Magazine catch

A firearm comprising:

• a frame defining a magazine well;
• a trigger assembly including a trigger, wherein said trigger includes a rear surface;
• a magazine removably insertable within said magazine well, wherein said magazine defines a magazine catch notch recess;
• a magazine catch assembly positioned within said frame, said magazine catch assembly comprising:
• a magazine catch including a magazine catch body, wherein a magazine catch extension extends from said magazine catch body and a magazine catch notch extends from said magazine catch body;
• and
• a magazine release button defining a magazine catch extension recess and wherein said magazine catch extension is positioned within said magazine catch extension recess;
• wherein said magazine catch assembly has an engaged position in which said magazine catch notch is positioned within said magazine catch notch recess, and wherein said magazine catch notch is configured to prevent removal of said magazine from said magazine well when said magazine catch notch is positioned within said magazine catch notch recess;
• wherein said magazine catch assembly has a disengaged position, and wherein said magazine is removable from said magazine well when said magazine catch assembly is in said disengaged position;
• and
• wherein when said trigger is in a pulled configuration, said rear surface of said trigger is positioned to contact a front surface of said magazine catch and resist said magazine catch from configuring into said disengaged position from said engaged position.

A method of removing a magazine from a magazine well of a firearm, the method comprising:

• applying a force to a magazine release button of a magazine catch assembly;
• releasing the magazine from the magazine well of the firearm;
• wherein the force applied to said magazine release button causes said magazine release button to move transversely with respect to a magazine catch extension extending from a magazine catch of said magazine catch assembly;
• wherein said magazine catch extension contacts and moves along a camming surface on said magazine release button as the magazine release button moves laterally with respect to said magazine catch extension;
• and
• wherein said magazine catch rotates against the bias of a magazine catch spring extending between said magazine catch and said magazine release button upon movement of said magazine catch extension along said camming surface, so that a magazine catch notch is removed from a magazine catch notch recess defined in the magazine.