Firearm magazine loader having adjustable magazine well
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1. A firearm magazine loader for loading a firearm magazine with at least one cartridge, the magazine including a housing having a distal end and a mouth end opposite the distal end, the firearm magazine loader comprising:
- a magazine receiver having a magazine well for receiving at least a portion of the magazine therein for loading the magazine, the magazine well having a magazine well axis along which the magazine extends when received in the magazine well,a retainer configured for releasably locking the magazine in the magazine well,a cartridge driver supported by the main body and configured for driving a cartridge from outside the magazine well into the magazine well for introducing the cartridge into the mouth end of the magazine, andat least one reducer supported by the magazine receiver, the reducer being selectively configurable with respect to the magazine well axis for changing a width of the magazine well to generally correspond to a width of the firearm magazine, the reducer having a first configuration with respect to the magazine well axis in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a first amount, and the reducer having a second configuration with respect to the magazine well axis different than the first configuration in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a second amount greater than the first amount.
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Abstract
A loader for loading ammunition into a magazine for a firearm. The loader may be universal in that it is capable of loading various types of ammunition cartridges into various types of magazines. A magazine well of the loader can accept magazines of various sizes for loading the magazines with cartridges. A cartridge driver of the loader drives the cartridges into the magazine.
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1. A firearm magazine loader for loading a firearm magazine with at least one cartridge, the magazine including a housing having a distal end and a mouth end opposite the distal end, the firearm magazine loader comprising:
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a magazine receiver having a magazine well for receiving at least a portion of the magazine therein for loading the magazine, the magazine well having a magazine well axis along which the magazine extends when received in the magazine well, a retainer configured for releasably locking the magazine in the magazine well, a cartridge driver supported by the main body and configured for driving a cartridge from outside the magazine well into the magazine well for introducing the cartridge into the mouth end of the magazine, and at least one reducer supported by the magazine receiver, the reducer being selectively configurable with respect to the magazine well axis for changing a width of the magazine well to generally correspond to a width of the firearm magazine, the reducer having a first configuration with respect to the magazine well axis in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a first amount, and the reducer having a second configuration with respect to the magazine well axis different than the first configuration in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a second amount greater than the first amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A firearm magazine loader for loading a firearm magazine with at least one cartridge, the magazine including a housing having a distal end and a mouth end opposite the distal end, the firearm magazine loader comprising:
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a magazine receiver having a magazine well for receiving at least a portion of the magazine therein for loading the magazine, the magazine well having a magazine well axis along which the magazine extends when received in the magazine well, a cartridge driver supported by the main body and configured for driving a cartridge from outside the magazine well into the magazine well for introducing the cartridge into the mouth end of the magazine, at least one reducer supported by the magazine receiver, the reducer being selectively configurable with respect to the magazine well axis for changing a width of the magazine well to generally correspond to a width of the firearm magazine, the reducer having a first configuration with respect to the magazine well axis in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a first amount, and the reducer having a second configuration with respect to the magazine well axis different than the first configuration in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a second amount greater than the first amount, wherein the at least one reducer has at least first and second side faces, the at least first and second side faces being selectively positionable for reducing the width of the magazine well, the first side face reducing the width of the magazine well when the reducer is in said first configuration, and the second side face reducing the width of the magazine well when the reducer is in said second configuration. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A firearm magazine loader for loading a firearm magazine with at least one cartridge, the firearm magazine including a housing having a distal end and a mouth end opposite the distal end, the firearm magazine loader comprising:
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a magazine receiver having a magazine well for receiving at least a portion of the magazine therein for loading the magazine, the magazine well having a magazine well axis along which the magazine extends when received in the magazine well, the magazine well having a width sized for receiving said at least portion of the magazine therein, a cartridge driver supported by the main body and configured for driving a cartridge from outside the magazine well into the magazine well in a first direction transverse to the width of the magazine well for introducing the cartridge into the mouth end of the magazine, and at least one reducer supported by the magazine receiver, the reducer being selectively configurable with respect to the magazine well axis for changing the width of the magazine well to generally correspond to a width of the firearm magazine, the reducer having a first configuration with respect to the magazine well axis in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a first amount, and the reducer having a second configuration with respect to the magazine well axis different than the first configuration in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a second amount greater than the first amount. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A firearm magazine loader for loading a firearm magazine with at least one cartridge, the magazine including a housing having a distal end and a mouth end opposite the distal end, the firearm magazine loader comprising:
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a magazine receiver having a magazine well for receiving at least a portion of the magazine therein for loading the magazine, the magazine well having a magazine well axis along which the magazine extends when received in the magazine well, a cartridge driver supported by the main body and configured for driving a cartridge from outside the magazine well into the magazine well for introducing the cartridge into the mouth end of the magazine, and at least one reducer supported by the magazine receiver, the reducer being selectively configurable with respect to the magazine well axis for changing a width of the magazine well to generally correspond to a width of the firearm magazine, the reducer having a first preset configuration with respect to the magazine well axis in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a first amount, and the reducer having a second preset configuration with respect to the magazine well axis different than the first configuration in which the reducer reduces the width of the magazine well a second amount greater than the first amount. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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