Magazine loader you have to have.

[Ozzieman]

I’m not so sure this is the correct location for this, moderators please place this where you think is best.
Thank you.
I was at a gun show today and I found one of these. It’s an UpLULA universal magazine loader.
It will load anything from 9 to 45 and that includes double stack and single like the 1911.
Now, if you have used a Glock loader this works similarly. The difference is it has a squeeze handle that make loading mags much easier and faster.
Push it down over the mag with the handle squeezed in (photo 1 compressed). Put a round in and it slides in or rather falls into the back of the mag (photo2 compressed 9mm). Then release the handle life off the mag. (Photo 3 9mm open) Squeeze the handle again and push down and on and on. It’s almost an around a second.
I have tried it with G26, 34, Beretta Cougar, S&W single 3906, Colt 1911 and even an HK MP-5 magazine.
You can check them out at www.maglula.com
For the ladies it also comes in pink!

[Ozzieman]

This shows it with a 1911 mag and 45 acp inserted

[wbw]

They are the best thing since sliced bread.

[lamarw]

I am surprised folks are just finding out about them. They are particularly handy with double stack higher capacity magazines.

[Kevin_d77]

I have three. One in my range bag, one in the safe and another in a to-go bag. Love them!

[HawkeyeNRAlifer]

Haven't gotten around to trying one yet. I just use my thumb.

[Merad]

All of their loaders are brilliant. IMO the ones for AR & AK mags are even better than the pistol loaders. Flip the lever, drop in a round. Repeat til full. They're great for unloading too. Just turn the mag side ways and flip the lever as fast as you can until rounds stop falling out.

[Jumping_Jehosaphat]

It's the only way I load now.

[KyJim]

I have one. Nice to have if you shoot multiple calibers from multiple platforms.

[myusername]

I have a magazine loader. He's 14. But he's not cheap, I have to feed him and pay for braces and things. So I'm getting my monies worth.

[csmsss]

I'm looking forward to their release of several different .308 mag loaders in a couple of months. I don't have any problems with loading my single stack .45 mags by hand, but loading up 20-round LR-308 mags is a hand-cramper.

[Gaerek]

I've tried them, I don't particularly like them. There's other things I'd rather spend $30 on (my father in law has them, and I've used his). I'm faster just using my thumb and I have yet to find a mag that I can't load fairly easily. But, that's just me, YMMV.

[SIMP]

Love 'em!

[ShootingNut]

Once I got one for a compact mag, it's all I use for everything!

[Technosavant]

I love mine... for double stack mags. For my single stack 1911 magazines I usually don't bother using it.

[Ben Dover]

I have a number of HKS magazine loaders and they have worked quite well.

Does anyone have experience with both? If so, would if be wortrwhile to replace the HKS loaders with this device??

I do dearly love new "gadgets."

[Ozzieman]

I'm faster just using my thumb and I have yet to find a mag that I can't load fairly easily

That may be but when I go out shooting I normally shoot for 4 to 6 hours and only take two or three guns at most and I usually take guns of a similar type.
Shooting +500 rounds in one setting is easy for me. I can easily load magazines with my hand. But when you shoot 10 or more magazines through a MP-5 and you have to load them by hand, your thumb is useless for anything else after the 3rd or 4th magazine. This is so easy on the hand that you could load every mag for a group of shooters never wear out.
The slowest thing about this loader is picking up the next couple of rounds out of the box or table.

[LarryFlew]

If you cut the metal finger down to narrower it will even work in your 22 magazines. Have several of their products and their mini uplula is the only one I never liked compared to cutting down the finger on your own. Directions are in the CZ forum and also a guy that sells them cut down for almost what a regular one costs.

[dayman]

I've never bought one of the UpLULA loaders, but I've attempted to use the various loaders that have come with my guns. They all seem slower than using my fingers.
I don't time myself, but I can't imagine I go much slower than a round/second, and it's one less thing I have to find.

[Ben Dover]

Younger folks can load rapidly with fingers alone.

Those of us who knew Washington, Jefferson and Adams personally need just a bit of assistance!

[dbldune]

Bought one the same day as my 92fs. Wouldn't think about loading my pistols with out it.

[TailGator]

I wish I got a commission on all the ones I have sold. People see me using mine at the range and ask, "What's that?" I let them try it and the next thing out of their mouth is, "I gotta get one of those!"

[kraigwy]

I have two, one for center fire and one for 22s.

The center fire one is great, loads every thing I have, the 22 won't work on any of my 22s.

[BuckRub]

Never used one, I used the one that came with my S&W and my Glock one a couple of mags but I prefer my fingers.

[JohnKSa]

...I used the one that came with my S&W and my Glock one a couple of mags but I prefer my fingers.

The loaders that sometimes come with autopistols are functional, but not really comparable to the UPLULA design.

I have never used the loaders included with the various pistols I've purchased, preferring to load by hand instead. The UPLULA is a completely different story--it gets a lot of use and I rarely load magazines by hand these days. I need to get another one, the one I have keeps ending up in my wife's range bag.