Apparatus and method for loading pistol magazines
OwnerKirk Joseph Witechainventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for loading cartridges into a pistol magazine comprises a main unit with a magazine holder having an opening configured to receive a pistol magazine with a first long axis and a tray having an elongate channel configured to arrange a stack of cartridges along a second long axis laterally offset from the first long axis. An angled wall extends across the elongate channel toward the opening at a non-zero angle relative to the second long axis. A sleeve covers the cartridges in the main unit, and a handle is movable relative to the main unit to cause the cartridges to be pushed into the magazine. Moving the handle is continued to cause each of the cartridges in succession to be tilted by the angled wall and loaded via the opening into the pistol magazine along the first long axis.
Claims8
An apparatus for loading cartridges into a pistol magazine, the apparatus comprising:
- a main unit comprising a magazine holder and a cartridge holder coupled with the magazine holder, the magazine holder defining an opening configured to receive a pistol magazine along a first axis, and the cartridge holder defining a channel configured to hold a plurality of cartridges in a column along a second axis that is different than the first axis, the cartridge holder further including an angled wall at an end of the channel proximate the magazine holder, the angled wall being oriented at a first angle relative to the second axis;
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- a handle including a pusher configured to extend into the channel, the pusher including a pusher surface oriented at a second angle relative to the second axis, a difference between the first angle and the second angle being about 25°, and the handle being movable relative to the main unit to cause the pusher to force cartridges in the channel against the angled wall and into the pistol magazine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.