Civilian ownership in the U.S. has been heavily curtailed and federally regulated since 1934. A spring-loaded container for cartridges that may be an integral part of the gun s mechanism or may be detachable. Detachable magazines for the same gun may be offered by the gun s manufacturer or other manufacturers with various capacities. Box magazines are most commonly located under the receiver with the cartridges stacked vertically. Tube or tubular magazines run through the stock or under the barrel with the cartridges lying horizontally.
Drum magazines hold their cartridges in a circular mode.
A magazine can also mean a secure storage place for ammunition or explosives. A term indicating a relatively heavily loaded metallic cartridge or shotshell and, by extension, a gun safely constructed to fire it. A gun with more than one barrel, the most common being the double-barreled shotgun. A description of a bullet whose forward diameter has expanded after penetration. The open end of the barrel from which the projectile exits.