Tuff Quickstrip

These strips are easy to load and use.

These are a perfect fit for my 38/357mag Ruger GP100. Some reviewers state that these are not pliable enough and are hard to load. I find that they are as easy to use as my Bianchi 5-shot 38’s. No issues at all loading rounds into them and they hold the rounds in my pocket as they should. The price is right and they are an excellent product.

If you want Quick Strips these work perfectly as described. Make a great backup to speed loaders.

If you only need a 6 round strip, the Bianchi Speed Strip is better. Its more pliable and easy to load. But if you need 7-8 rounds, the Tuff Products Quickstrips are the only game in town. At first I almost returned them. The plastic is very stiff and I couldn't get the rounds to seat. That's why I give it 4 stars. After a lot of fiddling around with it, I figured out how to load it. Quickstrips should include this method as part of the instructions they send with the strips. Just grab each end, bend the strip a little and hold it with the thumb and a couple fingers of one hand. This stretches and opens up the insertion holes and the cartridges slide in using your other hand. You just push them in towards the slot on one side of each "seat." I left mine bent because it doesn't take up any more room this way and it leaves the rounds nicely spaced to slip into the cylinder. I attached a picture for reference (yes, I know it's only 6 rounds, that is all I had handy.)

I was a little apprehensive before ordering considering some review's description of loading these akin to a wrestling match. I found nothing of the sort and there was no problem manipulating .357 rounds into this seven capacity strip. That said, I have no wish to dispute other's experiences. It's in the balmy 70's down here where I live, so maybe environmental factors do count. In any event neither putting the cartridges into the strip, nor more importantly, loading the revolver cylinder, posed any sort of dexterity issue for me. I note some of the critical reviews date a few years back, so maybe they they changed the material composition. Thumbs up from me.

These are much more rigid than Bianchi strips. Gives you the feeling the crane on your revolver is going to bend with every use.

Good nuf for me!

Bianchi has a far superior product for a little bit more money. I had issues with loading the Tuff Quickstrip right out the box, it was a herculean feat. My fingers were pretty bruised and battered once everything was said & done. Once you build up your finger strength & learn the technique it's not as bad, but its still bad. I definitely like how secure your rounds are during conceal carrying, no jostling about. No imprinting while in your pocket, so that's another plus. I bought this for my S&W 686 +1, but I'll stick to my HKS speed loader in real world scenarios.