Magazine plug
AssigneeBrowning
InventorMarc Lesenfants
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Abstract
A magazine plug is configured to be positioned in a magazine of a shotgun to reduce the shotshell capacity of the shotgun. In one embodiment, the magazine plug has an elongated cross-sectional shape. The magazine plug is configured to rotate between a first orientation where the magazine plug can move longitudinally into and out of the magazine and a second orientation where the magazine plug is prevented from moving longitudinally out of the magazine.
Claims28
A magazine plug configured to be positioned in a magazine of a shotgun to reduce the capacity of the magazine, wherein one end of the magazine plug has an elongated cross-sectional shape.
A magazine plug configured to be positioned in a magazine of a shotgun to reduce the capacity of the magazine, the magazine plug having a cross-sectional shape where opposite sides of the cross-sectional shape do not correspond to each other when the cross-sectional shape is divided along any straight line that extends perpendicularly through a center axis of the magazine plug.
A shotgun comprising:
- a receiver;
- a barrel coupled to the receiver;
- a magazine coupled to the receiver, the magazine extending forwardly away from the receiver in a direction that is parallel to the barrel;
- and
- a spring positioned in the magazine to bias shotshells toward the receiver;
- wherein the shotgun is configured to receive a magazine plug through a front end of the magazine while the spring is retained inside the magazine;
- and
- wherein the shotgun is configured so that rotating the magazine plug moves it between a first orientation where the magazine plug can move longitudinally into and out of the magazine and a second orientation where the magazine plug is prevented from moving longitudinally out of the magazine.
A method comprising:
- inserting a magazine plug at least part way into a magazine of a shotgun;
- and
- rotating the magazine plug from a first orientation where the magazine plug can move longitudinally into and out of the magazine to a second orientation where the magazine plug is prevented from moving longitudinally out of the magazine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.