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General Categories => General Firearm Discussion => Topic started by: SemperFiGuy on March 08, 2016, 05:57:46 PM
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I've seen folks using them at the range, squeezing away the rounds into their pistol mags. Loadin' 'em up, shooting away.
Never had one; thinkin' about gettin' one. (MidwayUSA and Brownells are Out of Stock right now.)
Anyhow, I've got about twenty (20) two-gallon ice cream tubs full of reloaded 9mm, .40S&W, and--of course--.357SIG. (Not to mention the .38SPCL.) Plan to shoot it all up during this year, now that it's warming up outside. I don't mind calluses on the trigger finger, but would rather save the thumb. Just recovering from a contest w/carpal tunnel and now that I'm winning, don't want to fade in the backstretch.
I've got the usual plastic one-piece Glock and Kahr reloading tools, but the Uplula seems to be a coupla leaps higher in performance. Might even be worth the $35 Buck$.
How do you like Yours???
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I think they are great, Makes is fast and easy to load magazines.
My daughter has a pink one. She used to complain about loading magazines and now she doesn't.
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SFG...you wouldn't be asking that question if you had tried one. You would already own one (or more). ;D
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I have several of them, but the rifle ones. AR-15 , H&K 91, 9mm for my AR in 9, they are great. wish I had these 40 years ago
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They are worth the cash
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WAIT< the question should be, WHere do you get 2 gallon buckets of Ice cream? biggest I been getting is 5 quart?
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I liked my Uplula well enough for Glock magazines, and I consider it a necessity now that I have Sig Sauer magazines. I swear they sharpen the tops of those things.
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I consider them a must for enjoyable range sessions.
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Can't say enough good about the pistol version. Faster then hand loading and sure saves the thumb! You can really get a rhythm going.
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I was at the Thunder Alley range and told my shooting friend about them, and even demonstrated it. He said "I just use the one that came with my Glocks". I insisted he try mine. 10 minutes later he was out in the lobby/store buying one.
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Don't leave home without it!
The Glock loaders bite!
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I think I owe about 6-8 of them---I've got one or two in every range bag, plus some extras lying around. Use them for pistols and ARs.
Well worth the money. (Speaking as someone who would load all the magazines necessary to shoot a Steel Challenge match prior to showing up at the match so I didn't have to reload anything during....)
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I have the Maglula and the Uplula and have to say that it is a world of difference between using them and hand loading a mag. My hands don't hurt as much and I can load faster when I "get into the groove".
Worth every penny.
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MiGosh.............Uplulas are all the rage!!!
My daughter has a pink one.
I can’t do pink because with all the gender uncertainty going around, I’m nervous about my own. Even after going to the bathroom and taking a peek. But I ain’t gonna do black, because it’s too darned EZ to lose black stuff at the range. I leave enough stuff behind at the range already. Now....They do have a bilious, awful-looking lime green Uplula model. I’m thinking of that one. Hard to lose anything colored Lime Green. And Nobody would ever, ever steal it from you.
SFG...you wouldn't be asking that question if you had tried one.
Heck, I’d like to try one. Just One. Once. But Nobody seems to have them in stock. Nice pics on MidwayUSA & Brownells, right next to their Out of Stock notification. I’m thinking of going to the next USPSA shoot at ENGC and following jthhapkido around, watching where he leaves his range bag. Mebbe pinching one of his Uplulas. He has so many, he’d never notice just one less item from his bag.
WAIT< the question should be, WHere do you get 2 gallon buckets of Ice cream?
I LOVE this part. You know how company from out of town makes you happy twice??? Well, so does reloading. Once when you shoot the reloads. And then before that, when you first ate the ice cream. Just to get the Big Buckets.
Gotta Get Me an Uplula. Somewhere. Somehow. Everbody sez..
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Amazon has them
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List price $286.16. :o
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0169PR7I2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1457560449&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=uplula&dpPl=1&dpID=41RfkvGODzL&ref=plSrch (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0169PR7I2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1457560449&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=uplula&dpPl=1&dpID=41RfkvGODzL&ref=plSrch)
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So they are on sale for over 230 dollars off!!
Typical amazon.
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not very effective on 38 sp.
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Like mine
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Amazon has them......
Well, not so many as they had before.
In fact, they now have one (1) less Uplula than they did.
Because..........I just ordered mine online.
And I also redeemed a $25 gift card that has been sitting untapped on my account at Amazon.com since early 2014.
And I thought this Forum posting:
List price $286.16.
was a typo error. Believe it or not, Amazon's Uplula list prices are in exactly that range.
Go Figger!!!
I chickened out on the Lime Green Uplula. It was a few buck$ more. Being kinda of a tightwad, I defaulted to the cheapest model: The Black One. Works the same.
