Gun magazine speed loader and methods

a technology of speed loader and gun magazine, which is applied in the field of improved gun magazine speed loader, can solve the problems of cartridge tumbling and jamming in the magazine, time-consuming and uncomfortable one-by-one cartridge insertion into the gun magazine by hand, and not providing a practical means of placing the cartridge into the magazin

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-02-06
FIORUCCI DANA JOSEPH
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[0014]In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a firearm magazine speed loader that can load a plurality of rim-type cartridge into a magazine by “articulating” the car

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After many repetitions, one-by-one cartridge insertion into a gun magazine by hand is both time consuming and uncomfortable, particularly for the thumb.
This problem is compounded for large capacity magazines commonly used in modern target practice.
US Pat. No. 4,392,321 to Bosworth, while providing a means for aligning the cartridges, does not provide a practical means of placing the cartrid

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[0060]Speed loaders were designed and made for pistol and rifle magazines. Models tested include the Walther P22 pistol and the GSG MP5 caliber 22LR, GSG AK-47 caliber 22LR, Umarex HK416 caliber 22LR, Umarex MP5 caliber 22LR, Umarex Colt M4 caliber 22LR, Umarex Uzi caliber 22LR, Smith & Wesson MP15-22 caliber 22LR rifles. Operating characteristics are as described for the preferred embodiment below. These magazines have in common an external follower and are built for rimmed cartridges.

[0061]Other pistols for which a speed loader of the invention may be developed include the Ruger SR22, Smith & Wesson MRP-22, Sig Mosquito, ISSC MK22 pistols and the Remington 522 caliber 22LR and ISSC MK22 caliber 22LR rifles.

[0062]Regarding cartridge types, caliber is not a limiting factor in operation of a magazine and speed loader. For magazines have an external follower, a partial list of ammunition calibers includes the following types—1. Rifle cartridges: .22 LR, .22 Short, .17 Hornady Mach 2, ...

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A gun magazine speed loader that can load an entire magazine simply by pulling the magazines external follower in a downward motion. Rimmed cartridges are aligned nose down and side-by-side in a loading channel and the magazine and speed loader are then tipped up toward a vertical position with the magazine below the loader. By passing the stream of cartridges through an “articulator” that articulates the nose of the cartridge and feeds cartridges ‘rim-first’ and up through feed lips and into the magazine, the cartridges fill the magazine in a continuous stream, essentially at the speed of gravity-falling cartridges under control of the external follower. The articulator has no moving parts and operates with rimmed cartridges and with curved or low-rake angle magazines having an external follower.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from U.S. Provisional Patent No. 61 / 679027 filed 2 Aug. 2012, which is herein incorporated in full for all purposes.GOVERNMENT SUPPORT[0002]This invention was made without government support.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003]This invention relates to an improved gun magazine speed loader and in particular to an apparatus for aligning or orienting a plurality of cartridges and loading the cartridges single-file into a firearm magazine and in doing so without requiring the user to handle each individual cartridge or requiring a one-by-one action. The apparatus includes an articulator and can load an entire magazine or clip with gravity feed by simply pulling down the magazine's external follower.BACKGROUND[0004]Rim and rimfire ammunition is generally smaller in caliber and requires greater dexterity to properly orientate and insert the cartridges into a magazine. After many repet...

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IPC IPC(8): F41A9/83
CPCF41A9/83
Inventor FIORUCCI, DANA JOSEPH
Owner FIORUCCI DANA JOSEPH
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