Firearms – Breech loading – Magazines
Patent
1995-07-20
1997-04-01
Jordan, Charles T.
Firearms
Breech loading
Magazines
42 7, 42 60, 42 89, 42 18, F41A 961
Patent
active
056155050
ABSTRACT:
An improved magazine for a semi-automatic pistol adapted to be loaded with a plurality of horizontally oriented and vertically stacked cartridges or bullets. A follower on the upper end of a coil spring supports the stack of rounds which are fitted individually into the top opening of the magazine with the first being disposed on the follower and subsequent rounds being supported by the body of the previous round. The last loaded, or uppermost round, when the magazine is fitted into the gun, will be the first round to be loaded into the chamber of the gun for firing. At the upper sidewalls thereof, the magazine includes lips which, at upper edges, are spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the cartridges to be used in the pistol. A ridge disposed in each of the side walls of said magazine parallel to the upper edges of said lips, the ridges are spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the cartridges which are held thereby. The magazine including a convexly curved front wall with a bridging member are disposed in upwardly extending angular orientation and being of upwardly facing concave configuration for guiding short rounds to clear the front wall of the magazine and to guide the same onto the guide ramp for movement into the chamber of the barrel.
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Chelliah Meena
Jordan Charles T.
Smith & Wesson Corp.
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