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Figure 10: Screwed saddle on an extendible shotgun stock. This will be less likely to move about.


the cycling action is carried out by the shooter.


Stock Holders Stock cartridge systems often come in the form of an elasticated sleeve with loops on it to hold cartridges. Again, it needs practice to smoothly load a round from these loops, but the biggest issue I have found with these is that they seem to all be manufactured by someone who has never seen a rifle or shotgun stock before. Almost all of them tend to be either a straight “sleeve” or only slightly triangular. If they were contoured to the right shape to fit a gunstock and perhaps had some rubberised “grip” material on the inside, they might not move about on the gun. Unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be the case with the majority and I have found they can rotate, slip forward and move as you shoot.


My preference here would be the adaptations of the side saddle that can be securely mounted on the stock with screws as shown in Figure 10.


One final point about saddles generally... you need to think carefully about how you intend to load the gun from these devices. Depending on how you load, or whether you are left or right handed, you may need to orient the cartridges either brass up or brass down. In figure 10 for example, a right- handed shooter would perhaps benefit with having the cartridges the other way around with the brass down. That way, the gun can be left in the shoulder and supported by the left hand on the fore-stock while the right hand is used to pull a cartridge down and out of the saddle on the stock. Trying to lift one upwards would be very awkward.


I’ll say it again because it’s very important... practice, practice and practice again before you use it in a competition. Next time I shall get into loading techniques for the


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various belts and carriers we looked at in the first part of this series. We’ll look at strong and weak hand loading, and how certain methods favour particular loading belts (and guns).


Manufacturers and sources:


‘Arms Tec” Stick Loaders - approx price £75 UK: http://www.midwayuk.com/apps/ebrowse. exe/search?search_keywords=tecloader USA:


http://shootersconnectionstore.com/ Arms-Tec-Tec-Loaders-Benelli-P61.aspx


‘Arredondo Speed Load Assist’ – approx price £200 UK: http://www.midwayuk.com/ apps/ebrowse.exe/search?search_ keywords=arredondo+assist USA:


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Arredondo: http://www.arredondoaccessories. com/


Swift Loader System - approx price £225 (three sizes plus holster) Contact UKPSA – Alan Phillips via http://www. ukpsa.co.uk/ForSale.html


Sidesaddle Shell Holders UK: http://www.midwayuk.com/ - look under Hunting / Ammo Carriers & pouches / Shotgun


http://shootersconnectionstore.com/


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