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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2020
Magpul Industries Corp., Austin, TX (US);
Nicholas Kielsmeier, Denver, CO (US);
Libardo Jimenez, Austin, TX (US);
Magpul Industries Corp., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a magazine assembly for a firearm, the magazine assembly comprising: an elongated housing, a spring positioned in an interior of the housing, a first and second plate at a proximal end of the housing, at least one follower configured to support one or more cartridges and move or slide within the housing based on a compression and decompression of the spring, one or more feed lips positioned at a distal end of the housing, the one or more feed lips adapted to prevent upward movement of a topmost of the one or more cartridges until a bolt or slide chambers the topmost of the one or more cartridges, and wherein the topmost cartridge is arranged off-center from the bolt of the firearm so as to increase an engagement or overlap between the bolt and the topmost cartridge.