Capacity limiting assembly for magazines, magazines having limited capacity, and related methods

Abstract

The invention relates to a capacity limiting assembly that provides substantially irreversible alteration of a box magazine to limit its cartridge capacity wherein the box magazine comprises a magazine housing having a vertical dimension Y, a magazine spring having at least 1 coil, and a follower. The assembly includes a limiter body and a lock plate. The limiter body has a top edge engageable with a bottom surface of the follower that is operatively associated with a top of the magazine spring extending into the cartridge reservoir and is configured to be disposed substantially within the at least one coil of the magazine spring. The limiter has a vertical dimension Ythat is less than the vertical dimension Yof the magazine housing, and a limiter bottom edge that is engageable to a lock plate. The lock plate of the assembly has a top surface engageable to the bottom surface of the limiter body and bottom surface engageable to the lock plate of the magazine when the lock plate is placed against a bottom edge of the magazine housing. When a top surface of the lock plate is bonded to the limiter body, the limiter substantially irreversibly reduces the capacity of the box magazine. Also included are magazines fitted with the assembly and related methods of reducing the capacity of magazines.