Thanks, Jerry Lundegard. And my fingers thank you as well for the callouses they will be spared this summer.
FWIW, Amazon.com has a bigger, broader range of Uplulas than either MidwayUSA or Brownells. Bet they have other shooting stuff as well. For sure, I'll be going back to check out all their gear.
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FWIW, Amazon.com has a bigger, broader range of Uplulas than either MidwayUSA or Brownells. Bet they have other shooting stuff as well. For sure, I'll be going back to check out all their gear.
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Be warned! If you sign up for Prime, boxes will show up several times a week...
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Be warned! If you sign up for Prime,..................
When I was worming my way through the Amazon.com checkout process, they were pushing Prime with more vigor than a Tijuana Taco-boy pushing his sister off onto a drunken sailor.
And I didn't even bother to check out to see just exactly what wuz Prime. Still don't know.
And didn't want to find out, figgering that if it was really worth having, Folks would be banging on Amazon's doors just to get it. Demand-pull vs. Supply-push, and all that.
Must be some kinda credit card, like the ones that Cabelas is always trying to push on you when you come through the front door.
All I wanted was a nice Uplula to save my fingers and help lower my excessive reloaded ammo inventory.
And------FWIW, my Beloved Momma's name was Lula Mae, so there's a sentimental connection to this device.
Uplula will be here on March 16. You're all welcome to come try it with me.
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Prime is 2 day shipping and some other tv perks. Of you but a lot from amazon and like to get your stuff quick it's worth having. I get the student version because it's half off :)
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[quote]Prime is 2 day shipping and some other tv perks............[/quote]
Well, that kind of service just might be worth having if you make a lot of on-line purchases from Amazon.com (I don't, but lotsa folks do.) When you have a yen for your stuff, you tend to want it right now.
Another Item:
Well, I ran into this Forum's LMBass at the gun range today. And.....He showed me his......Uplula. In fact, he has several in various calibers. Including a .308 for sale, which he hasn't used.
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any idea what they 308 fits?
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shooter, there are several different versions for .308 here is there website
http://www.maglula.com/product-category/rifle-mag-loaders/ (http://www.maglula.com/product-category/rifle-mag-loaders/)
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I already talked to LMBass his is for a AR type 308, I already have several lula loaders, was looking for another for my H&K 91,s
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I could never figure out why in the hell anyone would spend so much money on a piece of plastic to help load their mags. Come on....... I can thumb those dang rounds in fast.
Then one day this OnTheFly guy shows me this UpLula at Thunder Alley and I tried it. Yes I know own a few of them.
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i must be the only NFOA member not to own one.
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i must be the only NFOA member not to own one.
Ah, but have you tried one? (You'll note the large number of people who never saw the need until they tried one.... :) )
Actually, if a person isn't loading magazines full up (and fighting to get that last round in) or they just aren't loading that many magazines at any particular point in time, someone might not really feel the need for one.
But I can say from experience that it REALLY makes a difference if you are loading a bunch of mags in a row, particularly if you are filling them up. (They are also handy as heck when trying to UNLOAD an AR mag.)
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Ah, but have you tried one? (You'll note the large number of people who never saw the need until they tried one.... :) )
Actually, if a person isn't loading magazines full up (and fighting to get that last round in) or they just aren't loading that many magazines at any particular point in time, someone might not really feel the need for one.
But I can say from experience that it REALLY makes a difference if you are loading a bunch of mags in a row, particularly if you are filling them up. (They are also handy as heck when trying to UNLOAD an AR mag.)
i will admit, i've never tried one, but i have tried different mag loaders. i don't have the time to do much shooting now, so i don't have the need like others do. i bet after i try one, i will probably have to get one.
and when you unload AR mags, you mean shoot them, right? :)
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and when you unload AR mags, you mean shoot them, right? :)
You know what one of the most annoying things about Multigun is? You finish a stage in which you use a rifle, and you realize that you don't know how many rounds came out of your rifle mag.
So you have to empty the stupid thing out so you can get a count before you load it back up. Arg.
(For those saying to themselves "why doesn't he just load it until it can't hold any more?!" ...I use TTI basepads which give me 4-5 more rounds in each mag. HOWEVER, I don't want to load my mags all the way up because then sometimes they don't want to lock into place when loading, AND some mags are comfortably +4, and some are +5. So...my load mag is 34 or 35 depending on the mag, and my reload mags are 33, unless the spring REALLY EASILY loads 35 whereupon it is 34, so....
....I have to count my stupid rounds in my mags every stage.)
I'll note that every other mag loader I've tried (for pistol or rifle) never seemed any better than the plastic thing that came with my Glock. Never saw the real need to get one, until I tried an Uplula.
....and then I bought 8 of them. Over time. :)