The New York Reload, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Backup Revolver

You don’t know what you don’t know. It came to my attention recently that many young gun owners have never even heard of a “New York Reload.” This cannot stand!

The New York Reload is as much a piece of American gun culture as anything. It’s only changing tastes and technology that have moved it out of our lexicon. New York City is the biggest city in the U.S., and since Theodore Roosevelt was president of commissioners for the New York Police Department (NYPD, 1895-1897), the agency has influenced law enforcement (LE) gear and tactics. It was — and still is — the largest police department in the U.S. Unlike the FBI, NYPD officers are...

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