US 5,666,752 A · Hand gun magazine extension assembly

Abstract

In a hand gun used for target or staged shooting, a magazine tube utilizing a standard base pad limits the number of rounds that can be carried by that magazine. The present invention is a magazine extension assembly comprising a base pad and adapter which can be easily fitted to a variety of hand gun magazines and which augments the capacity of the magazine. The adapter includes a groove which receives the lip of the magazine tube base to secure the adapter to the magazine tube. The adapter and base pad include meshing surfaces which include a traverse channel for securing the two together. A clip is inserted into the traverse channel to lock the base pad to the adapter and form a reservoir below the magazine tube which is used to store additional rounds. In a preferred embodiment the base pad includes a tab to retain the clip in the traverse hole, and a recess is provided whereby the clip can be removed using a bladed instrument.

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Dependent claims

A magazine extension assembly adapted to mount to a hand gun magazine tube comprising:

an adapter having attachment means for attaching to the lower edge of said magazine tube, said adapter further comprising a pair of heel members depending from first and second generally parallel lower longitudinal edges, each said heel member having a channel passing in a longitudinal direction from a front edge to a rear edge;
a base pad comprising a floor and a continuous wail along the perimeter thereof and a pair of open slots along opposite sides of said wall on an upper surface thereof sized to receive said heel members of said adapter channels extending from a front surface of said base pad to a rear surface of said base pad from a continuous channel with said channels of said heel members when said base pad upper surface bears against a lower surface of said adapter;
and
pin means insertable into said channels for releasably securing said base pad to said adapter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Hand gun magazine extension assembly

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