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| 20080196290 | Cartridge Magazine for a handgun and Protective Device for Cartridge Magazines - A cartridge magazines for a handgun, which magazine includes a closed or closable bottom at its lower end and an opening at its upper end, from which one cartridge each is supplied to the handgun, is at least largely surrounded by a single-part, elastic and removable sheath to protect it against soiling and against sand. The sheath is bag-shaped and is slipped over the cartridge magazine upside down so that the rim of the sheath will contact the region of the bottom of the cartridge magazine. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080271355 | Wyatt's det mag system - A triggerguard-floorplate assembly that utilizes two magazine retaining latches as opposed to one. The latches are of the spade design and located in the fore and aft of the magazine well. A torsion spring is inserted into both latches and pivots the latches into the magazine. When the latches and magazine are gripped together, the magazine may be pulled downward and removed. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20100043270 | FLOORPLATE FOR HANDGUN MAGAZINES FOR THE BREAKAGE OF GLASS PANES - A floorplate for a handgun magazine is used for the breakage of glass panes and is manufactured so that it fits all types of handgun magazines without disrupting the overall function of either the magazine or the handgun. The floorplate has a hole in which a pin is incorporated. The floorplate, when placed on the magazine of the handgun, allows the magazine to be also used as a hand tool for the breakage of glass panes. Additionally, when the magazine with the floorplate and incorporated pin is placed inside the handgun, it allows the handgun to be also used as a hammer-like tool for the breakage of glass panes. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100154269 | Gun magazine with clip - A gun magazine, such as for an automatic pistol, includes an elongate tube for holding cartridges in stacked relationship including a clip for hanging the magazine in inverted position on a support, such as the lip of a pocket or a belt. The clip may be an integral element of the magazine butt plate or may be an add-on attached to the magazine tube or butt plate. The clip includes an outwardly projecting hanger portion projecting outward and a retention portion a free end disposed upward hanger portion and forming a channel between it and the tube, the channel having a mouth for receiving the support. The support may include a bump guard for preventing objects from accidentally upwardly bumping the clip and dislodging it from the support. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100269388 | FIREARM MAGAZINE - A magazine for a firearm may include a cavity that is shaped to prevent the tip of the bullets in the cartridges from contacting the magazine when the firearm recoils. The magazine may also be configured so that the cartridges in the magazine exit the cavity at least approximately in the center of the magazine. The magazine may be configured to include a biasing mechanism that pushes the cartridges upward in the cavity. The biasing mechanism may be configured to allow the magazine to be compact, simple, and reliable. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100269389 | Twin chambers magazine (TCM) - What is new in the firearm technology: The Twin Chambers Magazine provides double cartridge capacity to feed a firearm than present magazines of the same length. Its separated chambers have a wider internal relation, have perforated guides for the elevators, are synchronized by its mechanism that does not require electric power. This makes 2 independent magazines work together feeding one common mouth, can be use in some firearms without modifications and can be produced for any present cartridge. Its stopping mechanism allows one chamber to begin to work until the other chamber is already empty, working in serial and orderly: first the left one, then the right one. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100269390 | High feed ramp for colt 1911 style handguns - A high feed ramp for use in Colt 1911 style handguns including a feed ramp on the frame (receiver) for guiding bullets into the barrel of the gun; a boiler room (barrel breech) with a small chamfered around its entire inner circumference; and an integral relief rim extension on the upper edge of the feed ramp, such that the feed ramp is extended over the bottom edge of the chamfered boiler room; wherein when the handgun is fired the bullets easily enter into the barrel and do not jam or misfire. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100281736 | Ambidextrous Push-Button Magazine Release for Side-Locking Ammunition Magazines - An ambidextrous magazine release for a firearm is provided for a firearm having a magazine well configured to operatively receive a magazine having a side-locking recess received within the well. The ambidextrous magazine release comprises a linkage moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position having a lock pin configured to be received in a side-locking recess of a magazine operatively received in the magazine well with the linkage in the engaged position and to clear the side-locking recess with the linkage in the disengaged position. An actuator is provided on the firearm comprising a bar having a opposing push surfaces extending between a right and left side of the firearm. An interface is provided between the linkage and actuator with the interface being configured so that as either of the opposing push surfaces of the bar is pushed by a user, the linkage is moved between the engaged and the disengaged position. