Patent ID: 8966799
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B25F,F41A,F41C

Abstract:
1. A method of feeding a plurality of cartridges into a pistol having a pistol chamber, wherein said pistol includes a curved handle for holding said pistol, said pistol chamber for receiving said plurality of cartridges, and a barrel having a longitudinal center line, wherein said curved handle includes a first end proximate said barrel and a distal end opposite said first end, said curved handle having a cavity for insertion of said plurality of cartridges, and forming a curved path having a curvature substantially traversing an arc segment of a circle that is in a plane substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal centerline of said barrel, said arc segment approximately interacting said longitudinal centerline of said barrel at said first end and approximately bisecting said distal end, the method comprising: slidably inserting said plurality of cartridges within said cavity of said curved handle; and conveying said plurality of cartridges along said curved path within said cavity toward said pistol chamber, wherein said curved path has a center axis of curvature that is nonperpendicular to a longitudinal centerline of said barrel.