Patent ID: 8042297
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A magazine for a handheld firearm, suitable for accommodating a plurality of cartridges which are transported in a guided movement by means of a feed within the magazine in the direction of a barrel, in order to be loaded individually in each case into the barrel of a firearm at the upper end of the magazine after each shot, with the cartridges being guided along a curved path in the magazine, the magazine comprising: an internal contour of the magazine ( wherein the internal contours of the magazine tapers to approximately the width of a cartridge, such that the cartridges are aligned, in an upper transitional area at a distance from the upper end of the magazine, starting from a broader area ( wherein in the broader area successive cartridges assume an interlaced arrangement with crossing axes of the cartridges, wherein the internal width of the magazine ( wherein at least one fillet ( wherein a firing rim (