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100293830 | Shotgun drum magazine - A magazine for shotgun shells for use with a shotgun including an open frame housing having a generally flat front and a generally flat rear portion connected and separated by spacers. The flat front and flat rear portions each include an annular groove, the annular groove forming an annular path along which the shells travel. A rotatably mounted cog wheel for carrying the shells along the annular path and a coil spring for rotating the cog wheel such that shells can be manually loaded into the magazine against a force generated against the spring and automatically dispensed by the spring. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110005114 | Drum magazine for firearm - A detachable magazine for storing and delivering ammunition to a firearm having a magazine well. The magazine has a body with a column adapted for insertion into the magazine well. The column has a passage for transmitting ammunition to the firearm. The body includes a drum housing defining a substantially cylindrical chamber communicating with the column passage. A first sprocket element is rotatably received in the chamber and has a serrated periphery, with each serration adapted to receive an ammunition cartridge. A second sprocket element is rotatably received in the chamber, and is concentric with the first sprocket element, having a serrated periphery with each serration adapted to receive an ammunition cartridge. A spring element is connected to at least one of the sprocket elements, and operates to rotatably bias the sprocket elements to transmit cartridges from the drum chamber to the column passage. The magazine may have a pair of drums, and the sprockets may be tapered, to facilitate feeding of tapered cartridges. The magazine may include a counter to indicate the quantity of ammunition consumed or remaining. The magazine may include the ability to power and de-power spring motor. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110005115 | Safety Magazine - The present invention relates to magazines for firearms, and more particularly to magazines that accept blank cartridges for training and other exercises and that prevent the introduction of live cartridges. In an embodiment, the safety magazine includes an internal cavity that is shorter in length than a live ammunition cartridge. The internal cavity accepts shorter blank ammunition cartridges. The top-most ammunition cartridge in the magazine sits just under the magazine's feed lips, in the top-most ammunition position. A projection extends from the top end of the magazine opposite the feed lips to block a longer live ammunition cartridge from being inserted into the top-most ammunition position. Thus, live cartridges cannot be loaded into the magazine even at the top-most position of the magazine. The projection is retractable into the magazine. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110078937 | MODULAR MAGAZINE ASSEMBLY - A modular magazine for a firearm is disclosed. The magazine has a tower and a magazine body. The tower and magazine body are modular and can be disconnected from each other. When disconnected, the tower can be paired with other magazine bodies. Also, the magazine body may be connected to other suitable towers. Different towers may allow a magazine to connect with a plurality of styles of firearm. Also, a plurality of styles of magazine may be used with a single firearm when connected to a suitable modular tower. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110283581 | Pistol grip finger tang - A finger tang incorporated into the bottom of a pistol grip allowing the ring finger and little finger of a shooter's hand to exert pressure on the tang, allowing increased stability, handling and therefore accuracy. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120000107 | RETRIEVAL SOCK ATTACHABLE TO AN ASSOCIATED RETAINING PLATE AND FLOOR PLATE OF AN AMMUNITION MAGAZINE - A sock secured to an exposed end of an ammunition holding magazine associated with a projectile firing device. The sock includes a heavy duty and frictionally engaging curtain shaped body, such as constructed of a heavy duty silicone. An integrally formed lanyard loop extends from the body, this enabling easy single finger engagement for accomplishing easy and efficient withdrawal of the magazine from a projectile firing device, easy storage and ease of transport. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120117840 | HIGH CAPACITY FIREARM MAGAZINE FEED MECHANISM - A device for modifying an existing high capacity magazine to reduce the friction between the bolt and the cartridges and assure more reliable feeding, by biasing the cartridge into the feed position in a manner independent of the magazine's primary spring pressure. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120131830 | QUICK LOADING MAGAZINE - The present disclosure provides a quick loading magazine that is easier and less cumbersome than previous ammunition magazines. A quick loading magazine is disclosed. An upper portion of the quick loading magazine is coupled to a lower portion, with the upper and lower portions defining a slider channel and a bullet channel. A feeder lip is coupled to the upper portion. A slider is configured to travel along the slider channel between a first position and a second position. A follower is coupled to the slider by a biasing member, and the follower is also configured to travel within the bullet channel. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120167428 | Magazine for a handgun - In order to increase the functional reliability of a weapon or the magazine of a firearm, even in case of dirtying, it is proposed to configure at least the inner side of the magazine housing coming in contact with a cartridge with a friction-reducing surface. