Magazine ammunition unloader and magazine container for magazine ammunition unloader

A magazine ammunition unloader may include a body comprising: a magazine loading conduit adapted to receive a magazine containing ammunitions and the ammunitions contained in the magazine; and an ammunition ejecting conduit connected to the magazine loading conduit; and a wheel housed in the body, the wheel comprising a tooth adapted to push one at the time the ammunitions from the magazine into the ammunition ejecting conduit; and driving means adapted to drive the wheel, thereby ejecting one at the time the ammunitions from the magazine.

BACKGROUND

The subject matter disclosed generally relates to an ammunition magazine unloader and associated box. More particularly, the subject matter disclosed relates to an ammunition magazine unloader with a mechanism for removing the ammunition from the magazine and for transferring the ammunition into a storage container.

(b) Related Prior Art

Ammunitions are packaged in strips thereof, boxes thereof or ammunition containers, Rounds are individually loaded in each magazine. All ammunitions are not always used during a shooting session, so magazines are frequently half-full at the end of shooting sessions, and the ammunition is required to be transferred out of the magazine for storage.

There is therefore a need for a solution to ease the process of unloading ammunition from a magazine for storage between shooting sessions.

SUMMARY

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader including: a body including: a magazine loading conduit adapted to receive a magazine containing ammunitions and the ammunitions contained in the magazine; and an ammunition ejecting conduit connected to the magazine loading conduit; and a wheel housed in the body, the wheel including a tooth adapted to push one at the time the ammunitions from the magazine into the ammunition ejecting conduit; and driving mechanism adapted to drive the wheel, thereby ejecting one at the time the ammunitions from the magazine.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the wheel includes at least one tooth.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the ammunitions includes a rear face, and wherein the tooth includes a pushing face for pushing the rear face of a pushed one of the ammunitions.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the pushing face is sloped frontward and outward relative to a radius line of wheel.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the tooth includes a top face for preventing a next one of the ammunitions to penetrate in the ammunition ejection conduit when the pushing face push the rear face of the pushed ammunition.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein junction between the pushing face and the top face defines a rounded edge.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the tooth includes a rear face providing clearance between the ammunitions the wheel.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the magazine has an internal width in which the ammunitions are housed, wherein the tooth has a thickness that is at least equal to half of the internal width of the magazine.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the wheel includes at least four (4) teeth.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, further including a roller rotatably mounted about a junction of the magazine loading conduit and the ammunition ejecting conduit.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the ammunition ejecting conduit includes walls, and wherein the roller extends inwardly into the ammunition ejecting conduit beyond one of the walls of the ammunition ejecting conduit.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the roller is made of metal or plastic.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, further including locking mechanism adapted to releasably lock the magazine in the magazine loading conduit.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the locking mechanism includes a spring-loaded arm.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the magazine loading conduit includes a first wall and a second wall opposed to the first wall, wherein the first wall and the second wall are not parallel to each other.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the driving mechanism includes a handle.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the body includes a main part housing the wheel, and an arm extending from the main part and including a hook portion distant from the main part of the body.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the arm is rotatably joined to the main part of the body.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the body further includes an abutting face, wherein the abutting face and the hook portion are cooperating into mounting the magazine ammunition unloader to an ammunition container.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a magazine ammunition unloader, wherein the ammunition ejecting conduit includes a bottom end defining protrusions and recesses designed to cooperate with projections and gaps of an ammunition container.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a loading interface adapted to provide an interface between a) a filling container loaded with ammunitions, wherein the filling container has a filling open-top, and, and b) a receiving container having a receiving open-top and adapted, wherein the receiving container is adapted to be filled with the ammunitions from the filling container, the loading interface including: a pair of arms mounted to the receiving container; a container interface adapted to slidingly mount the filling container to the loading interface, and a plate adapted at least at least partially blocking the filling open-top; a pair of pivots adapted to allow a rotation of the container interface relative to the arms between a normal position and a filling position, wherein the rotation of the container interface in the filling position results in the filling container mounted thereto to have the filling open-top facing down, and wherein sliding the filling container at least partially out of the container interface while in the filling position allows aligning the open tops of the filling container and of the receiving container thereby allowing the ammunitions contained in the filling container to fall into the receiving container.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The realizations will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying figures, in which realizations are illustrated. The foregoing may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the illustrated realizations set forth herein.

