Free & Easy Stud Mag Feeder Hack

[TMH]

I'll admit it - I'm a total fanboy of the Stud mag loader system. For my Impact I use the Direct-To-Mag loader, and for my Dreamline/Maverick/Crown rifles I use the Feeder and mag loader in a direct to magazine loading manner.

As such, for the DL/Mav/Crown I always have one left over pellet which I have to pick off the top of the loaded mag when finished. So I just plugged that hole with a little piece of foam cut from a pellet tin shipping protector. So now I:

1) Dump pellets into the feeder,
2) Dump the feeder into the top half of the mag loader,
3) Open the magazine, clock the magazine wheel and fix it in place with a pellet,
4) Dump the mag loader into the magazine, and no extra pellet to deal with.

Really small thing, but makes it much more convenient for me when loading a bunch of mags during a shooting session. I prefer handling individual pellets as little as possible, which is why I like the Stud system better than other loading systems. And this hack is no additional cost, and quickly reversible. 

 

[Scotty1]

The covers for my loaders have a hole you line up to drop that extra pellet, which is then used as your first pellet, after winding the mag…after that, the cover comes off and you dump the loader into the mag. 

 

[TMH]

Yes, this is correct. But I don't use them in this manner. I just pull the pellet out of the tin to lock the mag wheel, fill the loader and dump into the pre-wound mag.

Was always having that extra pellet to have to pick off and throw back into the tin.

Like I said, no big deal in the overall scheme of life. Just a little more efficient for me the way I use the mag loader.

 

[Scotty1]

Roger that. 

 

[Scotty1]

Tom, if I wasn’t filling 4 at a time, I’d definitely do what you are doing, the covers are a bit fiddly. 

 

[markc_66]

I still don’t understand your process, why wouldn’t you use that extra pallet to stake the magazine? I mean you’re filling four at a time correct? Or do you only use one mag loader?