LULA Magazine Loader & Unloader for AK47 (7.62x39)

The LULA is based on a concept so elegantly simple that one wonders why it took so long for someone to discover and apply it. This product works, and it works very well. From what I have seen from this company so far, that's no surprise.

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The idea behind the LULA will make you smack your forehead with the heel of your hand and ask, "Why didn't I think of that?"

It's just plain good old-fashioned simple genius, that's all.

Even the name is practical: Loader Un-Loader = LUL. Toss an "A" on the end so it doesn't sound like a boring pause, and you have LULA.

This particular LULA snaps onto the top of an AK47 (or Galil) magazine, and there's a lever which has a couple cams on it. You flip the lever back and forth as you load the mag. Flip, load, flip, load, until you're done. Each flip shoves the follower or the previous rounds farther down into the mag, creating a space for the next cartridge, which you just drop in.

It's easy to do, and even kinda fun.

I compared my times loading with the LULA and without it. Loading an AK mag without a LULA is not difficult. You pop a round into the mag and make sure it's slid to the rear, and repeat 29 times. But it is time-consuming, and loading many mags can be aggravating.

Playing with the LULA in the first few minutes I owned it, I loaded a 30-round 7.62x39 AK mag in 35 seconds, and I thought I could improve on that. Manual loading took an average of 60 seconds, so the LULA has the potential to cut loading time in half.

Unloading is also easy, although with my two 30-round mags it was easier if I removed the top round before installing the LULA. But I played with it and found I could let the LULA pop the top round out even as I was installing LULA, then wiggle the lever to dump the rest of the groceries out of the magazine.

Considering the ease of use, time savings, reduced wear on mags, quality of construction, good design, compactness, and general ingeniousness of this product, it's a wonder we don't all own one already. I recommend it whole-heartedly.

- Russ Chastain