Hot lips, steel lips loader

Zeth

Zeth

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Where to buy these lovely machines? I saw them at the gun show yesterday but didn't have enough to buy one :'( (After buying a 10-22 and a steel lip 25rnd mag I was broke for good reason too :p) Anyways just seeing where I can buy these online?

Thanks!
 
i got mine off of epps last year.le baron might have them.be prepared to pay $50.00 + ship.
to be honest,they are kinda cheap and finicky--the bullets jam in them a lot before you learn certain "tricks" to made it load better...
when the bullet jams in the loader,it's a pain to unjam.is it just me??
anyone else...
 
I found it more of a PITA than anything.

I can load my properly tuned BX-1 factory mags at LEAST as fast as that friggin loader. And they never jam or dent when I load them by hand.

If you have carpal tunnel syndrome or something or can't use your thumbs, it might be worthwhile.

If you want one for speed - don't bother.
 
I took mine back to WSS with 3 rounds jammed in it. On the other hand, I saw a guy at the range one day with one that he loved, functioned perfectly for him. Either you have good luck or bad, I suppose. I don't particularily mind loading the mags by hand, but I don't use the 10/22 as much as most people.
 
I have to admit, the loader is a bit tricky to work with at the beginning...
If you pay attention and be careful the loader works very well and you can load a 25 rounder in seconds.
 
I have two, one I bought along time ago and one I bought recently when I misplaced my old one. I found that the new one was picky and tended to jam so i took them both apart and compared them. The old one has been "worn" in in the sence that the high spots have been worn down. My old one almost never jams. I have also seen this trend at the range where I work. People come in with new loaders and they jam all the time but people who have had them for a while don't have the same problem.
 
I have 3 of them, one for me one for my wife and one NIB as a spare. We shoot at least 6000 rounds per year at gophers and these loaders allow us to have some feeling left in our fingers.
 
Don't crank the wheel at warp speed and sort of jiggle the loader a little from time to time. If I do this it loads my steel lips mags reliably with minimal case denting.
 
l'ami sport in blainville quebec has at least 7 of them for 32.95 + tx.
if anyone needs one badly i can pick one up and ship it.33 + tx is a good price...
 
Mine is a real thumb saver with the 25 round Steel Lips mags. It doesn't work so well with the standard 10 round spool magazine, but these ones don't take much effort to load anyway.

I found that I took a some time to get the "feel" for operating the loader, but, now that I have, it works pretty smoothly.
 
I have three different loaders butler creek Ramline and shooters Ridge I have found the shooters ridge to work the best once you get used to working it its very good then I would rate the butler creek next then the most expencive ram line as crap
 
I have one of the loaders. They are nice for the 25 rounders when you just want to spray lead down range, and I haven't had any problems with mine jamming.

What I HAVE had problems with however is it not quite seating the cartridges all the way back in the magazine, and I have also noticed that it tends to dent the bullets. Probably not the best for accuracy, and I have noticed more feeding issues after using the tool, than when I load them by hand (no ftfs/ftes when I hand-load my mags).

Funny, after buying the 25 rounder mags, and the loader, I still prefer handloading the factory 10 rounders. Those magazines are great. Which reminds me, the loader will load factory mags as well, not just the hot/steel lips mags, just in case you were wondering. It's not clear on the package that it does.
 
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