Speed loader that came with new Gen 4 Glock 23 not working

Unless you have a physical issue with hand strength or something just practice loading by hand and throw that loader in a drawer and forget about it.

The other option is to buy a Maglula UpLULA and have one loader that will work with any and all handgun magazines you'll encounter, regardless of caliber.

cowboy1964 said:

Unless you have a physical issue with hand strength or something just practice loading by hand and throw that loader in a drawer and forget about it.

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yes what he said:tongueout:

cowboy1964 said:

Unless you have a physical issue with hand strength or something just practice loading by hand and throw that loader in a drawer and forget about it.

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What he said. I've never used one - my wife does (Uplula, not Glock), but not because of lack of strength, she just refuses to load the right way.

I've been known to use the loader to jam the 15th round in the mag from to time when I'm feeling lazy.

Otherwise, I used the finger-strength and jam it down.

throw that loader in a drawer and forget about it.

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That's what I did. Never used it.

Coach.John said:

The other option is to buy a Maglula UpLULA and have one loader that will work with any and all handgun magazines you'll encounter, regardless of caliber.

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:thumbsup: One that actually works.

Meh. I use mine a fair amount. I'm faster with it. Not gonna lie.

IMHO the Glock magazine loader is an ingenious labor saving device. Once you get the push and load sequence down the rounds just jump in. I use the Uplula on other brands of double stack magazines.

I only used the loader that came with my Glock until the magazine became easier to load by hand. Getting my G19 magazines fully loaded no longer requires no assistance. Most new magazines are pretty hard to load. The hardest I've encountered is a Beretta 92FS. The Glock loaders worked on those too.

Butch said:

Welcome to GlockTalk!

Here's how the mag loader works:

Put the mag loader over the top of the magazine tube, push it all the way down to make room for the next cartridge.

Start the round into the mag by pushing it back against the mag loader.

Keeping rearward pressure against the cartridge, let the mag loader move upwards......

...... until the cartridge can be pushed all the way into the mag.

Repeat until the mag is loaded. The last round is often difficult to load until the mag has been used some.....so push hard.

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Butch, thanks for the thorough info. I've got it working now.

KarlThomas said:

Meh. I use mine a fair amount. I'm faster with it. Not gonna lie.

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Same here

After using the mag. loader that came with my Ruger P89 for many years using the one that came with my G21 was a real PITA. That thing is nearly useless. The P89 mag. loader is made of thin sheet metal and is loose fitting thereby allowing quick and easy loading (what a mag. loader should do). The GLOCK loader is made of "sticky" plastic and takes up too much room in the top of the mag. thereby not allowing enough of the round to be caught by the mag. lips. I lost count of the number of rounds that shot out of the mag. and onto the floor because of that epic failure of a mag. loader!