 Bianchi
Agent Slim Speedloader Pouch
By Syd
Speedloaders are awkward things. They're cylindrical and don't fit
comfortably into the pocket of your blue jeans. They may bounce around
in a jacket pocket a little better, but they are still rattling around
loose with the dust bunnies and credit card receipts. Back in the days
when police officers carried mostly wheel guns, some duty belt
speedloader carriers were developed which were built from heavy leather and
attached to the belt, standing out from the belt a couple of inches.
These were OK perhaps for duty gear, but they're not really great for
plainclothes or civilian use.
There may not be a completely non-awkward way to carry speedloaders, but
if you're going to carry a revolver, you know you need to carry a reload
or two. (You do carry a reload, don’t you?) I have found one option
that's a bit less awkward than some of the other methods I have seen.
The Bianchi Agent Slim Speedloader Pouch is a workable solution. The
Agent pouch is attached to your belt by threading the belt through the
pouch itself so that the cartridges actually straddle the belt and sit
on top of it. This creates a half-and-half distribution of the thickness
of the speedloader on the inside and the outside of your belt. The
result is that the pouch rides close to your body and doesn't stick out
from your belt as far.
The pouch doesn't automatically scream, "Gun!" It just looks like one of
the little utility pouches that people carry these days for personal
electronics or hand tools. I conceal it nevertheless. I have been
testing this pouch for several weeks and I find that it's not as awkward
and uncomfortable as I thought it might be.
At $22 MSRP, the pouches are reasonably priced (I think I actually paid
$17 each for the two I bought). There will probably never be a
speedloader pouch that lies as flat and smooth against your side as a
single-stack magazine and pouch, but the Agent is not considerably
thicker than a double-stack magazine pouch.
 If
you, as a conscientious wheel gunner, have been practicing your reload,
(You have been practicing your reload, haven’t you?), you know that you
really need the speedloader to be quickly accessible to your right hand,
and it really helps if the speedloader is in the same place every time.
You don't want to be fishing in your pocket during an emergency. You can
position the Agent on your belt on the right side just forward of your
gun, so that the speedloader is quickly accessible for a strong hand
reload.
The Bianchi Agent Slim Speedloader Pouch is a solution for the problem
of carrying a reload for revolver packers. It's a much quicker reload
than a speed strip drop pouch.
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