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Magazine loader and cartridge clip useful therewith

  • US 4,538,371 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1982
  • Issued: 09/03/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A magazine loader for rapidly and easily loading cartridges held by a standard retainer strip into a firearm magazine, each of said cartridges having a neck, a base and an extractor recess, said magazine loader comprising:

  • A. a skirt having an open top through which cartridges pass, an open bottom adapted to receive the magazine to be loaded, a front end, a base end opposite said front end, and two juxtaposed side walls, each of said side walls extending between the front end and the back end of the skirt;

    wherein the length of the open top is less than the length of the open bottom and the width of the open top is less than the width of the open bottom;

    B. a cartridge-neck holder attached to the top of the skirt at its front end, said cartridge-neck holder comprising;

    1. an upwardly extending front support; and

    2. two laterally extending neck-arms attached to the front support at their forward ends,wherein the laterally extending neck-arms are adapted to slidably hold the neck of a cartridge; and

    C. a cartridge-base holder attached to the top of the skirt at its back end, said cartridge-base holder comprising;

    1. an upwardly extending rear support; and

    2. two laterally extending base arms attached to the rear support at their rearward ends,wherein the laterally extending base arms are adapted to slidably hold the base of a cartridge; and

    wherein the distance between the laterally extending base arms is greater than the width of the retainer strip which grips each cartridge by the extractor recess.

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