Howdy all,

I'm looking for some ideas on a way to carry some extra ammo for CCW. Here is my situation. I CCW a 5 shot revolver (9mm) that uses what are called "half moon" clips to hold the shells. These clips appear to be stamped of of some sort of thin metal and don't appear to be very robust. I would like to find some way to maybe carry an extra clip or two. A fully loaded clip is approximately the diameter of a half dollar and obviously the length of a 9mm shell. Any ideas / thoughts?

Thanks,
LW

A half or full moon clip is going to be little chunky. Are you looking for a "on body" or "off body" solution?

I would assume a full moon or two half moon clips would fit in a speed-loader holster. On the outside of a belt and more than a couple inches thick wouldn't make it the easiest to conceal though.

Carry a Glock 19 magazine and reload the revolver by pushing the rounds out of the magazine with your thumb into the chambers like a Pez dispenser...

I kid, I kid!

I was going to recommend a Bianchi speed strip then I realized that won't work with rimless cases.

Different gun.

Probably the best answer.

I hated to say it because it didn't answer the OP's question. Trading the revolver for a .38 would allow you to carry speed loaders or speed strips and wouldn't change much else. It wouldn't have to cost you much either.

I haven't seen a S&W 940 (if that is what you have) in a long time, but IIRC the very early ones had a beryllium spring gizmo that was behind the star to extract individually loaded cartridges

9mm cartridges should headspace on the mouth of the cartridge (although I surmise they headspace on the extractor in many autoloaders), so loading as Glock-A-Roo suggested from an autoloader magazine should work ONCE....gravity probably would not extract all cases

I just checked my Bianchi Speed Strip for my SW442, and it holds 9mm cartridges fairly securely

Haven't owned a revolver in a LONG time. I carry a .45acp subcompact with 10+1. If I know ahead of time I'm going to end up somewhere where I might need more, I'll throw an extra mag or two in my back pocket.

Speedloader or two could always be dropped in a front pocket for a revolver.

Here is some info on similar. Maybe some ideas for you.

http://gunblast.com/TK-Schofield.htm

Chances are, better quality replacement moon clips are available. You might want to research into those if your's are that bad.