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174452 | WEAPON MAGAZINE BOOT - A weapon magazine boot for covering the exposed portion of a weapon magazine provides improved gripping features and reduced detection when observed through night vision or lowlight observation systems. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120233899 | REINFORCEMENT CLIP FOR USE WITH A FIREARM MAGAZINE - A reinforcement device for reinforcing a locating pin aperture in a firearm magazine. The reinforcement device includes a front panel with an aperture adapted to be coaxially aligned with the locating pin aperture. The reinforcement device also includes a clamp adapted to secure the front panel to the firearm magazine to ensure accurate alignment of the front panel aperture with the locating pin aperture. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120255211 | Systems and Methods for Receiving and Loading Cartridges in Bulk - Systems and methods for receiving and loading cartridges in bulk are disclosed herein. A device described herein includes multiple parallel partition walls configured to couple with cartridge carriers and segregate, group and single file line the cartridges removed from the cartridge carriers and placed onto a receiving surface. An alignment wall on the receiving surface works in conjunction with the partition walls in aligning groups of cartridges into single files on the receiving surface. A loading rod slideably engaged with the receiving surface urges single filed groups of cartridges from the receiving surface into a magazine coupled with the receiving surface. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120260554 | FIREARM MAGAZINE HOLSTER - A holster for a firearm magazine is provided. The holster includes a base configured for being secured to a proximally positioned article and a shield carried by the base and defining a void therein for receiving a magazine. The shield has a first position in which the shield encases the magazine and a second position in which the shield does not encase the magazine thereby allowing for ease of access to the magazine for firearm reloading. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130081315 | Systems and Methods for Releasing Detachable Firearm Magazines - The present invention provides a firearm bullet button magazine release tool assembly with a tool tip and a stabilizing base. The tool tip is configured to activate a firearm magazine release assembly thereby releasing a detachable magazine. The stabilizing base increases stability, and secures the tool tip to the magazine body. The magazine release assembly also includes a threaded rod to provide mechanical stiffness to the tool tip, and is coupled to a magazine body or a magazine attachment. The tool tip can be rounded and tapered to aid insertion into and withdrawal from the magazine release assembly of the firearm. The magazine release assembly can also include a buffer to provide flexibility for absorbing impact forces without permanent damage. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130091750 | MAGAZINE CAP RETENTION SYSTEM - A firearm and a method for configuring the firearm is described that, in one aspect, includes a tubular magazine having a mechanical connection arranged at one end, a cap having a mechanical connection and configured to cooperate with the mechanical connection arranged on the one end of the tubular magazine, a retaining mechanism arranged in the tubular magazine having a circumferential surface, the retaining mechanism having retaining mechanism locking components arranged on the circumferential surface, and the cap further including an internal peripheral surface having cap locking components arranged along the internal peripheral surface, the retaining mechanism locking components and the cap locking components configured to interact to keep the cap from rotating thereby preventing the cap from accidentally disconnecting from the tubular magazine. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097908 | TRIGGER GUARD FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A WEAPON - A weapon safety apparatus comprising a sleeve comprising a cavity portion open to receive a trigger portion of a weapon and free of any structures that impede movement of the trigger. The sleeve further comprises a body portion comprising, at least one closed portion preventing access to a trigger of the weapon. The sleeve is shaped to provide access to all loading or unloading components of the weapon. The cavity portion of the sleeve may be further open to receive a handle of the weapon. A method for loading and unloading a weapon using the above weapon safety apparatuses is also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130192115 | Permanent Magazine Block - A method and apparatus for feeding a store of ammunition into a weapon such that a magazine holds said ammunition wherein said magazine is full size whereby it is blocked from carrying the full capacity of ammunition due to a magazine block that prevents the intentional disassembly of the magazine into its component parts. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130199070 | AMMUNITION COMPARTMENT WITH STRIP CLIP - An ammunition compartment is located in the grip of a firearm's handle. The handle has a hinged door that opens to the compartment. The ammunition is mounted on a strip clip which slides into grooves in the inner walls of the compartment. The strip clip has a tab which extends outside the compartment when the door is open so that the ammunition can be quickly pulled from the compartment to load the firearm. