SMALL-ARMS MAGAZINE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: small arms. SUBSTANCE: the small-arms magazine has a cylindrical housing with a mouth, separator located inside the housing, spring, whose one end is coupled to the cover, catch and a magazine follower. The cylindrical housing is made in the form of a sleeve with a detent made an the outer side of whose bottom, and a socket on the inner side that accommodates the rear end of the inner cylinder, whose outer surface carries a spiral, the inner cylinder is positioned in the separator in its axis for longitudinal movement, a through radial groove is made on the housing side wall, in the area of the mouth, the groove accommodates the catch installed on a pin for rotation, is made line an L-shaped lever, whose one arm is engageable with the separator, and the other - with the wall of the weapon receiver, the front detent is made on the opposite end of the magazine housing, it is designed for attachment of the magazine on the weapon, and a circular groove is made on the inner wall near the front end of the housing, it accommodates the retaining spring ring, the separator is made in the form of a cylindrical sleeve, whose bottom has a hole, radius grooves are uniformly made on the inner surface of the separator circumferentially, they pass over the entire length of the separator and are engageable with the radius lugs positioned on the inner surface of the cover, the radius of the grooves equals half the diameter of the used cartridge, these grooves are cut through near the rear wall of the separator, the width of the thus obtained windows equals the diameter of the used cartridge, and the length- to the length of the used cartridge. A longitudinal groove is made on the rear end of the inner cylinder, this groove accommodates the detent fixing one end of the spring located in the interior of the inner cylinder, and other end of the spring is fastened on the cylindrical lug of the cover. A radius is made in the base on the side of the spiral crest of the inner cylinder facing the rear end of the inner cylinder, it equals the radius of the bullet head of the used cartridge. The magazine follower represents two cartridge simulators fastened by a shackle and oriented with the heads towards each other. The housing, separator, inner cylinder, cover are made of polyamide, Type ПA6-211-ДС with reinforcement of loaded places and with stiffening ribs on the magazine housing. EFFECT: reduced labor content in manufacture of the magazine, enhanced reliability of its operation, improved conditions of service. 5 cl, 9 dwg