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Showdown: S&W vs. break-open revolver – is one faster to reload?

Mike pits his Smith against a British break-open revolver

This article originally appeared on The Firearm Blog.

In a follow-up to an earlier video in which he compared reloading the last military gate-loading revolver with his Smith and Wesson, Mike returns by popular request to pit his Smith against a British break-open revolver. Is one of them significantly faster to reload?

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