nugget1993
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does anyone have a monkey loader they would like to sell ?
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Wanted: Monkey Loader
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Not quite but you made me chuckle 
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Bump ?
Why? Adopt Robert Churchill's method and give you coat (or cartridge bag) a few good and forceful shakes once you've put your cartridges in it. Three usually does it. This makes the lead end of the cartridge orientate itself downwards so that your hand will find itself grabbing the brass head when it enters your pocket or bag.
A friend bought one of these useless "Monkey Loaders" and I showed him the Churchill method. He cursed that he'd wasted the then £90 price on something that he could achieve free simply by three good shakes if his coat or cartridge bag. There are older threads on SD pointing out that the things are also cartridge length sensitive and don't like nominal 70mm cartridges.
Nor do you have the benefit that a quick glance will indicate how many cartridges you have left mid-drive. And what an absolute "faff" it is to then top up when you do run it empty. What was it? How many cartridges did I take from the left side? How many from the right side? How many both together? An what are you loading it from? That perfectly good cartridge bag that you already have with you!
Finally the very last thing I want anywhere near the butt of my gun when holding it to load it is a piece of stamped pressed metal to gouge and scratch the stock. But if you insist eBay is your friend where "buyer's remorse" will see the odd one listed now and again - usually in the "junk" section. Keep a copy of the listing you bought it from to use "cut and paste" when you come to sell it back!
A friend bought one of these useless "Monkey Loaders" and I showed him the Churchill method. He cursed that he'd wasted the then £90 price on something that he could achieve free simply by three good shakes if his coat or cartridge bag. There are older threads on SD pointing out that the things are also cartridge length sensitive and don't like nominal 70mm cartridges.
Nor do you have the benefit that a quick glance will indicate how many cartridges you have left mid-drive. And what an absolute "faff" it is to then top up when you do run it empty. What was it? How many cartridges did I take from the left side? How many from the right side? How many both together? An what are you loading it from? That perfectly good cartridge bag that you already have with you!
Finally the very last thing I want anywhere near the butt of my gun when holding it to load it is a piece of stamped pressed metal to gouge and scratch the stock. But if you insist eBay is your friend where "buyer's remorse" will see the odd one listed now and again - usually in the "junk" section. Keep a copy of the listing you bought it from to use "cut and paste" when you come to sell it back!
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I have also done my fair share of loading both on the moors and also on somewhat more southern terrain. I've seen the monkey loader in action and, in the right hands, it is devastatingly quick. It just simply prevents the reorientation faff.
As @enfieldspares says above, if you give your pocket a good shake, then you find that the cartridges do self-right themselves to a certain degree.
It's the same as anything; if I'm skilled enough and well-drilled enough to use a combination of a loaders bag and/or a leather front pouch, then there is no requirement for a Monkey Loader. But if it makes your life easier and you see value in one, then why not use one? My only issue is that with some clients, I'd have got through a Monkey Loaders worth of cartridges in half a drive!
As @enfieldspares says above, if you give your pocket a good shake, then you find that the cartridges do self-right themselves to a certain degree.
It's the same as anything; if I'm skilled enough and well-drilled enough to use a combination of a loaders bag and/or a leather front pouch, then there is no requirement for a Monkey Loader. But if it makes your life easier and you see value in one, then why not use one? My only issue is that with some clients, I'd have got through a Monkey Loaders worth of cartridges in half a drive!
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