moon clips ?

[printerman]

Can Moon Clips be used on calibers other than .45 acp ?

Will a Ruger GP 100 accept moon clips in .357 magnum ?

[Gunreference1]

Moon clips are used with revolvers chambered in a rimless cartridge.

Steve

[Richard Simmons]

S&W as well as Taurus make 6, 7 and 8 shot revolvers in 38/357 that accept full moon clips but the cylinder has to be cut for them. You can't just stick ammo on a clip and shove it into any old revolver. I do not know if Ruger does. You can probably have most any revolver cut to take a clip if you really wanted to. While it is rimless I know of one individual that had his Ruger GP100 converted to 10mm with clips.

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[Schuetzenman]

Moon clips are used with revolvers chambered in a rimless cartridge.

Steve

This, meaning .45 ACP, 9 mm and possibly .40 S&W. For .357 mag and .38 spl. try an S&K Speed Loader or Bianchi Speed Strips.

[Richard Simmons]

This, meaning .45 ACP, 9 mm and possibly .40 S&W. For .357 mag and .38 spl. try an S&K Speed Loader or Bianchi Speed Strips.

Why not moon clips, they are as fast or faster than a speedloader and cost a couple of dollars apiece at most?

[Kadmos]

Why not moon clips, they are as fast or faster than a speedloader and cost a couple of dollars apiece at most?

They take up space behind the cylinder.

If the gun is not set up for them then the cylinder will not close.

Basically a recess is cut into the rear face of the cylinder to allow the moon clip to slip into so the headspace can remain the same. Without the moon clip the outside edge of part of the cartridge will ride on the uncut space while the inner edge is partly unsupported.

You can find ones that were common for old models for a couple bucks apiece, but if you are shooting a new model cut for them you are probably closer to 10$ apiece, plus about $100 to cut the cylinder, plus you really want a loader so you don't bend the clips so another say $40 for that.

They can also be finicky about what brass you use, and once the gun gets a bit dirty you may have more trouble getting another clip in and closed. Brass will likely wear out faster on a gun cut for them, and of course the ejector is cut thinner so the ears are more likely to break.

On the upside they load faster with much less training than say a speedloader which you really need to practice with to get fast at. Most people will fumble the hell out of a speedloader the first several times they use one, and really won't pick up and speed over hand loading until at least semi proficient, whereas a moon clip will pretty easily drop into a clean gun