Hard to load Glock
I attempted to load a Glock 17 I believe with 40 caliber correct rounds, I did not have the strength to load more than 2 in the magazine, Am I a big wus or are the magazine springs very stiff?
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Big wuss. You need one of those plastic thingys that push down on the top cartridge, allowing room to load the next one. 0 -
I would imagine that the 17 magazine, with a follower for the 9mm in it, might bind a little having the 40 rounds stuffed into it. The Gloc 17, and 19 magazines are for 9mm, and the 22, and 23 are for the 40 Cal.
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The Glock 17 is a 9 mm pistol. 40 S&W ARE NOT correct rounds for this pistol.
The model number is marked on the left side of the slide. Models 17 and 19 are 9 mm. Models 22 and 23 are 40 S&W.
The caliber will also be marked on the exposed part of the barrel inside the ejection port.
Good luck. Seriously.0 -
OK maybe I listed the incorrect model. I fired the 3 I loaded soooooooooooo,
Lets review this again,
You all are laughing at my stupidity so now can you answer the question assuming the round matches the weapon.
Sage 10 -
Some Glock mags are really stiff. This maybe why they're the only pistol I've ever bought that had a loading tool in the box. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Sage1
I attempted to load a Glock 17 I believe with 40 caliber correct rounds, I did not have the strength to load more than 2 in the magazine, Am I a big wus or are the magazine springs very stiff?
Sage 1
OK maybe I listed the incorrect model. I fired the 3 I loaded soooooooooooo,
Lets review this again,
You all are laughing at my stupidity so now can you answer the question assuming the round matches the weapon.
As mentioned Glock 17 is chambered in 9mm. If you don't know what magazine you have, what gun you have, or what ammo you're using, YOU SHOULDN'T BE FIRING THE GUN.
So I'm not going to "assume" anything, and frankly, given the nature of your question, you shouldn't be assuming anything either.
The fact that you got a few rounds to go off successfully DOES NOT mean that you're using the correct type of magazine, or even the correct type of ammunition for you gun.
First thing you need to do is figure out what caliber GUN you have, what type of MAGAZINE you have, and then what kind of ammo you're trying to load.
If you are so new to guns that you don't know what caliber ammo your gun takes, or what kind of ammo you're shooting, or whether or not your magazines are functional, or even how to load them properly PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS KNOWLEDGEABLE DEMONSTRATE THIS FOR YOU before you do something really stupid that damages your gun, or worse, yourself.
As to your question, I've never had a problem loading any standard pistol magazine (including Glock ones) with just my fingers. They can be stiff at first, but they will loosen up a little with use.
Hold the mag in your left hand, push the round down onto the middle of the mag follower with your right thumb, and then push on top of your right thumb with your left thumb (doubling the pressure) and slide the round into place.
For the next round do the same thing, only start with the butt of the next round onto the middle of the previous one to depress it. Press down with both thumbs, slide back. Repeat.0 -
Howdy sage1,
For what it is worth, no one bats a thousand, not even on ask the experts. Sometimes more so, for who is most prone to get bit by a rattlesnake-- the snake handler, of course.
Case in point-- a friend calls up, says he cannot load up the two 10-round mags that came with a newly bought Ruger semi-something pistol in 9mm. I laugh, with visions of him trying to stuff them in backwards or whatever, and said I'd be right over.
After both of us sitting there at his kitchen table with loose rounds laying all over the place, we each cannot get loading up past 8-rounds out of ten capacity, but share equal red-sore thumbs.
Asked my pal, since all else failed, to get the dang directions-- sure enough, there laying in the box is thee required magazine loading tool that came with, as pointed out within those directions. An honest, though be it humble, laugh insued.
Both us, mature, experienced to not a shabby degree with firearms, never before have ran across a required loading tool for a domestic pistol. Live and learn in this new-fandangled gizmo world.
Is this your case? I do not know. But, no shame required, when you do find the answer, am curious to what the problem was?
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On mag loaders,
New Glock magazines in particular *CAN* be very stiff. Mag loader certainly can't hurt, especially if you're new to loading them, and until they break in a little (which they should with use).
But usually, as mentioned, its the last few rounds you try to cram in there that are the most thumb-busting, not the first few.
Again, having a good loading technique (for example using your support thumb on top of your other one for extra pressure) DOES help immensely.
I've also had mags where I couldn't cram in the last round easily with my fingers, but its been high cap ones and I just overcome the "problem" by not bothering. When I'm at the range actually shooting, I rarely load more than 10 rounds at a time. For carry, obviously, I'll load all I can and then (usually) top off the mag to get one more, but I can usually "live" with "only" 15+1 rounds instead of 16+1!0 -
Or you can get the plastic thingy: Maglula UpLULA Pistol Magazine Loader, Product #952670 from Midwaysusa. Saves your thumbs. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by lpaalp
Or you can get the plastic thingy: Maglula UpLULA Pistol Magazine Loader, Product #952670 from Midwaysusa. Saves your thumbs.
+1 on the Up Lula. Picked one up recently, alows you to load all your pistol mags with ease.0
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