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US 6,367,188 B1Granted
Firearm with detachable magazine
AssigneeEugene T. Vargas Revocable Trust
InventorEugene T. Vargas
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Abstract
A firearm including an action, a barrel and a cartridge magazine. A platform is provided for removably mounting in the magazine to convert the firearm from a repeater to a single shot and to provide improved alignment of the cartridge with the chamber in the barrel.
Claims18
A rifle with a magazine for holding cartridges, said rifle comprising:
- (a) a barrel with a bore and a chamber;
- (b) an action for inserting a cartridge into and extracting a cartridge from the chamber and retaining a cartridge in the chamber during firing of the cartridge;
- (c) a magazine associated with the action and operable for releasably retaining at least one cartridge in normal operation and having a follower for supporting the cartridge, said magazine having an open top and retainers operable to releasably retain a cartridge in the magazine;
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- (d) a platform removably mounted in said magazine and supported in the magazine by the follower, said platform having a bottom surface and a top surface, said top surface having an upwardly opening channel and being adapted for supporting and guiding a cartridge, said platform having at least one spacer projecting from the bottom surface for engaging the follower whereby said platform is supported adjacent both side edges thereof and is releasably retained in the magazine by the retainers.
2 more elements
A platform for converting a rifle from a repeater to a single shot, said platform being adapted to reversibly modify a rifle magazine, the magazine having a follower with a longitudinally extending rib and a deck, said platform comprising:
- (a) an elongate member with the front and rear edges and side edges extending between the front and rear edges, said member having a top surface forming a concave channel with a longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear edges and having a bottom surface with a portion adapted to rest on the rib adjacent one side edge of the member;
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- (b) at least one spacer for cooperating with the deck and the member to maintain a spaced relation between the deck and the bottom surface of the member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.