With respect to the present description, references to items in the singular should be understood to include items in the plural, and vice versa, unless explicitly stated otherwise or clear from the text. Grammatical conjunctions are intended to express any and all disjunctive and conjunctive combinations of conjoined clauses, sentences, words, and the like, unless otherwise stated or clear from the context. Thus, the term “or” should generally be understood to mean “and/or” and so forth.

The terms “top”, “up”, “upper”, “bottom”, “lower”, “down”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “interior” and “exterior” and the like are intended to be construed in their normal meaning in relation with the normal operation of the product, with the orientation of the magazine ammunition unloader in normal orientation being depicted, inter alia, onFIGS.5,23and39.

In realizations, there are disclosed, inter alia, a magazine ammunition unloader100.

Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly toFIGS.1to3, a magazine ammunition unloader100is adapted to be loaded with ammunitions from a magazine200. The magazine ammunition unloader100is adapted to ease the process of removing the ammunitions from the magazine200for storage.

The magazine ammunition unloader100is adapted to operate on a magazine200regardless of the number of ammunitions it contains. It is further adapted to being loaded with ammunitions from a magazine200, regardless of the material the magazine200is made of, for example, a metal magazine, a polymer magazine, or a composite magazine.

Referring toFIGS.4and5, the magazine ammunition unloader100is adapted to be operated with ammunition containers300of variable size and shapes. As depicted, the magazine ammunition unloader100may be mounted to, e.g., the narrow wall of the side wall of the exemplary open-top ammunition container300.

Referring toFIGS.6and7, the magazine ammunition unloader100comprises a body102composed of two half bodies102.1and102.2jointed along a plane perpendicular to the axis192. The body102defines a magazine loading conduit130and an ammunition ejecting conduit140. The body102houses a wheel110rotatable around the axis192that is interfacing with the magazine loading conduit130and the ammunition ejecting conduit140. The wheel110is adapted to engage with the rear of the ammunitions from a magazine200loaded in the magazine loading conduit130and to eject the ammunitions from the magazine200through the ammunition ejecting conduit140. The magazine ammunition unloader100further comprises wheel driving means, and more particularly in case of manual operation, a handle120connected to the wheel110operable to drive the wheel110around the axis192.

In a realization, the body102and the wheel110are further adapted to engage with each other such as having the body102guiding and ensuring co-axiality between them and the handle120through engageable parts, such as a circular channel adapted to receive a circular rib. A person skilled in the art would identify other solutions, contemplated therethrough, for joining the body102, the wheel110and the handle120in a co-axial manner with the handle120being drivable relative to the body102to drive the wheel110to spin around its axis.

Still referring toFIGS.6and7, and referring additionally toFIGS.51to56, the peripheric shape of the wheel110is specifically designed to provide an ammunition abutting face114adapted to push the rear face254of an ammunition250. It further comprises an ammunition guiding face116that provides a surface far enough from the center of the wheel110to ensure that the ammunition expulsed out of a magazine, if needed, would be maintained in position and enter the ammunition ejecting conduit140rather than wedging in the wheel housing118following the apex of the preceding tooth exiting the ammunition ejecting conduit140and entering the wheel housing118. Accordingly, clearance between the apex of the teeth112and the nose122of the ammunition ejecting conduit140is small enough to participate in preventing the ammunition to engage or wedge into the wheel housing118, while the general peripheric shape of the wheel110, and particularly of the ammunition guiding face116generally helps in aligning the ammunition with the ammunition ejecting conduit140.

