I use two different methods which both work pretty well for me. One is the cartridge (or two) between the fingers of the hand on the fore end. On heavier kickers, that may not always be comfortable though. I actually prefer an open zipperless, flapless, deep pocket close to the waist on my trigger side hand. It has actually been very easy for me to reload any rifle from that when I wear a coat.

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This is a Ruger #1 animal killed with the second shot. The first shot -at 246 yards- had her confused so she ran in a circle. I reached into my pocket and loaded a second round and made a flat-out running shot in about the same time I would have had a second round ready in a bolt gun.

Last edited by Klikitarik; 03/22/08. Reason: redundancy correction
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.