{"id":3602,"date":"2021-02-16T08:37:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T08:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2021-01-26T01:46:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T01:46:14","slug":"how-to-load-a-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/how-to-load-a-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Load A Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How To Load A Magazine<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More and more people are realizing the need to take charge of their personal defense, and those people may or may not be familiar with guns before they make that decision. I recently attended a concealed carry class that was full of people who had never touched a gun in their lives, much less fired one. One couple in particular was struggling. They were trying to absorb as much information as they could, but they were having trouble with simple things, such as learning how to load a magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This experience reminded me once again of the progress I\u2019ve made as a gun owner, and just how much there is to know in order to be a safe and responsible gun owner. I honestly don\u2019t remember when I learned how to load a magazine. However, I realize this is not the case for everyone who owns a gun. With that in mind, let\u2019s take a look at how to load a variety of magazines for some common firearms.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/aslth3pn06.jsonp\" async><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_aslth3pn06 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/aslth3pn06\/swatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing How To Load A Magazine Means Knowing Some Terminology <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s begin with some terms so we can understand what we\u2019re talking about. First off, we are loading rounds (or cartridges) not bullets. The bullet is the part of the cartridge that gets violently shoved out of the barrel when the gun is fired. Secondly, these are magazines, not clips. Clips hold rounds that get inserted into a magazine. The magazine holds the rounds before they are shot out of the gun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3608\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3608\" class=\"wp-image-3608 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Parts of a magazine\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-610x343.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine-627x353.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/parts_of_a_magazine.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parts of a magazine<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The magazine itself is made of different things. The tube of the magazine is the metal or plastic shell that surrounds everything inside. The feed lips are at the top of the tube and position each round to be fed into the firearm. The magazine spring pushes each round up into the firearm. The follower is the metal or plastic part that is pushed up by the spring and follows the rounds up the tube of the magazine, delivering them into the gun to be fired. Lastly, the baseplate of the magazine holds the spring in place and keeps the rounds from flying out\u00a0 the bottom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different Magazines, Different Loading Methods<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also different kinds of magazines. Single stack magazines load their cartridges in a single row. As such, they hold fewer rounds than a double stack magazine.\u00a0 Double stack magazines sort the rounds inside into two overlapping columns. This in turn means that they hold more than single stack magazines, but they also have more issues with reliability. Those two rows of cartridges can get tangled up inside the magazine, leading to a failure to feed malfunction with your gun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3610\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3610\" class=\"wp-image-3610 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"556 vs 300 black\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-1536x1531.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-610x608.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-1080x1077.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-627x625.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300-440x440.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/556_300.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both of these rounds fit into an AR-15 magazine, but they are completely different calibers<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now let\u2019s begin by showing you how to load a magazine for an AR-15 or similar patterned firearm. First, make sure you are loading the correct ammunition for your gun. I own AR-pattern guns in 5.56mm and in 300 Blackout. Both cartridges use the same magazine, but they are not compatible with each other. Firing a 300 Blackout round in a gun chambered in 5.56 can be catastrophic. So, pay attention to what you\u2019re putting into your magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different Paths To The Same Goal<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My technique for loading an AR-15 magazine is different from most other techniques. Rather than press down on the follower and slide each round into the magazine from the front, I roll each round over the top of the magazine feed lips. This is how I load a magazine for the AR since I bought my first AR decades ago, and so far, it\u2019s worked well for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My process for loading both single-stack and double stack magazines is more conventional. I press down on the follower with the thumb of one hand, and then feed the round into the magazine, tucking each round under the feed lips and then moving on. There is one exception to this process. Some single-stack magazines have small tabs on the outside of the magazine that allow you to take the tension off the magazine spring as you load ammo into the magazine. This, in turn, makes the process of loading each new round a lot easier. If your magazine has these tabs, use them, it will make your life easier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3607\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3607\" class=\"wp-image-3607 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"right way to load a mag\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way-768x1065.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way-610x846.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way-627x869.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/right_way.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pointy end does NOT go in first<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed Things Up<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of how to load a magazine the easy way, I am a big fan of speedloaders. A speedloader is exactly that: It speeds up the process of loading your magazine. I use a Maglula Uplula loader practically every time I have to load up a pistol magazine. Not only does it make the task of filling my mags go by quicker, it also saves wear and tear on my thumbs. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you know how to load a magazine, please do so safely. Make the four rules of gun safety a part of your life, and enjoy your journey through the shooting sports and the armed lifestyle. Guns are fun, and speeding up your time loading magazines means there is more time to shoot, and that\u2019s always a good thing. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Load A Magazine More and more people are realizing the need to take charge of their personal defense, and those people may or may not be familiar with guns before they make that decision. 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