 1/2” CPVC for 38 caliber rifle speed loaders. What have you used for 45 Colt speed loaders?

[Kid Rich]

Take a piece of 45 brass and go to your local hardware store and find a piece of pvc it will fit in.

kR

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Not being Snarky (But but I really am), but what improvement does a "speed loader" impart to shooting a stage??

[Missouri Marshal SASS #50682]

11 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 

Not being Snarky (But but I really am), but what improvement does a "speed loader" impart to shooting a stage??

makes the rifle easier to load, especially during cold weather.

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

5/8" should work.

[Cholla]

3 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 

Not being Snarky (But but I really am), but what improvement does a "speed loader" impart to shooting a stage??

It is easier to load for folks with arthritis in their fingers and hands. 

[Rye Miles #13621]

I had one for my .357 rifle but didn’t like it. It’s not that hard to load by hand in my 73’s.

[Sheriff Dill]

On 7/22/2025 at 6:30 PM, Cholla said:

I have used 1/2” CPVC for 38 caliber rifle speed loaders. What have you used for 45 Colt speed loaders?

I would love to see a photo of one for the 73 in 357. My son has been wanting one but I can’t find one to make 

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

Not what Cholla asked, but the Shotgun Boogie "'66-style" loading gate for the '73 makes loading by hand much easier.

[watab kid]

5 hours ago, Cholla said:

It is easier to load for folks with arthritis in their fingers and hands. 

dittos that even tho i dont use they ....yet 

[Cholla]

58 minutes ago, Sheriff Dill said:

I would love to see a photo of one for the 73 in 357. My son has been wanting one but I can’t find one to make 

Here two without the push sticks. Ones for 9mm and the other 357. 

[Sheriff Dill]

39 minutes ago, Cholla said:

Here two without the push sticks. Ones for 9mm and the other 357. 

Thanks. Appreciate it.
 

Do just use a wooden dowel to push the rounds in ? 

[Cholla]

27 minutes ago, Sheriff Dill said:

Thanks. Appreciate it.
 

Do just use a wooden dowel to push the rounds in ? 

Yes, a 3/8" hole is drilled through the CPVC cap. A 3/8" dowel with a wooden drawer pull tops the dowel.

[Sheriff Dill]

Perfect ty. 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

PLUS ONE fer Abilene you betcha.

[Eyesa Horg]

Just one more thing to carry to the loading table and then deal with! Not to mention scratching your gun back and forth on the loading table as it generally takes both hands to operate, leaving you no way to hold the gun still or lever closed! JMLHO!

[Chancy Shot, SASS #67163]

These are what I use for my Marlin.  The Marlin bites my fingers.  My 73 loads very easily and I don't need them for it.

They are a little more complicated to make.  The slot is made with a router.  The plunger is a dowel captured by the slider.  There are two sets of holes for the spring clip.  One for 10 rounds and one for nine.

 

Chancy

[KingSnake]

1/2” PVC Schedule 40

with a 45 Colt cartridge 

 

[watab kid]

very nice , i like that setup ,