Magazine assembly providing tactile indication of ammunition level

A magazine assembly, comprising:

• an elongated housing having a channel dimensioned to contain a plurality of stacked ammunition between a first and a second end of said housing, and having a slot defined along a side of said housing;
• a spring-loaded follower mounted in said housing and adapted to abut against one end of the stacked ammunition adjacent said second end of said housing and configured to urge the stacked ammunition toward said first end of said housing;
• a tactile indicator assembly configured to mechanically cooperate with said spring loaded follower and having a protruding portion configured to extend through said slot in said magazine housing, said protruding portion moving toward said second end of said housing as said stacked ammunition increases, and moving toward said first end of said housing as said stacked ammunition decreases;
• a tensile retractor, coupled to said tactile indicator assembly and configured to urge said tactile indicator assembly toward said second end of said housing;
• said tactile indicator assembly including an engagement notch configured to mechanically cooperate with an engagement notch of said spring loaded follower to urge said tactile indicator assembly toward said first end of said housing,
• a telescoping leg connected between said tactile indicator assembly and said spring loaded follower and configured to urge said tactile indicator assembly toward said second end of said housing.