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Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A PLURALITY OF CARTRIDGES EACH HAVING A BULLET END AND A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY PROJECTING BASE RIM OPPOSITE SAID BULLET END, A DEVICE FOR LOADING SAID CARTRIDGES INTO THE CHAMBERS OF THE LOADING CYLINDER OF A REVOLVER COMPRISING (A) A CASING HAVING A PLURALITY OF ANNULARLY SPACED CYLINDRICAL RECESSES POSITIONED TO COINCIDE WITH SAID CHAMBERS OF SAID LOADING CYLINDER, (B) EACH OF SAID RECESSES RESPECTIVELY RECEIVING ONE OF SAID CARTRIDGES WITH THE BULLET END OF SAID CARTRIDGES PROJECTING FROM SAID CASING IN A POSITION TO BE INSERTED INTO SAID CHAMBERS OF SAID LOADING CYLINDER, (C) A RESILIENT CLAMPING ELEMENT CARRIED BY SAID CASING IN EACH OF SAID RECESSES AND EACH OF SAID CLAMPING ELEMENTS RESPECTIVELY ENGAGING ONLY THE BASE RIM OF SAID CARTRIDGES TO RETAIN SAID CARTRIDGES IN SAID RECESSES, (D) A PLUNGER AXIALLY SLIDABLY CARRIED IN SAID CASING AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING FINGER ELEMENTS, (E) SAID CASING BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS EACH RESPECTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF SAID RECESSES, (F) EACH OF SAID FINGER ELEMENTS EXTENDING RESPECTIVELY THROUGH ONE OF SAID SLOTS AND INTO SAID RECESSES TO A POSITION INTERMEDIATE THE END OF SAID CARTRIDGE CARRIED THEREIN AND SAID CASING WHEREBY AS SAID PLUNGER IS MOVED AXIALLY TO MOVE SAID FINGER ELEMENTS AGAINST SAID CARTRIDGES SAID BASE RIMS OF SAID CARTRIDGES ARE OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CLAMPING ELEMENTS AND SAID CARTRIDGES ARE RELEASED FROM SAID CASING.