32 this will enable the handle 34 94 to engage the lid of an ammunition pouch with the loop handle version the loop 34 is thicker at its apex 37 so as to better withstand the stress of pulling the invention and the magazine out of the ammunition pouch by the loop 34 the width of loop 34 at apex 37 is less than the rest of loop 34 so that a user 39 s finger may curl around loop 34 for ease of fabrication and to increase friction between a finger and the loop 34 the underside of the apex 37 may be molded in a step like pattern 39 as shown in fig8 a roughened recessed area 40 should be provided the recessed area 40 extends along the length of loop 34 in the second retrofitting embodiment if which fig5 10 may represent the floor plate 32 is modified to accommodate the attachment of a handle 34 small holes 36 similar to those molded into the substitute floor plate 32 of the previous embodiment as shown in fig8 may be bored into a floor plate 32 and a handle 34 either injection molded or mechanically coupled onto the modified floor plate as in the previous embodiment the number of holes 46 and nodes 48 may vary as shown in fig7 and 10 a specific variation as shown in fig6 and 9 holes 106 may be positioned along the sides of the floor plate 102 thus forming notches along the floor plate.