Heckler and Koch Gmbh

Horst Jakubaschk

Emil Rommel

Dieter Ketterer

Erich Weisser

A magazine (1) for a small arm comprising a follower spring (3) and a follower (6), and means for indicating the loading condition of the magazine is characterized in that indicator means (4, 5) responding to the position of a section (3') of the follower spring (3) located at a distance from the follower (6) are provided at a point of the magazine (1) which is visible when the firearm is ready to fire. This permits the loading condition to be determined in a very simple manner.

Magazine for a small arm

A shoulder arm, especially a rifle, having a barrel, a recess, which is perpendicular to the axis of the barrel, formed in a member which is fixedly connected with the barrel, and a roller-shaped breech member coaxially arranged in the recess and capable of being swivelled about its longitudinal axis for loading. The breech member contains a firing chamber which, in the firing position of the breech member, is in alignment with the barrel and is closed to the rear. The shoulder arm also has an arrangement for swivelling the breech member out of the firing position and into a loading position, in which the firing chamber is accessible for the introduction of a cartridge. The recess is designed in the form of a cylindrical hole, whose wall serves to mount the roller-shaped breech member and to directly close the firing chamber when it is located in the firing position. The breech member is retained in its respective position by means of the swivelling arrangement which can only rotate the breech member in one direction. A magazine and an ejector, are mounted on the same side of the shoulder arm or weapon and above the barrel.

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