15-22 Magazine Loader magazine charger 22LR gauge, Adults Unisex, Mixing, STANDARD

perfect for the job makes it easy to load up your mag

Oh boy where do I start, well first of all this isn’t designed specifically for any 22lr magazine. It would’ve been nice to know that from the start. Once you get the packaging it says right at the bottom that it’s designed for M&P 15-22 Mags. After a bit of modification you can make other mags fit as well. Another pretty annoying flaw is that when you try to press the button to remove the ammo stop, it can sometimes get jammed. Most of the time if you keep spamming the button it starts working again. If you are open to do a little bit of modification, it actually turns out to be a pretty convenient 22 loader. Just know this will only work on mags with a load assist feature. If the 22lr mag just has a spring and no assist it won’t load it since it relies on gravity to load.

First off the wax on the .22LR is going to bind up any loader. And using silicone or Teflon spray should help. I voided my warranty on this, because I modified it to work with Umarex magazines. I’ve got a H&K 416 22lr and those mags are slightly bigger than the M&P 15-22 mags. I was able to disassemble this loader and remove about a 1/4” of non-essential plastic, and my mags fit like a glove. You also need to create a window on one side for the slider on the mag. The metal lock even engages and I found that I needed to pull the magazine out about a 1/16 of an inch for the rounds to fall in correctly. Like another guy said, it does take a little practice to get it working. Flat with lid facing up and shake for rounds to fill the trench, then a quick flip vertical with mag down to stack the bullets in the tune. A slight pull on the Umarex mag to give a 1/16 inch gap. Then not a quite 45 degree angle with lid facing down and pulling down on the spider and bullets should start dropping in. Some slight bumping to help dropping. Caldwell did some great over engineering on this and it is well made!

This product works very well considering the nature of a small .22 rounds and the angle that they need to slide into the magazine. I have used other shake/sort mag loaders and none are perfect. All will have hang-ups of some kind with the .22 rounds. I knew this the first time I tried this loader. If you understand the concept of how these work, it will work well for the 15-22 magazines. All rimfire ammo will have some friction when sliding through a channel and into an angled magazine + all these works on the principle of gravity! Thankfully the 15-22 have a magazine guide to pull the spring-loaded mag well down. Attach the magazine to the loader, make sure it clicks in place and secured by the pin on the loader. Load your ammo, close the lid, hold it horizontally and shake to sort the rounds into the grooved sorter. Quickly tilt to vertical position. As you pull down on the magazine spring at a steady pace slightly tap the magazine bottom on your knee. One tap/second works for me. If your rounds still hang up slightly tilt the mag past vertical position. Do you need a video demonstration?

I'm an avid, long time shooter and WANTED to love this loader. I read the reviews and watched several videos on the product. I foolishly ignored the multiple poor reviews that warned against it and dropped about $25 anyway. I agree that its a great concept and its made of sturdy plastic construction. BUT its been a frustrating total waste of time. 22 ammo is notoriously fickle to begin with and this loader quickly became a tedious pain to unjam the misloaded rounds that hung up in the feed port and more importantly in the magazines! After attempting to load 5 S&W OEM mags, I gave up because each and every mag got plugged up by a misaligned round that required emptying and reloading the mag. Sure there's a 'proper technique' to using this loader but there's no way to effectively load rounds into a mag without constantly moderately tapping the assembly so the ammo drops into the mags and invariably one of them gets turned and hung up...See Photo. I've spent more time and effort tinkering with the loader trying fix jammed rounds than its worth. I cannot recommend this product even to the most experienced shooters.

works well