Variable payload magazine with automatic reload feature

A magazine for gravity loading projectiles onto a projectile delivery device having a mobile bucket for receiving a projectile and being bilaterally longitudinally movable between a launch direction and a retraction direction opposed thereto, the magazine comprising:

• a deck plate, the deck plate being stationary relative to the projectile delivery device and having a central axis therethrough, the deck plate further having a hole therethrough and aligned with a longitudinally retractable bucket of the projectile delivery device;
• a ring disposed on the deck, having an inner surface and outer surface opposed thereto and divided into a first plurality of compartments by a first plurality of blades therebetween, each compartment being sized to removably receive a projectile therein, the ring being rotatable about the central axis;
• a first plurality of flanges attached to the ring and extending outwardly therefrom;
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• an arm reciprocatingly engaging one flange of the first plurality of flanges in succession and being operably associated with the bucket, the arm circumferentially indexing the ring one compartment upon longitudinal retraction of the bucket.