How to load an AR15/M16 magazine using Stripper Clips

Step 4 Load you magazine.

Place you hand around the magazine and (as shown) use your thumb to push the rounds into the magazine.

Once your last round is inside of the magazine remove the clip. Repeat the process until your magazine is full then remove the tool and your ready to go!

Proper technique may take a magazine or two in order to master, but with a little patience and a little practice you can get really quick at doing this.

My first instructable, so be kind!

Comments

[Cerberus]

Great first! In the USMC we called those loaders "spoons"... Here is an extra tip: tie (dummy cord) your "loader/spoon" to your assualt vest or tac-rig so that you will never lose it, but leave enough slack to do the job. If you ever find yourself actually needing to load mags to keep you and yours safe, this is a piece of gear you DONT want to lose...

[oakleygear]

Thanks - glad you enjoy it.

[ILIKEPIE333]

You use AR15s in the Marines? I thought you guys use M16A2s, A4s, and M4s, M16/AR15s are Vietnam Era buddy. (plus AR15s are civilian models)

[Cerberus]

AR 15 is a civilian rifle if using common and contemporary nomenclature, not a military issued rifle as of now. But whats the difference for sake of this instructable? They all use the same magazines, except for a few quirks here and there.

[ILIKEPIE333]

Isnt AR15/ M16s 7.62, because I thought I heard that somewhere? But I guess it depends, you, unlike me were (are?) in the Marine Corps, so you probably know more about it...

[Cerberus]

Former Marine, but now Im just a civy. The 7.62 NATO caliber is aka the .308, but it isnt shot from an AR 15, it is shot from an AR 10, (within the AR family, plus a whole mess of other rifles too ) The caliber you are thinking of for the M16s/M4 and even SAW is 5.56 NATO, aka the .223 Rem (similar but not the same). A great place to learn more about the "Black Rifle" is: ar15.com.

[ILIKEPIE333]

Thanks for the info, I knew that it was a gun in the AR family

[Zack Paetzold]

Good job on your first how to. Very good photos and all.

[gunslinger10mm]

I'm pretty well versed in AR's but I've never heard of this. Good job. Thanks

[oakleygear]

It's always good to learn new things - if you still have your AR I recommend you pick up one of these kits and try using it. Like I mentioned earlier - this is very handy when your at the shooting range when your reloading magazine after magazine all day.