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130247437 | DOUBLE STACK MAGAZINE - Double stack magazines have a tubular body defining an elongated passage and a lower and upper end, a floor plate element connected to the lower end, an elongated separator element within the passage, a follower defining an aperture receiving the separator element and movable within the elongated passage, a spring within the passage having a first end contacting the floor plate, and having an opposed second end contacting and biasing the follower toward the upper end of the body. The separator may be a rod spaced apart from the body surfaces. The spring may be spaced apart from the separator element. The spring may be a coil spring having multiple winds, each encompassing the separator element. The separator element may be medially located in the body. The separator element may be positioned to define first and second stack passages between the left and right side walls and the separator element. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130269232 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING FIREARM WITH DETACHABLE MAGAZINE TO A FIREARM WITH FIXED MAGAZINE - An accessory which becomes an integral part of a semi-automatic firearm whereby the firearm is converted from one with a detachable magazine into one with a fixed magazine. The device is comprised of an upper tension bar and a magazine catch bar whereby the upper tension bar holds the magazine firmly within the magazine well receiver when the upper tension bar is contacting the upper receiver. When the upper receiver and lower receiver of the firearm are in an open position, the upper tension bar freely moves inward toward the firearm, allowing the magazine catch bar to remove from the magazine well receiver. A user may then remove the magazine from the magazine well receiver and replace it with a new magazine. The user must reattach the upper receiver to the lower receiver before utilizing the firearm. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140020275 | COMPACT FIREARM SPRING ARRANGEMENT - A compact firearm spring arrangement within a firearm magazine utilizes two or more springs connected in a linear arrangement by a connecting cup that allows one spring to compress within the other, thereby resulting in a free length spring system having a reduced height when fully compressed while maintaining sufficient force for operation of the firearm. The reduced height of the spring when fully compressed allows for additional bullet storage space within a magazine of standard size or, alternatively, a more compact system within a magazine that provides an equal amount of bullet storage space while reducing the friction of operation of the firearm. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140047751 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE BASE PAD RETAINING PLATE - An ammunition magazine base pad retaining plate is provided with a protrusion including a shaft portion, a flange portion having a lager cross sectional diameter than the shaft portion, and a longitudinal slot to allow lateral compression. When attached to a magazine base pad in a magazine assembly, the configuration of the base pad retaining plate eliminates the possibility that the base pad retaining plate will disengage from the base pad resulting in catastrophic disassembly of the ammunition magazine. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140075808 | Magazine with Detachable Feed Lip Element - Magazines with detachable feed lip elements have a tubular body having a lower end and an upper end that defines an elongated passage that receives a spring and a detachable feed element positioned on top of the upper end of the passage that has feed lips that retain cartridges in the magazine and permit the cartridges to be extracted forwardly. The feed element may be a U-shaped device having a main upper panel that defines a feed lip aperture. The feed element may have side walls with fasteners that connect the feed element to the body. The feed element may have opposed sides, the aperture may be defined by the opposed sides, and a spring may be attached to one of the opposed sides to provide a biasing force toward the other opposed side such that a cartridge cannot be extracted from the aperture except in a forward direction. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140075809 | GUN WITH AUTOMATIC LOADING OF CARTRIDGES - Improved gun with automatic loading of cartridges, comprising a cartridge loader in the form of a tubular magazine ( | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140196340 | DETACHABLE FIREARM MAGAZINE SPRINGS FORMED FROM WIRE HAVING NON-ROUND CROSS SECTION - Springs formed from non-round wire stock for a detachable magazine for a firearm are disclosed. A detachable magazine may have a body having a base, an ammunition follower positioned within the body, and a spring formed from wire having a non-round cross-section positioned between the body and the follower. The non-round wire provides a shorter compression height for the spring when compared to traditional round wire springs currently used in detachable firearm magazines. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140237876 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Ammunition Dispensing From a Magazine Using a Flexible Projectile Control Bar - A double-magazine (“Dmag”) able to house projectile ammunition for a projectile launcher having a first ammunition channel, a second ammunition channel, and a flexible projectile control bar (“FPCB”) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the first ammunition channel contains a first set or column of projectiles and the second ammunition channel which is situated in parallel to the first ammunition channel is configured to house a second set of projectiles. Dmag also includes a follower with a follower lock capable of moving along the first ammunition channel. The follower is configured to push the first set of projectiles toward a first ammunition supply port of the first ammunition channel. The FPCB has a first flexible flap which keeps the first set of projectiles from reaching the loading port of the launcher until the follower lock is released. