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US 5,287,720 AGranted
Method of manufacturing a cartridge magazine follower
AssigneeColt's Manufacturing Company Inc.
InventorBryant L. Lishness
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Abstract
A cartridge magazine for use with a firearm includes a housing, a spring, and a follower. The follower is comprised of sheet metal that is cut and stamped to form a top section and two side sections. The top has a cartridge trough on its top side and a spring trough on its bottom side. The side sections and top section establish a spring receiving cavity.
Claims5
A method of manufacturing a follower for use in a firearm cartridge magazine the method comprising steps of:
- cutting a blank from a flat sheet of metal;
- and
- stamping the blank to form a top section and at least one side section extending down from the top section, the step of stamping the blank including forming a center cartridge trough along a to side of the top section and forming a peripheral spring trough along a bottom side of the top section wherein the step of stamping forms a portion of the center cartridge trough below the peripheral spring trough, the center cartridge trough and spring trough being suitably sized relative to each other such that a portion of a cartridge positioned into the center cartridge trough is located below a top of a spring positioned into the spring trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.