Patent ID: 9400148
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: F41A

Claim Text:
1. A magazine assembly for a firearm, the assembly comprising: an outer magazine housing configured for attachment to a firearm having a longitudinal axis defining an axial direction; an elongated magazine removably insertable into the housing, the magazine including an open rear end and axially extending internal cavity configured to hold a plurality of shells in stacked end-to-end relationship; and a shell catch lever slideably mounted at the rear end of the magazine for linear movement parallel to the longitudinal axis, the shell catch lever configured to retain the shells in the magazine in a first lateral position and release the shells from the magazine in a second lateral position; wherein the shell catch lever is configured and operable to retain and release the shells when removed from the magazine housing to allow the magazine to be preloaded before insertion into the housing; wherein the shell catch lever is further pivotably mounted on the magazine for lateral movement transverse to the longitudinal axis between the first and second lateral positions by rotating the shell catch lever; wherein the pivot comprises a triangular protrusion formed on an inner surface of the shell catch lever that engages a complementary configured recess formed in an outer surface of the magazine.