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Posted: 12/11/2008 3:28:02 AM EDT
| How many of you have your ammo pre-loaded on stripper clips? What is the advanctage when using 30 round mags? |
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does anyone have a link that gives detailed instructions on loading mags from stripper clips. never had to do it thought it would be useful info. S'not hard. 1. Put spoon on magazine. It is designed to go at the back of the mag; once it is installed, you'll know it. 2. Insert end of stripper clip into the skinny end of the spoon. 3. Press HARD on the last bullet. You MUST attempt to make the loading occur in about 1/2 second, or you will fail. Sort of like tearing wax paper off a roll: you have to do it quickly or it won't work. Link 1 |
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does anyone have a link that gives detailed instructions on loading mags from stripper clips. never had to do it thought it would be useful info. S'not hard. 1. Put spoon on magazine. It is designed to go at the back of the mag; once it is installed, you'll know it. 2. Insert end of stripper clip into the skinny end of the spoon. 3. Press HARD on the last bullet. You MUST attempt to make the loading occur in about 1/2 second, or you will fail. Sort of like tearing wax paper off a roll: you have to do it quickly or it won't work. Link 1 Also, apply preasure as close to the base of the bullets as possible. I prefer to use a the edge of a table or an ammo can. Save abuse on the hands. |
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does anyone have a link that gives detailed instructions on loading mags from stripper clips. never had to do it thought it would be useful info. S'not hard. 1. Put spoon on magazine. It is designed to go at the back of the mag; once it is installed, you'll know it. 2. Insert end of stripper clip into the skinny end of the spoon. 3. Press HARD on the last bullet. You MUST attempt to make the loading occur in about 1/2 second, or you will fail. Sort of like tearing wax paper off a roll: you have to do it quickly or it won't work. Link 1 Also, apply preasure as close to the base of the bullets as possible. I prefer to use a the edge of a table or an ammo can. Save abuse on the hands. yeah it looks like you could get some pretty nasty sheet metal cuts if your not careful. thanks for the instructions/ link im going to try it this weekend. |
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Can stripper clips be used with PMAGS? YES! As for loading mags from strippers, IMHO the ONLY way to do it with with the StripLula. I loaded mags with the standard GI spoon, and it SUCKS! 1/2 the time rounds will jump out of the stripper clip, and it's just all around a PITA. But the StripLula is soo much faster, and easier, It supports the rounds around the sides at the base and doesn't allot them to jump out. Also the StripLula can be used with loose rounds as well. Probably the best $$ I've ever spent next is the P-Mags! -Masta |
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Can stripper clips be used with PMAGS? YES! As for loading mags from strippers, IMHO the ONLY way to do it with with the StripLula. I loaded mags with the standard GI spoon, and it SUCKS! 1/2 the time rounds will jump out of the stripper clip, and it's just all around a PITA. But the StripLula is soo much faster, and easier, It supports the rounds around the sides at the base and doesn't allot them to jump out. Also the StripLula can be used with loose rounds as well. Probably the best $$ I've ever spent next is the P-Mags! -Masta Nice Gizmo |
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Can stripper clips be used with PMAGS? YES! As for loading mags from strippers, IMHO the ONLY way to do it with with the StripLula. I loaded mags with the standard GI spoon, and it SUCKS! 1/2 the time rounds will jump out of the stripper clip, and it's just all around a PITA. But the StripLula is soo much faster, and easier, It supports the rounds around the sides at the base and doesn't allot them to jump out. Also the StripLula can be used with loose rounds as well. Probably the best $$ I've ever spent next is the P-Mags! -Masta Now THAT is cool. Wish I had that in the Marine Corps. Would have saved a bunch of cuts on my hands. |
| yall will probably hate me but when i was younger like 12 or 13 i got my first gun from my grandfather it was a m1 carbine and he had tons of ammo he "procured" from the national guard ( he was a brig. gen.) anyway the ammo came in a small wooden crate in bandoliers on stripper clips, well not knowing what they were i just took the bullets off the stripper clips and threw away the stripper clip to load the magazine. wish i would have known could have saved them |
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Iguess the next question ought to be... Where to buy good stripper clips (5.56/.223) at a reasonable total cost? Sorry if this is a Hi-Jack. [;) I went to a gun show last weekend & got 8 stripper clips for a buck & then 4 of the spoons for $4.....The guy I bought em from had tons....you can also get em from places like cheaperthandirt.com but sometimes they will have cleaning medium on them (not new) |
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Iguess the next question ought to be... Where to buy good stripper clips (5.56/.223) at a reasonable total cost? Sorry if this is a Hi-Jack. [;) I went to a gun show last weekend & got 8 stripper clips for a buck & then 4 of the spoons for $4.....The guy I bought em from had tons....you can also get em from places like cheaperthandirt.com but sometimes they will have cleaning medium on them (not new)  I guess the price is up on SCs and spoons these days too. Several years ago you could get 100 SCs and a spoon for like $5-$6. I can't remember the name of the guy that everyone ordered from back in the day.
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Iguess the next question ought to be... Where to buy good stripper clips (5.56/.223) at a reasonable total cost? Sorry if this is a Hi-Jack. [;) I went to a gun show last weekend & got 8 stripper clips for a buck & then 4 of the spoons for $4.....The guy I bought em from had tons....you can also get em from places like cheaperthandirt.com but sometimes they will have cleaning medium on them (not new) I guess the price is up on SCs and spoons these days too. Several years ago you could get 100 SCs and a spoon for like $5-$6. I can't remember the name of the guy that everyone ordered from back in the day.
Wu Surplus? I think that stripper clips were 6 cents each and spoons were 5 for a dollar back in '03. |
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Iguess the next question ought to be... Where to buy good stripper clips (5.56/.223) at a reasonable total cost? Sorry if this is a Hi-Jack. [;) I went to a gun show last weekend & got 8 stripper clips for a buck & then 4 of the spoons for $4.....The guy I bought em from had tons....you can also get em from places like cheaperthandirt.com but sometimes they will have cleaning medium on them (not new) I guess the price is up on SCs and spoons these days too. Several years ago you could get 100 SCs and a spoon for like $5-$6. I can't remember the name of the guy that everyone ordered from back in the day.
Wu Surplus? I think that stripper clips were 6 cents each and spoons were 5 for a dollar back in '03. Yeah that's him. Those were the days. 
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Iguess the next question ought to be... Where to buy good stripper clips (5.56/.223) at a reasonable total cost? Sorry if this is a Hi-Jack. [;) New River Salvage was the place I got all mine back then. He is still around and they are still 5¢ each in quantity: http://newriversalvage.com/_wsn/page5.html |
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Last time I bought stripper clips I got them from Old Sarges
You can buy complete kits or just supplies. |
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Old Sarge has more different stripper clip options and types than you could imagine. For example, there are two different types of M1 Carbine strippers, and he has both... He's a great source for anything stripper clip related.
And StripLula for the win! These things are amazingly good and amazingly easy to use. |
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+1 for Ed at New River Salvage.
I just bought a dozen repack kits from him lest week. He shipped priority mail and had a couple extra stripper clips,cardboards and an extra guide too. The price was GREAT! What others charge for just the kits is all I paid, incuding shipping Priority mail!! Thats 12 bandoleers that look like new (badoliers to some) with black safty pins, 48 cardboards(I got a couple extra), 144 stripper clips(again I got a couple extra), and 12 guides(I got a bakers dozen). Ed did a great job of communicating with me about the order and shipped it in a very timely manner. I will be doing more business with him and feel that I had to tell the members of this board about the superior service and pruduct he supplies. http://newriversalvage.com/index.html |
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