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Magazine cartridge loader

  • US 5,402,594 A
  • Filed: 04/01/1994
  • Issued: 04/04/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cartridge loader for a cartridge clip, said clip being of the type having a magazine with a follower biased toward an ejection end by a compression spring, and a thumb pin fixed to said follower extending through a slot located in a sidewall of said magazine, said follower being drawn down toward a closed end of said magazine against said compression spring by pushing said pin toward said closed end, said cartridge loader comprising:

  • a loader sleeve slidingly receivable on said magazine, said sleeve being slideable on said magazine from a first position to a second position to compress said spring in order to permit easy re-loading of said clip, said sleeve co-acting with said thumb pin as said sleeve slides from said first to said second position, anda brake connected to said sleeve, said brake co-acting with a wall surface of said magazine so as to impede said sleeve from disengagement with said magazine in the event said sleeve is inadvertently released by a user at any location between said first and second positions when no cartridges are present in said clip.

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