Patent ID: 8915007

Claim:
A magazine loader for loading cartridges into a magazine comprising: a body having an elongated bar shape with a top wall and four subtending side walls with an elongated open top channel formed in said top wall as a recessed portion relative to the plane of said top wall; a first portion of said recessed portion is an open top cartridge channel with a longitudinal bottom wall, two opposed upstanding longitudinal side walls, and two opposed generally horizontal flanges spaced apart from said bottom wall that extend the length of said side walls; a first side wall and a first flange of said two side walls and said two flanges are structured to form a first groove with said bottom wall sized to receive a cylinder casing of a cartridge on an end portion thereof, and a second side wall and a second flange are structured to form a second groove with said bottom wall sized to receive a bullet of said cartridge on an end portion thereof; a second portion of said recessed portion is an open top magazine cavity with a bottom wall and three upstanding side walls that are spaced apart to receive a designated size magazine for retention by said three side walls and a follower projecting member attached to one of said two opposed upstanding longitudinal side walls adjacent a juncture of said magazine cavity and said cartridge channel; said follower projecting member is disposed to fit between opposed retaining clips of said designated size magazine to partially depress a follower; and said cartridge channel at a first end has an inclined portion sloped from said top wall to said bottom wall of said cartridge channel.