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Ammunition & Hand Loading => General Ammunition Discussion => Topic started by: OnTheFly on March 07, 2012, 09:20:52 PM
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I was looking for something to make loading my AR-15 magazines easier and found a video for the Maglula Benchloader...
Brownells - Maglula Bench Loader (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JylIzCWRnz0#ws)
Only problem, Brownell's is selling them for $510! :o
Am I missing something or is there a reason these are so much?
Fly
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What a waste of money - notice how they didn't show how long it takes to load the loader? Sure, once the loader is loaded it's fast - PMAG's load so quick and easy I couldn't even justify $50 for something like that.
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Then you have to buy a reloader for the reloader
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I'll take a $25 Butler Creek LULA and use the remainder on another AR.....
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I'll take a $25 Butler Creek LULA and use the remainder on another AR.....
Bingo. I use mine all the time, much easier on the fingers.
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Unless you're reloading for an army, the StripLULA (at less than $30) is a much better deal for loading 30-round AR mags.
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I use stripper clips
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I use stripper clips
I thought about that, but do you buy only rounds that come on stripper clips? Or do you load the rounds onto the stripper clips and then into the magazines?
Fly
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Once upon a time I bought 2000 rounds of TW73 M193 surplus on stripper clips, and since then I have saved used clips and picked up clips and cards as I found them.
One of our members gave me a bunch recently, so I can keep a fair supply of reloads on strippers.
Oh, yes I do reload the strippers with my bulk reloads
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I use (and re-use) stripper clips + the StripLULA. Man, I wish I'd had the StripLULA back in the Army!