Dual way magazine loader

A magazine loader for loading cartridges into a magazine, the magazine loader comprising;

• a body having a pair of opposing forward and rearward wall portions and a pair of lateral wall portions, the body defining a body interior, a bottom opening conformingly sized to receive an end of the rifle magazine therein, and a throat sized to allow passage of individual cartridges downwardly into the body interior;
• an arm pivotally coupled to the body and defining a trough adapted and dimensioned to receive a plurality of cartridges therein, the arm being rotatable between a first and second orientation, wherein the trough is disposed in communication with the throat and the body interior when the arm is in the first orientation;
• a cap comprising a plurality of side walls defining a cap interior, wherein one of the cap and the body having a pair of slide guides and the other of the cap and the body having a pair of spring members to allow movement of the cap in an upward and downward direction with respect to the body, the spring members configured to bias the cap in the upward direction spaced apart from the body, the cap defining a channel to allow slidable movement of the cap with respect to the arm in the upward and downward directions when the arm is in the first position;
• and the cap further comprising a plunger extending into the cap interior for pushing a cartridge in the downward direction into the rifle magazine;
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• a latch member to hold the magazine in position relative to the body.