I do not disagree with some of what is said in this post and other treads about the loader , but I have found it very use full . My hands no longer can operate the way they use to 50 years ago . Maybe in the 1940's young men in their late teen's and 20's could load the Bren mag. in the rain ,snow or what ever in 25 seconds . But to the same men in their latter years who are at the range with their semi-auto Mk I and Mk II and want to fire off 500 rounds or so , it is very use full . It makes a Saturday after noon a fun time . It also fills a space in the Bren chest very well .