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The Knight Of Light · 03-23-2007, 08:16 PM

Good replies for the poll. I was going to make jokes about being weak but I now think differently. Arthritis sucks! Hand injuries suck!!

rev-arb · 03-23-2007, 08:40 PM

After some practice..I can save a little time and wear on the thumb by useing the loader. The XD gear loader works for my Cougar mags as well.

I find that they do work best breaking in new mags.

Nicadflyer · 03-23-2007, 08:41 PM

Always

Chewie146 · 03-23-2007, 09:13 PM

I use it when I'm shooting IPSC and IDPA. After a while, I just can't stuff that last round into the mag without some kind of pain.

**AZXD** · 03-23-2007, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBunin

Try shooting 500 to 1000 rounds in two days without it!

Tried this first time out, 500 down range, don't think I'd have made it without the loader.

On a side note, I have two 10rnd and two 16rnd magazines, and the 10 rnd mag's seem harder to load the last round in than the 16's

mattjohnston87 · 03-23-2007, 09:35 PM

I USUALLY don't start off using it, but always end up using it. After 200 rounds or so, my thumb gets sore.

Matt

turbinesaint · 03-23-2007, 09:45 PM

Mine didn't come with one when I purchased it. All thumbs, but I've used a friends and it works alright. Since I've never had one I'm sure I'll just stick with nature's opposable mag loaders.

Lazarus · 03-23-2007, 10:01 PM

I dont shoot much more than 3 boxes of ammo at a time so I just load by hand. I was looking into getting a HKS loader when I first got my gun but now that I've done it and am used to it I dont think I'll get one unless something happens to me physically.

Darius72 · 03-23-2007, 10:13 PM

My hands tend to sweat a lot. So after having a mag slip and slicing open a thumb multiple times, I use the loader all the time, unless I'm only loading 4 or 5 rounds for some reason. It gets the job done for me.

**Majk** · 03-25-2007, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BBunin

Try shooting 500 to 1000 rounds in two days without it!

That's when I use mine because I'll shoot 25-35 magazines at a time. once you get into a cycle with the reloader it goes really fast and smooth.

View Poll Results: do you use a mag loader
do NOT use it	69	40.83%
use it	88	52.07%
only if i have a broken hand and no one will load my mags	12	7.10%
use it because i suffer from arthritis	0	0%
Voters: 169. You may not vote on this poll

03-23-2007, 08:16 PM	#21
The Knight Of Light XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska(sublocated at a Sandy location far, far away) Posts: 8,868 Blog Entries: 13	Good replies for the poll. I was going to make jokes about being weak but I now think differently. Arthritis sucks! Hand injuries suck!! __________________ No Matter Where You Go, There You Are. USPSA #L3077 What a great number!!! http://theknightoflight.blogspot.com/ Creator of TOP 'O' THE PAGE!!! Moose Fight

03-23-2007, 08:40 PM	#22
rev-arb XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West River, South Dakota Posts: 12,982 Blog Entries: 3	After some practice..I can save a little time and wear on the thumb by useing the loader. The XD gear loader works for my Cougar mags as well. I find that they do work best breaking in new mags. __________________ You got to "post" before you can "TOTP!" Rom. 12:12 "The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him." - Henry Varley to DL Moody "I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed." - Buffalo Bill

03-23-2007, 09:13 PM	#24
Chewie146 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Alamos Posts: 727	I use it when I'm shooting IPSC and IDPA. After a while, I just can't stuff that last round into the mag without some kind of pain. __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- "Beware the man with one gun..." Befriend the man with 30?

03-23-2007, 10:01 PM	#28
Lazarus XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,027	I dont shoot much more than 3 boxes of ammo at a time so I just load by hand. I was looking into getting a HKS loader when I first got my gun but now that I've done it and am used to it I dont think I'll get one unless something happens to me physically. __________________ You never know what you'll miss until its gone.

03-23-2007, 08:41 PM	#23
Nicadflyer XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tornado Alley, Oklahoma Posts: 92	Always

03-23-2007, 09:35 PM	#26
mattjohnston87 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 6,446	I USUALLY don't start off using it, but always end up using it. After 200 rounds or so, my thumb gets sore. Matt

03-23-2007, 09:45 PM	#27
turbinesaint XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 51	Mine didn't come with one when I purchased it. All thumbs, but I've used a friends and it works alright. Since I've never had one I'm sure I'll just stick with nature's opposable mag loaders.

03-23-2007, 10:13 PM	#29
Darius72 XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kettering, OH Posts: 41	My hands tend to sweat a lot. So after having a mag slip and slicing open a thumb multiple times, I use the loader all the time, unless I'm only loading 4 or 5 rounds for some reason. It gets the job done for me. __________________ XD 45acp Service Stock Kimber 1911 Eclipse Pro Target II Frame w/ Wilson Combat drop in barrel

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