Abstract: An improved BB loader has a trough formed within a lateral extension of a tubular housing, so that a predetermined quantity of BB's may be quickly loaded into the trough from the reservoir in the housing. Thereafter, substantially the entire predetermined quantity of BB's may be dispensed out of the trough in the housing (substantially all at once and in a row) and through a chute mounted on the front of the housing. Preferably, the trough communicates with the reservoir through a longitudinal slot formed in the housing; the slot has a transverse width sufficient to accommodate one BB, while the trough has a transverse width to accommodate two BB's.