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140283427 | Magazine and firearm with positional adjustment of magazine spring - A firearm magazine housing contains a spring to forcibly urge a follower with ammunition rounds stacked thereon toward an open end of the housing, thereby to facilitate delivery of the ammunition rounds into the firing chamber of a firearm. By a positional adjustment of the spring, the urging force that the spring applies to the follower during loading of ammunition rounds is reduced. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140373415 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE - An ammunition magazine including a housing having a base, a follower spring-biased in the housing against the base, a chain coupled to the follower for pulling the follower towards the base to permit loading of cartridges into the magazine, and a mechanism for collecting a loose portion of the chain mounted on the follower, the chain being coupled to the mechanism for collecting a loose portion of the chain, the mechanism being configured to collect a loose portion of the chain after the follower has been pulled towards the base. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150020425 | SEPARABLE MAGAZINE FOLLOWER - The present invention teaches about a separable magazine follower situated into a magazine body. The magazine follower includes a magazine follower body and exchangeable magazine follower plate. The upper surface of the plate tooth can engage a slide stop lever tooth after the last round is fired from the magazine, and moves a slide stop lever in position that holds a slide in the rear position. The magazine follower plate can be exchanged by the new one after being depleted. The magazine follower plate is not permanently secured to the magazine follower body, but it is nested into the magazine follower body and secured via a magazine spring. The magazine follower plate is formed from material of lower hardness than the material used for slide stop lever tooth in order to prevent its excessive wearing. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150075049 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE FOLLOWER - An ammunition magazine follower comprising:—a main bottom member defining an upper and lower surface, where said upper surface comprises a substantially flat portion and a parallel ridge portion, where said flat and ridge portions are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the main bottom member;—guide means on the lower surface for guiding said follower in the magazine;—means for accommodating urging means, which urging means in use when the follower is installed in a magazine urges the follower away from the magazine bottom; wherein the guide means comprises at least one end wall projecting substantially perpendicularly away from said lower surface of said main bottom member, where said end wall comprises a moveable tap, where an upper part of said tap, by biasing means in use projects at least partly above said upper surface of the main bottom member. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150089855 | REMOVABLE SHOTGUN MAGAZINE - A magazine assembly for a firearm in One embodiment includes an outer magazine housing configured for attachment to a firearm and a magazine removably insertable into the housing. The magazine includes an axially extending internal cavity configured to hold a plurality of ammunition shells in stacked end-to-end relationship. In one embodiment, the magazine has an elongated tubular body. A shell catch lever is slideably mounted on the magazine for linear and pivoting movement in one arrangement. The shell catch lever retains a shell in the magazine in a first lateral position and releases the shell from the magazine in a second lateral position. The shell catch lever operates to retain and release shells from the magazine when either removed from or positioned in the magazine housing for loading the firearm. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150096214 | MAGAZINE SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF A FIREARM - A magazine system for increasing the cartridge storage capacity of a firearm is disclosed. The magazine system may be a magazine that includes a housing that has a capacity for ammunition and a spring mechanism housed within the housing. Additionally, the magazine system may include a connection mechanism that is connectable to the housing, and an extension portion that is insertable into the housing. The extension portion may increase the capacity for the ammunition by enabling the spring mechanism to expand beyond the length of the housing when the extension portion is extended from the housing, thereby making the magazine system easier to load. The magazine system may then be loaded, and the extension portion may then be retracted back into the housing. The connection mechanism may then be utilized to lock the extension portion into a retracted position once the extension portion is retracted back into the housing. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150121736 | AMMUNITION MAGAZINE AND RESILIENT MEMBER - A magazine for storing and feeding ammunition cartridges to a small arms weapon which comprises a casing, a floor plate, a follower, and a magazine spring inside the casing. The magazine spring may comprise a first end connected to the follower, a second end connected to the floor plate, and a plurality of coils. Each of the plurality of coils may include a first segment having a first radius, a second segment having a first length adjoining the first segment, a third segment having a second radius adjoining the second segment, the second radius being greater than the first radius, and a fourth segment having a second length adjoining the third segment, the second length being approximately equal to the first length. