I worried about the same thing, but after switching I find it just as easy to load the bullets in the sabots. I don't find it any harder at all. The only only thing I guess you have to worry about is making sure if you put them loose in your pocket, I guess the bullet could fall out of the sabot, and you have to put it back together. This may take slightly longer if you are trying for a quick reload, but this wouldn't happen if you have them in quick loaders, and doesn't seem to really happen much anyway. I really hated to make the switch to sabots, but once I did, I see absolutely no downside.