{"id":20738,"date":"2019-12-29T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T01:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/?p=20738"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:35:33","slug":"how-to-load-an-ar-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/how-to-load-an-ar-15\/","title":{"rendered":"How to load an AR 15 (no, seriously, this will help)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t you hate it when you&#8217;re ready to shoot but you get a &lt;click&gt; when you expect a satisfying BANG? Loading an AR-15 is a pretty basic task, but it&#8217;s fairly easy to make mistakes. The most common way to load an AR-15 is to shove the magazine into the gun, rack the charging handle, and go. However, you can eliminate the surprise clicks if you adopt a system for loading your AR that you use every time. GunMag TV has a video lesson on how to properly load an AR-15.<\/p>\n<h2>Procedure to Load an AR-15<\/h2>\n<p>In the video below, Daniel Shaw explains his system. First off, he knows his gun isn&#8217;t ready to roll if the ejection port is open because there isn&#8217;t a round in the chamber. With the gun safety mode, he grabs a magazine and checks to see which side the top round is on. For example, in the photo below, the round is on the right-hand side of the magazine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20752\" style=\"width: 849px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20752 lazyload\" title=\"How to load an AR 15\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check.jpg\" alt=\"Load and AR-15 - check the magazine to see which side the top round is on.\" width=\"849\" height=\"428\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-400x202.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 849px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 849\/428;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before chambering the first round check to see which side the top round is on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next, he inserts the magazine into the magazine well. He gives it a little pull to make sure it&#8217;s securely seated in the well. After pulling the charging handle all the way back to the metal, he lets it go and drops the magazine. If the top bullet is now on the opposite side, he knows that the first round was stripped from the magazine, and is now properly chambered.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20753\" style=\"width: 848px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20753 lazyload\" title=\"How to load an AR 15\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-1.jpg\" alt=\"Load an AR-15 - check to see which side the top round is on after chambering the first one.\" width=\"848\" height=\"521\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-1-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-1-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-top-round-magazine-check-1-400x246.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 848px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 848\/521;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The top round is now on the opposite side of the magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using this method to load an AR-15, Shaw says he doesn&#8217;t need to do any brass checks, chamber checks, or anything else. He knows he has a round in the chamber and everything is good to go.<\/p>\n<h2>Subscribe to GunMag TV after ya watch the video!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-center article-iframe d-flex flex-wrap justify-content-center\"><iframe title=\"A Proper Way to Load an AR-15\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/andV6L6bvTc?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people think they know how to load an AR 15, but there are some ways to improve. Here&#8217;s a GunMag TV video lesson about a method of properly loading an AR 15. This system will help you eliminate surprise clicks and get consistent bangs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":20742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2614],"tags":[1370,1529],"class_list":["post-20738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skill-building","tag-gunmag-tv","tag-watch-and-learn"],"small_media_thumbnail":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Load-an-AR-15-GunMag-TV-300x155.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20738"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441362,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20738\/revisions\/441362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunmagwarehouse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}