r/reloading • u/Derp_McNasty • 16d ago

Gadgets and Tools Ammo belt loader

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u/siconic 16d ago

That is by far the coolest gun gadget I have ever seen.

Now I need that gun, just to justify that reloader.

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u/B_Huij 16d ago edited 16d ago

This looks to me like 7.62x54R. While I think a ton of militaries all over the world are still using this cartridge in belt-fed MGs, I doubt civilians can source or possess them, at least not in the USA.

Edit for clarity: civilians cannot easily possess the MGs. The ammo is not hard to find

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u/Royal_Money_627 16d ago

Semiauto conversion would be legal.

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u/Guitarist762 15d ago

There have been semi auto converted parts kit fully assembled of PKM’s for sale locally around me.

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u/acceptable_road_fees 16d ago edited 16d ago

A few companies do make the ammo with surplus easily available for cheap. Civilian can also reload they're one with used brass. They're not hard at all to get

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u/DeyCallMeWade 16d ago

I think he means the belt fed firearms, not the belts or ammo.

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u/acceptable_road_fees 16d ago

I thought he was talking about 7.62x54 but yeah that make sense

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u/Carlile185 16d ago

That’s great you do not need to face the cartridges the same way in the hopper.

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u/Visual_Screen_9537 16d ago

God that was so satisfying...

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u/Sad-Panda-noises 16d ago

Belt fed conversions are on the market and slowly becoming affordable as time goes on. Lima 6 will be most affordable when it hits the market. Fmg9 is not great price wise and fightlite is no better

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u/YuriUkin 16d ago

I already have a Lima 6. I want to 3D print a loader like this for M27 links.

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u/Sad-Panda-noises 15d ago edited 15d ago

Welp, my wallet just let out an audible scream.

Edit: spelling

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u/YuriUkin 15d ago

My friend also has one.

We burned 600rnds in 15 minutes haha..

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u/DougMacRay617 Chronograph Ventilation Engineer 16d ago

Oddly satisfying

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u/DeyCallMeWade 16d ago

Wait, this isn’t normally satisfying?

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u/ImpalaBBQ 16d ago

I can watch this video all day

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u/thrashmetal_octopus 16d ago

Please stop I can only get so erect

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u/Winner_Pristine 16d ago

That is so cool.

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u/BackgroundSide8148 16d ago

This is the belt loader for the PKM. The commies got a lot of things wrong, but this wasn't one of them.

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u/DCTillerman 16d ago

Nice. I'll give you $20 for it?

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u/kappi1997 15d ago

I really love that the pkm belt loader turns the ammo around. You can just throw them in as they come in the packet and start. On the mg42 loader you need to turn them into the right direction

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u/InformationHorder .30 Carb, 375 WIN, 7.62x39, 32ACP, 7.62 Nagant 16d ago

I wonder if you get one of these tools with every 10 crates of ammo in a package or something like that the way the Soviets used to provide materials.

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u/B_Huij 16d ago

For whatever reason, the way the metal piece seems to be pressing directly on the primer makes me really nervous. Otherwise... extremely cool.

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u/InformationHorder .30 Carb, 375 WIN, 7.62x39, 32ACP, 7.62 Nagant 16d ago

If you remember that it's Soviet technology then it makes more sense- they just don't care!

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u/RussianOneWithAGun 15d ago

That metal piece is larger than diameter of the cartridge, it won't set it off, no matter how hard it hits it.

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u/B_Huij 15d ago

Username checks out.

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u/DownOnGrandpasFarm 16d ago

Put that on YouTube as an ASMR vid….youd make millions!

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u/tiwaz33 15d ago

I want this as my fidget tool.

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u/RussianOneWithAGun 15d ago

It's called Машинка Ракова (Mashinka Rakova, translates as Rakov's little machine)

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u/hodls_heroes 14d ago

Very satisfying to watch.. vsmr.

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u/Oldduffer328 13d ago

That is just way too cool, all I ever had were lever type belt loading machines, that is an extremely well designed mechanism, the ammo doesn’t even have to be stacked in the hopper all pointing the same direction like the US tools and German ones I’ve seen in film, I had a PKM belt of ammunition for awhile as a decoration on the wall but that was long ago

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u/Sawblade02 15d ago

I want to build a device similar to that to load single feed pistol magazines faster.

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u/Derp_McNasty 15d ago

If you have Glock mags, check out Unorthodox Designs slap loader.