Magazine loading clip

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IN A CLIP FOR LOADING A DOUBLE STAGGERED COLUMN OF CARTRIDGES INTO A FIREARM BOX MAGAZINE HAVING FIXED LIPS THE COMBINATION OF: FRONT AND REAR CHANNEL MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID CARTRIDGES IN SAID COLUMN AND ADAPTED FOR ENTRY INTO SAID MAGAZINE THROUGH TOP THEREOF, AND ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWER THEREOF; CONNECTING MEANS JOINING THE TOP EXTREMITIES OF SAID FRONT AND REAR MEANS AND POSITIONALLY ADAPTED FOR RETAINING THE TOPMOST OF SAID CARTRIDGES IN SAID COLUMN; A SLIDER SURROUNDING SAID FRONT AND REAR MEANS NEAR THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND SLIDEABLE UPWARDLY THEREON, SAID SLIDER COMPRISING DETENT MEANS FOR RETAINING THE BOTTOMMOST OF SAID CARTRIDGES IN SAID COLUMN, CONVERGING RESILIENT GUIDE MEANS SLIDEABLE RELATIVE TO SAID FRONT AND REAR MEANS AND POSITIONALLY ADAPTED FOR DIRECTING INDIVIDUAL CARTRIDGES OF SAID COLUMN BETWEEN THE LIPS OF SAID MAGAZINE, AND RATCHET MEANS INTEGRAL WITH SAID GUIDE MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR PREVENTING SLIDING OF SAID DETENT MEANS AWAY FROM SAID CONNECTING MEANS.