US 8,127,480 B1Granted

Magazine well extension for a firearm

OwnerKasimere McManus, Scott Vilardi +1inventors

InventorsKasimere McManus, Scott Vilardi, Dean Deturk

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Abstract

A magazine well extension for a firearm having a magazine well and a trigger guard consists of a tapered monolithic hollow extension body closely matched to the magazine well opening. The bottom opening is larger than the top opening to more loosely receive the magazine for easier insertion. The extension is attached to the magazine well opening by upward facing rails on opposite sides at the top of the extension body which are matingly received by complimentary slots in the bottom of the magazine well. A second attachment point located at the rear of the extension includes a yoke which retains a laterally slidable captive pin that engages an outwardly extending tang on the trigger guard of the firearm. A forwardly extending lip at the front of the magazine well engages a groove on the inside wall of the extension to vertically support the extension at the front.

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Dependent claims

A magazine well extension accessory for a fully functional firearm having a magazine well and a trigger guard, comprising:

a monolithic tapered hollow extension body having two openings, one at each end;
the first opening at a top end of said body that is dimensioned to closely match a magazine well opening in said firearm;
the second opening for loosely receiving a magazine of ammunition at a bottom end of said body that is larger than said first opening;
two parallel rails on opposite sides of said body adjacent said first opening for slidable engagement with slots on the bottom side of said firearm magazine well;
and
means for attachment at a rear side of said extension body for releasably engaging means for cooperating attachment on the outside of the trigger guard of said firearm when said extension is in a fully engaged position, said extension being manually selectively attachable without the use of tools from a removed position to the fully engaged position where said first opening is in close alignment with said magazine well opening in said firearm.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.