Load a 30-Round AR15 Magazine in 0.3 Seconds
Can you fill a 30-round AR15 magazine in the blink of an eye — less than half a second? Well watch this video to see how it’s done, using the Israeli-designed Maglula Range BenchLoader™. In fairness, it takes about 20 seconds to fill the cleverly-designed device with thirty 5.56x45mm cartridges, but once they’re in place, a quick swipe of the hand is all it takes. Thirty rounds are zipped into the mag in 0.3 seconds (by our stopwatch). Don’t believe us? Watch the video. The magic happens at 0:42 and again at 1:17. Don’t blink — you’ll miss it.
Maglula Benchloaders are rugged CNC-machined tools designed to load 5.56/.223 Rem magazines in a single hand stroke. In the video below, a manufacturer’s rep demonstrates the speedloader, along with the “Lula” lever-action plastic loader/unloader.
Frankly, we prefer using the original straight 10-round and 20-round magazines in our ARs since they extract easier and feed flawlessly. But, if you use 30-round mags for 3-Gun matches or other tactical disciplines, these Benchloaders look like they can really speed up the loading process.
How can you say you can load in .3 seconds . Somebody has to fill the thing. you still have to handle each round. Sore thumbs? get tough. quit whining.
Looks like this would make it easier to load a pre determined number of rounds in a magazine, as you could see the count right before you slam them into the magazine. Interesting.
Whoa, nevermind, I just saw the price!
http://www.brownells.com/shooting-accessories/speedloaders-accessories/magazine-speedloaders/ar-15-m16-benchloader-prod22188.aspx
I have a better idea than spending $400 plus on something like this…
I just load 6 magazines and when one is empty I just drop it and put a loaded one in; it’s less than .3 seconds or, err, 20 seconds..:)
Jeff:
You pulled the ORIGINAL model link. The Range model is “only” $169.95 here – http://www.doublealpha.biz/mag-accessories/maglula-load-assists/maglula-AR15-bench-loader
Thanks for the link, ELR. That price is a lot easier to stomach.