MAGAZINE FOR SMALL ARMS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: small arms. SUBSTANCE: the magazine uses a cylindrical casing with the front and rear covers and a spiral on its inner surface. The casing accommodates a separator with longitudinal grooves placed in which is a spring whose rear end is rigidly linked with the rear cover, and the front end - with the front cover. The mouth is secured in the rear upper part of the casing. The separator has a cup accommodating the front cover for rotary and axial motion relative to the separator. The rear cover is rigidly attached to the casing. The casing front end has grooves uniformly spaced around the edges according to the number of separator longitudinal grooves, and a latch with a tongue is positioned on the outer side of the front cover for linear motion in the plane of the front cover and retaining in the two extreme positions, in one of which the tongue is positioned in one of the grooves of the casing. A cartridge stop may be made on the casing inner surface, and feeders are arranged in the separator longitudinal grooves. EFFECT: improved design. 4 cl, 4 dwg