If it takes you an hour to load 7 rounds into a magazine, then the gun isn't for you. Luckily, it takes less than 30 seconds to fill up a magazine in my Shield 9 either with or without an Uplula. I went many years before getting that loader and should have bought one a long time ago. The loader really helps with stiff double stack magazines like the neutered 10 rounders we have to use in Kommiefornistan.
So you spend several hours at the range to shoot a few magazine's worth with the Shield? It takes less time to load a flintlock pistol. You definitely need to get rid of that gun.
So you spend several hours at the range to shoot a few magazine's worth with the Shield? It takes less time to load a flintlock pistol. You definitely need to get rid of that gun.