Patent ID: 7533598

Claim:
A firearm, including a shell stripper assembly, the shell stripper assembly comprising: a shell stripper comprising a first elongate leg and a second elongate leg spaced from said first leg, and a first tab extending from said first leg; a stripper guide comprising a first guide rail and a second guide rail, said shell stripper being sized to be received between said first and second guide rails; a stripper guide plate adapted to be received between the shell stripper and the stripper guide; and a magazine insert adapted to support a magazine therein, wherein said firearm further comprises: a receiver; a barrel operably connected to said receiver; a chamber disposed at a rear end of said barrel; a magazine disposed to the rear of said chamber in said magazine insert; an axially translatable breech bolt that is engageable with said chamber; and an action mechanism extending along a length of said firearm and axially translatable along with said breech bolt, wherein said shell stripper is mounted within said firearm to cooperate with said action mechanism to strip rounds from said magazine, and said stripper guide plate is fixedly mounted in the firearm and in slidable engagement with said shell stripper.