Referring particularly toFIGS.51, to56, a sequence in the ammunition ejection process is shown. It depicts onFIG.51the wheel110approaching the ammunitions250; onFIG.52the ammunition abutting face114of the wheel110butting up against the rear face254of the ammunition250; onFIG.53the ammunition abutting face114of the wheel110, pushing the rear face254of the ammunition250, thereby forcing the ammunition250to enter the ammunition ejecting conduit140(seeFIG.6) with the top face182of the pushing teeth112preventing the next ammunition250in the magazine200to move downward; onFIGS.54and55the ammunition abutting face114of the wheel110pushing furthermore the rear face254of the ammunition250forcing the ammunition250to engage in the ammunition ejecting conduit140while the next ammunition250in the magazine200to move downward following the displacement of the top face182of the pushing tooth112; and onFIG.56the top face182of the pushing teeth112of the wheel110having moved forward such as providing clearance for the next ammunition250in the magazine200to move to is the most downward position in the magazine200following the displacement of the top face182of the pushing tooth112frontward to a retaining position.

It is to be noted that the wheel110of the embodiment depicted throughFIGS.51to56features pushing teeth112protruding from a generally cylindrical body186with the front face114of the pushing teeth112being slightly outwardly-forwardly sloped relative to a virtual radius line190(depicted onFIG.56) joining the axis192of the wheel110(depicted onFIG.6) to the frontmost surface184of the pushing teeth112. The junction of the front face114and the top face182of the pushing teeth112is rounded. The top face182features an outward-frontward slope relative to a tangential line194. The top face182joins to a rear face188providing clearance between the rear end of the top face182and the portion of the cylindrical body186present before the next pushing tooth112.

Referring additionally toFIG.19, it is to be noted that the pushing teeth112have a thickness198(parallel to the axis192,FIG.6) that is equal to or smaller than the internal width212(seeFIG.19) of the magazine200housing the ammunitions250, and preferably equal or larger than the transversal distance between the center of two ammunitions250, preferably about half of the internal width212of the magazine200. According to a preferred embodiment, the center of the teeth112in the axial (thickness-related) direction is about aligned with the center line of the channel214housing the magazine200.

It is without saying that the wheel110is designed for the dimensions of ammunitions, and that ammunitions having different dimensions (e.g., length) would potentially result in a wheel110having a modified shape or dimensions.

According to a realization, the wheel110comprises several teeth112, e.g., six (6) teeth112each defining an ammunition abutting face114and an ammunition guiding face116, wherein the minimum length of the ammunition guiding face116is sized based on the ammunition length, or in other words the minimum distance between the teeth112is sized based in the rounds to be unloaded from a magazine plus a tolerance.

According to a particular realization, the ammunition abutting face114and the ammunition guiding face116are generally flat. The length of the ammunition guiding face116is more than three times the height of the ammunition abutting face114.

However, the present description contemplated therethrough other shapes of surfaces, including the face(s) comprising recess(es), and convex section(s), e.g., a convex arched ammunition guiding face having a ray of curvature more than three times the diameter of the wheel110based on the teeth apex.

According to a realization, the thickness of the wheel110, and more particularly of the ammunition abutting face114is more than half the diameter of the foot of an ammunition, and preferably more than three-quarters of the diameter of the ammunition, whereby the ammunition abutting face114is adapted to push an ammunition regardless of the position (right or left) of the ammunition250in the magazine200as depicted onFIG.19.

Referring now particularly toFIGS.47to50, a sequence in the ammunition ejection process, and particular engagement of the ammunition250in the ammunition ejecting conduit140is shown. It depicts onFIG.47a pushing tooth112pushing an ammunition250toward the ammunition ejecting conduit140, with the directing roller126directing the head252of the ammunition250slightly downward while rolling, thus minimizing friction in-between while preventing the head252of the ammunition250to wedge in contact of an edge or surface; onFIG.48the pushing tooth112pushing forward the ammunition250and the directing roller126continuing guiding the ammunition250toward the ammunition ejecting conduit140; onFIGS.49and50the pushing tooth112pushing forward the ammunition250and the directing roller126continues guiding the ammunition250toward the ammunition ejecting conduit140, rolling over the ammunition250, with the unregular profile of the ammunition250not preventing the directing roller126to continue guiding the ammunition250over the whole length of the ammunition250.

