[Jeff Higgins]

I like the old tried and true HKS. Simple, cheap, intuitive.

Funny, though, I don't think these things were ever meant for concealed carry. I think they are harder to hide than the gun itself, which might sound kinda weird, but they really are. There is no way to carry them, say, inside a waistband. On the outside, they are every bit as bulky as the revolver's cylinder, and not "streamlined" with a barrel that allows one to stuff them in hidden places. I wind up with them in a heavy overcoat's pocket. Or I don't carry one at all, relying on the six rounds in the gun.

I never bring them to the range, since my club does not allow rapid reload drills and, quite frankly, they are a PIA for "normal" reloading. I have never hunted with them either, preferring to put extra rounds in the loops in my gunbelt, or in an Uncle Mike's nylon ammo carrier hung on my belt. That, and I hunt pretty much with single actions anyway.

I think these were great for when every cop in America was armed with a sixgun, and they carried them in plain view in the little pouches on their Sam Brownes. Easy to get to, didn't have to care that people could see them, and really no alternative. They don't work so well for us civilians.