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Posted: 5/30/2018 4:25:05 PM EDT

Fellows. The 420rnd Sealed Cans of Federal XM193C1 comes on strippers. Never having loaded AR magazines off of strippers I would like to know if you need another "tool/adapter" to load standard 20rnd metal magazines from these strippers?

Thanks,
ptf18

Posted: 5/30/2018 4:33:55 PM EDT

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There should be a spoon in the can.

Posted: 5/30/2018 4:48:59 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/30/2018 4:54:39 PM EDT

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Usually more than one but yeah you do unless you want to take them off the clips

Posted: 5/30/2018 5:13:41 PM EDT

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...or buy a StripLULA, which is far superior to the included spoon, and will let you quickly load mags from loose bulk ammo as well as from stripper clips.

Posted: 5/30/2018 7:08:05 PM EDT

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Thanks Fellows.

Posted: 5/30/2018 9:15:39 PM EDT

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Seriously, get the StripLULA version 2! It is soooo much better!

Posted: 5/30/2018 11:17:17 PM EDT

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Striplula is awesome!

Super fast, super convenient, and no more thumb dmaahing or hard surface requirement.

I'm going to buy a few spares. Super easy to use with pmags or in a pinch, USGI magazines.

Posted: 5/31/2018 6:36:05 AM EDT

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I must be doing it wrong. I've yet to effectively load rounds using stripper clips/spoon in USGI mags.

Posted: 5/31/2018 8:19:31 AM EDT

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As said the Lula will make things a lot easier

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Posted: 5/31/2018 8:44:43 AM EDT

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I must be doing it wrong. I've yet to effectively load rounds using stripper clips/spoon in USGI mags.

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push harder, nancy

Posted: 5/31/2018 8:44:52 AM EDT

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I hold the mag and push the rounds in with side of wooden bench but still not easy. I will check into a StripLULA

Posted: 5/31/2018 9:58:32 AM EDT

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Some strippers load like butter. ZZIIPP and all rounds are in the mag. And some strippers get stuck, jam 2 rounds in the mag lips, spill rounds out all over, or simply refuse to load a single round no matter how hard to push. They each have their own personality, like women.

Posted: 5/31/2018 10:11:35 AM EDT

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this... striplula for the win

Posted: 6/1/2018 1:07:56 AM EDT

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They're probably the worst clips ever. I don't use them because I'm afraid I'll push so hard I'll break a magazine.

Posted: 6/1/2018 1:19:22 AM EDT

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Buy a StripLULA friend.

Posted: 6/1/2018 2:14:24 AM EDT

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I reload and put my reloads on stripper clips. Use a Striplula to load mags. Now only if they made one for AUG mags

Posted: 6/1/2018 1:05:14 PM EDT

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Watch a youtube clip. Keep your finger or thumb as close to the base as possible. When it stops on you just let up a little then push again. Mostly what you are trying to do is go really fast. Oh and put the base of the mag on your chest

Posted: 6/1/2018 8:26:05 PM EDT

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As said the Lula will make things a lot easier

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push harder, nancy

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Buy a StripLULA friend.

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StripLULA is what everybody tells me.

Some day I'll get around to it.

Watched the vids, others fight them, some breeze through. I just hate them in 5.56

I do like them for my SKS rigs.

Posted: 6/2/2018 4:12:21 PM EDT

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Maybe its an old dog new trick kind of problem. Are you able to load a revolver with a speedloader? Or is that too new also?

Posted: 6/2/2018 7:13:05 PM EDT

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Ive never had issues but Ive only opened and shot maybe 4 of them. That is SHTF stash material.

Posted: 6/3/2018 6:16:39 PM EDT

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It helps to push in the right place, too. Push just in front of the clip, so your thumb barely misses rubbing the clip. Sometimes it helps to shake a clip a little bit, because the phosphate coating on the clip can grip the case rims pretty tightly - shaking helps loosen them up.

At Lackland AFB's range, where the Basic Trainees get to actually touch weapons, it's not uncommon to find clips that are actually ridged - the kids push at the shoulder HARD and the brass bends the clips pretty badly. Sad to say, but Combat Arms doesn't do well by those kids.

Edit to add: And I've been a believer in the StripLULA for a very long time. I'm gonna have to pick up a Version 2 just to see what's different about it. I've used mine both with and without clips (you just have to avoid spilling the loose rounds), and it makes every single clip, new or old, tight or loose, load the mag almost as easily as "pouring" rounds into it.

Posted: 6/3/2018 6:37:16 PM EDT

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It helps to push in the right place, too. Push just in front of the clip, so your thumb barely misses rubbing the clip. Sometimes it helps to shake a clip a little bit, because the phosphate coating on the clip can grip the case rims pretty tightly - shaking helps loosen them up.

At Lackland AFB's range, where the Basic Trainees get to actually touch weapons, it's not uncommon to find clips that are actually ridged - the kids push at the shoulder HARD and the brass bends the clips pretty badly. Sad to say, but Combat Arms doesn't do well by those kids.

Edit to add: And I've been a believer in the StripLULA for a very long time. I'm gonna have to pick up a Version 2 just to see what's different about it. I've used mine both with and without clips (you just have to avoid spilling the loose rounds), and it makes every single clip, new or old, tight or loose, load the mag almost as easily as "pouring" rounds into it.

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There's a newer striplula?

Huh.

The one I picked up to give it a try has made me want to stripper clip everything. So easy.

Posted: 6/3/2018 9:30:28 PM EDT

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There's a newer striplula?

Huh.

The one I picked up to give it a try has made me want to stripper clip everything. So easy.

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It looks like the difference is that the new one can also use RUAG plastic strippers as well as US clips.

Posted: 6/3/2018 9:36:28 PM EDT

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It looks like the difference is that the new one can also use RUAG plastic strippers as well as US clips.

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I think that's the one I have with the main and the backup spare.

And that 1005 FSC though

Posted: 6/4/2018 5:04:23 AM EDT

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I reload and put my reloads on stripper clips. Use a Striplula to load mags. Now only if they made one for AUG mags

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http://www.maglula.com/product/steyr-aug-5-56-223-striplula-10rd-loader/

Posted: 6/4/2018 7:30:05 AM EDT

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I really like the plastic stripper clips I get with Geco ammo. Way better than the metal ones.

Posted: 6/4/2018 8:50:52 PM EDT

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Maybe its an old dog new trick kind of problem. Are you able to load a revolver with a speedloader? Or is that too new also?

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No speed loader issues, no issues with X39 in SKS. Just the forsaken G,G,&G.

Im over it though.

Posted: 6/5/2018 3:17:49 AM EDT

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Since nobody has mentioned it yet, I highly suggest the StripLula.

Even works without stripper clips, just slide in ten rounds of loose ammo and shove em home...

Posted: 6/5/2018 3:26:08 AM EDT

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Some strippers load like butter. ZZIIPP and all rounds are in the mag. And some strippers get stuck, jam 2 rounds in the mag lips, spill rounds out all over, or simply refuse to load a single round no matter how hard to push. They each have their own personality, like women.

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I don't want to think about strippers that aren't women.