Referring back toFIGS.6and7, the magazine ammunition unloader100further comprises a container abutting face152and a mounting groove154adapted to have the top edge of a wall inserted into it. Accordingly, the combination of the container abutting face152and the mounting groove154allows mounting the magazine ammunition unloader100to the wall of an ammunition container.

Referring toFIGS.8to12, the magazine ammunition unloader100has a magazine200loaded therein.FIGS.8to12depicts, according to an embodiment, the operation of unloading ammunitions250from the magazine200.

FIG.8depicts the magazine200being loaded in the magazine loading conduit130.

FIGS.9and10depict that, under the handle120being turned clockwise, the face114of a tooth112pushed the rear of the bottom ammunition250with the ammunition being expulsed thereby outside of the magazine200and into the ammunition ejecting conduit140.

FIG.10also depicts that, like when the first ammunition250was ejected into the ammunition ejecting conduit140, the face114of the following tooth112.2(following the first tooth112.1having already moved out of the course of the ammunitions250) meets the following ammunition250on the magazine200to begins the ejection process while the first ejected ammunition250is ejected from the ammunition ejecting conduit140.

FIGS.11and12depict that, as the handle120is turned clockwise, more than one ammunition250may be engaged in the ammunition ejecting conduit140at the same time with the force exerted by the wheel110onto the ammunitions250providing the ammunitions250with the necessary kinetic energy to travel and exit the ammunition ejecting conduit140.

Referring toFIGS.13to15, the magazine loading conduit130comprises a pair of opposed walls132and134, one straight wall132and one sloped wall134, with the general funnel shape of the magazine loading conduit130easing the insertion of the magazine200therein. Typical process of inserting a magazine200in the magazine loading conduit130consists in inserting the magazine200following the sloped wall134until the bottom end202of the magazine200contacts the opposed wall132, and straightening the magazine200for the bottom end202of the magazine200ending its course in the magazine loading conduit130.

Referring toFIGS.16to18, a magazine200is loaded into the magazine ammunition unloader100. In a realization, a spring-loaded arm162mounted on a pivot axis168operates as a lock to secure the magazine200in place. On one side of the spring-loaded arm162is a pressable extremity166and at the other extremity is a securing abutment164adapted to travel through a clearance155on the side of the body102to contact and secure the magazine200in place once freed for an external force exerted over the pressable extremity166. To release the magazine200from the magazine ammunition unloader100, the user simply presses the pressable extremity166, thereby releasing contact between the securing abutment164and the magazine200, and thus allowing the magazine200to be released by simply pulling the magazine200up and away from the magazine ammunition unloader100.FIGS.16to18depict respectively the magazine200before being loaded; the magazine200loaded in the magazine ammunition unloader100with the spring-loaded arm162away from the magazine200; and the spring-loaded arm162restored to its default position, the securing abutment164securing the magazine200in place.

Referring toFIG.19, the magazine ammunition unloader100is adapted to unload ammunitions250from a magazine200with the ammunitions250being stacked in a partial vertically overlapping fashion. The position and/or size of the wheel110is/are designed for the teeth112to contact the rear of the ammunitions250regardless of the ammunitions250being positioned left or right in the magazine200, and the ammunition ejecting conduit140is sized to be able to receive the ammunitions250regardless of its original position (left or right) in the magazine200.

According to a realization, the ammunition ejecting conduit140has a slightly funnel-like shape that corrects the direction of the ammunitions250engaged within such that the ammunitions250exiting the ammunition ejecting conduit140has the same exiting orientation.

Referring now toFIGS.20to23, these Figures illustrate a magazine ammunition unloader100, according to an embodiment, that is adapted to operate with an embodiment of an ammunition container310. The magazine ammunition unloader100comprises an arm170comprising a counter-abutting face172distant and a hooking groove174distant from and opposed to the container abutting face152. The combination of the container abutting face152and at least one of the counter-abutting face172and the hooking groove174is designed to wedge two opposed walls of the ammunition container310from the top to secure the magazine ammunition unloader100thereto when unloading ammunitions from the magazine200into the ammunition container310.

