Patent ID: 6367188
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A rifle with a magazine for holding cartridges, said rifle comprising:(a) a barrel with a bore and a chamber; (b) an action for inserting a cartridge into and extracting a cartridge from the chamber and retaining a cartridge in the chamber during firing of the cartridge; (c) a magazine associated with the action and operable for releasably retaining at least one cartridge in normal operation and having a follower for supporting the cartridge, said magazine having an open top and retainers operable to releasably retain a cartridge in the magazine; and (d) a platform removably mounted in said magazine and supported in the magazine by the follower, said platform having a bottom surface and a top surface, said top surface having an upwardly opening channel and being adapted for supporting and guiding a cartridge, said platform having at least one spacer projecting from the bottom surface for engaging the follower whereby said platform is supported adjacent both side edges thereof and is releasably retained in the magazine by the retainers.