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"Average fella can put a couple of cartridges between the fingers of the off hand while shooting in case they are needed quickly. If not, put them wherever...."

Try that in really cold weather and you'll soon look foe other options. Just ask me how I know. For most of my #1's the butt cuff works from quite well to reasonably well. For the big stuff which is anything over the .375 H&H I generally use an ugly looking custom made by me affair that works quite well. It goes on my belt. My Ruger #1 rifles run from .22 Hornet to .416 Rigby plus the 45-70. There is an article by the late Al Miller from RIFLE Magazine on speed loading the single shot rifle. If the OP is interested, and will PM a snail mail address, I can make him a copy. Some good info in the article and should answer his questions.
Paul B.

One up the spout and a couple spares in a pocket. If rapid re-loading is a concern then I opt for a repeating rifle.

It's not about fast loading.
Many of my stands are lock on and I don't want to stand up and beer digging in a pants pocket of I miss it off I want to take 2 deer. I don't always wear a coat in SC seeing as it's not cold till December.

I have elastic cuffs on the butt, on single shot and double. On repeaters too, when I'm out culling. I don't notice any adverse effect on balance, and it is much faster to reload from than a pocket, belt etc. If I'm feeling particularly optimistic I might have some more rounds in one of those MTM belt carriers, or .303 stripper clips in the pocket to stop them rattling in the case of the 9.3x74. Bag limits are pretty much unknown here.

Boy this is about perfect and doesnt detract from a the rifle like some other setups

I saw somewhere that advertised single round holders that attached to either side of an Encore barrel via epoxy. They looked nice, but lost the ad. I do have a three round leather holder with velcro that attaches to my wrist. OK, but not really thrilled with that setup. I am one who does not like the extra weight of additional rounds on the butt stock. I do keep two rounds between my fingers when shooting. It is a royal pain in the butt to keep up with them, but it is the best I can do for now.

Back in the days when i was hunting with a Contender I used an elastic wrist cuff.

These days I'd get a wrist cartridge holder from 7X Leather. He'll do custom work too.

I have the Blaser version of one of these - I purchased it from Jerry Russell at Sundog firearms, he is a Blaser dealer


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If a full butt cuff affect the weights of the rifle that much, try putting one one or two rounds in the cuff. Shouldn't affect balance all that much.
Paul B.

Found a neoprene 2 round carrier called the Sidecart similar to the nice leather one suggested earlier: link here.

Why would a single shot shooter need a spare?

Cody Weiser makes some nice custom ammo Bracelets that are reasonably priced.He also is great to deal with.

With a Sharps, it is nice to have a nice spare carrier. If you do shoot them right the first time, you don't need more than one...

Two is one, one is none.

when I use my Ruger #1 I put a cartridge in each pocket. That way any hand in any pocket will get me a reload but no cartridge click against each other.

However I carry no cartridges when I hunt with my other single shot.

my Rifle 2 by .com/photos/156296479N08/]Steve Zihn, on [bleep]
I do carry a small flat horn with enough powder for about 4 more shots,and I also carry a ball-block with 2 patched balls in it.
But that's all.

I always carry on the belt...

My wife sewed elastic shell holders to the sleeve of my hunting coat.

Now I use a butt sleeve on my drilling, it is a single shot rifle just two shotgun barrels added.

I use a Simply Rugged belt slide by Rob Leahy...

I have neoprene wrist cuffs that I used to use when I hunted a lot with contender pistols. Somewhere along the line with the single shot rifles I stopped using them and just put one round in every jacket and pants pocket. That way no matter where I reach, there's a round.

I learned that from turkey hunting with my single 10ga, because no matter where I put more than one or two of those 3 1/2" logs, it felt like too many. So I spread them around.

LOL, I did the same thing when deer hunting