Speed reload
A speed reload is the action of reloading a weapon in a very short amount of time by ejecting the currently loaded magazine with one hand, and drawing as well as loading fresh magazine with the other hand. The tactical advantage here is lost with closed bolt weapons that are empty, as the gun will then require cocking with the new magazine inserted to chamber the new rounds. A speed reload if often thought to be more or less the opposite of a tactical reload.
Advantages and Disadvantages
The main advantage of a speed reload is quite simply speed. If done right, it should take anywhere from five to ten seconds. The main disadvantage of a speed reload is that if there are rounds left in your previously load magazine you will lose them, and it is much louder than a tactical reloads and leaves the magazine and bullets as evidence, although the latter disadvantage is moot if a shell catcher is not in place.
See also
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