[TML] NY Reload

[Tod Glenn]

The actuality is that the carrying of a second handgun (the backup)  
has little or nothing to do with the speed of reload and everything to  
do with being ready for a weapons malfunction.  The NY reload is  
probably more an invention of fiction unless, as Ronin notes, you have  
a weapon that is impossible to reload in any reasonable amount of time.

Consider:

Your backup probably won't be as accessible as you primary weapon.   
There is not going to be any fast draw unless you are ambidextrous and  
have a similar holster and weapon on the off side.  Assuming you are  
doing strong-side carry, with you gun  in  concealable position like  
in a kidney holster, where exactly is your second gun?  Ankle holster?

By contrast, if you carry your handgun strong-side, your ammo  
(magazine or speed loader) is right where you can reach it quickly  
with your off hand.

It's doubtful that with a TL or better handgun with some sort of  
loading device (either magazine or ammo carrier like a speed-loader)  
that you are going to be able to retrieve a back faster than you can  
reload.