Powder (Range) Container

AntiGun said:

If you really want faster reloads get some small plastic screw/snap top tubes and measure out a few dozen charges to carry with you or try rolling paper cartridges....

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Threeband said:

I used to use loading tubes like these Quick Loads from Dixie:

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/advanced_search_result.php?s=1&keywords=+quick+load

They're squishy, sort of rubbery tubes, closed at one end. I'd throw a powder charge from my flask into each tube, then "cork" the tube with a round ball. I'd load up a bunch at home.

In use, I'd pop the ball out of a tube and set it aside, then pour the powder charge into a chamber. Repeat for all chambers, then seat the balls.

It's actually less efficient than the little plastic tubes with hinged plastic caps, if you can find them. Those you just pop the cap with your thumb: no screwing around setting the balls aside, then picking them up again to seat them. But I don't know where to find the snap-top tubes, and these Dixie Quick Loads are almost as good.

North-South Skirmish Association forbids loading a revolver directly from the flask, so some sort of loading tubes are necessary. The chances of your powder flask turning into a hand grenade (there's that word again!) may be pretty slim, but it's smart to be careful with gunpowder, and these loading tubes really are fast and convenient.

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AntiGun said:

I am not in any shape or form recommending this seller as it was just a random ebay search but these are the tubes I have previously used as well as screw top tubes.

You can't actually hold your balls in there...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100pcs-2ml-Cylinder-Bottom-Micro-Centrifuge-Tubes-w-Caps-Clear-/390733224929

IIRC I put 24+ grains in with no problem.

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Threeband said:

Those look like very nice tubes. You can hold them in one hand, and pop the top with your thumb. It's really more convenient to just have a separate box or tub or something with a bunch of balls in it. I knew a guy once who could reload in a minute or less that way.

My Quick Load tubes just use the ball as a cork, and it's a little awkward, because first you fumble with the tube to get the ball out, then you've got to put the ball aside until you're ready for it.

I still recommend the Dixie tubes. They're very good. But those pop-top tubes are even better.

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