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150308767 | UNIVERSAL AK-47 AND VARIANT BOLT HOLD OPEN FOLLOWER - A universal cartridge follower for a firearm magazine comprising a cartridge receiving surface and side walls extending from the cartridge receiving surface. The cartridge receiving surface is operationally configured to intercept a firearm bolt. The side walls extend from the cartridge receiving surface and have opposing first surfaces defining a first width of the cartridge receiving surface and at least opposing second surfaces defining a second width of the cartridge receiving surface. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316339 | FIREARM MAGAZINE ADAPTER AND RELEASE ASSEMBLY - An exemplary firearm includes a magazine well including an adapter-receiving portion defining an adapter receiving-recess and a magazine adapter removably coupled to the adapter-receiving portion of the magazine well. The magazine adapter includes a magazine catch assembly configured to move between a magazine-engaging state and a magazine disengaging state. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150323272 | COMPRESSION FOLLOWER - Implementations of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for constructing, installing, and using a compression follower in a tubular firearm magazine. In particular, the compression follower resides inside a shotgun magazine and replaces the standard follower. The compression follower has a compressible tail, thereby providing the capacity of a standard follower and increased reliability by aligning the follower and a magazine spring. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150354911 | INTEGRAL SPRING BOTTOM METAL LATCH - An integrated spring bottom metal latch is disclosed that obviates the problem of rifles having heavy recoil from erroneously and unintentionally opening and dropping shells or magazines upon firing. The integrated spring allows for exact manufacturing versus compression springs. As a result, the presently disclosed invention may be utilized to address specific recoil requirements as found in any number of rifles exhibiting different recoil. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160003567 | Dual Magazine Assembly - An dual magazine assembly that has many novel features desirable by modern military and law enforcement professionals that consists of two magazine adaptors that replace the standard bottom magazine plates of a firearm. These adaptors once mated with identical magazine housings can then be quickly attached to each other in order to shorten the magazine reloading time by rotating the spent primary magazine towards the bottom and inserting the secondary magazine thus doubling the capacity and allowing for faster firing of rounds from the secondary magazine. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160025436 | MAGAZINE FOR FIREARM - A magazine for a firearm comprises a tubular body defining a cavity for holding cartridges, a spring, and a follower biased by the spring for dispensing cartridges from the magazine. In one embodiment, the follower includes lateral guide projections which engage corresponding slots in the sidewalls of the magazine body. This guides movement of the follower and maintains a substantial horizontal orientation as it travels vertically in the magazine by preventing twisting/tilting which might otherwise create potential cartridge feeding jams. In some embodiments, the follower ma include front and rear stabilizer projections to further guide movement of the follower in the magazine cavity. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160033220 | Reversible-Loading magazine for firearms - A reversible-loading magazine device is disclosed for supplying stored cartridges to a repeating firearm upon inserted engagement therewith in opposite directions. The magazine device comprises a first and second outer casing adapted for joint engagement, each outer casing being formed having a respective compartment to hold stored cartridges therein and a restricted slotted opening at an outer distal end of each casing to permit a forced passage of the cartridges to and from the respective compartments. Inner proximal ends of each casing are fully open and further adapted to engage together about their interface so that the casings are joined together with the respective compartments therein. A spring-loaded follower assembly disposed longitudinally within the joined outer casings and fitted for movement between the respective compartments serves to urge the stored cartridges outbound through each respective compartment in opposite directions so that upon emptying one compartment, the magazine device may be removed and reloaded in the reverse direction to feed the stored cartridges to the firearm from the remaining compartment. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20220136789 | Firearm Magazine With Sectional See-Through Transparency - A device implementable on a firearm includes a magazine extension housing and a locking plate. The magazine extension housing is attachable to a bottom opening of a magazine well of a magazine that is implementable on the firearm. The locking plate is receivable in a portion of the magazine extension housing such that the locking plate is configured to lock the magazine extension housing to the magazine well when the magazine extension housing is attached to the magazine well of the magazine. | 05-05-2022 |
