Loading with Charger Clips

[Son]

son, does that rifle have a XP serial number?!

Shhhh.... keep it down so Bindi doesn't hear us.... I think he's allergic to certain pictures, thats why he never posts any

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[Bindi2]

I am watching and waiting for the right moment.

[bonnie]

As Son's pictures show, also keep your fingers wrapped under the rifle as you are pushing down with the your thumb. Have seen many shooters on the firing line foul up stripper clip loading because they are pushing down with thumb only, the fingers not grasping the rifle for control. Kind of like drinking a dainty cup of tea.

[jmoore]

Once you have practiced you can try every conceivable method of loading your chargers and they will still sort themselves going into the magazine... even if they are rim locked in the charger! Try it.

That's been my experience with rifles that have properly "tuned" magazines. But if the soft feed lips, front and rear, have been battered by years of being knocked about whilst out of the rifle and aren't properly adjusted, then things get much more "twitchy".

After looking at the photos, also thinking that this is one instance where being a leftie has been an advantage. No swapping hands, etc.

[Seaspriter]

Here are the pics... The first showing the thumb close to the charger, note the angle the rounds are sitting. The bottom one moves back as it comes out of the charger with it's rim in contact the the case below it cannot go over the rim underneath. Pic 2, the thumb well away from the charger, note the angle of the rounds. The round exiting the charger comes in contact with the one in the magazine at the neck and wedges the rim up away from the one below as it goes back, over and behind the rim underneath.
The last round only rimlock is probably caused by a thumb position in between, and the last round being pushed back as the thumb has to go back to get into the recess for it on the left side to get the round into the feed lips. Once you have practiced you can try every conceivable method of loading your chargers and they will still sort themselves going into the magazine... even if they are rim locked in the charger! Try it.

Thank YOU! I tried your method, and it cured the problem. It was just as you said: "they will still sort themselves going into the magazine... even if they are rim locked in the charger! Try it."

[Surpmil]

A well worn Cratex wheel (smaller diameter) in a dremel tool is perfect for smoothing and rounding surfaces like this. 100+ IWS brackets later I say this with confidence.