It is worth noting that the preferred realization provides no permanent securing against the displacement of the magazine ammunition unloader100relative to the ammunition container310. During the unloading process, the user may move left or right the magazine ammunition unloader100by lifting slightly the magazine ammunition unloader100above the top of the ammunition container310. When a channel of the ammunition container310is full, this process allows to distribute efficiently the ammunitions into other slots and thus fills the ammunition container310.

FIG.20depicts the magazine ammunition unloader100, the magazine200and the ammunition container310before them being secured to each other.FIG.21depicts the process of mounting the magazine ammunition unloader100to the ammunition container310, the arm170extended over the top of the ammunition container310and the hooking groove174interfacing with a rib312at the top of the second wall of the ammunition container310.FIG.22depicts the magazine ammunition unloader100being secured to the ammunition container310by lowering the main-body portion104of the magazine ammunition unloader100until the bottom of the arm170abuts the top of the ammunition container310, the rib312remaining in the hooking groove174, and the container abutting face152abutting the side of the first wall.FIG.23depicts that, once the wheel110is secured to the ammunition container310, the magazine200may be easily loaded in the magazine ammunition unloader100.

Referring now toFIGS.24to29, the steps in unloading a magazine200mounted in a magazine ammunition unloader100that is secured to the ammunition container310are depicted. The steps comprise driving the wheel110to expulse the ammunitions250from the magazine200until the ammunitions250fill up a slot of the ammunition container310. The steps comprise moving the magazine ammunition unloader100sideways to fill a neighbor slot when required.

It is worth noting that the ammunition ejecting conduit140comprises, according to an embodiment, a side-slopped face142for ejecting the ammunitions250sideways into the slots of the ammunition container310. By exiting the ammunitions250sideways rather than straight from the ammunition ejecting conduit140, the magazine ammunition unloader100prevents a possible edge case resulting from an ammunition250jamming into a slot like a spear, which would prevent other rounds from being transferred into the slot.

When a slot a filled up, as depicted throughFIGS.28and29, the combination of the magazine ammunition unloader100and the magazine200loaded therein are moved for the exit of the ammunition ejecting conduit140to be aligned with a neighbor slot, allowing to continue unloading the magazine200. This process continues until the magazine200is empty, or until all slots of the ammunition container310are filled up.

Referring toFIG.30, cooperation between the magazine ammunition unloader100and the ammunition container310is depicted. It also depicts the side-slopped face142of the ammunition ejecting conduit140forcing the sideway course of the ammunitions250between where they are ejected from the magazine200and where they are exiting the ammunition ejecting conduit140.

Referring toFIG.57, according to another embodiment, the ammunition ejecting conduit140features a pair of sinusoidal walls144defining a sinusoidal channel148designed to smoothly guide through gravity ammunitions250outside the magazine ammunition unloader100.

Back toFIG.30, it further depicts the slots320of the ammunition container310, divided by dividing walls330. At least one of the first wall and the second wall of the ammunition container310comprises a series of evenly distributed projections314divided by gaps316interfacing with the bottom face of the arm170, wherein the interface allows to easily align the exit of the ammunition ejecting conduit140with the entry of the slots320. Moving the ammunition container310from being aligned with one slot320to a neighboring slot320demands lifting slightly the magazine ammunition unloader100above the projections314, to move the magazine ammunition unloader100sideway and to lower the magazine ammunition unloader100with bottom end146of the magazine ammunition unloader100being lodged in with the gaps316neighboring the slot320to be filled.

Referring toFIGS.31to33, the ammunition container310may be provided with a removable lid340. According to an embodiment, the lid340is secured to the ammunition container310through an interaction between the ribs322and the channels342. The lid340may be elastically deformable (seeFIG.32) to be secured by the top of the ammunition container310. When the edges about the channels342are released (seeFIG.33), the ribs322are set in the channels342.

