I was watching some how-to Moslin Nigant videos today. One of the videos was on how to stack bullets on a Mosin Nagant stripper clip. http://www.smith-sights.com/instructional-videos.php So i tried it using what i thought was my best stripper clip a Soviet made Izhevsk clip. It worked but it was still hard to use. Then i tried a blued and a brass clip that were both were chinese made they worked better. Next i tried the dreaded Tapco clips that everyone hates. They worked the best. Stacking the bullets in a Pyramid also lets you load from either end of the clip. All the clips except the Soviet clip had the ends cut at right angles. The ends on the Soviet clips were cut on a angle that was about the same angle as the bullets stacked on the clip. The Tapco clip that i angled and rounded the ends on worked great. It was very easy to use.