New York reload

• From New York City Police Department officers carrying a backup revolver rather than an unwieldy speed loader.

New York reload (plural New York reloads)

1. The act of drawing a second handgun when the first jams or runs out of ammunition, rather than reloading the first, in order to gain a speed advantage.
   • 2002, Ed Lovette, The Snubby Revolver: The ECQ, Backup, and Concealed Carry Standard, Paladin Press, →ISBN, page 51:

     The fastest revolver reload is a second revolver, a.k.a. "the New York reload."

   • 2004, Patrick Sweeney, Gun Digest Book of Smith & Wesson, Gun Digest, →ISBN, page 117:

     And handling a long gun is out, so the drill is to drop or holster the first handgun, and do a New York Reload.

   • 2006, Patrick Sweeney, The Gun Digest Book Of The 1911: A Complete Look At The Use, Care & Repair of the 1911 Pistol, Volume 2, Gun Digest, →ISBN, page 143:

     The fastest reload is another loaded gun: The New York Reload.

   • 2008 July 8, Steve Denney, “Short, But Still Sweet: Lessons from the 'Snubby Summit,'”, in Officer.com‎, archived from the original on 25 January 2022:

     First, they may be the fastest reload for an empty primary gun—the so-called "New York reload."