Some if not most of the compact autos on the market today that most of us have overlooked is the difficulty of us older curmudgeons loading the clips with grizzled and arthritic hands, its damn near impossible and I suggest keeping that second clip full and with the gun at all times if possible. Those clips are bound to last into the next 4 or 5 centuries...

Invest in a loading tool

Ray, I was wearing a Smith and Wesson Shield Plus in 9 during the final phase of my job at the Otero County NM shooting range, and I'll be damned if I was ever able to get 12 in the magazines even with a loader.

Hell, I even have problems with those "childproof" medicine bottles.

“Clips”

clip

2 of 4
noun (1)
1
: any of various devices that grip, clasp, or hook
2
: a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles
also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm
3
: something (such as a piece of jewelry) that is worn as an ornament or fastener and that is held in position by a clip

Magazine, a paper book published monthly for the most part...clip, rednecks and cowboys name for a metal object that holds cartridges (bullets in redneck and cowboy like in "Im outa bullets gimmie another clip" English the hard way, but easy to understand in Dixie...

I have seen a couple of very ingenious loading tools that make the job a whole lot easier, but not sure if any are still being manufactured.

The best one I saw had a lever which grabbed the groove of the case, first pushing it down and then drawing it back into the magazine.
Most other just push the previous round loaded deeper into the magazine, and these are pretty simple and should be easy to duplicate.

Ah yes, that age-old allure for a better mousetrap.

There is a fellow shoots with us that suffers with his semi auto.
Finally bought a loader to load the magazines, but his real issue is racking the slide on his Glock!

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Finally bought a loader to load the magazines, but his real issue is racking the slide on his Glock

I was asked by a older lady to show her how to handle a small semi auto 9mm.

That her husband brought for her.

Same problem hard time with the slide.

I had her dry fire it a bit. Loaded it for her told her to come over for some live fire practice.

We well see if she does.

I know of a few older shooters that have put away their compact autos and replaced them with revolvers. There is always the New York reload.
C.G.B.