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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1986
Krauss-Maffei A.G., , US;
Abstract
A device for centering retention of ammunition includes an ammunition receiver having spring elastic holding elements acting in the radially inward direction in the tapering section of the ammunition and gripping elements holding the ring of the cartridge of the ammunition arranged in the bottom area of the ammunition. The holding elements are made up of leaf springs fastened to the ammunition receiver in the direction of the generators of the ammunition in a forward and a rear clamping location in order to assure retention of the ammunition without wear in case of severe jolting movements and to assure safe transfer of the ammunition into the cartridge chamber without damaging it. Each leaf spring comprising a recess or inward protrusion acting on the ammunition in its tapering section and a free end projecting past a forward clamping location in a radially inward direction.