The Block Blog: Why A Speedloader Block Is A Time-saving Necessity

Here’s an interesting quote from Wikipedia that really drives home how important a loading block can be:

“For casual use, purchasing enough speedloaders to hold all the ammunition for a day at the range would be very costly, and it takes longer to load cartridges into a speedloader than it does to just drop them into the gun one at a time.”

Is this true? Why are they called speedloaders if they’re actually slower? Well…

Admittedly, they can introduce an extra step: If you’re on the lanes (without a loading block) it really doesn’t make much sense to be using a speedloader. Sure, it makes the first reload easier, but after that, you’re just reloading by hand again, either into the speedloader (the wasted step) or directly into your revolver. If that’s the case, what’s the point of having the speedloader in the first place? Of course, this step is made ten times faster when you introduce the loading block.

You’re not going to buy 20 speedloaders: Now don’t get us wrong…we’d love it if you bought 20 speedloaders! But we know that, chances are, you’re not going to. And even if you did you wouldn’t want to lug a bagfull of speedloaders to the lanes and fish around for the next one every time you want to reload.

So, according to Wikipedia, speedloaders are only good when you preload the speedloaders…and the loading block completely proves Wikipedia wrong. With a loading block, you are reloading the speedloader, but you do it so much more quickly than you could by hand, whether you’re reloading the speedloader or directly into the speedloader.

(You might think “but don’t I have to load the block in the first place?” You’ve got us there, but you can do that at home while you’re watching television, close the lid, and keep every cartridge in place so they’re ready for the range.)

How do you find loading blocks on our site? Find the gun you’re looking for and it’s corresponding loading block will be there right along with the speedloader. Shoot as efficiently as possible with a Speed Beez speedloader!