natedog
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Which magazines, in your experience, are the most difficult to load? The 10rd. Glock 17 magazine I had with a rental gun refused to accept even 9 rounds!
What magazines are the most difficult to load?
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Hypnogator
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The one you're trying to reload while being shot at. 
Night Guy
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I was going to say all of them, because it's such a time consuming pain in the @$$. But his ^^^ answer is better.
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Preacherman
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Offhand, I'd say Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Better Homes And Gardens...
To be serious, though (who? Me?), try the HKS magazine loader line. They're available through most online and retail gun stores, and I've used them at Thunder Ranch, Chapman Academy and LFI. When you're loading several hundred rounds a day into magazines, these things are a thumb-saver!
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Well, hypnogator has a point. However, there's a maxim that you load when you want to, not when you have to.
Perhaps the most difficult pistol magazine to load is the 32 round Snail drum for the German P-08 (commonly and mistakenly called the Luger). The Germans even made a special loading device for it.
Perhaps the most difficult pistol magazine to load is the 32 round Snail drum for the German P-08 (commonly and mistakenly called the Luger). The Germans even made a special loading device for it.
Natedog- The hardest magazine i ever loaded was also a 10rd for a G17 rental. My dad had trouble with it... we were able to get 9 in with much struggling, so we either loaded 9 and topped it off or just shot the 9 rds. Pretty much any Low-capacity magazine is a pain in the ass, in my experience
MAURICE
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I too had the glock problem. Rented a G34 and halfway through the session decided to just load the 10 rd mag to 7 rounds just to make life easier. If I knew I was going to have to do that I would have rented a 1911 (More fun anyway ).
).WhoKnowsWho
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I have been having some fun with the 10 round Beretta 92 mags...
harpethriver
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HK USP .40 and Para Ordance hi-caps. Trying to get all 14 in a Para P-14 or all 13 in a Para P-13 is tough. Any mag in cold weather. On the other hand putting 10 rds. in a Ruger 10/22 is a comparative breeze. The entire Ruger 10/22 package is a lot of cheap, dependable fun for the money. Hard to beat too.
cracked butt
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Ruger MKII magazines- without one of them little loading gadgets, the magazine button will absolutely eat your thumb after a couple times around.
sturmruger
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My buddy has a Glock 21 the mags are so hard to load I swear we don't shoot it as mush as our other guns.
yesterdaysyouth
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pretty much any new beretta doublestack mag will tear you up....
but the .380 ones are the worst...
but the .380 ones are the worst...
Pendragon
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I had the Remington .22LR semi rifle.
The mags were such a pain because you had to make sure the rim of each round was "ahead" of the one under it.
If you got it wrong, it jammed - if you got it right... it jammed slightly less often.
The mags were such a pain because you had to make sure the rim of each round was "ahead" of the one under it.
If you got it wrong, it jammed - if you got it right... it jammed slightly less often.
KaceCoyote
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My dad's winnie 1985?'s box mag is NOT fun.
HogRider
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My FN FortyNine had the worst magazines (9mm, 10 rounds) I have ever dealt with. It was almost impossible to put more than 8 rounds into them.
Eskimo Jim
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I have to agree with Cracked Butt on the Ruger Mk II. I have a thumb saver collar that fits around the magazine which allows me to hold the magazine like a syringe. THe collar thing makes loading much easier and it is small enough to fit into a pocket or the magazine pouch with a spare magazine on the front the Uncle Mike's nylon holster.
Magazines for my Walther PPK/S aren't that fun to load either.
Reloading magazines are probably one reason I became such a revolver fan
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Magazines for my Walther PPK/S aren't that fun to load either.
Reloading magazines are probably one reason I became such a revolver fan
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Just about any pistol mag where the round has to be slipped under the feed lips is a pain, IMO.
I owned my first semi-auto pistol before I owned my first box-fed semi-auto rifle. The moment when I realized I could just press the next round down the center of the rifle magazine's feed lips and it would snap in place was an epiphany.
If you think loading a double column pistol mag is a pain, try loading a 30 round Mini-14 magazine that way, especially when you didn't have to.
I owned my first semi-auto pistol before I owned my first box-fed semi-auto rifle. The moment when I realized I could just press the next round down the center of the rifle magazine's feed lips and it would snap in place was an epiphany.
If you think loading a double column pistol mag is a pain, try loading a 30 round Mini-14 magazine that way, especially when you didn't have to.
The rental glock 17 10 rounder was a real pain to squeeze 9&10 into.. shot one loaded round down range trying to jam it in and slipped
Never had problem with my MK II ruger everyone is complaining about and i shoot half a brck or more though it a day
Never had problem with my MK II ruger everyone is complaining about and i shoot half a brck or more though it a day
Jay Kominek
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My dad had a rental Glock 17 w/10 round mag that neither of us could get the last two rounds into.
I can't get the 10th round into my 9mm P229 mags yet, either. Hopefully the spring will wear in a bit or something.
I can't get the 10th round into my 9mm P229 mags yet, either. Hopefully the spring will wear in a bit or something.
BigBlueEyedDevil
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Beretta 96 .40 gives me problems without my HKS mag loader.
Colt 38 Super probably the easiest.
Colt 38 Super probably the easiest.
Oleg Volk
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32-round Uzi magazine...getting past 20 rounds is tought!
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