Patent ID: 7509767
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. An improved base pad for attachment to an open bottom of a magazine tube having a pair of sidewalls, a pair of endwalls and a lip on each of the sidewalls at the bottom of the magazine tube, said base pad comprising: a body member having a first end, an opposing second end, a first side, an opposing second side and a bottom, said second end, said first side and said second side generally shaped to correspond to the contour of the bottom of the magazine tube; a groove in each of said first side and said second side, said groove sized and configured to slidably receive the lip on the sidewalls of the magazine tube and attach said base pad to the bottom of the magazine tube; and a securing means at said first end of said body member for engaging one of the endwalls of the magazine tube to secure said base pad to the bottom of the magazine tube when in an engaged position and allowing separation of said base pad from the magazine tube when in a disengaged position.