Single shot loader

[coolsound]

As a newbie, I am trying to understand the point of the single shot loader. what purpose does it serve and the advantages of using it over a magazine? I would think it is quicker to load with a magazine.

 

[Chief55]

Some slugs are too long to fit in the mag but can be loaded by hand or with a single shot tray and some people just don't like mags like Mr. Hollow Point. It also allows people to change weight instantly without messing around with a mag.

 

[coolsound]

Some slugs are too long to fit in the mag but can be loaded by hand or with a single shot tray and some people just don't like mags like Mr. Hollow Point. It also allows people to change weight instantly without messing around with a mag.

Ah the slugs make the most sense. Thanks.

 

[Moose]

When I teach new users, especially young kids how to shoot, I have found that many of them want to just pull the trigger a lot. Feeding pellets 1 at a time gives me an opportunity to teach them more about better gun handling skills, safety issues and precision targeting. I prefer single feeding for targeting practice since my goal is precision. Make the first shot count.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Ya, that above said and sometimes can damage a pellet / slug when loading up one .

I guess per gun and ammo used it a experience thing on what it or you like best in any circumstances..

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

Sometimes during a shooting session I don't like to stop and have to reload a magazine, single shot loader/tray is easier. I use a magazine more for hunting purposes.

 

[Danman]

I will also often single load (spending money on a single shot tray loader to me is odd, just use the mag and only slide in 1 pellet?) my Ghost as well when on the bench vs using the mag. Or I'll load just 5 or 6, shoot them, try something else. My Ghost mag is solid metal and it will clean or "size" my pellets a bit going in before they enter the chamber probably saving the o-ring in the process (looking @ you H&N!) But I don't for 1 instant believe it wrecks groups if the magazine is well designed. Single loading, slows down the process and can definitely help you shoot better like others said, but if you own, say an AA S510 you would need tweezers it is a tight fit, again just use mag and single load? My thoughts.

 

[Franklink]

I hate magazines. Magazines account for less than 1% of my shooting. If a gun allows single loading, I do it. And most of my favorite guns are at least in part my favorites BECAUSE they can be single fed.

As Dana said, a shooting session with magazines is 90% loading magazines, 10% shooting.

Oh it's sure fun to occasionally crank off shots with a magazine, but most of my enjoyment from airguns is the methodical and precise type of shooting, not the spraying lead type.

 

[Mike Brown]

Have to use the single shot tray for my Notos when shooting JSB Predators...they're too long to use the factory magazine and I don't have Carm or Maple mags to try them in.

 

[tec]

I use the magazine (Revere .22, Ghost, .177, .22) when tuning. I use the CARM single shot loader when using weight and head size sorted pellets in a vain attempt to hit exactly where I am aiming....