Ammunition magazine

An ammunition clip for holding rounds for a firearm having a magazine receiver, the rounds each including a projectile and a case having a rim, the ammunition clip comprising:

• an arched first channel having a proximal end, a distal end, and an open side, the first channel adapted for receiving the rounds therein with the rim of each round protruding from the open side of the first channel;
• a magazine assembly fixed with the proximal end of the first channel and adapted for insertion into the magazine receiver of the firearm and for delivering the rounds from the first channel to the firearm;
• an arched C-shaped cover selectively fixable with the open side of the first channel to substantially cover same, and adapted to hold the rims of each round slidably therein, the cover further including an arched, laterally projecting flange;
• a follower mechanism slidably retained within the first channel and urged by a spring towards the proximal end of the first channel, the follower mechanism further including a tension lock projecting laterally away therefrom and traversing a lateral slot in the first channel, the tension lock selectively fixable at a tension stop of the lateral slot proximate the distal end of the first channel;
• an arched second channel fixed laterally adjacent to the first channel and having an open side, the second channel adapted for receiving the rounds therein with the rim of each round protruding from the open side of the second channel, the arched flange of the cover adapted to retain rounds in the second channel when the cover is positioned over the first channel;
• whereby with the first channel empty of rounds, the tension lock of the follower mechanism may be manually fixed at the distal end of the first channel at the tension stop, and the cover may be removed and slid over the rims of each round in the second channel to capture such rounds therein, the cover then being lifted away from the second channel with the rounds from the second channel and fixed over the open side of the first channel to fill the first channel with the rounds from the second channel, the tension lock manually moved out of the tension stop such that the follower mechanism then urges the rounds into the magazine receiver.