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crotchetyoldcuss · 09-17-2007, 10:51 AM

I use the HKS 941 mag loadder. It is the most straight-forward unit I have found; fast & easy too. All for under $10. I liked it a lot better after I took a file to that one corner that was working over my thumb.

This is where I bought it.
http://www.topgunsupply.com/HKS-Maga...41-pr-278.html

Bilt4Comfort · 09-17-2007, 05:04 PM

That youtube video is silly.

If you are right handed, place the loader over the magazine and then place the base off the mag up against the butt (muscular part just about the 7 o'clock spot from the center of your palm) of your thumb. Place index finger along the side of the loader like you would your trigger finger on the slide of your XD when not ready to fire. Place your middle finger in the half moon groove of the loader. Pull the loader back with your middle finger, and with your opposite hand, place the cartridge in, holding it with your thumb and middle finger, with your index finger on the nose of the round. As soon as you place the cartridge in the mag, hold the round with index finger on the nose of the bullet and slide your thumb and middle finger straight down onto the loader. Release the pressure from your left middle finger that's holding the loader down, and all in one motion, push down on the bullet while pulling the loader slightly off the mag with your thumb and index finger. Repeat as needed.

I'm telling you right now, this is exactly how it was designed to be used and it works quite well and you can be very fast if you use it properly.

I know the skin on my thumb doesn't miss loading 2-300 rounds per range trip on bit.

mikerulzu · 09-18-2007, 09:38 AM

I used the mag loader once, and thought it was a pain. I just load by hand, since it's faster and doesn't feel as awkward.

Personally, I like loading 22's with the knob on the side to compress the spring all the way. Talk about easy!

XD45X2 · 09-18-2007, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apollosmith

Propellerhead just posted this in the gear forum... a video of using the mag loader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpWz_qyNrCg

The hands in that video look like mans hands with a mans wristwatch, but both hands have womens french manicured fingernails? WTF?

Prop, something you aren't telling us?

propellerhead · 09-18-2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XD45X2

The hands in that video look like mans hands with a mans wristwatch, but both hands have womens french manicured fingernails? WTF?

Prop, something you aren't telling us?

It's her hands.

Wynder · 09-18-2007, 02:42 PM

I picked up an UpLULA about a week after I got my first handgun... Love it to death:

See it in action: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zos_7e-c4t0

XD45X2 · 09-18-2007, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propellerhead

It's her hands.

Oh, sorry! My bad.

**XDAndMe** · 09-18-2007, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XD45X2

The hands in that video look like mans hands with a mans wristwatch, but both hands have womens french manicured fingernails? WTF?

Prop, something you aren't telling us?

LOL... you just dug yourself a hole

haha

propellerhead · 09-18-2007, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XD45X2

Oh, sorry! My bad.

Hahah! No biggie. Her toes are really sexy though.

gr8johnson · 09-19-2007, 05:44 AM

Maybe I am using the loader wrong. Am I supposed to move it up and down with every round? I see that all the other loaders move with every round. Maybe it is just me. OK I have read all the replies again. Yes I am supposed to repeat the motion over and over. thanks. I will give it another try tonight.

09-17-2007, 10:51 AM	#21
crotchetyoldcuss XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 113	I use the HKS 941 mag loadder. It is the most straight-forward unit I have found; fast & easy too. All for under $10. I liked it a lot better after I took a file to that one corner that was working over my thumb. This is where I bought it. http://www.topgunsupply.com/HKS-Maga...41-pr-278.html __________________ Mike Huckabee for President!! Just what is it about "shall not be infringed" that you do not understand?

09-17-2007, 05:04 PM	#22
Bilt4Comfort XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Desert Southwest Posts: 326	That youtube video is silly. If you are right handed, place the loader over the magazine and then place the base off the mag up against the butt (muscular part just about the 7 o'clock spot from the center of your palm) of your thumb. Place index finger along the side of the loader like you would your trigger finger on the slide of your XD when not ready to fire. Place your middle finger in the half moon groove of the loader. Pull the loader back with your middle finger, and with your opposite hand, place the cartridge in, holding it with your thumb and middle finger, with your index finger on the nose of the round. As soon as you place the cartridge in the mag, hold the round with index finger on the nose of the bullet and slide your thumb and middle finger straight down onto the loader. Release the pressure from your left middle finger that's holding the loader down, and all in one motion, push down on the bullet while pulling the loader slightly off the mag with your thumb and index finger. Repeat as needed. I'm telling you right now, this is exactly how it was designed to be used and it works quite well and you can be very fast if you use it properly. I know the skin on my thumb doesn't miss loading 2-300 rounds per range trip on bit. __________________ Rem870Tac SA XD40 SC Taurus M608 Henry.22 You cannot legislate morality, and banning inanimate objects will never substitute for personal responsibility. Banning and limiting things merely makes them profitable to criminals via laws of supply and demand.

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09-18-2007, 09:38 AM	#23
mikerulzu XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 37	I used the mag loader once, and thought it was a pain. I just load by hand, since it's faster and doesn't feel as awkward. Personally, I like loading 22's with the knob on the side to compress the spring all the way. Talk about easy!

09-18-2007, 02:42 PM	#26
Wynder XDTalk Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delaware Posts: 66	I picked up an UpLULA about a week after I got my first handgun... Love it to death: See it in action: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zos_7e-c4t0

09-19-2007, 05:44 AM	#30
gr8johnson XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Clinton Township, Mchigan Posts: 181	Maybe I am using the loader wrong. Am I supposed to move it up and down with every round? I see that all the other loaders move with every round. Maybe it is just me. OK I have read all the replies again. Yes I am supposed to repeat the motion over and over. thanks. I will give it another try tonight.