I few weeks ago I ordered a Butler creek 1022 loader off amazon, when I got it I could not get the sucker to work, they simply will NOT load into the rotary mags I have, I even went and got on the line with the Customer service rep, he tried walking me through it, after a little bit - they sent me a brand new replacement at no cost.( +1 bushnell cust. service )

 

But, Today i revived my replacement, and it's doing the same exact thing. It will not load the bullet into the mag, it seems to get jammed up or something, the bullet will not fall in front of the spinning red arm that pushes it in the magazine.

 

I've tried with CCI mini mags, and federal bulk, neither will feed.

 

any tips, tricks, suggestions?

Are you using Ruger 10/22 mags or Butler Creek Hot Lips mags?

I have one of those, thought it would be great because I don't like my 12-yo son getting lead all over his fingers from pushing the bullets into the magazines. Figured this would keep the lead off him.

 

I've only had mixed success. I find I need to put one bullet in the magazine manually, and then it will load ok. At the end of loading, one bullet is always lose in the loader, so I use that to "prime" the next magazine. I also find the bullets don't always feed well down the "zig zag" ramps, and that putting new bullets into the loader isn't so great either.

 

Also, the knob is hard to turn, so my 12-yo ends up needing my help most of the time.

 

I'd give the product a C-.

 

I've switched over to only using CCI AR Tactical 22LR, and since they are copper plated I worry about lead on my son's fingers less, so we just load the magazines by hand.

 

This is using both new and old stock factory Ruger magazines.

Are you using Ruger 10/22 mags or Butler Creek Hot Lips mags?

 

factory 10/22 mags, which the product description says will work, as did the cust. service rep said will work.

 

The problem is the bullets wont even fed into the ' red arm ' with the mag in, or out. it gets jammed up right before, and gets stuck.

 

 

Here is a short video I did with my cell phone, you can see them line up, then the first one doesnt feed in, then when i tilt it back over it gets stuck in that spot, and i have to stick something in to push it out of there.

 

melgamic, I tried preloaded one round, same issue - not working

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9FbbZuGwT0

After looking at that vid mine is diffrent now i have to go get it out..

 

OK, I have a ram line 10/22 auto loader..

I've had mine for almost a year now. Never had an issue with Ruger OEM 10-round mags. I've loaded Federal, CCI and Winchester with no issues at all.

I've had a few of these and they've always been a bit more difficult to load the OEM mags with it than thier own mags. Because of that, and even though they claim to work with the OEM mags, I think they're more geared to loading thier own mags which i exclusively use since they load easy as pie.

I'm really surprised you have an issue with this. I've been taking mine to the range a couple times a month for the last year and never have an issue. I use only the OEM 10-round Ruger mag for my 10/22 Carbine. I just turn the dial forward and half a backturn with each round that's loaded, until the mag is fully loaded. I load 10-mags at a time at the range, fire them off, then repeat as needed.