Poll: Loading the last round in the magazine.

[nickn10]

after tearing my thumb nail off trying to load 12 in my 40xd I load 9 in my M&P 45 , chamber a round and then load # 10 in the magazine. ( sold the 40 xd to buy the M&P)

 

[DCWilson]

This must explain why I've seen where some people say they have can only get 10 rounds in an 11 round mag for a 4006, as I have always loaded 11 into mine without any problem.
It is tight though, but doable.

Leon

Those who quit at 10 rounds live in California.

The last round is tough, but on 4006 magazines (and Walther .38 PPK as well), if you push down on the base of the next to last round with your thumb and the front of the case of the last next to last round with the rim of the one you are trying to shove in (forefinger on top for pressure), you can get it low enough to slide the base in under the magazine lip. Then just push it straight back; the forces of geometry are on your side.

I used an Uplula loader for a while, but then I got my thumbs and fingers trained in the motions needed for the last round. If my hands ever get worse than they are (odds are good they will), I can see going back to the Uplula for ease of loading.

 

[eljaydubya]

UPLULA-Works the best for me. Jim

 

[jdh]

If one wants to be stubborn I'll put my thumb over the top of the mag and push gently down then bounce the floor plate on the rubber mat on the work bench a couple times. Unbinds the spring and the last round goes in no problem.

 

[ViperGeek]

Growing up parked in front of a television, I'd always heard them referred to as "clips", but in the real world they are exclusively called "magazines".

Does anyone know why and when Hollywood started calling them "clips", and why it's technically incorrect?

My wife and I just returned from the NRA Basic Pistol Class and I got my answer. A magazine is what is used to feed the weapon itself, whereas a clip is used to feed the magazine.

Of course, there's also always Wikipedia:

Clip (ammunition)

and:

- Dave

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I gots lots of 4006 and 4013 mags... and two thumbs... I haven't had any real problems using the DC Wilson method. I use the same method on my HK mags as well. When l'm at the range l only load five rounds in a mag. After each five shot string l pull the target in and circle the holes with a different color marker. Now when l'm in CCW mode it's all rounds on deck and one in the tube, with a spare or two loaded to overflowing...

Hog

 

[Glenn H]

Converted

Switched to belt feed. Much more easier.

 

[TACC1]

Pretty much of a novice, here. I generally load as many as designed for. However, working in industry for lo-these-many-years, I don't
like the feel of the fully compressed mag-spring, so the last round on the mag goes into the chamber. My eight-round 1911 gets eight
in the mag, then seated and loaded. But, that's just me.
Just got the uplula, liked it so much I gifted it to a friend and got another. An operation on each hand has me well into the
girly-hands description. TACC1

 

[Badkarma 1]

Add me to the list of people who didn't know there was a problem getting the last round in the mag. ??? Regards 18DAI.

I'm with you 18! I avoided this thread as I thought it was a joke.
If you need a loading assist device by all means get one. Dale

 

[Fat Old Guy]

BTW, we need to STOP using the term "high capacity magazine" . . .

The correct term is "high capacity ammunition feeding device." Seriously.

 

[Badkarma 1]

Pardon but it's "Standard Capacity Magazine" the 10 rounders were an abomination and should be called what they are "BMM" "Bureaucratic Mandated Magazines"! Dale

 

[Fat Old Guy]

Does anyone know why and when Hollywood started calling them "clips", and why it's technically incorrect?

To the pedantic, a clip is simply a device for holding ammunition together and a magazine is an part of weapon. For example, a clip is used to charge the magzine of an M1 Garand.

I would imagine that the confusion of terminology started with the Army either between the wars or during the Big One. The soliders had clips for their M1s and 1903s so consequently, everything became a clip no matter what the field manual said. I wasn't there but I've known more than a few Duby-Dubya Deuce soldiers who called magazines clips.

Remington, America's oldest gunmaker, sells "magazine clips" in their catalog.

 

[kris7047th]

Add me to the list of people who didn't know there was a problem getting the last round in the mag. ??? Regards 18DAI.

And I am a LADY What's the big deal loading that last round? Just do it, 'cause you might need it.

 

[BBQLS1]

I'm not a sissy boy.

 

[Fat Old Guy]

FWIW, I use a BFH to get the last round into the magazine. It can be hard on the magazines but it is effective.