Loading Magpul Glock 17 mags for the first time

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Holey Moley! I'd read that when these mags are new that they are hard to load and the springs will ease up after being compressed for a while...but this is ridiculous! I got 16 into the first one by hand and said 'No Mas!' Went for the UpLula and as usual it handled the job easily and quickly and I just can't imagine how anyone could enjoy shooting having to handload their Glock mags. Now they sit for a while until the first range workout.:)

Next week the 33 rounders will arrive along with a 50 round drum....lots of food for the new Polymer 80 to eat and the UpLula will be getting a good workout. If you happen to not own one of these wonderful little devices....you owe it to yourself to get one. Your thumbs will thank me.:) http://www.maglula.com/product/uplula-9mm-to-45acp/

Edit: Mods...I hope it's OK to post a link to their website. These things are SO good that it's a benefit to all shooters to know about them and felt like a Public Service to mention them just in case someone hasn't used one.
 
I have no issue with my 10, 15, 17, or 33 round mags. The last one can get hard, but not impossible.
 
I have the Magpul PM15 & 17 mags and I have found that the springs in the 15 rounders can be a little stiff when new but these take a set relatively quickly and then these are fine after that.
 
Life is too short to NOT use speedloaders for me! Last month my buddy brought over his new R9...he said the mags will only hold 15 rounds instead of the advertised 17+1. I gave him a spare UpLULA and now carries a full mag.
 
RecoilRob said:
Holey Moley! I'd read that when these mags are new that they are hard to load and the springs will ease up after being compressed for a while...but this is ridiculous! I got 16 into the first one by hand and said 'No Mas!' Went for the UpLula and as usual it handled the job easily and quickly and I just can't imagine how anyone could enjoy shooting having to handload their Glock mags. Now they sit for a while until the first range workout.:)

Next week the 33 rounders will arrive along with a 50 round drum....lots of food for the new Polymer 80 to eat and the UpLula will be getting a good workout. If you happen to not own one of these wonderful little devices....you owe it to yourself to get one. Your thumbs will thank me.:) http://www.maglula.com/product/uplula-9mm-to-45acp/

Edit: Mods...I hope it's OK to post a link to their website. These things are SO good that it's a benefit to all shooters to know about them and felt like a Public Service to mention them just in case someone hasn't used one.
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I didn't know people actually still load mags by hand. I dont. I have just about every UpLula they make. Try loading the 32 round Colt SMG mags without one. Good Luck
 
Loading mags by thumb and cold weather will save you mucho ammo!!!

(Actually, most of my gloves have the right thump tip chewed on from the little snags on the mag lips)
 
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I must have extra strong thumbs cause the only mags that ever face me problems were the 9 round Glock 30 mags, and the only for the first few loadings.

Regardless, I prefer UPLULA for range work, every time.
 
Just purchased a G17 Gen5 and fired about 200 rds the first time out, not one failure by the way. I always load my mags at home with an UPLULA and then re-load the mags at the range with an UPLULA. These 82 yr. old hands would not be able to fire that many rds. without an UPLULA!
 
I've never understood why people want to use Magpul mags in their Glock, Glock mags can be had for about the same price and they always work.
 
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I've never understood why people want to use Magpul mags in their Glock, Glock mags can be had for about the same price and they always work.
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The Magpul's were $9.99 ea.....Glock G-17's were $26.99 so in my book that's not real close to being the same. Of course if a mag doesn't work....it doesn't matter how cheaply you got it...it's no good. So far the Magpul's have been good once they went through a few loadings they smoothed up and are feeding just fine. However on the very first loading they DID have a couple problems...most in the middle of the mag where they presented the round up into the feed lips very slowly when hand cycling through the gun and very likely would have been a misfeed during live fire. They're now very positive and snap the rounds up into place the way you'd want and seem well worth the money. Time will tell how they hold up.
 
RecoilRob said:
The Magpul's were $9.99 ea.....Glock G-17's were $26.99 so in my book that's not real close to being the same
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Similar, the Magpuls were on sale for less than $10 and get use as range/competition fodder just fine.

Mine have never given me a problem.
 
RecoilRob said:
The Magpul's were $9.99 ea.....Glock G-17's were $26.99 so in my book that's not real close to being the same. Of course if a mag doesn't work....it doesn't matter how cheaply you got it...it's no good. So far the Magpul's have been good once they went through a few loadings they smoothed up and are feeding just fine. However on the very first loading they DID have a couple problems...most in the middle of the mag where they presented the round up into the feed lips very slowly when hand cycling through the gun and very likely would have been a misfeed during live fire. They're now very positive and snap the rounds up into place the way you'd want and seem well worth the money. Time will tell how they hold up.
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Natchez has Glock 9mm mags for $20 each. I did a quick search and the cheapest I could find the Magpul Glock mags is $15. I guess if there is a $10 sale somewhere, great.
 
stchman said:
Natchez has Glock 9mm mags for $20 each. I did a quick search and the cheapest I could find the Magpul Glock mags is $15. I guess if there is a $10 sale somewhere, great.
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Midway had the Magpul G17 and 19's on sale for $9.99 when I got the 80% G17 kit. Natchez has the 17's at $24.99 so it pays to shop around sometimes.:)
 
I agree with the kudos re: Uplula speedloaders, but would point out there are some really nice alternatives. For example my Ruger SR9 came with a matched speed loader for the pistol that works really well. For a short time I thought that all new guns would come with their own loaders, but alas, I learned that isn't the case.

But Adco makes a line of plastic speed loaders that are extremely functional and not expensive. The single stack one works great for my Ruger SR1911. The Adco loaders are so simple with no moving parts. They just work. FYI
 
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stchman said:
Natchez has Glock 9mm mags for $20 each. I did a quick search and the cheapest I could find the Magpul Glock mags is $15. I guess if there is a $10 sale somewhere, great.
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Well, they currently don't have any Glock 17 mags in stock, sadly.
 
I never found the Glock factory mags particularly easy to load the first few times either. That’s why they come with the loader tool. For the first few loadings they really help.
 
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