I have Ruger Super Redhawks in 480 Ruger. I keep looking at "Moon Clips" for en bloc reloading cylinders - and I keep ruling out "Moon Clips" because the machine work necessary for an SRH to accept them voids servicing or parts replacement by Sturm, Ruger.

Okay, to the question. Is there available an en bloc speed loader for SRH 480s? I am aware that Redhawk speed loaders function acceptably when used with SRHs, but there is no 480 Redhawk on which to piggyback. If no speed loader is currently made for SRH 480s, does anyone offer custom ones - either from scratch or machined from an already existing speed loader?

I have not tried this, but it is similar to a description of how to make custom-sized speed strips I read on another forum.

Take some rubber gasket material and cut it into a disk about the size of your cylinder (leave a tab or two to grab onto, also).

Cut six (or five, if you have one of the five-shot 480s) holes, properly spaced to be centered over the chambers. (You may be able to use an empty cartridge case as a hole-punch, especially if you chamfer the case mouth to make it sharp enough to cut.)

Stick cartridges through the holes and you have a circular speed-strip. Drop the cartridges into the chambers, strip the gasket off the rims and, Presto!, you are loaded. (Oops. Your gun is loaded. Hopefully, you are sober.)

Let us know if it works. Like I said, I have never tried it.

One possible problem is that there is precious little clearance between chambers on the 6-shot 480, so the rubber gasket material may rip at the thin spots. You may have to experiment with thicker material.

You will also have to develop your technique for handling, loading and stripping the gasket without spilling your cartridges.

Good luck.

Lost Sheep