Gear Review: Butler Creek’s ASAP AR15 magazine loader works great

By Eve Flanigan

Officially, it’s Butler Creek’s ASAP AR-15 and M16 magazine loader. (Photo: Team HB)
I’ll confess that I thought the concept of an AR magazine loader was a bit silly.  After all, isn’t an AR mag already easy to load? Skeptical, I agreed to test the ASAP mag loader by Butler Creek. Some of my skepticism was erased as a result.
This mag loader does present itself well.  Butler Creek packaged it in a hanging plastic display case, worthy of gift-giving. If first impressions mean something, this one’s in good taste.
The loader is about 1/3 the length and slightly bigger around than a 30-round magazine, with a folding lever on one side. To use it, the body of the loader slides around a mag. A tab on the outside secures it with an audible “click.” The lever is lowered to lock it in place, but it’ll work with the lever unlocked as well. Rounds are inserted horizontally, one at a time. After each round is in the loader, the user can either push down on the top, which pushes the round into the magazine, or work the lever up and down for the same effect.
Faster than hand-loading? Not for most of us, but

Source: Guns.com