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Pistol Magazine Loaders

Wayward Son said:
This is an ETS Universal loader for AR15 mags:

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It will load 223/556 and 762x39. there are 2 sets of slots in the feed rail. The larger one fits 6.5 Grendel case but it holds the rounds too far forward and doesn't load them.

It doesn't attach to the mag. You load rounds in the rail, either manually or scoop them up in rows from an ammo box. It holds up to 10 rounds and loads them into the mag so easy it's unreal.
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were can I get one
 
adam sr said:
does it work good I was thinking about getting the Caldwell tac-30
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Yes, once I got the hang of it, it was quite fast to load two mags with the 50 round mag loader tray. I bought it at Midway USA, and the description is below. I got it when it was on sale.

www.midwayusa.com

Caldwell AR Mag Charger AR-15 Mag Loader

The Caldwell AR-15 Magazine Charger changes the way you will load you AR-15 magazines. With this innovative design, you can take 50 rounds...
www.midwayusa.com www.midwayusa.com
 
adam sr said:
Is the loader itself hard to load. I was reading reviews on it from Cabela's and they said to buy a ammo box to load from. I buy in bulk.
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I buy in bulk as well. The set up takes the longer amount of time loading the tray, then the actual loading of the magazines after the tray is loaded. But it’s still faster than doing it by hand. It does drums as well, but I only did box mags to date. I believe I watch a uTube video demo after I searched online for it. They do have a model that includes trays if you scroll through the “suggested products” in the Midway USA link I sent under the product picture
 
Wayward Son said:
I've used the Adco super thumb for 20+ years. It works but if you're going to shoot a lot in a trip you want something better. After buying the Sig P365 and P365XL guns and mags, I REALLY wanted something better due to how stiff the springs are.

This is what I've bought and used recently. I only have Glock and Sig mags in centerfire calibers so am unable to comment on any other brands.

Adco super thumb:

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These are inexpensive and lifetime guaranteed. They replaced last christmas one for me that I bought maybe in 1997 or so. They work, are much better than nothing but do take some work and aren't super speedy. Very small so it's easy to have 1 or more in a range bag. I use one on 9mm and 45ACP double stack mags.

ETS Cam Loader, pistol:

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Mine is for 9mm/40S&W.

This allows you to scoop up -or load into the rail by hand- up to 10 rounds at a time and shove them all into a mag in a single move.

It works great with our Glock mags. While it can be made to work with Sig P365 mags, alignment is a hassle and I don't recommend it for these mags.

UPLULA loader:

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Universal, might work on a 25ACP, dunno. Will work with 380 and up, I use it with Glock 9mm and 45ACP double stack mags as well as Sig P365 9mm mags. Works great. Take a bit of using to get the hang of, a hand-eye coordination thing. Fairly quick but not a speed king.

And last the Caldwell Mag Charger:


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This has 2 rotating pieces used to adjust for the width of the magazine. I read reviews that said it works with the Sig P365 9mm mags. Caldwell had a 20% off code after the shot show. It was marked down and with the discount came to $23.99 with free shipping. Came in today so I tried it on the 365 mags.

Works great. I found that setting one side to 5 and the other to 3 gave a width that fit the mags. To use it you loosen the knob on the bottom, set the width and insert the mag with the front up. Tighten the knob to hold the mag in place while loading.

Push a round into the opening in the middle, squeeze the handle until it clicks, release. Repeat until the mag is full, loosen the knob & remove the mag.

Super easy & pretty quick. Less physical effort to get a round into the mag of any of the others. We have several of the 365 mags. 3 15 round, 2 12 round and 2 10 round. The springs on all are pretty strong, our glock mags are easy peasy loading by hand in comparison. This charger had no problems handling them, last round as easy as the first.

Glock model 30 mags, 45ACP double stack, are a snug fit. Set each side to 6 and it will fit though. Once in it loaded rounds fine though it took a bit more force to squeeze the handle. Not bad, just a bit more than the Sig mags.
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Uplula for me. Love it.
 
Another YES for Uplula. I bought one after breaking two cheap ones on my Sig P365. It also works great on 9mm 1911 mags which besides being difficult to load to capacity always seem to have sharp edges.
 
For pistol magazines Uplula cannot be beat IMHO. So far I have not purchased a loader for AR magazines but I plan on taking a close look at the ETS magazine loader.
 
BET7 said:
Uplula for me too, for regular pistol type mags & Maglula lula SMG below for my CZ Scorpion 9mm Mags




Maglula LULA SMG Magazine Speed Loader, CZ Scorpion EVO-3, 9mm, Black, LU17B
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I usually go to carbine classes with no fewer than 20 fully-loaded AR mags.

I find that my favorite use for the MagLula tool is to speedily strip rounds from mags, to either get them down-loaded to what the instructional cadre may want for specific drills, or if I just fine that I want to practice reloads more. :)
 
TSiWRX said:
I usually go to carbine classes with no fewer than 20 fully-loaded AR mags.

I find that my favorite use for the MagLula tool is to speedily strip rounds from mags, to either get them down-loaded to what the instructional cadre may want for specific drills, or if I just fine that I want to practice reloads more. :)
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I just ordered it today. After trying to fill several Scorpion mags (2-20's, 2-30's, 4-32's), I yelled "No Mas". I was lucky to get 22 rounds or a bit less into each of the 32 round mags before my thumb started to bleed (spring tension was just too much). I did load up several other pistol mags (P365, Hellcat, Walther CCP, CZ Rami, Glock G43), with my MagLula though. All told about 500 rounds loaded before heading to the range. 🥴
 
this is the instructional video on the ETS universal rifle loader. With my 223 mags, it loads them so easy it's not even funny. But note that the loader does not mate with the mag & stay in place, you have to hold them together. I don't find this a problem, just something to know:

 
I think I mentioned this before but will add it again:

That loader has 2 rails. The smaller one is for 223 sized cases. The larger one sits a bit further in front and is intended for 7.62x39 size cases. 6.5 Grendel fits there, but they don't load. At least not with my ASC mags, so I don't recommend it for Grendel shooters.
 
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