Detachable ammunition magazine
AssigneeEight Holdings LLC
InventorTeodor Puha
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Abstract
An ammunition magazine for a firearm includes a magazine body defining an interior space in which a plurality of cartridges is receivable, a follower in the interior space configured to bias the cartridges toward an upper end of the magazine body, and a catch on the magazine body configured to hold a topmost cartridge received in the interior space in a substantially horizontal position within the upper end of the magazine body until an advancing bolt of the firearm pushes the topmost cartridge toward a firing chamber of the firearm.
Claims19
An ammunition magazine for a firearm, comprising:
- a magazine body defining an interior space in which a plurality of cartridges is receivable;
- a follower in the interior space configured to bias the cartridges toward an upper end of the magazine body;
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- a catch rotatably mounted to a forward wall of the magazine body, the catch biased rearwardly away from the forward wall and configured to hold a topmost cartridge received in the interior space in a substantially horizontal position within the upper end of the magazine body until an advancing bolt of the firearm pushes the topmost cartridge toward a firing chamber of the firearm.
An ammunition magazine for a firearm, comprising:
- a magazine body defining an interior space in which a plurality of cartridges is receivable;
- a follower in the interior space configured to bias the cartridges toward an upper end of the magazine body;
- a pair of feed lips at the upper end of the magazine body configured to engage a rear portion of a topmost cartridge received in the interior space;
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- a catch rotatably mounted to a forward wall in the upper end of the magazine body, the catch biased rearwardly away from the forward wall and configured to releasably engage a front portion of the topmost cartridge;
- wherein the pair of feed lips and the catch are configured to hold the topmost cartridge in a substantially horizontal position within the upper end of the magazine body until an advancing bolt of the firearm pushes the topmost cartridge toward a firing chamber of the firearm.
An ammunition magazine for a firearm, comprising:
- a magazine body defining an interior space in which a plurality of cartridges is receivable;
- a spring-loaded follower in the interior space configured to bias the cartridges toward an upper end of the magazine body;
- a feed ramp on a forward interior surface of the upper end of the magazine body;
- a pair of feed lips at the upper end of the magazine body spaced from the feed ramp;
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- a spring-loaded catch rotatably mounted to a forward wall of the magazine body proximate the feed ramp, the catch biased rearwardly away from the forward wall;
- wherein the pair of feed lips and the catch are configured to hold the topmost cartridge within the upper end of the magazine body at an angle of about 15 degrees or less relative to a horizontal reference plane defined by the upper end of the magazine body until an advancing bolt of the firearm pushes the topmost cartridge up the feed ramp and toward a firing chamber of the firearm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.