According to a realization, the transversal dimension of the lid340, over at least a portion of its length, when compared to the ammunition container310to be installed onto, covers has a section designed to partially cover the open top of the ammunition container310, in other words, that is smaller than the distance between the walls326and328, thereby providing a top-open portion allowing a user to see the number of slots320of the ammunition container310that are filled up with ammunitions250.

According to a realization, the lid340comprises a butt wall344adapted to abut the wall326, wherein the butt wall344eases the transversal placement of the lid340over the ammunition container310.

Referring toFIGS.34to36, the ammunition container310comprises a first half body332and a second half body334each comprising dividing walls330bordering slots320. The half bodies332and334are adapted to be secured to each other, the open portion facing each other such that the dividing walls330of the half bodies332and334are joining to define slots320extending over the whole space between the walls326and328.

Referring additionally toFIG.37, the ammunition container310comprises securing means, e.g., wings336at its base adapted to be wedged using e.g., clamps to temporarily secure the ammunition container310to e.g., a table. The ammunition container310may thus be used in cooperation with the magazine ammunition unloader100in a stable fashion.

Referring toFIG.58, e.g., according to an embodiment, fittings352mounted to a support, e.g., table354, are defining a groove356that may be used to releasably mount the ammunition container310to the table354, According to an embodiment, the grooves356are sized to wedge the wings336in-between. The available clearance in the grooves356after the wings336are inserted into further allows to slide the ammunition container310parallel to the grooves356to easily insert the ammunition container310thereinto and dismount the ammunition container310therefrom.

The present description also contemplates other means of securing the ammunition container310to a surface, with the securing means being part of the ammunition container310, of the support, or of a combination of parts being part of the support and part of the ammunition container310.

Referring toFIGS.38to41, a filling container, e.g., the ammunition container310, is operable in cooperation with a receiving container, e.g., the magazine loader400. The ammunition container310may be placed to interface with the magazine loader400through a loading interface416mounted to the magazine loader400.

The loading interface416comprises a container interface422comprising a plate414and a pair of channels412about the extremities of the plate414, wherein the channels412are adapted to slidingly interface with the ribs322of the ammunition container310to have the ammunition container310secured to the loading interface416.

The container interface422is adapted to be rotated around an axis415from a normal position wherein the open top of the ammunition container310faces up, to a loading position wherein the open top of the ammunition container310faces downward. At the normal position, the loading position, and during the rotation of the ammunition container310, the plate414is preventing ammunitions250from exiting the slots320.

The loading interface416further comprises a magazine loader interface430adapted to receive the top of the ammunition container310once the ammunition container310is turned upside down. The magazine loader interface430has a shape providing clearance for access to slots of the magazine loader400, at least partially surrounded by a floor portion432adapted for the top of the ammunition container310to slide on or above as a user slides the ammunition container310out of the channels412toward the open top of the magazine loader400.

According to an alternative realization, the magazine loader interface430is an integral part of the magazine loader400.

Referring additionally toFIG.42, it is worth noting that when the ammunition container310is sled out of the channels412, the plate414gradually stops hindering the exits of the slots320. When sled to its maximum position out of the channels412, the open tops of the ammunition container310and of the magazine loader400are fully facing themselves, with the plate414not hindering anymore the course of the ammunitions250, allowing the ammunitions250loaded in the ammunition container310to drop from the container slots320into the corresponding slots428of the magazine loader400.

FIGS.43to45depict the ammunitions250travelling from the ammunition container310to the magazine loader400when the open tops of the ammunition container310and the magazine loader400are appropriately aligned. As discussed, when the ammunition container310is not pushed at the appropriate position, the plate414forces the ammunitions250to remain in the ammunition container310.

It is further illustrated therethrough that the slots320and428are appropriately aligned to prevent the ammunitions from wedging during their course between the ammunition container310and the magazine loader400.

Referring toFIG.46, once the ammunition container310is emptied, the ammunition container310is sled back toward the back of the channels412, in which position the ammunition container310may be rotated back to a normal position wherein the open top faces upward. In that normal position, the ammunition container310may be easily removed from the rotative support410by simply sliding the ammunition container310out of the channels412away from the magazine loader400.